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Old October 19th 04, 09:16 PM
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OK, tonight whilst watching my TV set (an old but not really, really old
Grundig supercolor) the screen went blank during a programme - so what you
say - we thought it was an outage at the station so did the usual and tried
other channels, but they were all blank. Switched the TV off and back on -
and when it came on again, it now just displays 3 padlocks on the screen
with "0-9 X X X X" underneath it!!!

I know it sounds like childlock or something, but why did it suddenly come
on (the remote is busted and is in a faraway drawer) - what can I do? As the
remote is bust, even if its childlock (never used it before, don't know how
it works / what the password might be / even if we have childlock) I can't
think of anything to do except leave it switched off for as long as
possible, in the hope that like computers, there might be a chip that
remembers its in lock mode which might wipe itself. Am I right? Or is my TV
just foobared? Its really odd! Any help out there? Couldn't find any TV
repair newsgroups!


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Old October 19th 04, 09:55 PM
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On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:16:27 GMT, wrote:

| OK, tonight whilst watching my TV set (an old but not really, really old
| Grundig supercolor) the screen went blank during a programme - so what you
| say - we thought it was an outage at the station so did the usual and tried
| other channels, but they were all blank. Switched the TV off and back on -
| and when it came on again, it now just displays 3 padlocks on the screen
| with "0-9 X X X X" underneath it!!!

If you don't get an answer here, you might try emailing Grundig for
help.

Service Department


Also, they have a web site that could offer some help:

http://www.grundig.com/index-flash.html

Good luck!

Larc



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Old October 19th 04, 10:17 PM
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Try sci.electronics.repair

That group has a wealth of knowledge on TV sets.


 




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