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From: jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Monitor Adjestment
Message-ID: <130163@gore.com>
Date: 14 Feb 91 07:02:28 GMT
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Reply-To: jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore)
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/ comp.sys.next / news@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Remote news user) / Feb 13'91 /
> > Sure, you can adjust the monitor yourself.  
> DON'T DO IT!!!
>
> I have blasted myself enough times that I can tell you it is NOT
> a good thing to play inside the monitor unless you have the
> proper equipment.  Look it is not a matter of warrantees, but
> a matter of LIFE and DEATH.

You'd have to work very hard or do something very stupid to zap yourself
with this monitor.  The external black plastic cover just covers an inner
metal cover (shielding?).  In the back of the metal cover, there are
labeled holes for adjustments.  To make adjustments, you use a PLASTIC
television adjustment tool, available at any Radio Shack.  Just don't stick
anything conductive into those holes, and you'll be safe enough.

Needless to say, I do agree that if your monitor is still under warranty,
you should make a "professional" do it.  Not because the "professional" can
do it better than you (though that may well be the case), but because
that's what you paid for.  Also, there are many variables to adjust, and
their interaction is not very clear.

If, however, you do something stupid, like stick a metal screwdriver into
the adjustment holes or pour Dr. Pepper into the monitor, don't do it
unless under supervision of a physician.

Jacob
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