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gworrall

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Have you tried FrequencyCast
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No signal and no channels
Jun 15^th, 2012 at 12:34pm

I have a Sony HXD-870 DVD Recorder that has worked like a charm up until this month, now suddenly I find that it has no signal and can't pick up any channels. I have checked the cabling, re-scanned for channels, and reset the recorder, but still nothing.
The Freeview channels are coming from a rooftop aerial where I live (which by the way my TV is also connected to and it picks up Freeview with no problem).
I want to be able to record Freeview channels on my DVD recorder again. Does anyone know what else I can do?

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andyfras Guru Offline Posts: 9287 Fleet, Hampshire	Re: No signal and no channels Reply #1 - Jun 15^th, 2012 at 6:22pm Does the aerial loop through the DVDR to the TV? Have any connections been changed recently? How old is the DVDR? Its power supply or tuner may be failing.
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gomezz Guru Offline Visitor to www.radioandtelly.co .uk Posts: 5189 Buckingham	Re: No signal and no channels Reply #2 - Jun 15^th, 2012 at 7:53pm Are you sure you are recanning for Freeview channels and not for analogue channels as this model can do both?
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gworrall Newbie Offline Have you tried FrequencyCast yet? Posts: 3	Re: No signal and no channels Reply #3 - Jun 16^th, 2012 at 1:24pm The aerial is looped through the tv as per the manual, and I have checked the signal from the same aerial to the tv. I have had the unit for three years, and have checked the cabling recently to make sure it works , also made sure I am scanning for digital channels. I'm out of ideas.
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Re: No signal and no channels
Reply #4 - Jun 16^th, 2012 at 2:38pm

andyfras wrote on Jun 15^th, 2012 at 6:22pm:

Does the aerial loop through the DVDR to the TV?

gworrall wrote on Jun 16^th, 2012 at 1:24pm:

The aerial is looped through the tv as per the manual

I am not inspired with confidence by this that the aerial feed is connected to the DVDR correctly. It should be

Aerial --> (RF In)DVDR(RF Out) --> (RF In)TV

Topfield 5800; Digitalstream DHR8205U; Humax DTR-T1000; Humax Foxsat HDR; Pioneer 420H HDD/DVDR
Pioneer BDP-320; Acer Revo R3610; Thor HDC75; Denon AV-F100; Samsung LE55B651T; Oxford TX

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gworrall Newbie Offline Have you tried FrequencyCast yet? Posts: 3	Re: No signal and no channels Reply #5 - Jun 17^th, 2012 at 11:02am It is....
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Re: No signal and no channels
Reply #6 - Jun 17^th, 2012 at 8:43pm

Sad to say I am suspecting the tuner in the DVDR has failed. Which would leave you in the same position I am know with my analogue-only tuner DVDR but I still find a use for: As a CD/DVD player and to copy recorded programmes from a PVR to then edit out ads etc and burn to DVD.

So the question then becomes what PVR should you get?

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