I need to update my Premium Decoder as instructed on my TV screen when I switch my TV on.

There may bea firmware update but highly unlikely.

This happens because of the color decoder in the TV. A TV color decoder has a switch that makes the TV image black and white when the received signal does not have sufficient power. Your TV color decoder switch remains in the black and white position (the TV receives weak signal or the TV color decoder is damaged).


Replace the TV antenna, try an antenna amplifier or a digital receiver before the TV.

get a new decoder

why would you want to connect a hdd dvd to the strong decoder. Wouldn't you connect it to a television via the hdd dvd av output into the av input of the tv and then switch the telivision on input source to AV1 .
You did not mention the model number of the strong decoder but is this a digital tv to Analogue TV decoder.?
you might also have HDMI output and HDMI input on the devices .
That would be better to use if it exists. If you only have one AV input on the TV use a AV switch box and switch between the decoder and the HDD dvd device using

If this problems,the tv is causing this by itself,not by somebody or something hitting the LCD screen panel by causing the damaging the LCD screen panel itself.If this problems is causing by the tv itself,the T-CON decoder board is dead.This T-CON decoder board sit wright at the middle bottom of the tv LCD screen panel.Replace this T-CON decoder will solved this problems.Tries websites like Shopjimmy.com,Ebay.com to buy a refurbish T-CON decoder board for the replacement.

Try the Free Decoder addon K-Lite Codec Pack 5.51 posted on FileHippo.com. If not.... the Video Card may have a Driver Update and that should include the Decoder Software for TV or Cable.

If the tv has a built in discoder, it is the decoder at faulty, bypass the decoder using a dvd player, and if that plays then it will prove the decoder fault, the dvd signal is stronger than an external source, oh, by the way, unplug any source of dish/arial etc to the decoder, giving the dvd master control of the tv

The problem was with the cable/sky decoder. I changed the aspect ratio on the decoder not the tv.
The TV was not the problem.

The problem is that the decoder is sending a 4:3
picture to the tv this needs to be changed to 16:9 in the set up menu on
the decoder.

Hi there thanks for your post

sounds like you pc has either a fault in your tv tuner card or your motherboard has a fault responding try updateing the tv cards software if that dont work u you then knw its faulty

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well update your decoder at sony .com software for live tv ok with latest ones and run cc cleaner free tool u can dl online free do a serch