I recently bought an Alba Freeview box and am having real problems as it only picks up bbc channels! Help!?

Question

I'm at uni and have brought a freeview box coz im a telly addict! It picks up all of the BBC channels no problem but doesn't get signal for anything else e.g ITV, channel 4 etc...! What shall i do? is it the box or the aerial?

Thankyou for your help everyone, I bought a booster but it STILL doesn't work! I still only get all the BBC channels but absolutely nothing else! I live in a good reception area and everyone else in my house gets all the channels no problem!?! What else could it be?

Answer 1

Hi, Robert H is right, yes for about £15 buy a booster from Argos, it will be an indoor aerial with it too, which you chuck away lol, and keep the booster bit.

It plugs into the wall, it will help your Alba box pick up more channels when you search for them!

Good luck,

Answer 2

It's definitely the aerial, you need to buy an aerial with a booster on it. It is all you need an you will be watching free view instantly once connected, i had the same problem it really did my head in but now its sorted i still don't watch it much as i to busy on the computer lol

Answer 3

I had the same problem, it's the aerial. you need to buy an aerial with a booster on it. It will work perfect then, mine does.

Answer 4

I had a similar subject the place the mattress room television does not paintings for 3, 4, 5, more4 etc - actually the financial channels. I replaced the long cable I had made up myself for one already made up with sealed plugs and that did the trick. It grew to become into as though the BBC channels did not suggestions the connections being somewhat dodgy and "hand-crafted" while the ITV ones began pixillating and breaking apart. no one stated as you names. i don't understand why you placed this on your question. wish you get issues taken care of.