Sony offers safety checks on TVs

jolepp · 10-12-2011, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Sony is to offer free safety checks on several of its TV models after a number of sets started smoking.
The company warned that a component used in eight different versions of its Bravia televisions may be faulty and could, in rare cases, overheat.
...
They are: KDL-40D3400, KDL-40D3500, KDL-40D3550, KDL-40D3660.
KDL-40V3000, KDL-40W3000, KDL-40X3000, KDL-40X3500.
...

BBC News - Sony offers to check 'smoking' TV models

Ratmagiclady · 10-12-2011, 05:45 PM

Originally posted by jolepp

BBC News - Sony offers to check 'smoking' TV models

Thank you J. Now i'm fairly sure my i-thought-pretty-fancy-TV-we-bought-off an-exchange student probably won't burn down my house. I might trade for shortwave radio setup at this pointnt, though

RioRico · 10-12-2011, 09:00 PM

Originally posted by Ratmagiclady

Thank you J. Now i'm fairly sure my i-thought-pretty-fancy-TV-we-bought-off an-exchange student probably won't burn down my house. I might trade for shortwave radio setup at this pointnt, though

Shortwave, eh? Don't be without the classic Sony ICF-2010 portable commo receiver/scanner -- AM/shortwave wide/narrow SSB/DSB from 100Khz-30Mhz, FM from 50-110Mhz, Aircraft around 140-160MHz IIRC. It's a doozy. I have two -- bought one, then inherited one. It's from a time before Sony went to hell. Just superb, and it won't burn down the house. Unless you have a propane leak maybe.

Once back in the early Yeltsin era, I was scanning around 5400Khz on my ICF-2010, and I picked up a station that WRTH said was from a Siberian mining town. Research revealed the presence of prison camps, probably leftover Gulag salt mines. And what is this station playing on an East Siberian evening? Music. American roots music. Certain songs: (That's the sound of the men) Working On The Chain Gang; The Work Song (Been workin' down on the chain gang); Folsom Prison Blues; Midnight Special; etc. Oh, those funny Russians...

jolepp · 10-13-2011, 02:58 AM

Another classic SW radio : Селена Б-212 by Minsk Radio Works

(These were inexpensive, yet quite decent for SW DX

).

Last edited by jolepp; 10-13-2011 at 03:16 AM. Reason: typo ...

RioRico · 10-13-2011, 03:09 AM

Originally posted by jolepp

Another classic SW radio : Селена Б-212 by Minsk Radio Works

(There were inexpensive, yet quite decent for SW DX

).

HA! While we're that retro, I'll suggest a Zenith Transoceanic. I have two tube-type models, pre-1950 and pre-1955, that I should sell someday soon.

Jodokast96 · 10-13-2011, 07:38 AM

Originally posted by jolepp

Sony offers to check 'smoking' TV models

And here I was expecting to see pretty spokeswomen.

10-12-2011, 02:13 PM	#1
jolepp Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Finland Photos: Albums Posts: 3,196	Sony offers safety checks on TVs Quote: Sony is to offer free safety checks on several of its TV models after a number of sets started smoking. The company warned that a component used in eight different versions of its Bravia televisions may be faulty and could, in rare cases, overheat. ... They are: KDL-40D3400, KDL-40D3500, KDL-40D3550, KDL-40D3660. KDL-40V3000, KDL-40W3000, KDL-40X3000, KDL-40X3500. ... BBC News - Sony offers to check 'smoking' TV models

10-12-2011, 09:00 PM	#3
RioRico Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Limbo, California Posts: 11,263	Originally posted by Ratmagiclady Thank you J. Now i'm fairly sure my i-thought-pretty-fancy-TV-we-bought-off an-exchange student probably won't burn down my house. I might trade for shortwave radio setup at this pointnt, though Shortwave, eh? Don't be without the classic Sony ICF-2010 portable commo receiver/scanner -- AM/shortwave wide/narrow SSB/DSB from 100Khz-30Mhz, FM from 50-110Mhz, Aircraft around 140-160MHz IIRC. It's a doozy. I have two -- bought one, then inherited one. It's from a time before Sony went to hell. Just superb, and it won't burn down the house. Unless you have a propane leak maybe. Once back in the early Yeltsin era, I was scanning around 5400Khz on my ICF-2010, and I picked up a station that WRTH said was from a Siberian mining town. Research revealed the presence of prison camps, probably leftover Gulag salt mines. And what is this station playing on an East Siberian evening? Music. American roots music. Certain songs: (That's the sound of the men) Working On The Chain Gang; The Work Song (Been workin' down on the chain gang); Folsom Prison Blues; Midnight Special; etc. Oh, those funny Russians... Last edited by RioRico; 10-13-2011 at 03:03 AM.

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10-12-2011, 05:45 PM	#2
Ratmagiclady Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: GA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,563	Originally posted by jolepp BBC News - Sony offers to check 'smoking' TV models Thank you J. Now i'm fairly sure my i-thought-pretty-fancy-TV-we-bought-off an-exchange student probably won't burn down my house. I might trade for shortwave radio setup at this pointnt, though

10-13-2011, 02:58 AM	#4
jolepp Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Finland Photos: Albums Posts: 3,196 Original Poster	Another classic SW radio : Селена Б-212 by Minsk Radio Works (These were inexpensive, yet quite decent for SW DX ). Last edited by jolepp; 10-13-2011 at 03:16 AM. Reason: typo ...

10-13-2011, 03:09 AM	#5
RioRico Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Limbo, California Posts: 11,263	Originally posted by jolepp Another classic SW radio : Селена Б-212 by Minsk Radio Works (There were inexpensive, yet quite decent for SW DX ). HA! While we're that retro, I'll suggest a Zenith Transoceanic. I have two tube-type models, pre-1950 and pre-1955, that I should sell someday soon.

10-13-2011, 07:38 AM	#6
Jodokast96 Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Erial, NJ USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,134	Originally posted by jolepp Sony offers to check 'smoking' TV models And here I was expecting to see pretty spokeswomen.