Aerial connector on TV broken

[Chucklehead]

I've managed to break the aerial connection in our TV in the bedroom. I was swinging the arm out the way and didn't realise the cable was at full stretch. It has sheared inside the TV.

We only use the TV here to receive freeview via the loft aerial. Is there another way of converting that signal to make use of an hdmi connection.. Or would a TV repair man not charge a ridiculous fee to fix it?

[Toltec]

A cheap freeview box?

If you have a soldering iron or can borrow one and are vaguely handy then then you could open the case and see if you can fix it. At worst you might have to solder a bit of coax cable to the board and fit an inline connector to the other end. Depends what damage ripping out the connector has done.

[Chucklehead]

it looks like a pretty clean shear and I can still see where the fine aerial cable would have been soldered to the board.

I have a soldering iron, but I wouldn't say I'm that handy. A cheap freeview box would do it, but it's a pain not to use the built in tuner and would be another box that we wouldn't otherwise need.

[Toltec]

If the PCB is not damage you might be able to find a replacement connector to solder back into place

e.g. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Coax-Coaxial-Female-PCB...

There are five supplied above and it might not be the right shape, but it gives you an idea what to look for.

Alternatively solder a short piece of coax cable on to the PCB and fit one of these on the end-

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EASY-FIT-SCREW-ON-TV-AE...

You might even have an old coax cable kicking around that you can cut and use. The ones that daisy chain from a freeview box to the TV for example usually had a female socket at one end.

[Chucklehead]

cheers for the advice!

I've sent off for a quote from my local TV repair guy, and failing a reasonable price, I'll just buy a set top box.

I don't suppose you know if the NowTV box has an rf type remote so that I can hide it under a set of drawers? I can't seem to find that info anywhere.

[Toltec]

Can't help with the NowTV remote, I've got virgin v6 and a fire TV, both of which are wireless BTW.

[bristolracer]

Chucklehead said:

cheers for the advice!

I don't suppose you know if the NowTV box has an rf type remote so that I can hide it under a set of drawers? I can't seem to find that info anywhere.

Don’t hold me to this but.....

The Now box is made by Roku
The last Roku I set up for a client needed it’s remote paired to the box, so I’m guessing they use Bluetooth and so should be ok to hide away.

Have you considered the Roku box?
You can load an app called tvplayer on them which will show live tv this will overcome your aerial repair problem and you can then load the now tv app onto it.
However the now tv box is locked and you cannot run tvplayer on it without “jail breaking” it.

[Chucklehead]

I ended up getting the Now Smart Box as I'd already pre-ordered it, and it was cheap.

For anyone that wants to know, it uses an IR remote!

IR repeater on order.

[artois7]

For what it's worth, checking on ebay for a replacement main board (or tuner board depending on TV) is probably the easiest way of fixing the original problem.