The White Falcon - 29.08.1980, Blaðsíða 5

The White Falcon
Page 5
At Navy Exchange
For TV, stereo repair see Dave or Mark
• a small, overcrowded room at
ivy Exchange, Dave Miller and
Mark Lilley are providing an impor-
tant service to personnel of the
NATO base. They are the men who fix
your broken televisions, stereos and
most other electronic gear.
"Other than the Base Hobby Center
we are the only facility on base
where electronic repairs can be
made," Mark Lilley said. "At the
present time we are repairing about
15 televisions a week and lots of
other electronic equipment."
Located in the Personalized Ser-
vices section of the Exchange, the
shop charges $12 per hour, which is
considerably less than the $20 or
more that shops charge in the
States.
Even this expense can be avoided,
however. According to Lilley, most
equipment breakdown is due to owners
not reading their instruction book-
lets and using the equipment without
fully understanding how it works.
"People just don't take the time
to learn about their gear before
using it, and it can become quite expensive having the equipment re-
paired," he said. "One individual burned out the same amplifier three
times because he fiddled with it and used the wrong fuses each time."
The repairman suggested a few helpful hints for owners to follow in the
upkeep of their equipment. "Never try to fix gear if you don't know what
^tf^kare doing—more times than not you will make it worse than when you
Don't put things on top of televisions and stereos, either. Some
^[e will put plants on their televisions and if you spill water inside,
TV could be ruined. Always check to insure the voltage is the same as
your house outlets, and most important of all is to fully understand your
equipment before using it."
Hopefully you will never require service on your television or stereo,
but if the need for repairing does arise, Dave Miller and Mark Lilley are
there to insure that your equipment is fixed as quickly as possible. If
problems do arise, the number to call is 7963.
Mark Lilley (above) takes
time out of his busy
schedule to give an esti-
mate to a customer. Dave
Miller makes repairs to a
stereo receiver.