i have a 32" television that is displaying red/blue/green banding, because it was close to large speakers for several months...i bought a degaussing coil, which works, but it isn't really doing much...suggestions? know of any professionals who would fix it, and what they'd charge?

12/17/2006 6:20:29 PM

take the coil and try to "pull" the discolorations out


there's really no point in hiring someone to do it for you when you've already got the easy-to-use tool

12/17/2006 8:16:15 PM

move it in a circular pattern slowly moving further and further from the television.

although it should have come with similar instructions.

12/17/2006 9:01:54 PM

^^ agreed...i'd rather not pay

^ those are the exact instructions that came with it...it's a 12" or 14" coil, so it should be large enough for a 32" television, but it still doesn't seem to be doing anything (though i can see the changes in color while the coil is on...it just doesn't stick once i turn it off)

12/18/2006 12:13:10 AM

It takes a long time on some TV's. Move slowly.

12/18/2006 6:37:54 AM

This won't help you any because it sounds like your case is extreme but all TVs have a built in degauss function nowadays. It activates every time you turn your set on. If you have a problem these steps often get rid of most rgb banding problems:

1. Turn on your set
2. Leave it on for 10 minutes
3. Power cycle
4. Repeat until banding is gone

On some sets the auto degaussing feature doesn't kick in until the TV has had a chance to warm up (been on for a while).

12/18/2006 12:10:29 PM

I was thinking it was an old TV with the older style tubes. I had that with my older TV. Took me 2 hours and it finally went away.

12/18/2006 12:16:46 PM

i THINK it's a 1999/2000, but i'll have to check

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"It takes a long time on some TV's. Move slowly."

that may be it...i only did it 3 or 4 times (the coil gets hot pretty quickly)...i'll keep at it, maybe that'll take care of it

Quote :

"This won't help you any because it sounds like your case is extreme but all TVs have a built in degauss function nowadays. It activates every time you turn your set on."

yeah, it's WAY past being handled by the built-in degausser

12/18/2006 1:02:23 PM

"power cycle" = turn it off and back on quickly?

12/18/2006 7:23:31 PM

were the speakers just on one side of the television? if so, i wonder if putting them on other side of the TV would make the gaussing go away (it might take a while though)...

12/18/2006 7:47:05 PM

there was a large speaker on each side...actually, if i take two large speaker magnets (which i have) and put them on top of the television on each side, it ALMOST disappears...almost

i wasn't the one who put the large speakers next to it, and i don't really have any that i plan on putting there, so my ideal situation is just fixing it

so let me make sure i'm doing this correctly...i take the coil, pointing it towards the screen (so that the profile of the coil is perpendicular to the screen's surface) and move it around in circles, all while moving away from the television...right? or should the coil be parallel to the screen?

12/18/2006 7:52:52 PM

coils profile is parallel to the screen.. so that you can see the tv through the middle of the circle.. move in a circular pattern slowly moving away from teh screen.

12/18/2006 8:07:23 PM