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Bizarre TV Behavior
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vk6zgo:

--- Quote from: BillB2446 on March 01, 2024, 11:35:54 am ---I am a lot bigger than her. That's all I can think of. This happens *every time* she gets up off the couch. I have never seen it happen once to me.

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Because you are big, it is too terrified to misbehave!
Gyro:
She's sitting on the remote.
Benta:
I suspect a fault in the occupancy detector.
My Sony has that, and turns off the screen when no person is present in the room. Prolly a PIR sensor.

EPAIII:
OK, this is a guess. But I have had a career in TV engineering.

Like most couples, each of you probably has your own place where they sit. So your wife is always in hers. And then she gets up and flexes something in that area of the room. And an outlet on that side of the room has a loose connection.

Electricians wire all the outlets in a room or an area of the house in a chain. The power goes first to the one closest to the breaker box. Then to the next, and the next, and the next, etc. All to save wire/copper. So a loose connection in an outlet BEFORE the one with the TV will disconnect the power from the more distant outlets in the room/area.

Get an electrician to check the OTHER outlets in the area for loose connection(s) before you have a fire.

If you want to confirm it before calling the electrician, plug a small lamp into the same outlet with the TV. If it blinks when the TV does, call the electrician without delay. And don't play with your new "magic trick". Just get it fixed, pronto!

EPAIII:
Ultrasonic remotes. I remember those. But the first one I saw was at a friend's house. It was a "clicker". It literally made an audible click to change channels. That's all it did, change channels.

"Click" ABC, "Click" CBS, "Click" NBC. That's all, just three channels. His dad sat there clicking away, like the king of the hill. My dad had a better remote, he commanded loud and clear, "Paul, go change it to Channel 4." And I did.
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