TV gone awol

[caf56]

Ive had my Samsung tv for ten years now, recently it comes on for 10-20 seconds and then goes off saying

NO SIGNAL reading up on how long a LCD tv should last for it said 100,000 hours, Ive worked out my usage

and its 32,700 nowhere near the amount they reckon it should last for. Its annoying because the tv looks

like new and seems such a waste to just throw it out. I was wondering if anyone has had the same experience

and did you manage to fix it? and if so how? any advice would be greatly appreciated

[red devil]

Have you tried Googling the problem?

If not just type in TV model number together with 'No Signal error message', and see what it throws up...

[DulwichFox]

It may be looking for Old analogue channels.

My Samsung does that. It switches between analogue / digital when you press the same channel button.

If that fails Try a re-tune.

DulwichFox

[Loz]

It may be your antenna. Unlike old analogue TV's, digital channels either get a signal or don't - none of the old fuzzy, ghosted picture. And when it can't, it just says 'no signal'. It could be the recent storm has dislodged a wire or maybe something has chewed it somewhere along the way.

[Rosetta]

Do you have built in Freeview?

[Lynne]

Ours does "no signal" and it's the Freeview box that's causing it

[Rosetta]

Lynne Wrote:

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> Ours does "no signal" and it's the Freeview box

> that's causing it

That's what I was going to say, and why I asked if the OP had built in Freeview. The Freeview boxes don't last for ever.

[caf56]

Yes, it has freeview, I don't use a box and nothing else is connected to the tv

[caf56]

Ive tried googling it and havn't found anything really apart from trying a re-tune which I have done

Im going to try what you said though about entering the model number and see if that helps

Thanks for your advice

[nxjen]

Rosetta Wrote:

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> Lynne Wrote:

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> > Ours does "no signal" and it's the Freeview box

> > that's causing it

>

> That's what I was going to say, and why I asked if

> the OP had built in Freeview. The Freeview boxes

> don't last for ever.

This is so true. I've sadly just said goodbye to my Humax Freeview Box / PVR after 12 years.

[Loz]

If it is the freeview, you can just buy an external Freeview box and use a HDMI cable to hook it to the TV. You should be able to pick one up for about ?20.

If you want recording capability as well, then even though nxjen's has just died, Humax do some fine products.

[ianr]

> havn't found anything really apart from trying a re-tune which I have done

Did the retune report how many channels it was finding? From what you say, I'd assume close to none.

If that's the case, you don't have an aerial extension lead handy (or an indoor aerial) do you? If so, try plugging that, on its own, into the aerial socket, and see if you pick up anything with that. I've found that a metre long lead is quite good enough to pick up at least some of the Crystal Palace multiplexes. Success with that would suggest that something's got at your aerial connection.

[Elphinstone's Army]

awol? you surely mean awry? you need to fiddle with your aerial?