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Zeosstud:

Hello,
           Getting down to the nitty gritty on my new driving cab and I have a question.  How do you turn your TV on?  If it doesnt work with the Smart Strip which mine does not, and its behind a monitor bezel, which mine will be, how do you turn it on?  The Toshiba TV everyone talks about is basically not available anymore unless you get a refurbished one from online so I am pretty much stuck with what I have.  I can certainly drill a small hole in the bezel so the remote control will work and turn the TV on and off but is that my only solution?

Rodney

Timoe:

I have been told that, generally, on your TV's control panel there is a power relay that the "power" button is connected to.

Veinman:

The Toshiba 27A34 is still listed for sale on bestbuy.com. I'm planning on picking one up this summer, once I've finished my cab that is.

daveg2000:

I did the small hole in the bezel.
(All you need is a VERY small hole... NOT the size of the IR sensor on the tv.)


mahuti:

There are quite a number of good "auto power-on after restart" TVs. I have a daewoo that I bought from Target for $89.

That being said, what I ALSO did, was to de-case the TV, remove the remote IR, and wire it up into the marquee for easy remote control access.

You could also easily detach the power on button and rewire it someplace convenient... use a momentary switch or something... make a hidden switch under the control panel somewhere, or accessible throught the coin door.

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