Subj : Steampunk Pi To : Ky Moffet From : Barry Martin Date : Tue Oct 06 2020 10:19:00 Hi Ky! > -=> KY MOFFET wrote to KY MOFFET <=- > Dogs must have run off: you're talking to yourself again! KM> It's the BBS. There's no one here but me. Suuuure! When you point the one finger at other the other fingers point back to you! > Will be watching that later (too -- Daryl had a video for me to watch): > ended up having to buy a TV - twice. TV pooped out: solarization, which > they said was probably a simple-to-replace module that several years ago > cost $55. The old one wasn't that great a TV, plus other parts will > probably start failing. KM> Yeah, sometimes not, but sometimes the fault stresses the rest... Right on both: maybe stressing other parts, maybe some other failing part was what caused this part to fail. May have been interesting to go inside to see what is in there and to consider replacement of that one board. Set was large enough to not fit on my workbench, especially with the stuff piled on it! > Bought a new one, hooked it up, go through the initialations (updates, > registration through the set, connect to the WiFi, channel scan, > probably more) -- great picture! Distorted sound! Check - - something > configured wrong? Shouldn't be as factory-new but.... What's odd is I KM> Whoops.... Really. > do vaguely recall an odd feeling with the box at the store and "take the > second one" - should have gone with it. KM> Doncha hate when that happens!! I should know by now to go with my reactions. > Return - went smoothly. Get second one home, go through the setup > again -- good picture, good sound! :) KM> I think I preferred the days when setup was "Remove from box, KM> attach antenna, plug into wall".... Or at least have the option to do the fancy stuff later. ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® .... Ignorant?! Ha! I don't even know the meaning of the word! --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .