This Frame Pro installation in Avalon Beach, on the Northern Beaches, shows why a Samsung The Frame Pro is a bit different from a standard TV. The whole idea is for the TV to sit neatly against the wall and look good in the room, even when it’s switched off. The customer had a 55-inch […]
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This new Samsung TV in Cammeray, on the North Shore, was a good job for a returning customer. I’d mounted their old 40-inch TV a while back, and now they were ready to upgrade. So I came back to swap it over for a new 55-inch Samsung. Reusing the Existing Wall Mount in Cammeray The […]
Customer Jobs, TV Wall Mounting
55″ Samsung OLED Wall Mount in Collaroy Plateau, Northern Beaches: Cables Hidden in the Wall
This Samsung OLED wall mount in Collaroy Plateau, on the Northern Beaches, was in a retirement village unit. The customer had bought a 55-inch Samsung OLED S90H and wanted it properly mounted, with no visible cables and no fuss. Samsung OLED Wall Mount in Collaroy Plateau, Northern Beaches The customer had already bought a wall […]
Customer Jobs, TV Advice & Tips
Samsung TV Can’t See Your Wi-Fi After a Telstra Smart Modem 4 Upgrade? Here’s the Fix
I had a call-out recently that’s worth sharing, because plenty of Telstra customers could run into the same thing. The customer had just switched to the new Telstra Smart Modem 4. Their phones and tablets connected straight away, but their 43-inch Samsung TV, a 2018 model, wouldn’t show the new Wi-Fi network at all. Oddly, […]
This one was for a returning customer in a retirement village unit in Allambie Heights, on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. It’s always a good sign when someone calls you back for more work. The job was a 43-inch LG TV, wall mounted with a flat bracket. Why a Flat Bracket Suits Retirement Village TV Installs on […]
Customer Jobs, TV Advice & Tips
Fixing TV Wifi Dropouts in a Narrabeen Retirement Village, Northern Beaches
TV wifi dropouts can drive you mad, especially when they always seem to happen at the worst moment. A resident in a retirement village in Narrabeen, on the Northern Beaches, called me recently because her TV kept cutting out mid-show. The first thing I checked was the TV itself, but that wasn’t the problem. It […]
One of the first questions people ask when they book is how long it’ll take. As a rough guide, the usual TV installation time for a wall mount, setup and a run-through of how everything works is about two hours. That might sound like a while for putting a TV on a wall, so here’s […]
A TV on a cabinet looks steady enough, until a toddler grabs the edge to pull themselves up. Modern flat TVs sit on small stands, so it doesn’t take much to tip one forward. So here’s how to stop a TV tipping over, from someone who’s been mounting TVs across the Northern Beaches and North […]
Customer Jobs, TV Advice & Tips
Checking Antenna Signal Strength During a TV Installation in Mosman, North Shore
Checking the antenna signal strength is one step I never skip on a new TV install. I set up a new LG TV in Mosman, on the North Shore, recently. Once the antenna was connected, I checked the signal on every channel before calling the job finished. It’s easy to skip, but it saves a […]
Do you need expensive HDMI cables? For most homes, the honest answer is no. I’ve been connecting TVs across the Northern Beaches and North Shore since 2002. And the cables I carry in my car are nothing fancy. Here’s what actually matters when you buy one, and what’s just marketing. Why Expensive HDMI Cables Don’t […]