My telly has just blown up!!!

[bright1064]

Well, at least I think that's what happened...

I think there was a power surge, or something tripped in our house because certain things just turned themselves off, including the PC I'm using right now.

But the telly didn't turn off. Instead the picture just went and I ended up with a black and white fuzzy screen.

I use my aerial through a booster, so I unplugged it all and turned everything off. Then I tried to retune my telly in, and although it has some signal, it is VERY limited. I have tried tuning it with and without the booster, but the signal and picture quality is awful. Unwatchable even!

Now, I'm faced with a dillemma. Is it the aerial/booster that is now faulty? Or is it in fact the telly itself that is screwed? Anyone who has any idea, would you be so kind as to share your thoughts, because I love my telly, and my world feels empty right now...

...well that and the fact I don't wanna have to buy a new one unless I REALLY have to!

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

See what happens when you consider watching illegal football streams!

 

[Mendoza]

My aerial isn't working and have no pic either. A few parts of Brighton are without signal judging by facebook status'

 

[BensGrandad]

Go on freecycle somebody will have a TV to give away then you can tell whether its the TV or aerial.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Are there any bright lights hovering over Varndean?

 

[bright1064]

Is this something to do with the big switchover?

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Are there any bright lights hovering over Varndean?

No !!! But here in central Brighton/Preston Village the lights dipped a while ago!!

 

[northstandnorth]

try a new booster from argos and return it if it does not solve the problem.

 

[LABHA]

Mine keeps f***ing the numbers up,last night is showed Hereford 1 brighton 2,its ok i expect it will be back to normal on saturday.

 

[Twinkle Toes]

Are there any bright lights hovering over Varndean?

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Are there any bright lights hovering over Varndean?

The aliens are looking for HB&B as they need to do some more experiments on him

 

[NMH]

Go to the Menu for your telly and just hit the tab that auto-tunes the station channels.
If you have any sort of picture, you haven't blown up your tv.

 

[minnieme]

Mine keeps f***ing the numbers up,last night is showed Hereford 1 brighton 2,its ok i expect it will be back to normal on saturday.

 

[Scotty Mac]

no such problems in mid sussex

 

[bright1064]

Panic over! I have tried re tuning the telly, and every channel has come back now. I can only assume the series of power surges in the area affected the telly transmitters for a while. Maybe they have sorted it now.

 

[33057 Seagull]

Mine too; at least the analogue sets - thought they had brought the transfer to digital forward for a moment.

 

[murraymints4brighton]

2 of mine have lost the channels and they are both without remotes so down to just two in a family of six= crisis.

 

[bright1064]

Good to see that the BBC are across this problem...

BBC Sussex on the radio and BBC local news on the telly have both said NOTHING about it

 

[Barry Izbak]

Good to see that the BBC are across this problem...

BBC Sussex on the radio and BBC local news on the telly have both said NOTHING about it

It wasn't a local news story in Guildford

 

[bright1064]

It wasn't a local news story in Guildford

Yes, but still...

I mean when someone from Brighton tries to phone BBC Sussex (as it's now called) then all the calls are obviously piped through to Guildford.
Surely there must've been people from Brighton/Sussex who called in?

I know when there have been power cuts in Mid Sussex, people call my show like you wouldn't believe! And I'm pretty sure that BBC Sussex would have more responsive listeners than my station/show ever would!