Re: Samsung IDTV woes
- From: "Ivan" <ivan'H'older@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:28:47 -0000
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On 11 Nov, 17:11, "Malcolm Knight" <my.initi...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
"Simon" <s1mon.bl...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:a417b9f1-8a23-4cdd-b241-73333b2617bb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I feel your pain! I think I have the 28" version of that TV (can't
> remember the model number, but a google search for pictures looks
> about right) - the firmware is a complete dogs breakfast. It's not
> uncommon for the EPG to freeze completely and only turning the power
> off/on will reset it grrrr. I have found that if you leave it in the
> frozen state for a few minute sometimes it will automatically reboot
> (blank screen followed by Samsung startup logo screen).
> Not sure if it's a coincidence or not but, disabling the digital text
> (I think it's: D-Menu on remote > Features > Digital text > Enable|
> Disable) seems to have made it a little more stable - or is that less
> unstable?!
> The last freeview retune was a complete PITA it took countless
> attempts to get it to recognise BBC1/2 again - I've found the only way
> to get this to work is a manual scan, select the correct UHF channel
> and keep running a 'scan for services' until it reports the correct
> number of services for the MUX. Seem to recall it need 12 attempts
> before it worked.!
I has similar problems with an aunt's Samsung IDTV after 30 September. It
was totally stuck on ITV2 and none of the Digital buttons on the remote did
anything, so no reset or retune possible.
Accessing the Service menu; from standby, Info-Menu-Mute-Power On (or maybe
it was Info-Mute-Menu-Power On - I'm writing this from memory) was the
answer.
Factory reset was the 12th (IIRC) item on the menu. select it and press the
right hand arrow on the remote. "Please wait" and after a few seconds it did
a complete resinstall just as it did when new. All the problems went away.
HTH
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I had the same problem but factory reset didnt work. The eeprom was
faulty, the memory being corrupted. New eeprom solved the problem.
Thanks to everyone for their replies, I told him that I would do my best to find out if there was a straightforward solution to the problem, which I'm increasingly convinced boils down to the TV requiring a more recent software version, rather than become embroiled in any more hassle I think the best thing that I can do is to point him in the direction of Simon's answer and telling him that the tidiest solution would be to invest in a new flat screen TV, especially since he can view his missing channels simply by using the Samsung as a monitor in conjunction with the Humax PVR, also to maybe hang on until next year to see the way the market is starting to pan out price-wise with a new generation of HD DVB-T2 receivers.
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