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I remember being in some motel with my parents back in the 70s and naturally the TV reception was terrible. There was a master antenna system in this particular motel and I remember looking at the back of the set and seeing several wires attached loosely to screws on the back. I used a dime and fiddled with the screws. At one point, hey presto, the picture cleared up. About 5 minutes later came a knock at the door and the manager was visiting. Apparently one of those leads was some kind of anti-theft alarm and I had set it off. That was the only time I ever encountered that though I suppose it must have been fairly commonplace.
I also remember that some motels back in the 60s and 70s had small signs mounted below their main sign that would advertise the brand of color TV in the room -- some were Zenith, some RCA, I think I even remember an Admiral sign. Funny thing, I never had a decent Zenith set in any motel I can recall. Had lots of crummy RCA Mural TVs too, but more good than bad. But for some reason the Zeniths always disappointed.
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