I got a freeview box with topuptv about 2 years ago, at the same time I got a new (cheap) ariel. It was all fine, the odd bit of bad reception in bad weather because of the cheap ariel but basically fine. Now, however, it's completely rubbish and I don't know why. Most of the channels are all squared and the sound's all messed up. I've tried rescanning the channels and that hasn't helped. Do I need a new box? Is it the ariel? If it's the ariel why has it only just happened? Aaargh! Help!
2007-06-20 08:23:31 · 7 answers · asked by janny77 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
Try getting an aerial booster. It's a box that sits behind your telly and plugs into the mains and boosts the aerial signal. Works well for us (although if you turn a light on/off in our house the picture freezes for a second - not all it's cracked up to be, this freeview)
2007-06-20 08:29:39 · answer #1 · answered by Rachael H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need a better aerial for digital TV than you do for analogue. With analogue TV as the signal weakens the picture gradually gets snowier until no longer watchable. With digital there is a sudden point at which the signal is too weak to be usable. This is called the edge of the cliff effect. Even with a good outdoor aerial you may not get all Freeview channels because until the analogue is switched off, some freeview channel groups are being transmitted out- of -band and need a wideband aerial to receive them. Also digital is not on full power yet until analogue is switched off. A booster may help, but your best bet is to fit a really good aerial suited to your local transmitter. Here is a link to help you.
http://www.ukfree.tv/starthere.php
Hope this helps.
2007-06-20 08:48:49 · answer #2 · answered by Michael B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Follow the answer above that recommends an aerial, don't bother with a booster box yet, always get a good source!
If you know what transmitter your picking up go here: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/reception_advice/index.asp.html and find your transmitter then check what band/group ( A, B, C/D, E) your transmitter sends out digital TV. As the person above said they may send out the 4 digital multiplexes across two or three bands of frequencies, so you will need a wide-band aerial, but these have poor gain.
A correctly grouped aerial with the correct polarisation (mount horizontally or vertically) will be the best option. It could just be that your aerial has slowly drifted out of alignment with the transmitter by the wind etc...
2007-06-21 10:17:46 · answer #3 · answered by randombushmonkey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is essential to have an aerial that is working at maximum efficiency to get all of the freeview channels without problems.
TV & radio signals can do strange things at the best of times and so make sure that your aerial is pointing at the most powerful transmitter.
Check your cable connections too but I think it's the aerial that is messing it up.
Check this BBC link for some more : http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/digitaltv/aerials.shtml
2007-06-21 07:07:24 · answer #4 · answered by Rayc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i hit upon that lots of the Freeview channels are the two crap looped repeats, or those ludicrous procuring channels that are relatively no longer lots greater effective than those dodgy auctions that look in markets and severe st shops around the country. besides there are of direction distinctive radio stations besides, which relatively looks slightly pointless. yet i think they're all element of the final con, this is to delude us into questioning that digital T^V is meant to be for pour benefit. with the aid of how, for those asking approximately uk television background. On my television that's now performing on channel 19 for some reason or yet another. i do no longer bear in mind any point out that this grew to become into going to take place (which i think style of shows the point of regard the television companies have for their visitors). the concern now's that uk television background seems to be on at some odd cases during the day now. As for the hot ask your self station 'DAVE', nicely what the devil is that every physique approximately. Did the programming exec's bypass on a bender earlier they got here up with that concept? finished rubbish!
2016-12-13 08:30:07 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the box,I got through several before moving to cable.Daft as it sounds,check all the leads and cables are fully inserted,especially if you have lots of appliances connected together.A good idea is to borrow a freeview box from a neighbour/friend and try using theirs,or vice versa,ask them to try your freeview box.
2007-06-20 08:59:57 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you need an arial booster, you can get these very cheaply and they just plug in between your tv and arial socket, however, by nature of what freeview is, there are very few channels worth watching on there anyway. I lasted about 1 year with Freeview before moving to Sky.
2007-06-20 08:32:41 · answer #7 · answered by kpk 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋