Samsung TV, not working in new home!

murphydog999

Thanks, that's helpful. The previous occupants had Sky, but their kids had TV's upstairs and there are signal boosters everywhere. But even using a booster with the Samsung, it makes no difference. We've got a freeview box for the main TV.

MothballsWallet

I had a new outside aerial installed ready for digital a few years ago because my house only had the indoor type aerials in the loft, which weren't so good, even with signal boosters.

There are 3 TV points in my house - living room, front bedroom and back bedroom, but only the first 2 are hooked up now as a survey and signal booster would have been needed to set it up too.

I got my new aerial supplied and installed for about £150 at the time, and it's a 53-element one.

debitcardmayhem

murphydog999 wrote: »

What can happen (apart from being dropped, which it hasn't been) between taking a perfectly working TV off the wall in our old house, to putting it on the wall in the new house. It just says, weak or no signal.

Plugged it into wall where the other TV works to make sure the wall socket wasn't the problem, and still nothing. Tried allsorts but with no results, can anyone shed any light on this, we must be missing something obvious but can we think :doh: no we cant!!!!

That would rule out the aerial and the socket assuming that the "other" TV is freeview....Have you tried with the other TV's flylead?

Notmyrealname

jcb208 wrote: »

You will need to get the aerial signal checked ,sounds like the aerial is either an old analouge type

No such thing as analogue or digital antennas.

vyle

Have you tried:

A: adding a signal booster.

B: using without signal booster.

As crazy as it may sound, digital requires a steady signal in a "sweet spot". That is that your signal can be too strong OR too weak and you will get the same performance for one as the other.

murphydog999

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

That would rule out the aerial and the socket assuming that the "other" TV is freeview....Have you tried with the other TV's flylead?

Yep, tried that.

murphydog999

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

That would rule out the aerial and the socket assuming that the "other" TV is freeview....Have you tried with the other TV's flylead?

vyle wrote: »

Have you tried:

A: adding a signal booster.

B: using without signal booster.

Yep, tried that.

debitcardmayhem

murphydog999 wrote: »

Yes, it has gone through the process but 'weak or no signal' is the outcome.

murphydog999 wrote: »

Yep, tried that.

Hmmm in red , you should not see that when re-tuning it should really say 0 TV and 0 Radio for freeview AFAIK, that suggests Analogue to me.

On my Samsung (diff model) it say check antenna/cable , on analogue it says weak or no signal. Go to the menu and make sure you are viewing Freeview. (use the buttons on the tv I have known remote controls to break)

debitcardmayhem

Is that a grey import model XL2270 ??

murphydog999

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Hmmm in red , you should not see that when re-tuning it should really say 0 TV and 0 Radio for freeview AFAIK, that suggests Analogue to me.

Don't know if this helps, but the Samsung has been tried in the same aerial output that the freeview box + TV is in. The Samsung has got a built-in tuner, so how come we are getting a signal on the main TV and not the Samsung?