Freeview help

[Milky Bar Kid]

Hmmm, I normally just use my sky+ on my telly in my room. The telly is an HD flat screen with built in freeview. We have had the switch over up here so can no longer get terrestrial. I have plugged the ariel in and tried to tune it but it won't work....is there something else I should be doing?





And no, I don't have the manual.

HELP!

[kwak zzr]

just go to DTV and scan for channels MBK

[DarrenSV650S]

plug it in ya lemon

[Milky Bar Kid]

just go to DTV and scan for channels MBK


I've done that. Just comes up with nothing.

[kwak zzr]

your roof aerial is fubar then hun.

[Milky Bar Kid]

Cannae be, it's working fine with the other tellies in the house

[Holdup]

Have you got it plugged in the right way at the sky box? also is the sky box plugged in? my TV picture dies if i unplug my sky box

[Milky Bar Kid]

Have you got it plugged in the right way at the sky box? also is the sky box plugged in? my TV picture dies if i unplug my sky box


What are you on about?

I am not using the sky box. I am trying to use freeview. The arial is plgged in at the socket and into the correct port on the TV. Sky box has nowt to do with it!

[kwak zzr]

how may tv's you got running off the roof aerial? are they picking up freeview channels ok?

[Milky Bar Kid]

There are two that are using the arial as opposed to Sky. One is an old telly with a freeview box and it's fine and the other, a cheaper telly than mine, has built in freeview and it wrks fine.

[Holdup]

So you have the airel plugged in directly to the tv and it doesnt go through the sky box? all of the sky boxes in my house the tv airel goes into it and then another wire comes out the sky box and goes into the airel port of the tvs

[Milky Bar Kid]

No, arial is not going through sky box. Sky box is not even connected to the telly ATM

[Holdup]

Ok then i have no further answers and cant see why it wont work

[metalmonkey]

Hmmm, I normally just use my sky+ on my telly in my room. The telly is an HD flat screen with built in freeview. We have had the switch over up here so can no longer get terrestrial. I have plugged the ariel in and tried to tune it but it won't work....is there something else I should be doing?





And no, I don't have the manual.

HELP!

Have you check the cable run to make sure the cable connected to the roof aerial is connected properly, if so is pointing the right way?

If you in a low signal area, lost of hills, buildings around where you live? Where is the ariel? Then you might need a singnal booster to increase the singal strengh they are cheap enough, and normally run of mains power. (my folks have to do that, to get a tv picture.)

Worth looking online to see the signal strengh and coverage in your area, also ask ppl where you are what they do to get Tv signal.

[DarrenSV650S]

I don't know why I'm trying to help you but, take your tv and plug it in to one of the other aerial sockets that you know is working

[Milky Bar Kid]

Like I said, 2 other TV's are working fine, got decent signal strength here as we have had switch over.

[Milky Bar Kid]

I don't know why I'm trying to help you but, take your tv and plug it in to one of the other aerial sockets that you know is working


What do you mean by that??

[DarrenSV650S]

What do you mean by that??
;) everyone is trying to help you and you are being snidey and throwing it back in their faces. But just go try what I said:)

[Milky Bar Kid]

;) everyone is trying to help you and you are being snidey and throwing it back in their faces. But just go try what I said:)

How am I being snidey? Folk are askign questions and I am answering them.

I will try your suggestion next weekend when I am home. Mum and dad sleeping.

[Dicky Ticker]

As it is a digital signal a lot depends on the strength of the signal and providing you are using a proper digital ariel you may[could be wrong] need to add a booster signal for the extra sets
I take it from your description the old telly with the digi box is analogue,the second one is digital working direct on freeview

[Milky Bar Kid]

yeh, thats right DT. We have fairly good signal, think its something like 80%. I just don't undertand how the other two are working and this one is picking up anything at all?

[kwak zzr]

i run 3 tellies off a digi aerial in the loft and the signal is very weak, if i connect it to just one the signal is full.

[Milky Bar Kid]

hmmm, strange. You would think it would at least pick up a weak signal though?

[kwak zzr]

id have thought so, strange your getting nothing.

[Milky Bar Kid]

I am thinking there may be a problem with the TV itself. I will try plugging it in in a different room at some point and if that doesnt work, back to the shop I go!!

[KeithCRM]

If the signal falls below a certain strength, then the telly might not accept the channels.

We've got freeview through 2 different tellys on seperate arials and one has more channels than the other.

[Milky Bar Kid]

Hmmm, I defo think I am putting it out of the window...