When is freeview going to start working again?

[Tank Girl]

you're very welcome

I was quite pleased with myself about that too

I'm easily pleased

 

[sheothebudworths]

So am I.





(((me)))

 

[trashpony]

He likes 'Lacey' from 'Cagney and Lacey' too.

So do I

Anyway - I shall try taking out all the leads and shaking things up and down.

I'll report back

 

[kingmaker]

If I twiddle the aerial lead in the socket, the picture improves and it went wrong very suddenly - it's been fine for years and all of a sudden it doesn't work any more.

Is the co-ax making a good connection with the end connector plug?

Are the two strands of the co-ax 'shorting'- ie touching each other?

 

[trashpony]

Is the co-ax making a good connection with the end connector plug?

Are the two strands of the co-ax 'shorting'- ie touching each other?

It's covered in white plastic - I can't see if there are any bits touching.

Should I strip it?

 

[sheothebudworths]

Is the co-ax making a good connection with the end connector plug?

Great question!













(What does it mean? )

Are the two strands of the co-ax 'shorting'- ie touching each other?

Let's stick to the subject shall we?!?

 

[sheothebudworths]

Jesus CHRIST!

Should I strip it?

<slaps tp hard about the face and sticks her in a cold shower>

 

[kingmaker]

What have you got, a socket in the wall, into which you plug the aerial lead, or just a straight lead down from the roof, which goes straight into the back of the telly/fv box?

 

[sheothebudworths]

^^^^


ThankYOU for bring common sense and basic decency back into the debate.

 

[trashpony]

Fuck I dunno - try shoving all your leads back in for a start

I have taken all the leads out and jammed them hard back in again, shaken the freeview box and now everything works

You are a genius sheo

Sorry to trouble you. Move along, nothing to see here etc

And just in time for the OC on E4 too

 

[sheothebudworths]

You are a genius sheo

Sorry to trouble you.

You may repeat the second line forever and it will never bother me, so long as the first precedes it....

 

[sheothebudworths]

(Good news about the telly btw )

 

[pembrokestephen]

Okay, I've bought an indoor aerial and it's still shit. Actually it's worse. And now I've gone back to the external aerial and I have no terrestrial channels at all!

What's the fucking point of the digital revolution if you have to buy a huge aerial? And for various reasons, I can't fix the rooftop aerial so could the lead/box be at fault? If I twiddle the aerial lead in the socket, the picture improves and it went wrong very suddenly - it's been fine for years and all of a sudden it doesn't work any more.

If it's not likely to be either of those things, is there any way I can attach an aerial on the side of the house, rather than the roof?

Or am I just going to have to get cable?

This whole digital revolution is well-fucked. I live in Kilburn ffs!

The twiddling the aerial lead in the socket makes me wonder whether it's one of three things:

• Wire-to-coax plug connection poor
• Internal wall-socket-to-aerial-coax connection poor
• Plug-to-wall-socket connection poor

So, working through this methodically...

Is your lead to go from the back of the freeview box to the wall aerial socket made with moulded-on plastic ends, like this:

or do the plugs on each end look like metal units, ie., like these:

If the latter, then it's probably going to be easiest just to go to your local radio shop or Maplin's, and get a new lead, or try remaking the connections inside the plug on each end.

Next in order of easiness to fix is the question of whether the aerial lead is making good connections into the wall socket. To ensure this, you need to GENTLY move the central pin socket very slightly off-centre, or squeeze it GENTLY with a pair of needle-nosed pliers, so that it gives a good interference fit with the pin on the plug. You could do something similar with the shield as well, to ensure that they're making a nice snug connection. I say GENTLY, because if you bend it around too much, you won't get the plug into the socket at all, which would spoil everything.

If that doesn't achieve anything, and wiggling the lead around is still giving intermittent signal, then you need to start wondering about the internal connections inside the socket on the wall.

That shouldn't be too hard to sort out - it should unscrew from its backplate, and you just need to visually check that the core and shield are attached to the socket itself, as well as using a screwdriver to make sure the connections are nice and tight.

Hopefully, all that messing around should have resulted in you having a decent picture...