Minor TV problem

FightingSpirit

I'm sure a very simple solution is required but technology is not my strong point!

I've just moved house and the TV cable from the old place wouldn't connect to the wall so I needed a homemade one with 'male' ends on both sides, one for tv and one for wall. The TV comes on now but it says 'no signal' and it's a black screen with no picture at all.

It's a 22" HD ready digital LCD tv with built-in DVD player.

Inactive

Does the property actually have a TV aerial?

The connector at the wall may not actually be connected to an aerial.

brewerdave

A lot of new builds over the past 10-15 years have been precabled/fitted with multiple wall sockets but no TV aerial - you will probably find the end of the cable(s) neatly(??) bundled up in the loft space; certainly the case with both my daughter's house purchases.The builders claim it is because so many buyers prefer to arrange Virgin cable or Sky satellite.

Kurtis_Blue

As above.

Plus if you have moved far, or your new property is aligned to a different transmitter try retuning the TV using new installation, most TVs will not do this automatically and will behave as you stated when the chosen channel is not present.