On 25/11/2011 15:56, J G Miller wrote:
On Friday, November 25th, 2011, at 12:53:56h +0000, Bill Wright wrote:

I have a twenty quid Currys Essentials box on my bench that is
working on 26dBuV. There are occasional glitches. The box has a
duckfit if I turn the light on.

Sorry if this seems like an impertinent and irrelevant question,
but does it matter if the light is incandescent, fluorescent,
CFL, or LED?

Or is it the switch its-self?

I had a VHS tape that would stop playing if a light was turned on,
and it mattered not whether it was LED, GLS, CFL, gas or oil.
This isn't a joke, I'll see if you can solve the puzzle though.


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On Friday, November 25th, 2011 at 18:14:33h +0000, Graham. wrote:

I had a VHS tape that would stop playing if a light was turned on

A particular VHS cassette, or do you mean a particular VHS cassette player?

Something to do with the infra red control on the machine?

On 25/11/2011 18:42, J G Miller wrote:
On Friday, November 25th, 2011 at 18:14:33h +0000, Graham. wrote:

I had a VHS tape that would stop playing if a light was turned on

A particular VHS cassette, or do you mean a particular VHS cassette player?

Something to do with the infra red control on the machine?

Assuming a particular deck, Optical sensor for the tape end ? Light was
leaking into the machine, and triggering the tape transport to stop ?

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On 25/11/2011 18:49, Mark Carver wrote:
On 25/11/2011 18:42, J G Miller wrote:
On Friday, November 25th, 2011 at 18:14:33h +0000, Graham. wrote:

I had a VHS tape that would stop playing if a light was turned on

A particular VHS cassette, or do you mean a particular VHS cassette
player?

Something to do with the infra red control on the machine?

Assuming a particular deck, Optical sensor for the tape end ? Light was
leaking into the machine, and triggering the tape transport to stop ?

Precisely that.
The machine was a Hitachi top loader and the tape was a pre recorded one
in a yellow translucent cassette of cartoons belonging to my daughter.


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Graham.

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In article ,
Graham. wrote:
I had a VHS tape that would stop playing if a light was turned on,
and it mattered not whether it was LED, GLS, CFL, gas or oil.
This isn't a joke, I'll see if you can solve the puzzle though.

Optical tape present sensor.

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In article ,
Graham. writes
On 25/11/2011 15:56, J G Miller wrote:
On Friday, November 25th, 2011, at 12:53:56h +0000, Bill Wright wrote:

I have a twenty quid Currys Essentials box on my bench that is
working on 26dBuV. There are occasional glitches. The box has a
duckfit if I turn the light on.

Sorry if this seems like an impertinent and irrelevant question,
but does it matter if the light is incandescent, fluorescent,
CFL, or LED?

Or is it the switch its-self?

I had a VHS tape that would stop playing if a light was turned on,
and it mattered not whether it was LED, GLS, CFL, gas or oil.
This isn't a joke, I'll see if you can solve the puzzle though.

Did it have a transparent plastic case, by any chance?

19 questions left...
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On 25/11/2011 22:18, SpamTrapSeeSig wrote:
In article ,
Graham. writes
On 25/11/2011 15:56, J G Miller wrote:
On Friday, November 25th, 2011, at 12:53:56h +0000, Bill Wright wrote:

I have a twenty quid Currys Essentials box on my bench that is
working on 26dBuV. There are occasional glitches. The box has a
duckfit if I turn the light on.

Sorry if this seems like an impertinent and irrelevant question,
but does it matter if the light is incandescent, fluorescent,
CFL, or LED?

Or is it the switch its-self?

I had a VHS tape that would stop playing if a light was turned on,
and it mattered not whether it was LED, GLS, CFL, gas or oil.
This isn't a joke, I'll see if you can solve the puzzle though.

Did it have a transparent plastic case, by any chance?

19 questions left...

Translucent yellow IIRC.

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Graham.

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