TV Service Needed and We're OK NOW!

Lately we have been getting really annoyed with the warning banners and loud alert sounds coming from our TVs during storms. Some of them don't even pertain to our area. We know they are a good thing for those with impending severe weather conditions and we just muted the TV or turned the sound down or even changed channels for the period they are shown and heard. 

During the last few days the alert notifications have been freezing the dining area TV and I could not mute, lower volume or change channel and, unless I shut down the unit, I had to wait until the alert is over. 

The other evening the alert and banner came on and the sound went off by itself and the picture remained for the the time. Afterwards, the TV returned to normal. Again, the alert and banner came on and the sound on the TV remained but the picture went black. When it returned all was ok until the next alert. This time the TV automatically re-booted itself and only got halfway through it and all returned. On the NEXT alert the TV then went to "no signal."

After being on the phone with the cable technician for about 1/2 hour, nothing was fixed so today we are awaiting the arrival for a person to come directly to the cabin. 

We know this is a minor inconvenience compared to all of the storm damage in our area, but it needs to be fixed and we have been very fortunate to have good service in the past and hope it will continue.  Follow up post:

He came- he fixed- he's gone. All OK now! Sure hope it doesn't happen again!! Don't ask what he did. It took a few clicks and a couple of minutes. Good Guy!

Updates and Outdates

The cable guy came this morning because we had a power outage last night and the box wouldn't reboot. I spent over 45 minutes on a live computer chat with our service and, finally, she told me we need to have a man come. DUH!

It seems that, since my husband finally bought his new 46 inch flat screen TV, much to our surprise the cable box became outdated. We simply could make that old box function after a small power loss. (It was actually about 2 years ago the box was put in so husband could watch car races on a channel he can't get otherwise.)

I hate it when old things don't function as well as new things because they once did and new things just don't care! Am I making sense? Well, maybe not. I don't function as well as I used to either.

One end result is that the new box doesn't accommodate both the VCR and the DVD players. Only one of them can be hooked up at a time. Oh, the choices the man of the house here has to make!

The cable man just got out the door and had started up his truck when my husband discovered the hand remote control wouldn't jump back to the channel that he was on before moving to the one he was currently watching. Caught him just in time! There was a bit of panic in husband's voice as he darted to the front porch waving his hands.

Now we have a new cable box, a new remote control and a new TV. Whoop-de-do!

And.... his remote headset plays in stereo. It never did. 

YES! We rejoice with all of the wonderful changes. YES! (If we say so, it must be true.)