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From: N_Cook on 12 Apr 2010 12:30 N_Cook <diverse(a)tcp.co.uk> wrote in message news:hpuvu5$fa7$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > William Sommerwerck <grizzledgeezer(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > news:hput2h$89o$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > I saw this effect once with a conventional fluorescent lamp and a VCR. > > > > My bedroom lamp is a CFL, and it has no effect whatever on the TV or DVD > > player. > > > > This is random event. > > > > > > > I've only seen it once with CFL and late 1970s Akai cassette player with IR > remote , so probably very simple coding in those early days > > Aiwa AD 6900, not Akai
From: Cydrome Leader on 3 May 2010 16:01
sparky <sparky12x(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Apr 10, 8:45?am, "Catwatcher" <da...(a)alienos.com> wrote: >> Had a similar problem with a dish network box about 2-3 years ago. ?The CFL >> was in a floor lamp line-of-sight about eight feet in front of the box. >> Pressing a key on the remote would yield unexpected results. ?After several >> days we correlated the problems with the light (which wasn't used all the >> time). ?I suspect the CFL emitted significant IR which confused the receiver >> in the box. >> >> Catwatcher >> >> "N_Cook" <dive...(a)tcp.co.uk> wrote in message >> >> news:hppolp$qnq$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> >> >> >> > Nothing technical in this national newspaper article, anyone been there >> > before ? poor/absent Hamming codes ? mains wiring interference, not IR ? >> > (hallway lamp ref in the full article)- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > it is a well known problem ( to some of us anyway ) that CFLs produce > massive amounts of IR radiation interference and will create havoc on > some remote controls. For some reason not all remotes are affected. > This is one of the prices we pay for cheaper lamps. I was told by a Xerox repair tech that electronic ballast bulbs in offices can interfere with the sensors along the paper path causing jams for no apparent reason. |