my son put a magnet on his t.v. it distorted the color, how do I fix it? Can it be fixed?

Answer 1

It can be fixed.

take the same magnet, bring it close to the screen while swirling it in a circular motion (while the tv set is ON) just like you were wiping the screen with a cloth. Now, slowly back it away, still swirling it. Repeat as necessary, the colour shift will go away..

Answer 2

If you remove the magnet things should be fine. If not, then you need to get a degaussing coil or hand bulk tape eraser (Radio Shack used to sell these).

Turn the set off. Put the degausing coil in the middle. Turn on the coil power. Rotate the coail around the entire set an inch from the front. Go back to the center of the screen, then slowly pull the coil across the room about 6 - 10 feet, shut off the coil.

The set should be fine.

The only way things will go wrong is if the frame of the set is steel and the magnet temporarily magnetized the set.

TV sets work by magnetic fields. There is a bar magnet on the back stem of the tube that sets the primary focus point. Around the back of the neck are several big electro magnets called a YOKE.

Circuits inside the set send electrical siganls based on the phase angle of your 50/60Hz AC power and make the set scan a series of lines across the tube Left to Right at a slight angle and down from Top to Bottom to make the picture image.

These scans are made by electro magnetic changes that have to occur within a fraction of a second, 50 or 60 times a second to draw 500 lines across the screen.

If you put a magnet anywhere close to the TV picture tube you start "smearing" the color or bending the electron stream coming out of the back at that one point, causing green, magenta or no image.

Once the maget is taken away (such as speakers on top of the set, they have big magnets in them) the problem should end.

If it doesn't, then you need to "degause" as detailed above.

Everyone with a CRT should degause once a year, even computer owners. Do it with the set and equipment off! Don't pull the coil away too quickly.

I suppose you can use the same magnet, but be careful. I'd start 6 feet away and bring that magnet closer and get to about an inch, then rotate it around the screen in circular motions, go back to the center and pull back really slow to 6 or more feet.

The idea is not to let the magnetic flux "snap" back.

You want to draw the bad flux away.

For computers, remove the CRT (NOT LCD) monitor are take it away from your BOX, as the degausing coil will WIPE your hard drive!

Deguase computer screens in another room, disconnected!

Don't degause if you store audio or video tapes anywhere near the set and NEVER STORE TAPES NEAR THE SET OR THEY CAN GET WIPED BY THE ELECTRO MAGNETS ON THE TUBE!

Answer 3

I don't think it can be fixed.. it happened with my computer screen once and after about a week it went away, but the TVs at school have distorted color and have been that way for a long time, but I don't know if it's from a magnet or not. Just wait.

Answer 4

This residual magnetic field should dissipate over time, however you can use the opposite side of the magnet to remove the color shift. Do this by waving the magnet close to the problem area. If the problem gets worse, reverse the direction of the magnet. Continue to wave the magnet across the screen each time moving further away from the CRT. You will probably have to experiment with the results but with a little time it can be done.

Answer 5

Actually, I use to do this all the time when I was a kid. Kinda looks like a rainbow. Anyways, The color will go back to normal, turn it off for a while, and then turn it back on. If that dosn't work, actually use the magnet again and run it from the spot to the side. If you don't want to do that (i wouldn't blame you if you didn't want to) Most of the time, Time will fix it.

Answer 6

you should have a Degauss determination contained in the video reveal gadgets OSD menu. attempt hitting that some circumstances. even if, you'll favor to attend about 20 minutes between cycles for the degauss circuit to reset ideal. If it really isn't any longer having an result then take the video reveal to a television fix save and they are going to be in a position to apply a miles more advantageous efficient degauss wand or ring on it. that is going to take about 30 seconds to fix. i might want to strongly recommend adverse to strapping magnets to a drill. that feels like a sturdy thanks to get a magnet embedded contained in the wall, or maybe worse in you.

Answer 7

That happened to me when I was at my friends house. Just unplug it before you go to bed and then plug it back in when you wake up and check. It should be fixed.

PLEASE NOTE: That the color distortion thing is caused by the magnets magnetic field and it can cause permanent damage to: Comp. HD's whithout the plastic casing, XBox's, XBox 360's, VuGo's, and any other machine that is made to or works with stored data (i.e. iPods, MP3 Players, etc.) So please talk to your son about him and his magnets.

Answer 8

The problem will probably fix itself with the auto degauss circuit working evertime the set is switched on from cold !!
Earl D, I think everyone should end the day with a good laugh and your answer was hilarious ! you must have put a lot of effort into it.

Answer 9

It can be fixed, it needs to be degaused (sp). Look in the manula or in the menus. The symbol will look like a horseshoe with a line through it.

If you don't have that option on your tv, you can get a degausing loop that will fix it.

Answer 10

It can't be fixed, the magnetic force caused discoloration of the screen, he messed it up