On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 21:04:19 -0500 Ryan Pogge writes: >when you did it did you put the speaker in aproxamatly the same place >as >where >it originaly was to when it screwed up the tv? how long do I leave >it? a >few minuts... >an hour? Im afraid to damage it more... my parents will kill me if >they see >what I >have done =[ Turn the TV off and move all speakers far away. Wait about 15 minutes and turn the TV back on. If that diminished but didn't cure the problem, turn the TV off for another 15 minutes and turn it back on. What you are doing is activating the internal "degaussing" system in the TV that attempts to demagnetize the picture tube each time it is switched on. The internal degaussing system is not very strong. If several off-on cycles can't undo what the speaker has magnetized, you'll need to use an external magnetic field. TV technicians do this all the time with a "degaussing coil". Lacking one of those, you can try with magnets as others have suggested. An AC field from a device like a tape eraser would work better. Turn the eraser on, bring it near the TV and demagnetize everything, then move it several feet way before turning it off. There is little risk of damaging anything trying to do it yourself, but if the TV is small enough to move easily, I'd recommend taking it to a shop and having it degaussed. It shouldn't cost much since the procedure can be done in a matter of seconds at the front counter without having to take anything apart. >>Perhaps someone can give a logical explanation to >>this. Metal parts near the screen have become magnetized. The magnetism causes the electrons in the picture tube to go the wrong direction and hit the wrong colored phosphor dots on the screen. That makes the picture, or parts of it, off-color. ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]