Technology Forums: FTA, Satellite, Cable, Home Media, Hardware & Computers
|  Home   |  Forums   |  News   |  Blog   |  

Go Back   Techwatch: Satellite TV forums, FTA, Cable, Hardware, & Tech forums > UK Cable > Cable TV Chat


 

Register Members List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Cable TV Chat Discuss all aspects of the cable tv world

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 29-01-08, 01:07 PM   #1 (permalink)
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default Disabled Cable TV Service - signals still on the cable?

Hi to all,

Bit of a strange techie problem. I have a pal who has previously had Cable TV but ultimately swapped over to Satellite. After he swapped over to Satellite he continued he left the incoming cable TV connections which he claims enabled him to still receive terrestrial TV channels (both analogue & digital) albeit they were quite low level & a bit noisy. He therefore used this signal to feed a separate digibox & TV in the house whilst using the Satellite feed to another TV.

He has recently swapped over to a new TV with an integral digital tuner. He has split the feed he had going digibox & TV & fed this also into the new TV. He says the new TV cannot see any digital signals.

My first question is are they still incoming signals on the old, cancelled Cable TV cables? If yes, then what signals are on the old, cancelled Cable TV cables? If there are signals I suspect that by splitting the signal he is now below a useable signal level.

If there are not any incoming signals on the old, cancelled Cable TV cables then where the hell are the TV signals coming from as he has not got a rooftop antenna?

Thanks in advance

Tone
zen15676 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 30-01-08, 09:28 PM   #2 (permalink)
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 166
Thanks: 5
Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts
Default Re: Disabled Cable TV Service - signals still on the cable?

yes the signal will still be coming through
but he will need a cable box and plug the cable in there
and the signal should be strong enough

BTW:- You've posted in the wrong section

(Corrected- Robbo )

Last edited by Robbo; 02-02-08 at 02:17 PM.
skweezer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-02-08, 01:45 PM   #3 (permalink)
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 205
Thanks: 4
Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts
Default Re: Disabled Cable TV Service - signals still on the cable?

He wont get any digital signals with a digital tv as these have DVB-T tuners, cable uses DVB-C
__________________
Eurovox Ultra!
mixin247 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-02-08, 03:20 PM   #4 (permalink)
Senior Member
 
madrat's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 1,705
Thanks: 4
Thanked 12 Times in 11 Posts
Default Re: Disabled Cable TV Service - signals still on the cable?

he will still get analogue channels and depending where he lives and what sort of tuner the TV has will also depend on the number he gets. I get about 18
__________________
I want it and I want it now
madrat is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-04-08, 10:03 PM   #5 (permalink)
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 1
Thanks: 1
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default Re: Disabled Cable TV Service - signals still on the cable?

my virgin media card keeps going down can anyone please help. thanks
joseph nelson is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-04-08, 10:15 PM   #6 (permalink)
Super Moderator
 
reddiesel's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Beds
Posts: 3,506
Thanks: 60
Thanked 360 Times in 328 Posts
Default Re: Disabled Cable TV Service - signals still on the cable?

Quote:
Originally Posted by joseph nelson View Post
my virgin media card keeps going down can anyone please help. thanks
Excellent first post, Is it a legit card ?
reddiesel is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-04-08, 10:40 PM   #7 (permalink)
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Newcastle upon tyne
Posts: 3
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default Re: Disabled Cable TV Service - signals still on the cable?

please help i have the eurovoux ultra 200 dm500c i have all the usual channels but caannot get all the channels as i know virgin have found a way to scramble them i have tried a few diffrent things but still cannot get them all any solutions

my epg is 0 on all the channels im not supposed to have
samantha_564 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-04-08, 11:23 PM   #8 (permalink)
Super Moderator
 
reddiesel's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Beds
Posts: 3,506
Thanks: 60
Thanked 360 Times in 328 Posts
Default Re: Disabled Cable TV Service - signals still on the cable?

Quote:
Originally Posted by samantha_564 View Post
please help i have the eurovoux ultra 200 dm500c i have all the usual channels but caannot get all the channels as i know virgin have found a way to scramble them i have tried a few diffrent things but still cannot get them all any solutions

my epg is 0 on all the channels im not supposed to have
Have a read in the eurovox section.
reddiesel is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 13-04-08, 11:04 AM   #9 (permalink)
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Newcastle upon tyne
Posts: 3
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Exclamation Re: Disabled Cable TV Service - signals still on the cable?

yeah

i have tried the blue button thing

changing the keylists and trying to put the password into the language bits but still nothing

Unless im being a bit blonde
samantha_564 is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Ofcom begins public service television broadcasting review BGonaSTICK Satellite News 0 16-09-07 11:24 AM
WildBlue 1 goes into service Analoguesat Satellite News 0 21-03-07 11:17 PM
computer help line clipper The Lounge 3 19-09-06 07:28 PM
Romanian pay tv service joins 16E Analoguesat Satellite News 0 31-05-06 01:42 PM
Advanced Windows skills AhmedMostafa257 Internet 12 23-04-06 09:32 AM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 12:49 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.2
Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.2.0 ©2008, Crawlability, Inc.