I have an intermittent static problem on one tv in my house. Whenwatching cable short and annoying blasts of video and audio staticoccur repeatedly until I give trying to watch. Or ometimes it onlyhappens once a day and will be days before it happens again. Twodiffent cable tech say it is the tv. The other tv in the house doesnot have this problem. I finally switched our second tv with the onethat has the problem and the static has not happened since.The tv with the problem is a 31" Toshiba. When playing dvd's (usingeither the svid or composite video input) the image is perfect thestatic never intrudes.If the problem was in that line (wiring or connections) then I believethe problem would occur on whatever tv was in use in that room. I amleft to believe that the problem must be in the cable ready portion ofthe tv. Anyone know any common problems or thing I should check on thecable ready board??I can check and replace electronics, I work on pinball machines. But Ihave schematics and know the common pinball aliments.Thanks,Dug

rhino:Frankly.... if the diagnosis points to the tuner module in thetelevision, then it would be easier and cheaper for you to just use aVCR to do the tuning. Any VCR built in the last 10-13 years will beable to tune all of the cable tv channels... and if you use a STEREO HIFI VCR and feed the television via the composite video/stereo audiojacks into the A/V input of the television the result will be verygood.electricitym

Intermittent static when viewing cable, cable ready problem?

Oct 09, 2005 22 Replies

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rhino720 20 years ago

I swapped in a different tv. I did not carry the 31" downstairs. The new set did not have any static at any time.

I tried what electricitym man suggested: reconnecting the old tv and using the vcr tuner. And experienced 2+ days of no static whatsoever. But the static has returned. To be very clear the connection is wall-digital box-vcr (vcr on, vcr on vcr not tv, set to channel 4)-tv channel 4. And I am using coaxial cable all the way trough. I believe electricitym had intended that I use the composite output from the vcr and bypass the tv's coax/tuner completely. I will do that as a last resort but the tv is a bit older and only has coax and s-video/composite inputs.

I will next try to open the unit and inspect grounds and soder joints.

I won't be able to get to it until sunday, thanks to everyone for their input. DC

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Mark 20 years ago

if you know what the tuner looks like, and you are not an expert, don't open the tuner...just squeeze the cover of the tuner a few times and see if that fixes the problem for a few weeks,,, if it does then you know you need to get a tech to open the tuner and clean the ground contacts to the cover...

Mark

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Gene E. Bloch 20 years ago

On 10/13/2005, Ross Mac managed to type:

It is definitely not fun. I've also gotten too close to spark plug wires. That should be avoided too.

I guess if I had continued to make a habit of it, my nickname would be Sparky instead of Gino :-)

Sp...I mean Gino

Gene E. Bloch (Gino) letters617blochg3251 (replace the numbers by "at" and "dotcom")

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