Samsung digital TV doesn't recieve signal from co-axial wall socket
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You'll have to be a bit clearer than that. AFAICR Virgin don't do analogue any more, and there are no terrestrial analogue transmissions. Are you saying you have one socket for Virgin, and another for an aerial? Is your TV a digital Freeview set? Is there an aerial on the roof and connected to the socket you are trying to use?
I've connected the TV and it gives "weak or no signal" but it shows some channels but gives blank screen a bit and zooms in and out. The socket I'm using is one that must be connected to an aerial, its a co-axial cable not a fibre optic like virgin media use. Someone else told me there is something to improve the signal that plugs into the socket and then u plug the cable from the something into the TV.
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Virgin only use fiber to the cabinet. They use coax to the house, but it should look different as it will be terminated with F-connectors, not aerial connectors.
Signal boosters only work if you have a weak signal. If you have a bad signal they will also boost the interference of the signal, leaving you no better off.
Check your aerial. Make sure it hasn't blown over and is half hanging down the roof. If you have a broken coax from the aerial, a booster will also not help, as you will need to replace the cable. Check the coax, especially if it runs up the side of the house or has been rubbing loose against roof tiles. Look to see if there is anything tall between the aerial and the TV transmitter, such as a large tree or building.
It sounds to me like the problem is in the aerial (positioning) or the cabling to the aerial. If you want to fix a weak signal, this is what you need to get fixed before looking at anything else.
Signal boosters only work if you have a weak signal. If you have a bad signal they will also boost the interference of the signal, leaving you no better off.
Check your aerial. Make sure it hasn't blown over and is half hanging down the roof. If you have a broken coax from the aerial, a booster will also not help, as you will need to replace the cable. Check the coax, especially if it runs up the side of the house or has been rubbing loose against roof tiles. Look to see if there is anything tall between the aerial and the TV transmitter, such as a large tree or building.
It sounds to me like the problem is in the aerial (positioning) or the cabling to the aerial. If you want to fix a weak signal, this is what you need to get fixed before looking at anything else.
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Does the said TV have a digital tuner?
If it does, then a signal booster may help.
If it does, then a signal booster may help.
It does have digital tuner, and I have used another tv on a RF coaxial aerial connection which this tv didnt like at all.
When I talked about dongle, its a freeview box. Also I believe the RF input and coaxial are different as seen here:
http://imgur.com/a/9Os3L
When I talked about dongle, its a freeview box. Also I believe the RF input and coaxial are different as seen here:
http://imgur.com/a/9Os3L
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No just male and female of the same connector.
You could try a Freeview box, if the internal tuner is not working.
You could also try a signal booster (amplifies signal)
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Have a look online, many issues on the Samsung monitor/tv combos.