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Bcfc1979's avatar
Bcfc1979
Just joined
12 days ago

Picture constantly breaking up

So I've been with virgin about a month and the majority of channels are unwatchable, The picture is constantly breaking up. Virgin just say check cables and reboot box. I have tried numerous HDMI cables and also tried on another TV but no joy. How do I go about getting the line into my house checked? Virgin line was already in place when I moved in.

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  • Glad we've managed to get the ball rolling on this for you. 

  • cheshirealan's avatar
    cheshirealan
    On our wavelength

    We had same issue. Talk to neighbours to see if they are on Virgin and having same issue. Ours was a faulty set of copper cables in the network. Not even in our local cabinet. The support staff are not able to diagnose network faults. 

    • japitts's avatar
      japitts
      Very Insightful Person

      The support staff are not able to diagnose network faults. 

      Not entirely true. Remote diagnostics can often confirm the rough location of a problem - is it between headend <--> cabinet? cabinet <--> in-home? terminal equipment?

      Once the rough location is diagnosed, then "boots on the ground" are nearly always the answer.

  • japitts's avatar
    japitts
    Very Insightful Person

    Pixellated pictures on live TV are often the sign of a signal fault. Try rebooting your box once, if symptoms persist then there's likely a fault somewhere, so this will need VM to intervene. You're likely to need either an engineer visit or a replacement box, depending on what VM's remote diagnostics turn up.

    First check the automated faults line for any existing issues in your area that could be the cause: 0800 5610061. If nothing's reported, assume VM don't know about your fault and ideally you'll need to call them.

    150 from a VM phone, 0345 4541111 from any other phone - choose the options for "I have a fault with my TV service". Alternatively you can wait on here for staff to respond, which may take a day or so.

    • Bcfc1979's avatar
      Bcfc1979
      Just joined

      Box is only a month old and I've rebooted numerous times. I'll have to try ring Virgin again. But they say there's nothing wrong. 

      • Matthew_ML's avatar
        Matthew_ML
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        Hey Bcfc1979, thank you for reaching out and we are sorry to hear about your pixelation issues, also a warm welcome to the community.

        Let me send you a DM to look into this,