Are you using Freeview?
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Freeview is digital TV using a normal TV aerial (not a satellite dish or cable TV). Freeview boxes are marked one of these: 'Freeview', 'ITV Digital', 'ONdigital' or 'DVB-T'.
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uelFriday 16 February 2007 6:47PM
uel: your card is doing nothing at all. Please ring Sky on 0870-606 1111 and order a new one (£20). D
diana porgesMonday 7 May 2007 6:04PM
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Jonathan LagerSunday 20 May 2007 12:27PM
Huntingdon
Our postcode is PE289AWJonathan Lager: Is the aerial mounted on the roof? tim g: What's your full postcode? D
denisSunday 3 June 2007 2:21PM
Troon
I have a cable input from Smallworld (wightcable) which has a splitter into an RF input and output on their supplied box. I don't have a rooftop arial.
I presently run 3 TVs from the RF out but when I try and use a freeview box on one of the remote ones I get a NO SIGNAL when scanning channels.
I have friends also on Smallworld who have used digital televsions successfully with the RF .
Any Ideas?denis: cable TV uses the DVB-S standard, which is different to DVB-T used by Freeview. You basically cannot use a Freeview box with cable. Cable TV decoders are similar, but different. D
DenisSunday 3 June 2007 7:49PM
Troon
I'm not trying to replace the cable suppliers box with freeview, just use it's RF out signal to then feed a freeview box in another room. The TV I use on this feed (through an amplifier/splitter) is at present getting the 5 analogue and 1 digital signals with a good picture. I had hoped to just pick up the RF signal in the same way the TV does but through a freeview box first.D
DenisSunday 3 June 2007 8:11PM
Troon
Thanks again, I'll need to look at getting an arial fited as i'll need freeview on the other tv's when analogue is shut down.K
Keith TaylorSaturday 9 June 2007 3:12PM
Keith Taylor: It's hard to say without knowing your postcode! C
Clive JenkinsTuesday 3 July 2007 4:44PM
After considerable research I find that before the switch over to digital freeview, that the main transmitters are transmitting on reduced power (about 70%), so as not to interfere with the present analogue channels. When the anologue channels cease, full transmitter power will commence for the new digital service.
However, if you are not presently receiving digital through a digibox, then wait for your local transmitter to commence transmission in approx 2 to 4 years depending on where you live in the country. The local transmitters will provide a much better signal and better reception than signals from main transmitters e.g., Wenvoe in Wales.
I hope this helps someone out there.D
duncanWednesday 15 August 2007 5:35PM
Preston
My outdoor ariel is 18 elements High gain.
The question is, I live in the fulwood area of Preston (Lancashire) PR2 7E. What is the actual date the power from the transmitter be increased and by what percentage ?B
BrianWednesday 5 September 2007 8:52PM
Brian: Does this happen only on this channel or on five Life and five US as well? B
BrianWednesday 5 September 2007 10:15PM
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BrianWednesday 5 September 2007 10:26PM
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BrianThursday 6 September 2007 2:43PM
Brian: But Five Life, Five US, QVC and abc-1 are OK? B
BrianThursday 6 September 2007 3:17PM
Brian: Might be the best plan. B
barrytibblesTuesday 18 September 2007 7:08PM
All other channels are okB
barrytibblesTuesday 18 September 2007 8:38PM
barrytibbles: thousands of people all over the UK. When they swapped all the channels around on multiplex 2 when Channel 4+1 was introduced, the way most set-top boxes work most people have problems with ITV-2, ITV-3. I did mention this to Channel 4 before it happened, because it was clear it would with the published EPG allocations. A
AlannaSaturday 17 November 2007 8:21PM
Preston
P.S I have suffered this problem with both a seperate freeview box and intergrated tv.A
andy downingSunday 9 December 2007 4:22PM
Milton KeynesD
DavidFriday 21 December 2007 11:50AM
GravesendL
LisaFriday 21 December 2007 2:20PM
Leven
I live in Fife KY8 - have wideband Freeview ariel in the attic poinited toward Craigkelly. I have lately had trouble with BBC4, which broke up completely the other evening (then picutre with loss of sound + pixilation) . Should I reset my Freeview box? I understand BBC4 has a strong signal. I wonder whetherr it is the RF connection - could it be oxidation of the contacts? Anything I can do about that apart from emery paper (tried, it doesn't always help) However, sometimes when I move the cable the picture breaks up/or gets better. This is an annoying and intermitent issue. I'd like to get to the bottom of. I
iSunday 6 January 2008 3:27PM
I receive my tv signals from the Mendip transmitter.
Can you tell me why the picture quality is varying so much, some days near perfect and other days awful.
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Simon BaconSunday 6 January 2008 3:55PM
I live in Clevedon BS21 a good reception area and receive transmissions from the Mendip transmitter.
Can you tell me why the picture quality is varying so much, some days perfect and others very poor.
The TV set is a renowned make and was highly reviewed hello brian,my post code is hu178xf,i have a wideband aeriel with two leads,the first one goes straight to my main tv downstairs,the other into the loft which feed my other three tvs upstairs,these wires are just taped together,i have no boosters whatsoever,there is freeview to every tv and the only problem i get is if it is raining heavly i lose channel 5,us,life.the problem i have now is that i need to add two more connections one to a computer and one to a tv.could you please advise me on the best way of doing it so i still have good reception to them all.cheers derek. Hi,
my father bought and I installed a 'Silvercrest SL65' box and dish just before christmass.
Although the book says the usual sat to train on is Astra 19, when carrying out an interigation of the box it seemed that Astra 28 was the only one supporting UK BBC and ITV channels, and so I set up for this Sat.
All seemed ok till just after christmass when the BBC and ITV channels disapeared to be replaced by 'no signal'. All I get now are a couple of french and african channels.
Help please would be appreciated !! Ashley Barton: Sounds to me like someone has moved your dish, you should have is realigned. M
MartynThursday 31 January 2008 4:36PM
Redditch
Has anyone any other solutions?
Thanks M
michelleMonday 18 February 2008 5:30PM
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MacThursday 28 February 2008 4:18PM
Mac: Channels do not in any sense "piggy back" on the existing services. However, the low bandwidth allocated to some services makes appear poor on very large screens. This is because CRT TVs are very low resolution, so you can't tell the difference between the services, but with an LCD TV you can. This is what HD is for. G
Geoffrey GrahamTuesday 27 May 2008 8:40AM
Market Rasen
DAB radio is not plagued by these problems.
Yet another example of the public having been sold something which in truth is more to the benfit of the service providers than the consumer.A
AJAYSunday 1 June 2008 12:54PM
i live outside Europe(India),with clear hotbird signal. plz help me to get
sky Italia pkg.AJAY: You are not within the range of the correct satellite. Sorry. W
wayne devennieSaturday 7 June 2008 9:16AM
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My Freeview box has no EPG, is missing Film4 or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent digital TV and switchover advice - if not check your cables and connectors ... if not it might be your VCR, games console or Sky Digibox. 
