I AM CURSED..........RANDOM GRIPING....NEED TO FIND A TV

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Wait, can somebody explain to me how this Cable TV works ?

I have five televisions in our house. The Big Screen is hooked up to the cable box and the rest are not. None are working.

Is the cable box the central station that gives off signal to all the other tv's ?

I'm assuming that if I unplug the box and put the coax directly into the TV the best case is I get the local stations, correct ?

You'll get regular, non-digital cable. You'll get channels 2-75 probably, assuming you have a digital cable package. This fact changes my opinion that its the box. That is F'in weird. I would tell them none of the TVs are working, yet the internet is. Something is screwy there.

[retailguy]

You'll get regular, non-digital cable. You'll get channels 2-75 probably, assuming you have a digital cable package. This fact changes my opinion that its the box. That is F'in weird. I would tell them none of the TVs are working, yet the internet is. Something is screwy there.

Thats why I think it is a cable. If internet works, then it is probably the cable that apportions the tv throughout the house. Internet working signals the cable from the road is OK.

[Zool]

Cable signal has a broad spectrum that it uses to broadcast. The upper levels of the broadcast signal are for TV and the lower levels are for internet access. If a filter has gone bad in the box outside his house, the TV's might be getting the whole spectrum which would interrupt signal. Its not likely, but its about the only explination. The cable box only sends signal to the TV that its hooked up to.

Very odd that your internet access is up but your TV is not. The suggestion to hook a TV up directly at the main pipe coming in is right on. That should eliminate the problem being with any wiring in the house.

You probably have a splitter for the TV's somewhere in your utility room. Check that area first.

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You'll get regular, non-digital cable. You'll get channels 2-75 probably, assuming you have a digital cable package. This fact changes my opinion that its the box. That is F'in weird. I would tell them none of the TVs are working, yet the internet is. Something is screwy there.

Thats why I think it is a cable. If internet works, then it is probably the cable that apportions the tv throughout the house. Internet working signals the cable from the road is OK.

This seems to make the most sense. I must say though, it would take some serious amps to render a coaxial cable useless, and in the process of doing so would likely kill the cable modem or at least a fuse in the cable modem. Interesting situation you've got there, Bretsky.

[GrnBay007]

LOL ...no skinmax for B for a few days!!!!



sorry B, had to get that in.

[Bretsky]

INTERESTING UPDATE

Well, things have improved a bit; first I tried what Zool first suggested.

I took the cable box out of the scenario. I unpugged the co ax cable going into the box, and plugged it directly into the TV on Antannae A on back of the TV.

Then I added the cable channels on there.

Now before there was absolutly no video feed; the message I received was the channel was going to be available shortly. Had that since Wednesday; Charter never suggested doing anything but the power off and unplug. They also never gave any bias as to what is wrong; my theory was the Box, but they offered nothing as far as to what they thought.

NOW I can get all of the channels that I can receive without the box, but they get in at about 33% visibility. Hear the sound perfectly.

IF I'm reading this right, it does sound like it's the Cable Box then ? And the channels are probably coming in about as good as they can ?
It's surely an improvement. At least I can partially watch football now.

Thanks all for input, and any further ideas are appreciated as well

B

[Bretsky]

LOL ...no skinmax for B for a few days!!!!



sorry B, had to get that in.

I'm going through several withdrawals and am getting the shakes already

[GrnBay007]

LOL ...no skinmax for B for a few days!!!!



sorry B, had to get that in.

I'm going through several withdrawals and am getting the shakes already

I just won 10 bucks! LOL

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INTERESTING UPDATE

Well, things have improved a bit; first I tried what Zool first suggested.

I took the cable box out of the scenario. I unpugged the co ax cable going into the box, and plugged it directly into the TV on Antannae A on back of the TV.

Then I added the cable channels on there.

Now before there was absolutly no video feed; the message I received was the channel was going to be available shortly. Had that since Wednesday; Charter never suggested doing anything but the power off and unplug. They also never gave any bias as to what is wrong; my theory was the Box, but they offered nothing as far as to what they thought.

NOW I can get all of the channels that I can receive without the box, but they get in at about 33% visibility. Hear the sound perfectly.

IF I'm reading this right, it does sound like it's the Cable Box then ? And the channels are probably coming in about as good as they can ?
It's surely an improvement. At least I can partially watch football now.

Thanks all for input, and any further ideas are appreciated as well

B

If you can get all the channels of digital cable, somehow you're receiving an ASTC signal with an NTSC tv (unless its a digital/high def tv). This, or the fact that the box is converting the images from progressive to interlace, could be the reason that you're getting an unclear image.

[Bretsky]

I reread my post and erred in my explanation. I can receive all of the basic cable channels; not the digital channels that I normally need the box for.

But before taking the box out of the equation "all" of the channels were unavailable. Now just the ones that required the box are unavailable. But they get in like crap.

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I reread my post and erred in my explanation. I can receive all of the basic cable channels; not the digital channels that I normally need the box for.

But before taking the box out of the equation "all" of the channels were unavailable. Now just the ones that required the box are unavailable. But they get in like crap.

Hmmm... That's bizzare, so you're receiving the NTSC (which you should be), but the signal appears weak. I think RG is right and somewhere along the line there is a damaged cable or something.

[FavreChild]

Perhaps if the cable companies didn't have a monopoly on coverage areas, we customers could take our business elsewhere.

And remember, millions of Americans cannot get DirecTv for geographic reasons, not to mention financial ones.

[MJZiggy]

Really? I thought trees were the only obstacle (well that and the occasional mountain). It's actually cheaper than cable as well.

[Bretsky]

Really? I thought trees were the only obstacle (well that and the occasional mountain). It's actually cheaper than cable as well.

Not if you have four TV's in the house and a Cable TV/ Cable Internet Package.

[Packers4Ever]

I reread my post and erred in my explanation. I can receive all of the basic cable channels; not the digital channels that I normally need the box for.

But before taking the box out of the equation "all" of the channels were unavailable. Now just the ones that required the box are unavailable. But they get in like crap.

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Bretsky, just reading what you've had to deal with is mind-boggling,
I can almost feel the frustration!


We have Charter too but just for the TV - week before last we suddenly see only lower portion of screen where it gives channel, time of day etc....called Charter and they sent 2 guys out next day, they said all we needed was a new box. They took the old one and went on their way.

Two days later, a Friday, same deal. Called them again. They said they'd be out next Tuesday - that meant missing the Packer's game with the Rams. In the meantime, that same Friday we called them, my computer screen suddenly went black and it shut itself down. From that day, til last Tuesday, there was NO TV, NO computer, you wanna see withdrawal ??? Not a pretty sight!
After a few days of this it would stay booted up for me, but I'm still holding my breath.

So I hope you're 100% ok now - - so far, so good over here !