12 volt tv problem

Trevor law · Senior Member

12 volt tv problem

Phillipn · Guru

Trevor law wrote:
This morning turned 12 volt tv on free to air and all we are receiving on screen is invalid format .We are currently camped at Jericho showground Qld is anybody having the same problem.The tv came new with van 4 years ago,it is 22 inch Teac with built in DVD player.
Thank for any input

Have you tried to retune the TV?

CC Bear · Senior Member

Try going in and retuning the TV, there has been changes lately whivh may affect it. Otherwise I suggest a new Tv as repairs are likely to be expensive compared to a new one with warranty. Cheers

PeterD · Guru

Go down town and ask the locals. We walked down for a coffee a couple of days ago. Got the whole explanation of what the local council is up to with the TV. SBS and the commercial channels are transmitted from the water tower on the way into town. The council provide the equipment, it has been changed several times, the last change was 3 or 4 days ago.

The ABC transmitter is a few km to the east of town beside the road to Emerald. If you point your antenna out there you will at least get ABC TV. We did on Wednesday, it has not been touched.

Joe50 · Guru

The 'invalid format' message sounds like a problem with the DVD player (I'd expect a tuning problem would display a 'no signal' message or something similar), maybe the TV is stuck in DVD mode and can't find a DVD. I'd also check both the TV and remote buttons to make sure none are stuck down. Can you call up a menu on the screen (to change to DVD play, or scan for channels, select input, etc)?

Joe

Blues Man · Guru

also check the source button on the controller,as sometimes this can be the problem.

Shappy · Member

I agree that the message is suggesting that the dvd disc in the dvd player is the Wrong Format or simply put in upside down.

I don't believe it is anything to do with the TV signal but remember to retune your TV when travelling to different areas of the country.

Press the "Source" button on the remote control and see which item is selected. Change it to TV if it is on DVD.

msg · Guru

I have a teac. I sometimes get the odd invalid format on some channels. It does not have a built in DVD player, so I doubt that is the problem. I just thought that when I picked up an invalid format channel it was perhaps a pay TV channel.

PeterD · Guru

Trevor, were you able to tune the ABC? It's on H6, horizontal polarisation and if you copy and paste " 23 37 35S 146 15 18E " into Google maps you will see where the transmitter is located.

Trevor law · Senior Member

Thanks for your replies,but we think the problem is the tv is old,because the new tv in the lounge is picking up all the available channels .We have retuned it several times and the signal strength and quality of the signal are nearly 100% so it not the aerial direction l don't think?We can pick up ABC & SBS,so Mr Google is saying that because the tv is not mpeg4 we can't pick the stations up,we can get sound but no picture.When we move on Monday,if the weather is a little bettper,we will try again when we get set up again

Thanks again will reply if it is just this area or if it is the tv.

TheHeaths · Guru

Trevor,

that is correct.

Our home TV doesn't like the new channels dues to non Mpeg 4 compatibility, but does give us the sound.

Cloak · Guru

Perhaps the MP4 compatibility fix is a firmware download from the TEAC support site?

You never know they might be a professional company...

I doubt it though.

macka17 · Guru

And when you update the box.
get a 30/32in. they that much better and lie on bed face UP fine.
My old 21in is out in garage for weather/news.

Silly little TV;s as primary is hmmmm.
First footy game, You'll realise how right I am.

PeterD · Guru

Just wait until you move on from Jericho and you should get reception again. Remember what I said, the locals are experiencing the same thing there.

Trevor law · Senior Member

We are off in the morning,heading towards Longreach so we will see what this week brings,thanks for replying

Safe travels

Trevor

dorian · Guru

This list tells you which channels are transmitting MPEG-4 video:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_digital_television_channels_in_Australia

-- Edited by dorian on Tuesday 19th of July 2016 07:26:02 AM

PeterD · Guru

Cloak wrote:
Perhaps the MP4 compatibility fix is a firmware download from the TEAC support site?

You never know they might be a professional company...

I doubt it though.

Missed this one earlier, dorian's link prompted me to go back through the thread.

The MP4 compatibility problem only affects a handful of HD channels. The SD channels are not affected. Also you do not need to miss out on the HD channels completely as the sane content also appears on one of their SD channels.

PeterD · Guru

Trevor law wrote:
We are off in the morning,heading towards Longreach so we will see what this week brings, thanks for replying

Did you try TV last night? If so how did it go?

If you go to the Ilfracombe CP they transmit one channel that carries the main programme from each of a few of the main networks including the ABC.

Murraman · Senior Member

I had a similar problem and for the time being I used a set top box through the inputs of tv to suffice till I bought a new tv. My tuner was caputbin it.

PeterD · Guru

For those still posting possible solutions, read my first post. He was in a town where the TV system had been changed and no one (including the locals) were getting any reception from the translator on the water tower. The ABC translator was in a different location and we could still get reception from there.

Sill awaiting from the OP to see how he went in his new location.

Trevor law · Senior Member

Thanks for your replies but have only just got internet today just outside Mount Isa if we have time tomorrow try again but all around us no tv aerial up but a lot have dish up ,can't be bothered for one night .So I will keep you informed

Trevor law · Senior Member

Sorry PeterD stayed at ilfracombe cp but used new tv which we have no problem with

Trevor law · Senior Member

Finally arrived in Darwin yesterday and 12 volt tv is working perfectly 20 odd tv stations plus 5 radio stations.So it must not like outside big cities,thanks for your replies

dorian · Guru

Cloak wrote:
Perhaps the MP4 compatibility fix is a firmware download from the TEAC support site?

FYI, here is LG's response to the MP4 question:

Thank you for contacting LG Customer Support.

I apologise for the inconvenience. Current LG TVs have a Dual MPEG 2 and MPEG 4 Tuner so they can understand and display the new channel properly. Older LG TVs have a single MPEG 2 Tuner only so they cannot understand and display the new channel. This is a case of where technology has changed and the older products cannot understand the new technology.

We understand that you would like to make your unit MPEG 4 compliant. However, your TV model does not support this. To display new channels that requires MPEG 4 codec on your TV, you will need a "set top box" (such as an LG recorder or any other brand) to understand the new channel and then send a picture to the TV. This is the same case as using a set top box to pickup Digital channels and display them on an Analogue TV.

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