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#121001 20-Jun-2013 17:44

So after seeing a video posted by a friend on Facebook, I went and gave this a bash and hey-presto!

It worked.

http://www.radiolive.co.nz/VIDEO-Fisher-and-Paykel-washing-machines-play-NZ-national-anthem/tabid/439/articleID/36179/Default.aspx

Quite hilarious - and annoying - and patriotic.

Anyone else got any interesting appliances?

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#840473 20-Jun-2013 17:46

They did this when I used to sell them 13-14 years ago. It's just that YouTube hadn't been invented yet.

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#840475 20-Jun-2013 17:47

Yes a couple of friends have very old machines and they also confirmed it worked on theirs...

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#840479 20-Jun-2013 17:55

Yup worked on ours last night too. :D

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#840481 20-Jun-2013 17:59

Ours is fairly new...doesn't work :-(

Must have removed that feature to save on costs. Lol

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#840486 20-Jun-2013 18:08

scuwp: Ours is fairly new...doesn't work :-(

Must have removed that feature to save on costs. Lol

Removed to make way for the Chinese national anthem ;)

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#840506 20-Jun-2013 18:45

Water temp/load amount up selects the different anthems

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#840602 20-Jun-2013 20:31

Works on our 13 year old machine.

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#840603 20-Jun-2013 20:37

First appeared on the internet around 2001. Amazing what a You Tube video can do.

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#841676 22-Jun-2013 19:33

If your modern one doesnt do it, then it could be that elba ones do.
Elba is the F&P budget brand so i wonder if the logic boards have been bought into them.

My 20 year old Gentle Annie finally blew up last night so i havent been able to test it, but i know the ones i used to sell 5 years ago did it.

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#841713 22-Jun-2013 20:45

This is better as posted by Muppet on his Facebook page

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#841717 22-Jun-2013 21:11

I wonder if this can be repaired now?

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#841734 22-Jun-2013 21:28

nzcloud9: I wonder if this can be repaired now?

I heard it was covered under warranty

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#847081 29-Jun-2013 12:29

Oh horror. I tried it on my newish f&p washing machine and it played the Australian National Anthem. Time to kick it into touch, maybe - in 4 more years, underarm...

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