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~air fooled~ two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl

1,429 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#305112
just curious.

my grilfriend has a konia homebrand tv, lg video and konia dvd.

the house aerial goes into the video.
audio visual leads go from the video output to the tv input
audio visual leads go from dvd output to video input

tv has stopped working when you try to watch it using the tv channels (ie video is turned off or taping another program). but when i stick my finger on the aerial socket at the back of the tv it works! hey presto im an aerial! so ive got a usb cable jammed in there at the mo acting as a temporary aerial, but where do yous think the fault is? in the video or tv?

i wil buy a co-ax lead and hook it up between the tv and video and see if that changes things, otherwise i will have to buy either an indoor aerial or little splitter box to give me two aerial outlets off of the house aerial..

[Edited on 24-2-2005 by ~air fooled~]
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HotRodMatt If it\'s old or rare - cut it!

3,616 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#305117
You got it sorted on your own, man...

You need the aerial connection to continue thru the video to the tv.

The composite cables are only sending what the video is doing not the continuation of the aerial.

~air fooled~ two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl

1,429 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#305119
yeah just bloody weird as it had worked previously until a while ago! also i am continually amazed at technology, that i can stick my finger in a socket and make a tv broadcast a picture! i mean shit! how fancy is that!
everything dies baby, thats a fact..
maybe everything that dies one day comes back..
put your make up on and your hair up pretty..
and meet me tonight in Atlantic city..

PurpleT3 Fahrvergnugen

880 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#305133
Coax lead between video & tv aerial jacks will fix the prob. As it is now you will only be able to watch TV through the video.
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baybuscamperkid prince of insufficient light, ruler of heck

4,316 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#305134
what the other guys said. should have only been able to use it previously when the VCR was on, unless there is a sh!tty internal aerial in the TV. run a cable from the aerial out in the back of the VCR up into the back of the TV and there is a good chance your picture will improve (if the TV was previously using its internal aerial)
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HotRodMatt If it\'s old or rare - cut it!

3,616 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#305137
Depending on the shielding of the cable you can often get perfect reception just from the signal radiating from the cable plug to the tv input. Your finger supplied the earth and helped the signal.

~air fooled~ two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl

1,429 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#305138
thanks fellas! all legeneds! :beer:beer:beer
everything dies baby, thats a fact..
maybe everything that dies one day comes back..
put your make up on and your hair up pretty..
and meet me tonight in Atlantic city..

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#305163
I bought a 3 way stereo Audio/Video switch from BIG W to connect to the DVD player.... TV & Video....

Just so I could use the DVD player.....

and the lead I bought was defective....
the sound used to disappear.... I thought it was the switch but a new Audio/video lead fixed it up.....

Lee

[Edited on 24-2-2005 by 68AutoBug]
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