Speakers --- Enemy of the fami disk ?

[Mindfreak]

Hello all,

I've heard that speakers can demagnetize a famicom disk...is this true ?

[nintendodork]

I looked at all the things the FDS manual said a disk could be hurt by, and I don't think speakers were one of them..but I'm not 100% sure

[Tupin]

Anything with a magnet in it could be harmful to the Disk System.

[nintendodork]

True, but there's not much reason to put a disk in front of a speaker Or a lot of things with magnets in them for that matter

[Mindfreak]

well...you see...the sound on my tv is shot...so I have some speakers...


if the speakers do harm the disks I may need to get a new tv...

[Tupin]

True, but there's not much reason to put a disk in front of a speaker Or a lot of things with magnets in them for that matter

The manual specifically mentions putting games on top of TVs, which I've seen people do before.

[manuel]

Speakers or TVs only harm disks when you put them directly on them or very near their magnetic fields.

Just don't place them there and you're fine.

[Mindfreak]

like how far away ?

[manuel]

Some inches?

Just try not to put them too close. Put your games up in a nice shelf and you're ok.

[nintendodork]

Speakers or TVs only harm disks when you put them directly on them or very near their magnetic fields.

That's what I meant...
No one really has a reason to put disks directly in front of a lot of magnetic things.  I have all my Famicom stuff about 2 or 3 feet away from my TV

[Mindfreak]

ok...that sounds cool

thanks you guys!

[manuel]

There are always people who store videotapes or other stuff that's weak to magnetic fields just in the places they're not supposed to - on TVs. Then they wonder why their recordings go bad...

[Mindfreak]

Yeah...

[nensondubois]

The microphone in the second controller doesn't seem to be strong enough to do any damage because the disks may be more durable then you think. I'm sure pirate disks would be damaged by the microphone.

[133MHz]

The FC controller 2 microphone doesn't have a magnet (it's an electret type) so it's safe.

The danger with TVs is not in the speakers. Speakers in TV sets are magnetically shielded otherwise they'd mess up the colors with their magnets. The problem with TVs is their degaussing coil. It fires at every startup to demagnetize the tube's shadow mask so that you get nice, pure colors. The waveform injected into this coil it's extremely good at erasing magnetic media (no surprise since it's for demagnetizing stuff), in fact it's the same system used in bulk tape/disk erasers.