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Looking at the 3 rd pic there's a black component which is a diode is that what is burnt out i can't tell on the 2nd pic. To be honest i would be reluctant to try and repair any think like that,Transformers usually have internal thermal fuses. Is that just a transformer or does it have quite...

I have a cheap inverter to use when we have a powercut and i have run my tv on it,But i noticed that SMPS in the set was making a loud buzzing sound which i was a bit worried about anyway it worked ok. So the buzzing sound is obviouly down to the modified sine wave (square). To be honest i...

Now that you have spoke to one neighbour and they are having problems then it's more than likely that all the others are as well. So we take the socket out of the equation. Which leaves the aerial and coax,When water gets in coax reception can vary wildly till it dries out and reception slowly...

I don't think there will be a masthead amp but we won't know till he gets up there and has a look and i don't think that amp supplies power via the aerial connectors they it usually says on the box. It's a good point though if there is an masthead amp it would have to be supplied up there as...

The output from the amp goes into passive splitters (the 2 grey boxes under the amp) the signal output from the amp is set by adjuster on the amp itself and the signal input is set by the variable attenuator. Maybe all his neighbours might have cable tv. andy

Iv'e had a look at the pics and the socket in your flat looks like a splitter plate so somebody else must be connected to it. From the pics the cable at the top of the plate looks a bit dodgy so check the the outer braid is not touching the inner. Wall plates are notorious for being faulty...

If water gets in air spaced coax that means there are holes running through inner insulation (technical term dielectric). Can you imagine my supprise when i walked into my mothers house and saw water runing down the screen as the setop box was on top of the tv. She said the reception was...

The first thing you should do is ask your neighbours if they have any problems with reception. As to the two cables are they the same size? how are they connected to the plate? a picture would help. In some cases depening how old the property is it is the norm to have two cables on for TV...

Happy days nice story things were simpler then but with all the this digital stuff i feel sorry for the elderly who can't understand it. But my elderly neighbours have got me to help them out and my nextdoor neighbour asked me come round because his cable box was being changed,So i had to ask...

Very interesting that about the falklands,When i was a young lad used to go to the local tip looking for old radios bringing them home to either repair or use for parts i'm talking about the valve stuff. I used to listen to broadcast short wave a lot back then. I used to be given stuff and...

I don't know if your interested but received a tv amature from le havre,france and i put it up on you tube and he replied to me after 18 years. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9SJ4dM4VVM And i received several times at 295 miles. andy

If you post the model of the video i'll see if i can find any info but usually you have to go into the setup menu,But some like toshibas you have press eject for more than 3 secs i have one the only problem is it only tunes from 52-68 hopeless where i live. Log periodic aerials have a...

I think the problem your describing is cross modulation (signal overload) as you said you can see moel-y-parc so if that is the case then you need to attenuate the signal from there,best with a variable attenuator. Are you using two aerials for for winter hill and moel-y-parc? For the sky...

Iv'e been with scottish power for four years and have had no problem with them till last month when i got a letter saying they wre going to put my DD up fron £44.50 to £71,I tried many times to phone them and kept getting the usual message saying they are busy with a high vollume of calls. So i...

As rocky says try reuning the rf out,I put mine on CH69 as it's not used for tv but make sure your tv's can receive CH 69 as iv'e seen odd tv's tahat stop at CH68. ANDY

A ups is a must for pc's as i know well living in powercut alley iv'e lost a few hard drives because of power cuts. So i bought a trust 800va ups power goes off ups bleeps every ten seconds pc stays on,This ups gives about 25mins with a pc and a crt monitor but you will need a bigger one for...

Have a look at this site there's a lot of info there. http://www.avforums.com/forums/freeview/826100-freeview-f-q-s.html andy

I have to use Ch69 as it's not used for tv and where i am every channel has something on it andy

I had a phonecall a couple of years ago because of a similar complaint the mcb for the lights would not reset,I traced it to a light fitting that had a wet slimey substance all over it. So i replaced it with a new one a month later they were back on the phone to say it had gone again. When i...

An FSD (flame saftey device) and it's called by other names as well,What it does is cut the gas off if the flame goes out thats good isn't it. If you buy a cooker for a flat it has to be an FSD compliant cooker,This reg came out jan this year but there was no suitable cookers available. So...