We now have no TV, which to me is fine but I'm getting it in the neck from my boy, Danny 'cos he can't watch his programmes on the main telly.

We have one in the kitchen which runs off a splitter box/booster from the main ariel and through a set top box for freeview, this works fine. The same setup for the main telly, but the ariel cable was the old cable from the original ariel that I put from the splitter box to the set, through the set top box for Freeview, the picture on this telly keeps breaking up whereas the kitchen one was fine but I had put new co-ax cable on that one, so in my wisdom I decided that new co-ax cable from the box to the main telly would cure the problem.

So, purchased the cable and plugs and replaced the old cable, result NO SIGNAL message. I have scoured the net all day to try to find an answer but no luck, so I am hoping like hell that there is an ariel expert out there who can help and save me from a fate worse than death.

The only difference I can see from the old cable is that the new stuff has a foil layer under the copper wire layer. It is RG6 Satellite and TV co-axial cable so it is supposed to be the right stuff. I have fitted literally hundreds of co-ax plugs/connectors in my lifetime with no problems, which is why I am so stumped with this.
Can it be anything to do with the Foil shield?


Please, please, help.

whb