At 14:40 22.2.2001 -0500, Lord Isildur wrote:
>heh, i have a VR299 that does exactly the same thing. 
>i think it is the result of a nice big transistor that is near death and 
>wont work til it gets properly warm. mine has worked reliably as long as
>i let it sit (only about 10 minues required for mine so far) and then, as you
>mention, i must turn it off and then on again. 
Weird.. mine just started working "normally" again. It used to have a
warped (pincushion was the word IIRC) picture after the switch kicking
stage but it gets back normal soon...  so it's o problemo
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