Digital aerial fitted - panasonic dvd recorder "dead".

fitzroy

I have Panasonic digital tv with inbuilt freeview. Also have panasonic dvd recorder - 6 years old. Last night both working fine. This morning no signal on tv and no power into recorder.

Very old roof aerial and rainwater was running down cable into splitter box (I share the aerial with neighbour; both houses rented from same landlord). Very quick response from landlord and aerial company fitted new digital aerial at lunchtime, running new cable into splitter box. Aerial fitter says rainwater wasn't running from the cable in splitter box to my equipment and didn't renew my section of the cable - he showed me and it did look dry. Reception on tv is now fine but panasonic dvd recorder still as dead as a "dodo"!

Have checked the fuse in plug to the recorder but no joy. Aerial engineer says it's just a coincidence that recorder should pack up same time as old aerial with water problems. My question - does this "coincidence" explanation sound feasible?

I'd be grateful for any advice or suggestions.

Pokerlad

fitzroy wrote: »

I have Panasonic digital tv with inbuilt freeview. Also have panasonic dvd recorder - 6 years old. Last night both working fine. This morning no signal on tv and no power into recorder.

Very old roof aerial and rainwater was running down cable into splitter box (I share the aerial with neighbour; both houses rented from same landlord). Very quick response from landlord and aerial company fitted new digital aerial at lunchtime, running new cable into splitter box. Aerial fitter says rainwater wasn't running from the cable in splitter box to my equipment and didn't renew my section of the cable - he showed me and it did look dry. Reception on tv is now fine but panasonic dvd recorder still as dead as a "dodo"!

Have checked the fuse in plug to the recorder but no joy. Aerial engineer says it's just a coincidence that recorder should pack up same time as old aerial with water problems. My question - does this "coincidence" explanation sound feasible?

I'd be grateful for any advice or suggestions.

Unfortunately, it does sound like its a coincidence. If power was going in last night and now isnt I cant see that changing an aerial would cause that (only if water had managed to get into the electrics of your player). I assume other items can take power from that socket ok?

By the way there is no such thing as a 'digital' aerial

keith1950

Hi, unplug the dvd recorder, remove the screws around the top casing and have look inside.If there is any serious water damage it will show up as areas of green where the water has reactivated traces of acid on the pcb and is corroding the components. If there is no trace of corrosion on the pcb then it is most likely a purely coincidental power supply fault.