the present invention relates to a method for the correction of a signal distortion caused by a cable at the receiving end . to obtain adaptivity the method according to the invention comprises the steps of treating the received signal by an equalizer circuit , multiplying the output signal of the equalizer circuit by a correction coefficient and combining the signal obtained through the multiplication with the received signal to produce a corrected signal . the method further comprises detecting the corrected signal , taking a sample value of the output of the detector at a prescribed moment and holding the sample value up to the following sampling , comparing the sample value with a prescribed reference value , and determining the value of a new correction coefficient on the basis of the comparison in order to obtain a sample value equalling the reference value .