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Been through that stage! Sony's authorised repairers are sure it is a signal fault and I am inclined to believe them. Current investigation is focussing on a sensitive modern TV tuner trying to react to spurious signals from electric interference (where from is the problem?) or possible mobile...

Neither did I until I got this expensive new Sony TV!

rodders53, thanks for comprehensive reply as usual. I checked the restore TV site and no new masts etc. The ukfreetv/transmitter site led me in some interesting directions, including a BBC freeview site which enabled me to submit a request for an engineer visit with talk of possibly fitting a...

Many thanks for efforts so far - now an update. I have a 10dB attenuator in the coax aerial lead. Unfortunately, it has made no difference to the interruptions but the following data may be useful. Before installing this, signal quality and strength data was: TV Channels 01 to 40: quality...

Thanks again. Attenuator and F-type plugs on order from CPC. I'll let you know what happens.

Many thanks for the detailed assessment, much appreciated. I'll try a 10db in-line attenuator (with cables) and see what happens. Just on your last point regarding other TV's. The other sets are all on the same powered 8-way splitter, or previously on a powered 3-way splitter. There would...

Well, here we are again. The signal disturbance has got worse these last few days - typically now a double interruption (interruptions 10s or so apart) now 3-4 times an evening. The BBC reception site shows reception on all relevant channels as good. Now that the hot weather seems to be over...

Thanks again all for responses. Rodders53, you have left me behind with 'prediction numbers for all muxes'. The Y-splitters were on the old 3-way splitter and part of the reason I changed to the new 8-way - they have now gone. The aerial feed in the roof is too far away to easily connect...

Thanks. Valid point but this has been going on for months. I don't think the atmosphere is that consistent!

Thanks for this. I noted your comment about sensitivity of some Sony TVs and that had been my suspicion as well. I will try an attenuator - surprised to find how cheap they were (about £5). Presumably I could fit this directly in the coax line to this specific TV? I could put it upstream of...

Thanks for quick response. GU21 area, google puts me 33 miles south west of Crystal Palace. Conventional aerial, roof/chimney mounted on 2-storey house, been up there 28 years. Powered splitter in roof space, 8-way Maxview with slide in plugs (ie not F-type). I actually changed this as part of...

I had a new Sony Bravia 8 TV earlier this year. It replaced an older Samsung non-digital set. From the start I was getting short duration (1-2s) loss of vision and sound, random with regard to timing and channel, normally twice in a short interval, then maybe again an hour or so later. Not...

Replaced from Remote Controls Shop as above. ‘Genuine’ replacements out of stock but replacement version is OK. 3x price of cheapest but worked straightaway. Thanks all for help.

Thanks all. I will have a trawl through the websites. Foxhole - long before smart I fear!

The remote control on an elderly Samsung flat screen tv (40") has packed up; the on/off button seems to have lost its 'spring'. Can I replace it with a new one/how would I code it? All modern tv's are a mystery to me!

Thanks all for responses. The video in post #9 was very useful but leaves me scratching my head a bit because my master socket is on the ground floor at one side of the house and the router is on the first floor at the other side. Interconnecting the two is therefore not easy. I do still have...

This is really just curiosity but the upcoming 'digitisation' of telephones has made me anxious to understand. My house was built 1997 as part of a small estate and all cabling is ducted. I understand we have full fibre to the street cabinet. We have a ducted BT telephone cable (presumably...

Thanks for this, very interesting video. I took away salient points as follows: - External CU's have the disadvantages you would expect: environmental exposure, risk of impact damage and tampering; - No rational case has yet been put forward to ban or restrict their use so no changes to the...

I have now had the opportunity to look at a friend's Ohme installation done by Octopus. As suggested above, a small external CU has been Henleyed off and placed next to the external meter box. The meter box is in the wall of an integral garage; just the other side of the wall (inside the...

Thanks, yes I was aware of this referral code. I am stuck with EON until late October but will investigate Octopus tariffs shortly. Experience tells me they will be very difficult to compare.