Hmmm, a question about old fashioned TV sets

[ZEGH8578]

I got an ooold tv
lately, it says "AV" on every channel. I have an AV-channel, but lately all the channels have the "AV" in the corner, and the tv-set is acting weird in general.

whenever I switch channels, they'll always show static, and I have to switch back and forth several times, in order to get the channel I have saved there - but the channels don't randomize or mix. They'll show either static - or the appropriate channel - at random - and always with "AV" in the corner.

Does this mean something?
Or is it just fucked?

(please, no wild-ass guesswork, cus I can do that myself)

[Semicolon]

How old is the TV? Is the connection a standard coaxial? How do you receive your TV signal? If applicable, do you have a converter to convert a digital TV signal to analog?

[ZEGH8578]

How old is the TV? Is the connection a standard coaxial? How do you receive your TV signal? If applicable, do you have a converter to convert a digital TV signal to analog?

It is very old fashioned, so it is plugged into the wall with a good old fashioned cable.
The TV set is from the 90s

I am wondering wether the remote control somehow fucked up. I ended up throwing it away, cus it doesn't work properly anyway. I borrowed the remote from a neighbors tv (same brand), and all it did was to change the color and style of the menus and stuff, but the problem persisted, so it seems the programming of the tv-set has ruined itself.
Other than those vague guesses, I have little to go by.

I'm just puzzled at the "AV" in the corner, since that seems to be a connecting factor.

It's seeming like I'm gonna hafta buy a new set, but I am reluctant (poor old commie bastard) since TV _can_ show nice images and audio. It just struggles to.. get there :I and keeps showing "AV" in the corner..

[Semicolon]

How old is the TV? Is the connection a standard coaxial? How do you receive your TV signal? If applicable, do you have a converter to convert a digital TV signal to analog?

It is very old fashioned, so it is plugged into the wall with a good old fashioned cable.
The TV set is from the 90s

I am wondering wether the remote control somehow fucked up. I ended up throwing it away, cus it doesn't work properly anyway. I borrowed the remote from a neighbors tv (same brand), and all it did was to change the color and style of the menus and stuff, but the problem persisted, so it seems the programming of the tv-set has ruined itself.
Other than those vague guesses, I have little to go by.

I'm just puzzled at the "AV" in the corner, since that seems to be a connecting factor.

A TV from the 90s is not "old". Is your input signal analog or digital?

[ZEGH8578]

How old is the TV? Is the connection a standard coaxial? How do you receive your TV signal? If applicable, do you have a converter to convert a digital TV signal to analog?

It is very old fashioned, so it is plugged into the wall with a good old fashioned cable.
The TV set is from the 90s

I am wondering wether the remote control somehow fucked up. I ended up throwing it away, cus it doesn't work properly anyway. I borrowed the remote from a neighbors tv (same brand), and all it did was to change the color and style of the menus and stuff, but the problem persisted, so it seems the programming of the tv-set has ruined itself.
Other than those vague guesses, I have little to go by.

I'm just puzzled at the "AV" in the corner, since that seems to be a connecting factor.

A TV from the 90s is not "old". Is your input signal analog or digital?

Not sure, but I suspect analog. It is an old typical "travel tv", not very high tech :I

[Semicolon]

How old is the TV? Is the connection a standard coaxial? How do you receive your TV signal? If applicable, do you have a converter to convert a digital TV signal to analog?

It is very old fashioned, so it is plugged into the wall with a good old fashioned cable.
The TV set is from the 90s

I am wondering wether the remote control somehow fucked up. I ended up throwing it away, cus it doesn't work properly anyway. I borrowed the remote from a neighbors tv (same brand), and all it did was to change the color and style of the menus and stuff, but the problem persisted, so it seems the programming of the tv-set has ruined itself.
Other than those vague guesses, I have little to go by.

I'm just puzzled at the "AV" in the corner, since that seems to be a connecting factor.

A TV from the 90s is not "old". Is your input signal analog or digital?

Not sure, but I suspect analog. It is an old typical "travel tv", not very high tech :I

According to Wikipedia, Norway has only digital broadcast TV. What type of service do you use?

[bodie]

I suggest you service it....with a hammer! 

[ZEGH8578]

How old is the TV? Is the connection a standard coaxial? How do you receive your TV signal? If applicable, do you have a converter to convert a digital TV signal to analog?

It is very old fashioned, so it is plugged into the wall with a good old fashioned cable.
The TV set is from the 90s

I am wondering wether the remote control somehow fucked up. I ended up throwing it away, cus it doesn't work properly anyway. I borrowed the remote from a neighbors tv (same brand), and all it did was to change the color and style of the menus and stuff, but the problem persisted, so it seems the programming of the tv-set has ruined itself.
Other than those vague guesses, I have little to go by.

I'm just puzzled at the "AV" in the corner, since that seems to be a connecting factor.

A TV from the 90s is not "old". Is your input signal analog or digital?

Not sure, but I suspect analog. It is an old typical "travel tv", not very high tech :I

According to Wikipedia, Norway has only digital broadcast TV. What type of service do you use?

I really don't know, it's part of the same provided to me by my landlord. I don't have a lot of control in that department I just drag muh cable from the tv, and to the wall, and voila, I got cable-tv!
It worked fine untill 2 days ago, when I woke up with "AV" in the corner. The remote control had also dropped to the floor (I often fall asleep w TV on) and my initial reaction was that the remote had done something, when it hit the floor. But since then I haven't been able to rectify anything.

[bodie]

Try re tuning it from scratch.

[Beardy McFuckface]

Open it up and stick your finger into the anode. Shockingly good fun!

(actually no don't, you'll die... and stuff)

[Icequeen]

Without knowing make/model....see if your remote has an info/display/input or menu button, and see what comes up.

Sounds like you bumped the remote, you need to get in the menu and change the input back to cable/antenna...otherwise you will be looking at the blue screen with AV on the bottom for eternity.

[ZEGH8578]

Without knowing make/model....see if your remote has an info/display/input or menu button, and see what comes up.

Sounds like you bumped the remote, you need to get in the menu and change the input back to cable/antenna...otherwise you will be looking at the blue screen with AV on the bottom for eternity.

It shows programming (when it doesn't show static), but with "AV" in the corner. So I am able to watch tv, but... with a hastle

[RageBeoulve]

Without knowing make/model....see if your remote has an info/display/input or menu button, and see what comes up.

Sounds like you bumped the remote, you need to get in the menu and change the input back to cable/antenna...otherwise you will be looking at the blue screen with AV on the bottom for eternity.

It shows programming (when it doesn't show static), but with "AV" in the corner. So I am able to watch tv, but... with a hastle

I'm down with frugal living dude, but I think its time to buy a new one.

[ZEGH8578]

Without knowing make/model....see if your remote has an info/display/input or menu button, and see what comes up.

Sounds like you bumped the remote, you need to get in the menu and change the input back to cable/antenna...otherwise you will be looking at the blue screen with AV on the bottom for eternity.

It shows programming (when it doesn't show static), but with "AV" in the corner. So I am able to watch tv, but... with a hastle

I'm down with frugal living dude, but I think its time to buy a new one.

It coughed its last cough today.

The quiet is unnerving o_o

[Parts]

Without knowing make/model....see if your remote has an info/display/input or menu button, and see what comes up.

Sounds like you bumped the remote, you need to get in the menu and change the input back to cable/antenna...otherwise you will be looking at the blue screen with AV on the bottom for eternity.

It shows programming (when it doesn't show static), but with "AV" in the corner. So I am able to watch tv, but... with a hastle

I'm down with frugal living dude, but I think its time to buy a new one.

It coughed its last cough today.

The quiet is unnerving o_o

They are practically giving away CRT tvs at all the thrift stores around here it  some are only a dollar, check someplace like that