AV

=Audio Visual Hints & Tips for Techs=

Here are some hints and tips that might make your job easier for questions about TVs, VCRs, DVDs, and connecting to house sound systems and LCD projectors.
Here's a really cheap, easy fix to keep teachers and students from accidentally ripping out the cable TV coax connector out of the back of the classroom TV. Claudio and I were brainstorming on how to keep the TV's coax connector mangled and ripped out of the back of the TVs. Claudio mentioned that there is an adapter that might solve the problem. He brought me a few to put on some of the campus TVs and what a difference! Electronic stores (Elliot's Electronics is a favorite) sell this F-type adapter that screws on to the end of a F-type coax threaded connector (RJ-6) and provides a simple quick release from the coax connector on the TV. No more expensive repairs (around $75 per incident, according to Claudio.) I used some of the Library's AV budget and bought a bag of 100 of these adapters from Elliot's, part # 200-103. The bag of 100 was $45 or so, each unit is around $0.45 when sold separately. This one purchase offsets almost two separate repair jobs to the Samsung TVs on campus. Get the school's admin to pay for this and update all the TVs on your campus. 4/26/2006