Kim (skyking4ar2) Bertram
Moderator Emeritus
As someone once told me, you don?t have to understand how a color TV works to enjoy it. Well, that might not be exactly the case.
One of the TV?s in our new coach is mounted in a cabinet with a fireplace that requires over three hours of disassembly to get to the back of the TV. I don?t need to hear what a lousy design that is; I get that.
That?s a problem because that TV (Sony Bravia 40?) will play a DVD through the surround system with perfect sound and color. The DirecTV satellite feed, however, has a buzz in it, and the color is off. Red does not display, and the rest of the colors are washed out. I have not a clue about what cabling is attached to which inputs on the TV because I cannot get to them.
Since there is an A/V controls cabinet with splitters, DVD, and satellite receiver where I can get to it, I am hoping the problem is with the way someone hooked up the satellite receiver. All the equipment except the DirecTV was in the coach from the factory.
What I am asking is what might be the common issues to chase with such symptoms in this setup? Do the symptoms indicate a specific cabling issue? Anybody want to take a guess?
I gotta start somewhere besides dismantling the whole wall section; I would like to believe the TV itself is not the issue.
Inquiring Minds
One of the TV?s in our new coach is mounted in a cabinet with a fireplace that requires over three hours of disassembly to get to the back of the TV. I don?t need to hear what a lousy design that is; I get that.
That?s a problem because that TV (Sony Bravia 40?) will play a DVD through the surround system with perfect sound and color. The DirecTV satellite feed, however, has a buzz in it, and the color is off. Red does not display, and the rest of the colors are washed out. I have not a clue about what cabling is attached to which inputs on the TV because I cannot get to them.
Since there is an A/V controls cabinet with splitters, DVD, and satellite receiver where I can get to it, I am hoping the problem is with the way someone hooked up the satellite receiver. All the equipment except the DirecTV was in the coach from the factory.
What I am asking is what might be the common issues to chase with such symptoms in this setup? Do the symptoms indicate a specific cabling issue? Anybody want to take a guess?
I gotta start somewhere besides dismantling the whole wall section; I would like to believe the TV itself is not the issue.
Inquiring Minds
