Samsund LCD Tv LE19R86WD

victoriaxxneal · 30-04-2008, 18:15

Hi i have the samsund LE19R86WD tv , i have just moved it from my house in chester to York and now it wont pick up any signal i was wondering if anyone knew why this was ?

Also i cant seem to use all the options on the menu( they are grey instead of white and i cant select them ) how do i unblock the options ?

can i restore my tv to the original settings ?

sorry alot of questions there any help would be appreciated thanks

chrisjr · 30-04-2008, 23:15

A few questions that need answering

Analogue?
Digital?
Have you done a full rescan for the channels?

Simply moving a TV from one area to another is not guaranteed to work. The transmitter you are receiving from at the new location will most probably be using a completely different set of frequencies to your old location. So if you just plug it into the aerial and press button 1 for BBC1 for example it more than likely won't work.

The other problems you report may be related to the above. The TV may be blanking out certain options simply because they are invalid if you are not receiving anything.

victoriaxxneal · 01-05-2008, 01:14

its digital and yea i have done a full scan it doesnt pick up anything

soulboy77 · 01-05-2008, 09:17

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Originally Posted by victoriaxxneal

its digital and yea i have done a full scan it doesnt pick up anything

You need then to check out your aerial system. Are you picking up any analogue stations?

victoriaxxneal · 01-05-2008, 16:20

Yeah its picking up 4 channels but very poor quality i went out today and bought a new arial suitable for digital and an arial booster but this had made no dif , thanks for the help so far anyways

Nigel Goodwin · 01-05-2008, 17:46

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Originally Posted by victoriaxxneal

Yeah its picking up 4 channels but very poor quality i went out today and bought a new arial suitable for digital and an arial booster but this had made no dif , thanks for the help so far anyways

You don't have your location filled in, so we've no idea where you might be - it's quite possible you're in one of the many places with no Freeview and poor analogue?.

victoriaxxneal · 01-05-2008, 18:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nigel Goodwin

You don't have your location filled in, so we've no idea where you might be - it's quite possible you're in one of the many places with no Freeview and poor analogue?.

The Tvs in the other rooms work perfectly fine , Im in the North , York to give the exact location

bobcar · 01-05-2008, 18:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by victoriaxxneal

The Tvs in the other rooms work perfectly fine , Im in the North , York to give the exact location

The obvious thing to do is plug it into an aerial socket in another room. That way you'll know for sure if it's the signal or the TV. Either that or try one of the working TVs into that aerial socket.

victoriaxxneal · 02-05-2008, 01:32

i think the problem is that its not in an arial its on an internal arial which is why it cant get a signal i think , but that doesnt explain why some of the menu options are blocked

chrisjr · 02-05-2008, 22:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by victoriaxxneal

i think the problem is that its not in an arial its on an internal arial which is why it cant get a signal i think , but that doesnt explain why some of the menu options are blocked

Now if you had posted that you were trying to use an indoor aerial (arial is a font by the way not a device for receiving radio transmissions

) then we could have told you straight away what the problem is. And more importantly the solution

Get rid of the indoor aerial

Indoor aerials and Digital TV are not the best of mates really. You have to be in a good signal area with a pretty clear unobstructed view of the transmitter.

If the room is in the basement and on the wrong side of the house from the transmitter then forget it. The more walls and floors the signal has to travel through the weaker it becomes. And as digital already has a power disadvantage compared to analogue anything that wakens the signal further is bad news.

And as I posted originally the reason the various options may be greyed out is that they are only valid if you actually manage to receive anything. And it is looking increasingly likely that the only way you will do that with any degree of success is to hook your TV into a roof aerial like the other rooms probably are.

30-04-2008, 18:15	#1
victoriaxxneal Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,335	Samsund LCD Tv LE19R86WD Hi i have the samsund LE19R86WD tv , i have just moved it from my house in chester to York and now it wont pick up any signal i was wondering if anyone knew why this was ? Also i cant seem to use all the options on the menu( they are grey instead of white and i cant select them ) how do i unblock the options ? can i restore my tv to the original settings ? sorry alot of questions there any help would be appreciated thanks

30-04-2008, 23:15	#2
chrisjr Forum Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Reading Posts: 27,916	A few questions that need answering Analogue? Digital? Have you done a full rescan for the channels? Simply moving a TV from one area to another is not guaranteed to work. The transmitter you are receiving from at the new location will most probably be using a completely different set of frequencies to your old location. So if you just plug it into the aerial and press button 1 for BBC1 for example it more than likely won't work. The other problems you report may be related to the above. The TV may be blanking out certain options simply because they are invalid if you are not receiving anything.

01-05-2008, 01:14	#3
victoriaxxneal Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,335	its digital and yea i have done a full scan it doesnt pick up anything

01-05-2008, 09:17	#4
soulboy77 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Herts Posts: 17,005	Quote: Originally Posted by victoriaxxneal its digital and yea i have done a full scan it doesnt pick up anything You need then to check out your aerial system. Are you picking up any analogue stations?

01-05-2008, 16:20	#5
victoriaxxneal Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,335	Yeah its picking up 4 channels but very poor quality i went out today and bought a new arial suitable for digital and an arial booster but this had made no dif , thanks for the help so far anyways

01-05-2008, 17:46	#6
Nigel Goodwin Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Derbyshire Posts: 41,789	Quote: Originally Posted by victoriaxxneal Yeah its picking up 4 channels but very poor quality i went out today and bought a new arial suitable for digital and an arial booster but this had made no dif , thanks for the help so far anyways You don't have your location filled in, so we've no idea where you might be - it's quite possible you're in one of the many places with no Freeview and poor analogue?.

01-05-2008, 18:45	#7
victoriaxxneal Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,335	Quote: Originally Posted by Nigel Goodwin You don't have your location filled in, so we've no idea where you might be - it's quite possible you're in one of the many places with no Freeview and poor analogue?. The Tvs in the other rooms work perfectly fine , Im in the North , York to give the exact location

01-05-2008, 18:49	#8
bobcar Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 14,718	Quote: Originally Posted by victoriaxxneal The Tvs in the other rooms work perfectly fine , Im in the North , York to give the exact location The obvious thing to do is plug it into an aerial socket in another room. That way you'll know for sure if it's the signal or the TV. Either that or try one of the working TVs into that aerial socket.

02-05-2008, 01:32	#9
victoriaxxneal Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,335	i think the problem is that its not in an arial its on an internal arial which is why it cant get a signal i think , but that doesnt explain why some of the menu options are blocked

02-05-2008, 22:29	#10
chrisjr Forum Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Reading Posts: 27,916	Quote: Originally Posted by victoriaxxneal i think the problem is that its not in an arial its on an internal arial which is why it cant get a signal i think , but that doesnt explain why some of the menu options are blocked Now if you had posted that you were trying to use an indoor aerial (arial is a font by the way not a device for receiving radio transmissions ) then we could have told you straight away what the problem is. And more importantly the solution Get rid of the indoor aerial Indoor aerials and Digital TV are not the best of mates really. You have to be in a good signal area with a pretty clear unobstructed view of the transmitter. If the room is in the basement and on the wrong side of the house from the transmitter then forget it. The more walls and floors the signal has to travel through the weaker it becomes. And as digital already has a power disadvantage compared to analogue anything that wakens the signal further is bad news. And as I posted originally the reason the various options may be greyed out is that they are only valid if you actually manage to receive anything. And it is looking increasingly likely that the only way you will do that with any degree of success is to hook your TV into a roof aerial like the other rooms probably are.

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