[BigBean]

'alo again.

Thankee for all the help in enabling us to cut the cord!

Unfortunately, we hit a common snag: Tuner troubles.

Earlier this week after a storm we cannot get our 40+ stations; none. SO I tested the power and concluded correctly or not that the thing had been fludged. Now, after going atop our roof and refitting with a new RCA TVPRAMP1R booster, we still cannot receive a digital signal. Connections are confirmed and proper and the antenna seems untouched.

However, I double-checked the power plug in the basement. QUITE hot and don't believe this is normal. The outlet checked out fine earlier; however I just tried another outlet to no avail. The dongle where the coax connects remains cool.

SO … I'm probably looking at a fludged HDTV tuner, YET that hot power plug ( transformer, really ) makes me wonder what's going on outside.

On the telly I noticed in the Sony's diagnostics menu that NTSC is selected, this Bravia is one of the earlier HDTV's dating from 2008. It is grayed out, I can only access this menu when a signal is detected.

The last thing I did was reset the TV to factory settings per the manual.

What next? Thanks in advance, gang!