Panasonic TV fault today

Had a call from the parents saying their Panasonic Viera TV has
developed a fault. After about 10 minutes, it flips to saying
"No service", which is what would normally happen if you pull
out the aerial. However, another digital TV shows the aerial
signal is fine. Once it's gone "No service", it stays there
until you change channel, and you can then change back immediately
and the original channel is working again. It's 3 years into a
5 year guarantee, so I wasn't too worried.

This evening, I've just turned on my TV, which is an identical
model, same age, but different area of the country and transmitter.
Exactly the same fault.

Could it be that Panasonic have downloaded some buggy new firmware
to their TV's?

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Andrew Gabriel wrote:

Could it be that Panasonic have downloaded some buggy new firmware
to their TV's?

or the Beeb have been undoing some of the tweaks they put in place for
the limpics, IIRC they usually do the changes on a Wednesday, tried a
re-tune?

Andrew Gabriel wrote:
Had a call from the parents saying their Panasonic Viera TV has
developed a fault. After about 10 minutes, it flips to saying
"No service", which is what would normally happen if you pull
out the aerial. However, another digital TV shows the aerial
signal is fine. Once it's gone "No service", it stays there
until you change channel, and you can then change back immediately
and the original channel is working again. It's 3 years into a
5 year guarantee, so I wasn't too worried.

This evening, I've just turned on my TV, which is an identical
model, same age, but different area of the country and transmitter.
Exactly the same fault.

Could it be that Panasonic have downloaded some buggy new firmware
to their TV's?

This is a DIY group. I suggest you take a chain saw to the TV set. But
of course be sure to disconnect it from the mains before you start.
Safety first!

Bill

Interesting that, with no updates whatsoever, my goodmans box keeps saying,
no signal, please check aerial. I did a factory reset a complete retune and
at present all seems to be OK. I'm thinking something weird in a
transmission did summut odd, but I'd have thought that Panasonic and
goodmans would have had different software. could be just a coincidence or
crap on the mains?
Brian

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"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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Had a call from the parents saying their Panasonic Viera TV has
developed a fault. After about 10 minutes, it flips to saying
"No service", which is what would normally happen if you pull
out the aerial. However, another digital TV shows the aerial
signal is fine. Once it's gone "No service", it stays there
until you change channel, and you can then change back immediately
and the original channel is working again. It's 3 years into a
5 year guarantee, so I wasn't too worried.

This evening, I've just turned on my TV, which is an identical
model, same age, but different area of the country and transmitter.
Exactly the same fault.

Could it be that Panasonic have downloaded some buggy new firmware
to their TV's?

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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Interesting that, with no updates whatsoever, my goodmans box keeps
saying, no signal, please check aerial. I did a factory reset a complete
retune and at present all seems to be OK. I'm thinking something weird in
a transmission did summut odd, but I'd have thought that Panasonic and
goodmans would have had different software. could be just a coincidence or
crap on the mains?

MUCH more likely that some change has happened with the transmitters
and that some systems handle that better than others do.

"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
...
Had a call from the parents saying their Panasonic Viera TV has
developed a fault. After about 10 minutes, it flips to saying
"No service", which is what would normally happen if you pull
out the aerial. However, another digital TV shows the aerial
signal is fine. Once it's gone "No service", it stays there
until you change channel, and you can then change back immediately
and the original channel is working again. It's 3 years into a
5 year guarantee, so I wasn't too worried.

This evening, I've just turned on my TV, which is an identical
model, same age, but different area of the country and transmitter.
Exactly the same fault.

Could it be that Panasonic have downloaded some buggy new firmware
to their TV's?

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

On 16/08/2012 06:34, Rod Speed wrote:

MUCH more likely that some change has happened with the transmitters
and that some systems handle that better than others do.

Which is exactly what happened on Wednesday. The BBC returned PSB 1 Mux
back to its original configuration now the Olympics have finished.

Give the sets a reset, and rescan. Poor form they couldn't cope with the
changes, while plenty of others could.


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Rod Speed wrote just
the puerile **** it always end up with when its
got done like a ****ing dinner, as it ALWAYS is.

"Mark Carver" wrote in message
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On 16/08/2012 06:34, Rod Speed wrote:

MUCH more likely that some change has happened with the transmitters
and that some systems handle that better than others do.

Which is exactly what happened on Wednesday. The BBC returned PSB 1 Mux
back to its original configuration now the Olympics have finished.

Give the sets a reset, and rescan. Poor form they couldn't cope with the
changes, while plenty of others could.

It's the BBC...........Funded by *us* and subbed by the backhanders the
Guvmint give 'em....what could possibly go wrong or be at fault?

Hmm, well, it does seem a strange thing to affect though. The silly part is
that although the box claimed it had no signal, if you go to engineering
info, it says the signal is fine, so its obviously confused!

Can Freeview software get a virus i wonder?
grin

Brian

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"Rod Speed" wrote in message
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"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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Interesting that, with no updates whatsoever, my goodmans box keeps
saying, no signal, please check aerial. I did a factory reset a complete
retune and at present all seems to be OK. I'm thinking something weird in
a transmission did summut odd, but I'd have thought that Panasonic and
goodmans would have had different software. could be just a coincidence
or crap on the mains?

MUCH more likely that some change has happened with the transmitters
and that some systems handle that better than others do.

"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
...
Had a call from the parents saying their Panasonic Viera TV has
developed a fault. After about 10 minutes, it flips to saying
"No service", which is what would normally happen if you pull
out the aerial. However, another digital TV shows the aerial
signal is fine. Once it's gone "No service", it stays there
until you change channel, and you can then change back immediately
and the original channel is working again. It's 3 years into a
5 year guarantee, so I wasn't too worried.

This evening, I've just turned on my TV, which is an identical
model, same age, but different area of the country and transmitter.
Exactly the same fault.

Could it be that Panasonic have downloaded some buggy new firmware
to their TV's?

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 05:25:27 +0100
Bill Wright wrote:

Andrew Gabriel wrote:
Had a call from the parents saying their Panasonic Viera TV has
developed a fault. After about 10 minutes, it flips to saying
"No service", which is what would normally happen if you pull
out the aerial. However, another digital TV shows the aerial
signal is fine. Once it's gone "No service", it stays there
until you change channel, and you can then change back immediately
and the original channel is working again. It's 3 years into a
5 year guarantee, so I wasn't too worried.

This evening, I've just turned on my TV, which is an identical
model, same age, but different area of the country and transmitter.
Exactly the same fault.

Could it be that Panasonic have downloaded some buggy new firmware
to their TV's?

This is a DIY group. I suggest you take a chain saw to the TV set.
But of course be sure to disconnect it from the mains before you
start. Safety first!

Bill

No angle grinder?
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