1 Cable from Satellite dish and No channels

dunroving

KSketch wrote: »

Hi dunroving, that is similar to our house with TV points in most of the rooms. I have connected the TV up with the cable straight into the back of the TV and no channels have been found. I then connected it up in a different room where our main TV is via the humax box and this worked.

Did you try taking the Humax box to the "mystery cable", so you can replicate the set up that worked? You have two variables (input cable, Humax/no Humax). You have to eliminate only one variable at a time to get to the bottom of the situation.

KSketch

yes i tried setting up the humax using this cable but it didn't have any signal coming through

debitcardmayhem

Does the house have an aerial ,I would suggest yes since the TV works in the other room, the other sockets in the house are(were) probably fed from a distribution box , which would probably be in the loft, and which has probably gone with the previous owners. Is your Humax box a satellite one or freeview one ? Go outside and see where the cable in the kitchen comes from. Ditto for the Humax box which works

KSketch

Yes, the house has an aerial the loft. With our humax box, this is a freesat one. For the cable going in to the kitchen, i believe this comes from the top of the house. Unfortunately who ever has installed the dishes have left it difficult to track the cables and where they run to. From what i can see i think it goes to one of the dishes. thank you,

ukcarper

KSketch wrote: »

As i cant provide you with a picture, it is like the Female CoAx but it has the copper wire coming through the middle

Is it like this

http://www.stevelarkins.freeuk.com/images/fitting_ftype_plug.jpg

If so as has been said tv will need built in satellite receiver or you will need a separate satellite receiver such as humax.

KSketch

Thank you, it doesn't look like that one no. As I'm not sure if this cable is from the aerial or satellite, i will try and trace it back to see where it originates from and hopefully this will make a bit more sense.

Thank you to everyone that has helped and responded

tonyh66

aerials and satellite dishes have different connectors, the wire looks the same.
If it doesn't look like the one above then its coming from an aerial.

lammy82

How did you test this cable with the Humax box if it's not got a satellite connector on it? Did you use some sort of adapter?

Is this the type of connector on the cable? That's a standard aerial connector.

Anyway, it's unlikely that it's a satellite feed if it's not got a satellite connector on the end.

If you've plugged it directly into the TV's aerial socket and done a full scan and there are no channels, then it sounds like it's probably not connected to anything at all.

Robisere

KSketch - in your situation, I would ask around neighbours and local friends for a trustworthy TV engineer to come and check out the connections (or lack of). Ask him for a quote to set everything up for you.