Very strange. Suddenly last night the sound failed on the TV. Now that's not quite correct because we do have sound when replaying items recorded on the Sky box, both through the internal speakers and via the earphone jack.

Checked all the connections. Turned Sky box on and off. Nothing

So what would cause sound on live tv to fail whilst it works ok on recorded material ?

On Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 7:41:02 PM UTC+1, fred wrote:
Very strange. Suddenly last night the sound failed on the TV. Now that's not quite correct because we do have sound when replaying items recorded on the Sky box, both through the internal speakers and via the earphone jack.

Checked all the connections. Turned Sky box on and off. Nothing

So what would cause sound on live tv to fail whilst it works ok on recorded material ?

Solved!

Pulled power plug out of Sky box for hard reboot.

Still very strange behaviour

In article , fred
wrote:
Very strange. Suddenly last night the sound failed on the TV. Now that's
not quite correct because we do have sound when replaying items recorded
on the Sky box, both through the internal speakers and via the earphone
jack.

Checked all the connections. Turned Sky box on and off. Nothing

So what would cause sound on live tv to fail whilst it works ok on
recorded material ?

any number of things. Firstly - is all your viewing by the Sky Box - or do
you watch terrestrial tv, too. Is it that where the sound has gone?

In article , fred
wrote:
On Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 7:41:02 PM UTC+1, fred wrote:
Very strange. Suddenly last night the sound failed on the TV. Now
that's not quite correct because we do have sound when replaying items
recorded on the Sky box, both through the internal speakers and via the
earphone jack.

Checked all the connections. Turned Sky box on and off. Nothing

So what would cause sound on live tv to fail whilst it works ok on
recorded material ?

Solved!

Pulled power plug out of Sky box for hard reboot.

Still very strange behaviour

It's a computer - they do that sort of thing from time to time.

On 01/07/15 19:52, Charles Hope wrote:
In article , fred
wrote:
On Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 7:41:02 PM UTC+1, fred wrote:
Very strange. Suddenly last night the sound failed on the TV. Now
that's not quite correct because we do have sound when replaying items
recorded on the Sky box, both through the internal speakers and via the
earphone jack.

Checked all the connections. Turned Sky box on and off. Nothing

So what would cause sound on live tv to fail whilst it works ok on
recorded material ?

Solved!

Pulled power plug out of Sky box for hard reboot.

Still very strange behaviour

It's a computer - they do that sort of thing from time to time.

ran out of RAM


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the right place whilst your head is in the clouds and your hand is in
someone else's pocket.

On Wed, 01 Jul 2015 19:52:42 +0100, Charles Hope
wrote:

In article , fred
wrote:
On Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 7:41:02 PM UTC+1, fred wrote:
Very strange. Suddenly last night the sound failed on the TV. Now
that's not quite correct because we do have sound when replaying items
recorded on the Sky box, both through the internal speakers and via the
earphone jack.

Checked all the connections. Turned Sky box on and off. Nothing

So what would cause sound on live tv to fail whilst it works ok on
recorded material ?

Solved!

Pulled power plug out of Sky box for hard reboot.

Still very strange behaviour

It's a computer - they do that sort of thing from time to time.

My Humax Satellite receiver does it sometimes.
--
Dave W

On 2 Jul 2015 09:35:53 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:

Same happened on the Cambridge-KingsX service. Driver had to stop the
train and reboot it.

I have that on a Networker service out of Victoria. What worried me was
that an introductory message came up on the end-of-carriage display
proclaiming that it was version 1.0.

Back in the '90s the chap who put W3.1 on my PC told me never to use
software with an even version (2.0 is even, 2.1 isn't) and that, for this
purpose, 1 is an even number.
That's what worried me when Web 2.0 was being bandied about and all sorts of
places started using 2.0 for a variety of new/changed projects. Doomed, they
were!
--
Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway

On Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 9:35:12 PM UTC+1, Dave W wrote:
On Wed, 01 Jul 2015 19:52:42 +0100, Charles Hope
wrote:

In article , fred
wrote:
On Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 7:41:02 PM UTC+1, fred wrote:
Very strange. Suddenly last night the sound failed on the TV. Now
that's not quite correct because we do have sound when replaying items
recorded on the Sky box, both through the internal speakers and via the
earphone jack.

Checked all the connections. Turned Sky box on and off. Nothing

So what would cause sound on live tv to fail whilst it works ok on
recorded material ?

Solved!

Pulled power plug out of Sky box for hard reboot.

Still very strange behaviour

It's a computer - they do that sort of thing from time to time.

My Humax Satellite receiver does it sometimes.
--
Dave W

My Humax Foxsat box appeared to have its sound virtually inaudible over HDMI. After trying (almost) everything, I accidentally sat on the remote or something and the audio level changed. It turned out the volume level of the box over HDMI was affected by the boxes volume setting. I had just assumed HDMI sent the digital audio signal irrespective of volume level, which would be controlled by the end device, but I was obviously wrong.
I think there must be a protocol to send required output volume over HDMI. This was confirmed when I noticed a slight audio blip at the normal volume level when switching things on in a certain order.

Simon.