Going back to the Triax (which I now don’t think is implicated in the Samsung issue), you may have to give some thought to it, if you want to stop using it.
The usual way to wire TV distribution these days is to have a mains-powered multi-way distributor where the aerial is, and then a separate coaxial cable for each TV coming off the distributor, and down to the various TV wall sockets in the house.
But your setup, I think, is that the main aerial cable comes down to the Triax, and goes through it to RF1 Out for your main TV, and to RF2 Out, where the signal goes back up to the loft where the Digital Link Amp distributes it to the other TVs.
I think if you switch the Triax off, all your TVs will stop working. So the simplest and cheapest solution would be to keep it there, forgetting about the link to the YouView box (a newer one wouldn’t have SCART anyway) and the magic eyes and so on.
The alternative would be a new modern distribution amp in the loft, connected to the aerial, which would feed the main tv down the cable that currently goes to RF In on the Triax, and the other TVs down the cables currently attached to the Digital Link amp. Or something very similar, possibly retaining, rather than replacing, that amp.
Midnight Voice – you have shot to the top of my Christmas card list after the advice you have given me has paid off in full.😎
The amount of trouble and time you've invested in this is really appreciated and thank you so much as whilst not the biggest problem in the world this was niggling me and now it isn't.
It started when I went into the broadcasting option you mentioned and found my service provider. To be honest, I didn't know which one to select but plumped for free sat Northwest and then re-tuned all the channels.
The results were instantaneous and I can now voice command channels without adding swear words as it switches me to the Youview box.😂
I also note your comments regarding the Triax box which again is very much appreciated as it really is going above and beyond. I'm going to take the "if it isn't broke , don't fix it route" here and just leave things exactly as they are as far as I'm concerned everything is worth it perfectly now.
Many thanks again for all the trouble you went to and it's very much appreciated.
Well, your sort of left-field problems are my absolute favourites, as I can really get my teeth into them 😁
A mentor of mine, Alfredo Rego, always says ‘read a manual as you would a love letter’, and knowing the model number of your Samsung, and reading its manual, certainly paid off, though I remain bemused as to what the TV thought it was doing before you gave it a service provider, and again, that giving it one solved the problem. But it is exactly what the book promised….
Re the Triax, finding that diagram was key. I’ve played about with distribution systems, notably to spread Sky round a Spanish apartment; though mine was WiFi, it was doing more or less exactly what the Triax is doing over coax.
I agree with your ‘if it ain’t broke’. Despite the compromises involved in modulating the YouView SCART output onto analogue channel 36, the actual handling of the digital channels in a no-compromise thing, so your setup should be as good as any modern multi-way distributor can manage. This is one of the beauties of the way digital has been done in the UK; the aerial system has no idea if it is carrying analogue or digital, and it is only ever the TVs that sort this out.
A couple of remaining thoughts:-
If you aren’t watching the YouView box remotely, disconnect the SCART from the Triax. This will cause it to cease modulating the signal onto analogue Channel 36, and make the aerial setup pure digital.
The (now discontinued) Triax and the Digital Link must be aging, though left to their own devices, they can still go on for years.
But if the Triax fails, the power to the Digital Link will fail; if the Digital Link, separately, fails, you will lose the signal to the TVs connected to it. So if either does go, you might be able to source a replacement from eBay; or you might take that opportunity to get a modern distribution amplifier. Guess whose kit CPC Farnell recommend? 😛
An interesting and informative reply as ever so thanks again. I did google Alfredo Rego but it came up as a Guatemalan Alpine ski so I'm guessing iyour mentor a different one 😁
Let's hope the Triax cable has a long and happy life and I will definitely try disconnecting the scart cable if it improves things
With the best will in the world, I hope not to trouble you again but will definitely be my first port of call should anything else happen. I've enjoyed this in a strange kind of way and learned through the process so thank you.
Yep, Guatemalan - that’s him 😛
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I didn’t know about the skiing, but it doesn’t surprise me. I know him as an HP3000 expert, a status I pretend to, but his expertise far outstrips mine.
Sounds like a man of many talents!!
He didn't fix my Youview problem though 😁