floorhead
Novice Member
Hello all. I have come across the strangest problem that is stumping a repair service company and our antenna installer.
We have a Panasonic Viera TX-P50VT30B purchased in 2012 and working fine until last week, when suddenly it reported "no signal" on all channels. All HDMI ports work fine with Blu Ray, Apple and Amazon TVs.
The new external antenna was installed 2.5 years ago and there is no booster. The installer came last week and tested the antenna signal with his portable TV and received all channels. He also confirmed a strong signal from the antenna. At this point it looks like a TV tuner problem and he recommends a repair service company.
The company collected the TV and while doing so, bring in a TV from their van hook it up to our antenna. It receives all channels.
At their shop they re-welded some of the tuner connections. They test our TV over night and receive all channels with no problems. They bring the TV back to our house. No channels!
They take the TV back to their shop and it is working fine and they want me to see it working there.
This makes no sense. The antenna installer and the repair shop both see that the antenna signal at our house is strong and all channels are available on other TVs. Our TV works at the repair shop. But it doesn't work at our house.
What the heck could be the cause of this?! And if you say it is a ghost, well, I am about ready to believe you.
The repair shop is recommending replacing the tuner, but I just don't understand why this is necessary.
Thanks in advance for any sane advice.
We have a Panasonic Viera TX-P50VT30B purchased in 2012 and working fine until last week, when suddenly it reported "no signal" on all channels. All HDMI ports work fine with Blu Ray, Apple and Amazon TVs.
The new external antenna was installed 2.5 years ago and there is no booster. The installer came last week and tested the antenna signal with his portable TV and received all channels. He also confirmed a strong signal from the antenna. At this point it looks like a TV tuner problem and he recommends a repair service company.
The company collected the TV and while doing so, bring in a TV from their van hook it up to our antenna. It receives all channels.
At their shop they re-welded some of the tuner connections. They test our TV over night and receive all channels with no problems. They bring the TV back to our house. No channels!
They take the TV back to their shop and it is working fine and they want me to see it working there.
This makes no sense. The antenna installer and the repair shop both see that the antenna signal at our house is strong and all channels are available on other TVs. Our TV works at the repair shop. But it doesn't work at our house.
What the heck could be the cause of this?! And if you say it is a ghost, well, I am about ready to believe you.
The repair shop is recommending replacing the tuner, but I just don't understand why this is necessary.
Thanks in advance for any sane advice.