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Technika 22in HD Ready LCD TV with built in Freeview & DVD £84

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  • only_mee
    only_mee Posts: 2,367 Forumite
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    How can i get a feed to send the sound to a surround system please?
  • melbury
    melbury Posts: 13,251 Forumite
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    Bought a new small TV for the bedroom last year, just wish I had paid more attention as to whether or not it had an on/off switch.

    That bright blue light when it is on standby nearly drove me mad - I have to switch it off at the plug every night, which is a pain if you are watching something in bed late.:mad:
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  • gazwood
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    melbury wrote: »
    Bought a new small TV for the bedroom last year, just wish I had paid more attention as to whether or not it had an on/off switch.

    That bright blue light when it is on standby nearly drove me mad - I have to switch it off at the plug every night, which is a pain if you are watching something in bed late.:mad:

    Just put a small piece of black electricians insulating tape over it.
  • gazwood
    gazwood Posts: 531 Forumite
    gazwood wrote: »
    Just put a small piece of black electricians insulating tape over it.

    Just to clarify, just once, not every night :D
  • buyitall
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    melbury wrote: »
    Bought a new small TV for the bedroom last year, just wish I had paid more attention as to whether or not it had an on/off switch.

    That bright blue light when it is on standby nearly drove me mad - I have to switch it off at the plug every night, which is a pain if you are watching something in bed late.:mad:
    I have one of those tv's- it's like a blue laser beam when you are trying to get to sleep! I ended up buying one of the remote switches from Asda - 3 for £5 as mentioned above (think they also sell them for that price in Morrisons). By using the remote to switch off at the mains, the blue light goes out without me having to get out of bed!
  • Lisav_2
    Lisav_2 Posts: 226 Forumite
    I have this tv - I got it for my birthday last year for £150 and thought it was a bargain then, but £84 makes it an amazing deal. its fantastic!
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  • heatherks
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    costello75 wrote: »
    I collected mine today - it has the rocker switch but no USB port.

    Only fiddly little issue is that my son likes to put headphones on sometimes and there doesn't appear to be anywhere to plug them in. Does anyone know if there is a gizmo that would get around this? (I am highly technophobic!)

    Otherwise I suppose I'll have to fork out for wireless headphones.

    is it not at the back where the areial goes in ..im sure thats where it is on my dads tv
  • heatherks
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    kalsha wrote: »
    All those who bought this TV, have you not had any problems with the picture? With mine, the picture doesn't come on straight away (can hear the sound but the screen remains black for 2 or 3 minutes) and sometimes goes blank in the middle of the programme. Also even after setting the picture brightness/colour it changes to some weird colours the next time I go on that channel. If I take the TV back, will they replace it with a new one or do I just get my money back? Not sure if I want a new one if it is going to have the same problems.

    phone up Tesco technical dept and tell them ..my dad bought one in october (full price) and developed a fault last week i phoned them up and they collected old one and replaced it no problem
  • cagsd
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    kalsha wrote: »
    All those who bought this TV, have you not had any problems with the picture? With mine, the picture doesn't come on straight away (can hear the sound but the screen remains black for 2 or 3 minutes) and sometimes goes blank in the middle of the programme. Also even after setting the picture brightness/colour it changes to some weird colours the next time I go on that channel. If I take the TV back, will they replace it with a new one or do I just get my money back? Not sure if I want a new one if it is going to have the same problems.


    I didn't have that exact problem with mine, but I had lots of problems and the first two times, Tesco were happy to replace the TV like for like, no problems at all - I just called up the number on the guarantee and they gave me a reference number to take instore to authorise the replacement. When the third set developed a fault, I decided against a replacement as it seemed like the TV was false economy, so rang the number again and they authorised a refund.
  • jsoap
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    heatherks wrote: »
    phone up Tesco technical dept and tell them ..my dad bought one in october (full price) and developed a fault last week i phoned them up and they collected old one and replaced it no problem
    At the moment they are not giving replacements, since they have sold all the end of line stock and all the "b" stock (refurbished) units. Might be best to wait a few weeks, to allow the broken returned TV's to be fixed.
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