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tv connection to cable

i am on cable with v+ hd have just got Sony Bravia KDL-32v400 but when trying to auto tune for cable it is not recognizing any channels tried full and quick scan, put both scart and hd cable in what am i doing wrong?

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  • Cat695
    Cat695 Posts: 3,647 Forumite
    erm your not on the HD input channel

    plug in HD cable

    turn tv to HD input

    press menu on your cable box remote
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  • BillScarab
    BillScarab Posts: 6,027 Forumite
    Some older V+ boxes (especially the old telewest TVdrive version) had faulty HDMI outputs. When we got a HD Ready set and tried to use HDMI we had to get the V+ box swapped as it wouldn't work on HDMI.

    For using HDMI you also need to follow the instructions for setting it up or you could end up with no picture nd no easy way of changing back.
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  • It is a new V+ Box have followed instructions for changing to hd tv from V+ set up guide, them followed instructions from sony tv set up ie language, country ,then onto auto tuning select antenna or cable chose cable but no channels found, repeated on full scan still the same??
  • BillScarab
    BillScarab Posts: 6,027 Forumite
    I'm surprised your TV has an option for cable in the menu. In the menu where you select the input source does it list the HDMI ports? Do you know which one the V+ box is plugged into?

    How did you switch it to output via HDMI if you can't get a picture on the screen?
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  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    Tried unplugging the scart?
    :idea:
  • BenL
    BenL Posts: 3,189 Forumite
    HDMI does not require any tuning on the TV.

    The auto setup utility is for terrestrial signals or old school aerial outputs.

    Scart is also tuning free.


    You should be looking for a button called "source" or similar which will let you cycle through the different input sources.

    One will be labled HDMI, maybe have a few of them, another will be scart.

    The menu option is probably from standard worldwide software, believe the USA market can hook cable tv inputs directly into tv's and scan on a different signal range.

    Hope this helps

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  • daveyjp
    daveyjp Posts: 13,970 Forumite
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    The engineer did ours as we already had the TV, but it looked quite easy. Plugged in HDMI cable then went into the V+ options to choose the type of output for the TV.

    BTW Virgin suggest 720 and not 1080 output, regardless of TV.
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