My four year old rubbed a magnet on the television screen and now there's a "rainbow" of distorted colours? How can this be fixed?
2006-10-05 13:27:26 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
So easily fixed it's funny. It needs to be what's called "degaussed". The TV actually has a weak degausser that work every time you turn on the TV cold (after off for about an hour) that will eventually get rid of the effect after some on/off cycles. If the TV isn't too heavy, you can take it to your local TV repair shop,, not a circuit city, but a real repair shop, and the tech can fix it in about 5 mins,, while you watch with a degaussing loop.
2006-10-06 00:05:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can't. The magnet caused the phosphor coating on the inside of the CRT to become slightly magnetized, which attracts the three electron streams from the red, green, and blue electron guns to strike the area "off-center" of its intended color. It might clear up eventually. It depends on how strong the magnet was. My son did the same thing to my pc monitor a few years ago, and the rainbow faded...after almost a year!
If it's not a big screen and you can afford it, I'd just replace the tv.
2006-10-05 13:52:32 · answer #2 · answered by Mr.Know-It-All 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The first 4 answers are all dickheads ! Running man however has it exactly what I would have said !!( I have been in TV service for 45 years so I have a fair idea what I am talking about !!!
2006-10-06 23:34:57 · answer #3 · answered by Realist 2006 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A magnet has some wierd effect on a TV or PC monitor when held close to it... don't think it can be fixed.
Sorry.
2006-10-05 13:39:35 · answer #4 · answered by hoopstar26301 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I want to ask the same question as the previous person.
2016-08-23 08:13:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never thought too much about it
2016-07-27 13:21:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
this happened to our tv.....it went away after a few hours/overnight....just wait to see if it goes away
2006-10-05 14:35:25 · answer #7 · answered by Bansch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can try what the guy says to do on this website-
http://woil.ws/fixmonitor/
2006-10-05 13:36:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It cant be fixed its plain old screwed up now.
2006-10-05 13:31:38 · answer #9 · answered by BiohazardRocker 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋