chann 1-5 help

[leeswin]

help

ive lost channs 1-5 which ui use for teletext. this happend since the box was replaced i just get a plain blue screen anyone got any advice?

the bypass and everything seems to be there in the box so dont envisage any issues there.

Last edited by leeswin on 15-11-2003 at 13:08.

[Paul K]

Can you get them through the TV at all or have you lost them totally? How long have they been gone?

[leeswin]

lost em from main tv channs, cable channs are fine and theyve been gone since the box was replaced few days

[Paul K]

And they wont tune in again at all? Just cos the pass though is there it doesn't mean its working. How are you connected to the telly? Scart?

[leeswin]

standard rf cable for chans 1-5 and scart for cable channels with goes through the video to the tv

[KenK]

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Originally Posted by Paul

And they wont tune in again at all? Just cos the pass though is there it doesn't mean its working. How are you connected to the telly? Scart?

The "newer" STBs don't provide pass through of analog signals, even if all the connectors are there. Since the STB was replaced, I'd guess it's been "up"graded. This is an old complaint, and I'm afraid you're stuck with it. [COLOR=Black]

[Nemesis]

Originally Posted by KenK

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The "newer" STBs don't provide pass through of analog signals, even if all the connectors are there. Since the STB was replaced, I'd guess it's been "up"graded. This is an old complaint, and I'm afraid you're stuck with it. [COLOR=Black]

The alternative is to split the cable that comes into the STB and use that for channels 1-5

[bob_builder]

Originally Posted by leeswin

help

ive lost channs 1-5 which ui use for teletext. this happend since the box was replaced i just get a plain blue screen anyone got any advice?

the bypass and everything seems to be there in the box so dont envisage any issues there.

When you say bypass, do you mean the RF out and RF Aerial combiner box?
What happens if plug the RF lead from your aerial straight into the TV?

[leeswin]

yes sorry i did mean rf channel in the box and it is 1-5 on tv not 101, 102 etc

[altis]

Summat like this?

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[bob_builder]

Originally Posted by altis

Summat like this?

My STB is like this (Aerial goes into STB first and then RF lead from STB to VCR) but without the distribution amp.
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[leeswin]

Originally Posted by altis

Summat like this?

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this is what i have however the red dotted line is what seems to failing, if the connector is there am i right in thinking it should work?

[bob_builder]

Originally Posted by leeswin

this is what i have however the red dotted line is what seems to failing, if the connector is there am i right in thinking it should work?

Is your aerial plugged straight into your VCR?
If so, can you view the analogue 1-5 without the STB switched on?
If you cannot, it would suggest there is something wrong with your aerial.

[leeswin]

Originally Posted by bob_builder

Is your aerial plugged straight into your VCR?
If so, can you view the analogue 1-5 without the STB switched on?
If you cannot, it would suggest there is something wrong with your aerial.

hope you dont mind have adapted your pic to try and ilistrate better its the link from cable box to vid i think is failing.

im getting nothing through 1-5 just a plain blue screen

[altis]

I don't mind at all

You were obviously relying on the analogue signals that are also sent down the cable. Older boxes have something called an analogue pass-thru that allows these through to the RF output (together with the decoded digital signal). Newer boxes do not have this pass-thru. I would suggest that you pester customer services for a thing called a bypass. This does the same job but lies outside the STB.

For more discussion about this try this thread.