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Originally Posted by Eric H
Last of all I figured out why the DVD player wouldn't work, I'd plugged the RF modulator into the optical sound output of the DVD player instead of the video connector,  |
Sounds like the kind of thing I'd do at 2:40 AM. I can't tell you how many times I have pulled out a tube for one reason or another, then forgotten to reinsert it by the next time I powered up the set.
Freakout: "Dang, the TV worked fine 10 minutes ago and now it's dead!!"
Followed by the big forehead slap.
My worst Bad Repairman experience was the radio in which a previous owner had pulled the tubes, put several into the wrong sockets, and carefully written those wrong numbers onto the chassis next to each socket. I was working without a schematic, and naturally assumed the numbers were correct. Drove me nuts until I left the project alone for a while, then came back and played "What's wrong with this picture?"
Phil Nelson