Freeview...?

Question

I've recently had problems with my Freeview box. First I lost the signal on E4, then CH4, now E4+1 and ITV2 and I'm not sure what else. Anyone know where these channels are hiding and how I can get them back? Some sensible answers please but I could do with a laugh so bring on the silly ones too !!

Answer 1

Bad weather can effect the signal so that could be what's causing it..?

Answer 2

A while ago mine did the same thing.

I just 're-scanned' & got them all back.

So just run the 're-scan', you may need your instruction book though as some freeview boxes require you to type in a code.

;-)

After reading your 'additional details', Well short of shaking your fist at the box & threatening it. ;-)

I don't know what else to suggest. sorry :-(

Answer 3

http://www.freeview.co.uk/help/q1

Answer 4

Go into menu and do a channel search

Answer 5

You have lost the commercial stations. Does this mean that they're shy and are embarrased by the surfeit of corny car insurance advertisments that they have to show.

Now the "techy" bit.

Freeview (digital) television stations are grouped into "Multiplexes". You can up to 6 stations in each multiplex.

Analogue television sent one television station per UHF channel. Digital television sends 1 mulitplex per UHF channel. That's why you can get so many stations on digital.

If you had poor reception in "the old days" you would notice ghosting or wavy lines and a bad picture on some channels (tv stations).

Unfortunately, digital television doesn't degrade so elegantly and when the signal from the aerial becomes bad you can lose a whole multiplex. That's why you have lost a group of channels. I expect the remaining ones sometimes go blocky or sparkly too.

Changes in the weather, damp, even building work between your aerial and the transmitter can cause the reception to fall off from a previously good level. If your aerial is "only just good enough" then you'll notice this quite suddenly.

The only solution is a decent aerial. Don't bother with booster amplifiers, they amplify noise and rubbish as well as the broadcast.

A professionally installed high gain aeral will cost about £120 or so. That's not much compared with your home entertainment system and will remove your reception problems for ever.  

Sorry it's not a funny answer. When you've sorted out your telly in time to watch the next series of Torchwood you can have a jolly good belly laugh.

PS. Man walks into a bar .... "ouch!"