Samsung TV, not working in new home!

murphydog999

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Is that a grey import model XL2270 ??

Noooo, bought from Richer Sounds. Isn't that beside the point, it was receiving no problem a few days ago.

debitcardmayhem

murphydog999 wrote: »

Noooo, bought from Richer Sounds. Isn't that beside the point, it was receiving no problem a few days ago.

No I was looking for a manual ....;)

murphydog999

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

No I was looking for a manual ....;)

Oh thank you

debitcardmayhem

murphydog999 wrote: »

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?

That's why I asked about the fly lead, have you tried the buttons on the Telly try channel say 80 (bbc news all I can think of at the mo) As I said weak/no signal strikes me like a message from Analogue not Freeview.

debitcardmayhem

murphydog999 wrote: »

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?

Did you take the aerial lead out of the Freeview Box (out of the Antenna in socket) and try it into the telly ?

grizzly1911

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

That's why I asked about the fly lead, have you tried the buttons on the Telly try channel say 80 (bbc news all I can think of at the mo) As I said weak/no signal strikes me like a message from Analogue not Freeview.

That sounds plausible.

I spent a while trying to tune a neighbours TV only to find I hadn't selected DTV but that had never been set up.

Enterprise_1701C

Notmyrealname wrote: »

No such thing as analogue or digital antennas.

No, but there are antennae that are too old and weak to receive digital signals.

I have often seen "weak/no signal" on digital tvs awaiting connection.

You say it was working a couple of days ago? Switchover has been ongoing for a while, are you asking it to tune the "digital" section of the TV?

Does it work in another aerial socket? I know you have had a box working in it's socket, but it is worth a go!

Sorry if these are silly questions, but before now I have had the director of a company call me up complaining there was no dial tone on his fax, I asked him if it was plugged into the line and a very embarrassed chap came back on the line and admitted it worked now it was plugged in!

It is possible that the digital tuner side of the tv has "gone".

Peter999_2

How far have you moved house?

Have you re-tuned the TV?, the reason I ask is because - for example - the TV aerial on my house points to one transmitter and the TV aerial on the house next door points to another transmitter.

If I put my TV next door I would get the same error message until I retuned the TV.

Edit - Apologies, just read further up the thread that you have already tried retuning it.

googler

Have you verified that the socket you're plugging it into is actually connected to an aerial somewhere?

LucianH

One key thing when diagnosing a fault when something has changed is to check if the fault disappears when you undo the change - this will confirm that the change has had any adverse effects.

That leads me on to a potentially silly suggestion which needs the answers to the questions: how far are you from your old house and how well do you know the new occupants? It would be really useful if you could try the TV out in a "known working condition" to confirm that the TV still works and has not been damaged in the move.