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| Thread ID: 108746 | 2010-04-10 02:00:00 | TV reception..... | beetle (243) | PC World Chat |
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| 874731 | 2010-04-10 10:01:00 | i have a feeling i have looked at that before but most of them have sky........so that doesnt help much ??? but yeah in the daylight we will see and whether i will venture up on the roof.....:eek: beetle |
beetle (243) | ||
| 874732 | 2010-04-10 10:22:00 | Ok its the first cable connector, the sky cable is not there any more due to me pulling it out a while ago............. dont ask, i just did cos i can. i went up in ceiling and re cut and connected the little wires into the box in the ceiling, it says vhf /uhf or whatever on the outside of the box, and re plugged in down here. and the telling now gets a real fuzz picture, but cannot auto tune it in. so does that mean i should go up on the roof tomorow and check that end? how can i tell which way the aerial is supposed to point? thankxs for all the help so far. beetle :) did you make sure the metal shelding in the cable was touching the cable clamps (normally just inside the entrance to the box) inside the box in the ceiling to stop interference. |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 874733 | 2010-04-10 10:22:00 | That box in the ceiling may be an amplifier for your aerial system, and usually requires a power supply, may be similar to this www.dse.co.nz perhaps the power supply isn't connected into the aerial cable as would be required by this unit (may have been connected to the long cable the dog chewed :rolleyes:). |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 874734 | 2010-04-10 10:40:00 | one of these............. hills brand. www.dse.co.nz doesnt seem to have anything else on it. and i dont understand about the wire on thingy for interference...... can you explain a bit further? the bracket and the holding screw needs wires touching? :confused: thanks beetle :) |
beetle (243) | ||
| 874735 | 2010-04-10 11:06:00 | one of these............. hills brand. www.dse.co.nz doesnt seem to have anything else on it. and i dont understand about the wire on thingy for interference...... can you explain a bit further? the bracket and the holding screw needs wires touching? :confused: thanks beetle :) sorry brain not working right now nigel.geek.nz on this page if you scroll down to the picture of the corroded box where it says "Although i have a feeling this isn't helping the situation" the clamps right at the bottom that are going over the black of the cable, you need to make sure that the metal sheilding that is in the cable (not the metal core inside the white bit) touches these clamps, if you look at the picture really carefully you will see the shielding wire (or on some wires its a foil) is under the clamps (the sheilding wire has turned a lovely green) Sorry i can't find a better pic |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 874736 | 2010-04-10 11:22:00 | Wish ya had said that before i had my shower! not going back up there now . . . . . . . i thought a nice clean cut and the insulation was what was best in the bracket . . . . . . oh well ive learnt something . . . . . . . . that tv's are an absolute pain . . . . . . . and i will have to go back up in the itchy place again . beetle :) |
beetle (243) | ||
| 874737 | 2010-04-10 11:25:00 | Ah, that's just a splitter, allows you to run two cables from one aerial, probably into two rooms (so forget what I said before about amps). This may help with the cable connection in the box (the outer braiding/shield should go under the holding clamps in the splitter and must not touch the centre conductor wire which goes into/under the screw terminal or else the signal will be lost/reduced). www.megalithia.com You could also be having corrosion problems at the aerial end as shown in Nigel's pic. |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 874738 | 2010-04-10 11:44:00 | Wish ya had said that before i had my shower! not going back up there now....... i thought a nice clean cut and the insulation was what was best in the bracket...... oh well ive learnt something........ that tv's are an absolute pain....... and i will have to go back up in the itchy place again. beetle :) Yep I did the exact same thing when i did my first one. Did you perchance also wire the plug that goes into the socKet at the back of the TV? |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 874739 | 2010-04-10 12:06:00 | Wiring a coax plug, - don't need to worry about solder www.youtube.com |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 874740 | 2010-04-10 12:19:00 | For the socket to tv cable i bought ready made......... decided i didnt need the stress if learning that one a while ago, and i just have to plug it on then...:p going to bed now, worry about it tomorrow........ beetle :D |
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