Any TV experts?

Tarmacsurfer · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Jun 2004 Karma :

Recently inherited an Arganto 70 (Grundig, don't laugh) as a bedroom TV. Great picture, when it works, good sound.

When in analogue mode, picture and sound are fine, as is watching a DVD or playing with the PS2/whatever console is plugged in. However, switch to the built in DTV tuner and sound is gone. EPG works, signal strength is between 6 and 10 (which is OK from what little I know) and everything looks great. Just very, very quietly.

I suspect that something has been knocked loose internally, some form of sound header on the digital tuner for example. Anyone have any experience with this kind of thing? Trying to decide if it's worth finding a TV repair shop or just leaving it as a glorified console monitor.
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Rookie · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Feb 2005 Karma :

I don't know the possible cause of it, but run the sound cables from the tuner to a different sound source, like a hifi amplifier. If you get sound, you know it's the TV. If you don't, you know it's the tuner. Thumbs Up

map · Mr Calendar Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Karma :

Tarmacsurfer · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Jun 2004 Karma :

That's the problem, the tuner is built into the TV itself Sad

Been playing a little more, in analogue terrestrial mode it's fine. Sound from both speakers and headphone socket as you'd expect, turn it to digital terrestrial and immediately no sound from either. Beginning to think it has to be a hardware fault on the DTV boards PCB or audio header.

I've been through the audio setup menus with a fine tooth comb, can't see anything at all pertaining to digital sound specifically, it all looks present and correct. Even the bloody subtitles work, maybe that's the answer. Forget about sound totally and work with subtitles Rolling Eyes