Disabled Cable TV Service - signals still on the cable?

[zen15676]

Hi to all,

Bit of a strange techie problem. I have a pal who has previously had Cable TV but ultimately swapped over to Satellite. After he swapped over to Satellite he continued he left the incoming cable TV connections which he claims enabled him to still receive terrestrial TV channels (both analogue & digital) albeit they were quite low level & a bit noisy. He therefore used this signal to feed a separate digibox & TV in the house whilst using the Satellite feed to another TV.

He has recently swapped over to a new TV with an integral digital tuner. He has split the feed he had going digibox & TV & fed this also into the new TV. He says the new TV cannot see any digital signals.

My first question is are they still incoming signals on the old, cancelled Cable TV cables? If yes, then what signals are on the old, cancelled Cable TV cables? If there are signals I suspect that by splitting the signal he is now below a useable signal level.

If there are not any incoming signals on the old, cancelled Cable TV cables then where the hell are the TV signals coming from as he has not got a rooftop antenna?

Thanks in advance

Tone

[MikeyB]

The digital tuner in the TV will be for Freeview.
Freeview signals are not carried down the cable system.

If the cable is still connected out in the street it will still carry the analogue signals (till they get turned off)

Basically the digital signals the built in tuner in the TV is looking for, are different than the digital signals sent down the cable, so it wont see anything.

Only way to get Freeview is via a rooftop antenna.