Weather Star 4000 - Glitches

Glitches

Most STAR 4000 units currently operating have been in use for multiple years and have been prone to various glitches, including these common occurrences:

• The STAR will not generate any text or very little text, but will draw graphics and pass on the TWC video feed.
• The STAR will loop its products, especially if the TWC feed is lost or the flavor has glitches, especially the overnight J flavor in 1997.
• The STAR will "repaint" (redraw) the graphical elements it displays.
• The contents of the Current Conditions will be incomplete.
• The STAR has problems drawing the icons.
• The radar screens display in the wrong color scheme. This is related to a palette swap that occurs when changing from the normal screens to radar.
• "Degradation": The STAR will have problems with the background graphics or Almanac moon phases.
• The wrong narration would be used for the STAR (a III with narration for the 4000 or 4000 with III narration). This was the cable operator's error in hooking up the STAR.