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Oh?! My bad. It's that they don't know they are already dead. :-))

Give him a break guys!!! Just because he vouch for Abbot's Australian nativeness doesn't mean he's that retarded. :-)) He's got around four uni degrees and used to own jumbo jets too. ;-))

I'm glad you brought this up. I got a one for the TV and couple more for PC, etc. I'm gonna open a new thread for this 'cos I reckon it's tax payer money pissed against a mud brick wall, meaning the stench lasts longer.

For goodness' sake guys, can one of you change your name to Timmy or something?! I'm getting confused the hell out of my ass here. :-)

Or we could all just change our names to Bruce :-)

Trevor.

Compared to a few dollars for a 500W halogen lamp it sure is, but then you'd easily save that in electricity costs over a few years with reduced heat a big bonus. (even if they generate more heat than most people expect, still 100W after all, with most of that heat.) It will really become a no-brainer in a couple of years though when they will get a *lot* cheaper. However as a replacement for PAR56 type globes though, they are already cost effective!

Trevor.

Bit pointless bothering, you'll be hanging yourself in just 2 days now.

Yes, no probs with it. read the leaflet. you probably haven't initialized / set it properly

You are simply falling into the trap obviously the designers fell into, just because it works for you and your setup, you assume it will work for every body else. The only set up is the time delay, (1,2 or 3 hours) which works fine *IF* I never use my remote while watching the TV. How many people do that I wonder? And operating the remote is supposed to reset the timer countdown, NOT make it go to sleep! Of course if you really think there is a setup option to fix it's current behaviour, why not simply state what it is? That would actually be appreciated!

Trevor.

So ring the manufacturer and see if they can explain it

I'm not spending money to find out what their excuse for it not being designed properly is. As I said if I had bought it I'd simply take it back. But like other people I have spoken to, since they didn't pay for it directly, and can't get a refund, they simply don't use it. A really smart company though, they got to sell FAR more than they otherwise would, and not have to worry about customers (or the government) demanding their money back.

Trevor.

Home brewing is not illegal and as far as I know selling old filament lamps is not illegal, the importing of them is.

position the receiver so it doesn't receive the IR from the remote when you change channels

IF it was properly designed it wouldn't be necessary, and you still have to be able to wake the TV up in the first place, and to stop it switching off every couple of hours when you are still watching. The other solution is to do what many people do, and simply unplug it altogether. Bet they wouldn't sell many (after returns anyway) if people actually had to pay for them!

Trevor.

And proudly proclaim 30-40% increased efficiency over standard filament globes! :-) Not saying much of course!

Trevor.

Seems to me you're more interested in bitching about it than actually fixing the problem. It shouldn't be difficult to place the receiver where you can still fire the remote at it, but it doesn't get IR when you point the remote at the tv.

I guess, I'm gona have to hang in, Abbot sent me a contract. Besides the rope you sent me didn't work. It's some hundred years old, from

Probably, they were referring to it's efficiency as a bathroom heater, I reckon. ;-)

It's not illegal here in Oz. But, I know it's illegal in many countries. Even in here, with all the federal & state law mess we have here, I dunno whether it's legal in all the states, for example in NT.