Recent content by daxi

One step forward, five back. I managed to unclip the old interlock. It seems two years of use had stuck it firmly in place. However the new lock is not a replacement for the one that Indesit fitted when they built the machine. Indesit are claiming it is a direct replacement for this...

The door lock on our Indesit IWC6105(UK)E is on the way out so I ordered a new one which arrived today. The problem is first I cannot see how to remove the old lock & secondly the new lock arrived with no plastic plugs to hold it in place. I did talk to the company I ordered the lock from, as...

Choose very carefully & make sure insertion losses are given when buying connectors..It should be about 0.01dB per connector, but some of the cheaply made connectors, especially those used at the frequencies used in the Sky system, can be many times that & this will result in significant losses...

Moved home, suddenly a hum...If it's not an earth issue. Get a filtered plug as a start..Things like florescent tubes, plasma TV's etc etc are all possible causes & the problem could be carried on the mains cable or radiated as a radio signal, so it may not be a simple cure. Cheaper filtered...

Take a look at CB power supplies on ebay, a decent secondhand 3amp power supply is only a few $'s. The newer CB power supplies are often noisy & less well built, than the old ones.

It also points to the fact that UHF signal strengths degrade during rain. So a poor signal is being made worse...Yes it could be water in the coax, but the most likely cause is increased path loss due to rain.. Also if it's water ingress why is no one else being effected??? The most likely...

The by yourself method is to short coax core & outer in the room you want & to then check for a short with a multi meter in the loft..You could find a second coax that has been wired badly at the connector, but hopefully not.

Brick walls come in four or 9 inch multiples, because that is the size of a bricks & almost all block alternatives also come in 4 inch widths too.So assuming you house has bricks between flue & room, then it's probably four inches thick where the flue is & will have a pier of at least one nine...

It could..Once inside something not designed to deal with this sort of rubbish, all sorts of issues can & often are caused. However if the illumination was the only problem then you are correct, it would not normally be that. Most domestic devices are not designed to deal with the level of...

That looks suspiciously like mains borne interference. Ask at UKQRM as they are the experts in this. But it looks like one of your neighbours may have one of those horrendous polluting power line transmissions systems. They are a total nightmare & can cause innocent victims massive issues...

I was thinking of a headphone socket problem. It's not unheard of for these sockets, normally sourced as cheaply as possible, to cause problem. Sometimes some dirt or even a insect, can get into them & provide some conductivity & sometimes if they are used they fail to completely switch back to...

Does it work normally on headphones?? If so, it sounds like a speaker problem & is thus probably an economic fix.

Before you blame the Humax, check the patch leads, thats the leads that link the TV & Humax. It possibly is not them, but, they are the cheapest & simplest place to start.

What is happening to your reception & when?? Is it an all the time issue, or an every so often issue?? Does it happen at certain times, or at any time...When it happens is it over a long period or a short period..??? My initial thoughts are... Has anything been built close to you & in between...

Starting with the most basic questions.. The first question needs to be, where are you checking the signal?? It should be at the antenna, not at the end of the coax. this will eliminate the loss created by the length of coax & show the signal at the antenna. Question two..Is the antenna...