V Box fitted Saturday - still not working

[Nedkelly]

Yes they do

[bonhomie]

Originally Posted by Nedkelly

Swap the scarts around if you dont have a spare one but make sure the top scart on the V+ goes straight to the tv .It could be somthing simple lets hope the tech can find the fault if you dont tonight

Ok I'll have a go. Will have to wait until 9 as I'm videoing something (from terrestrial) - fingers crossed!

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Originally Posted by Ozzig

Probably daft question ... do the buttons on the front of the box let you change channel etc ?

Good Luck

'Fraid not

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Originally Posted by on in an hour!

its the bloody scart...its got to be...make sure scart from top scart output is going directly to the tv and your on the correct AV channel...now im in a rage!!

I so hope so!

Going to have a go at switching them round at 9.00 and will come back and let you know.

Tis good to have someone else raging on my behalf!!

[spiderplant]

Do you have anything on the TV screen? Also, what does it say on the front panel display, and which other lights are on?

[bonhomie]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

Do you have anything on the TV screen? Also, what does it say on the front panel display, and which other lights are on?

Yep I can watch terrestrial tv from tv and via av channel, I'm video taping some programmes at the moment.

All I have on the V+ display is a light behind the word 'online', in the middle it says 'live tv' and then the channel number (which I can't change).

[on in an hour!]

Originally Posted by bonhomie

Yep I can watch terrestrial tv from tv and via av channel, I'm video taping some programmes at the moment.

All I have on the V+ display is a light behind the word 'online', in the middle it says 'live tv' and then the channel number (which I can't change).

the scatrs in the wrong BLOODY socket,why you no risten

[Ben B]

Originally Posted by on in an hour!

the scatrs in the wrong BLOODY socket,why you no risten

ha ha ha, maybe the attached picture could be of assistance to the OP

[bonhomie]

Originally Posted by on in an hour!

the scatrs in the wrong BLOODY socket,why you no risten

Lol! I am ristening - I've tried swapping them about but still no joy. The V Box scart is direct to the TV (It's thicker that all other scarts) and it's definitely coming from the TOP of the box

Sorry!

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Originally Posted by ben_b

ha ha ha, maybe the attached picture could be of assistance to the OP

Thanks ben_b - I'll print that off.

[bonhomie]

Attachment 15739

This is supposed to be my diagram of the set up!

[bonhomie]

It's working!!!

Spiderplant suggested I unplug the VCR completely and I can access the guide!

Was the VCR the problem all along then?

Phew - what a relief!

[multiskilled]

Sounds like your vcr is over riding the stb plug it back in, on the vcr remote there should be a button marked vcr/tv pressing this should toggle between watching stb and vcr.

hope this helps.

[bonhomie]

Originally Posted by multiskilled

Sounds like your vcr is over riding the stb plug it back in, on the vcr remote there should be a button marked vcr/tv pressing this should toggle between watching stb and vcr.

hope this helps.

Thanks multiskilled,

But it's sorted now!

Spiderplant worked his magic

Together with good advice from 'on in an hour'.

I am eternally grateful !

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Oh yeh - and soon as it was sorted last night, I dutifully made a call to 150 to cancel the engineer they had arranged for this morning.....they assured me the visit was cancelled......

....engineer arrived this morning!

What dya do!

[Nedkelly]

Glad to hear its sorted as for the tech turning up its normal