Where has my sound gone? (Freeview)

What is likely to have caused a complete loss of sound after moving
the TV?

The story: rooftop aerial, through signal booster (used to get
pixelation; got booster via Freecyle; no pixelation since) into
Freeview box and then to TV via SCART. Room where this sits was being
decorated, so moved all the kit next door - all working fine. Painter
finished, moved kit back and have no sound. Sound OK on DVDs, but
nothing from the Freeview box. Picture is perfect.

What can I try, what should I investigate?

Cheers

Colin

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What is likely to have caused a complete loss of sound after moving
the TV?

The story: rooftop aerial, through signal booster (used to get
pixelation; got booster via Freecyle; no pixelation since) into
Freeview box and then to TV via SCART. Room where this sits was being
decorated, so moved all the kit next door - all working fine. Painter
finished, moved kit back and have no sound. Sound OK on DVDs, but
nothing from the Freeview box. Picture is perfect.

What can I try, what should I investigate?

Cheers

Colin

If your DVD is connected via a different SCART cable, try switchng cables.
Maybe a cable or a plug got damaged in the move.
Does the TV have the ability to have different settings in different inputs?
Maybe the input the Freeview box is on has its volume turned down/muted. Try
plugging the Freeview box into the input the DVD normally uses...

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"Colin Brough" wrote in message
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What is likely to have caused a complete loss of sound after moving
the TV?

The story: rooftop aerial, through signal booster (used to get
pixelation; got booster via Freecyle; no pixelation since) into
Freeview box and then to TV via SCART. Room where this sits was being
decorated, so moved all the kit next door - all working fine. Painter
finished, moved kit back and have no sound. Sound OK on DVDs, but
nothing from the Freeview box. Picture is perfect.

What can I try, what should I investigate?

Cheers

Colin


Loose or damaged SCART would be my favourite.

On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:49:47 GMT, Colin Brough
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What is likely to have caused a complete loss of sound after moving
the TV?

The story: rooftop aerial, through signal booster (used to get
pixelation; got booster via Freecyle; no pixelation since) into
Freeview box and then to TV via SCART. Room where this sits was being
decorated, so moved all the kit next door - all working fine. Painter
finished, moved kit back and have no sound. Sound OK on DVDs, but
nothing from the Freeview box. Picture is perfect.

What can I try, what should I investigate?



Loose Scart between freeview box and TV.

Less likely, but happened to me, loose headphone socket on TV. Took TV
apart, resoldered socket,fixed.

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Less likely, but happened to me, loose headphone socket on TV. Took TV
apart, resoldered socket,fixed.

Interesting one! How long did it take to work that out...?
In this case though the OP said sound was fine with DVD player, so I'd guess
not the problem on this occasion.

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On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:46:52 -0000, "ChrisM"
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Less likely, but happened to me, loose headphone socket on TV. Took TV
apart, resoldered socket,fixed.

Interesting one! How long did it take to work that out...?

Seconds. Evidence for the prosecution:

Small(ish) boy who hooks his PS2 upto the TV.
Parents who can't stand the bleeping it makes.
Headphones plugged in and out.
Headphones and PS2 inputs all in the same sockety thing on the side of
the TV.
Intermittent sound missing from TV, cured by manual percussive
maintenance in the region of the headphone socket.



In this case though the OP said sound was fine with DVD player, so I'd guess
not the problem on this occasion.


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Intermittent sound missing from TV, cured by manual percussive
maintenance in the region of the headphone socket.

So if you whacked the TV near to headphone socket, the sound cut in and
out...
Ok, I suppose that might have been a bit of a give-a-way!

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Colin Brough wrote:
What is likely to have caused a complete loss of sound after moving
the TV?

The story: rooftop aerial, through signal booster (used to get
pixelation; got booster via Freecyle; no pixelation since) into
Freeview box and then to TV via SCART. Room where this sits was being
decorated, so moved all the kit next door - all working fine. Painter
finished, moved kit back and have no sound. Sound OK on DVDs, but
nothing from the Freeview box. Picture is perfect.

What can I try, what should I investigate?

You've got a SCART plug not fully in. The sound connections are all at one
end.

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On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:11:30 +0000 (GMT), Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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Colin Brough wrote:
What is likely to have caused a complete loss of sound after moving
the TV?

The story: rooftop aerial, through signal booster (used to get
pixelation; got booster via Freecyle; no pixelation since) into
Freeview box and then to TV via SCART. Room where this sits was being
decorated, so moved all the kit next door - all working fine. Painter
finished, moved kit back and have no sound. Sound OK on DVDs, but
nothing from the Freeview box. Picture is perfect.

What can I try, what should I investigate?

You've got a SCART plug not fully in. The sound connections are all at one
end.

Reseated all the SCART cables, and it makes no difference. I should
add that the TV has one SCART input; the DVD is connected to the
Freeview box, which is the device with 2 SCARTs - so sound when
playing a DVD is going from DVD through Freeview to TV.

TV is a very old/cheap CRT with no "sense" of different inputs. Sound
settings are turned up on both Freeview box and TV.

For absolute clarity on the wiring, see diagram:

http://www.colinbrough.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/wiring.png

Cheers

Colin

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Colin Brough wrote:

Reseated all the SCART cables, and it makes no difference. I should
add that the TV has one SCART input; the DVD is connected to the
Freeview box, which is the device with 2 SCARTs - so sound when
playing a DVD is going from DVD through Freeview to TV.

What Freeview box is it ? If it has two Scarts, then one is probably labelled
'TV' and the other 'VCR' ? Check the TV one really does feed the TV set ?

Also, does your Freeview box remote have a DTV/TV button or similar to toggle
the Scart assertion between the box, and its connected device (in your case
the DVD). Try operating that. I'm clutching at straws here though.

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