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Hello i was trying to install my Philip Digital Transmiter on my TV but its telling me that NO SIGNAL after the installation. Am using this Transmitter in Africa Nigeria can it work here in nigeria? plz let me know and what i can do to get the view. Mr Bolaji Ayebite: I'm sorry, but this site is about UK television. Donald McIntyreTuesday 16 September 2008 8:17PM
Glasgow I get very poor reception of Film 4 and UKTV History in East Kilbride.Iget good reception on all other channels.Linn DaviesTuesday 11 November 2008 2:19PM
I have a free flat screen tv with a separate recordable dvd. I cannot get any digital onto the dvd to record, only analogue. The TV is fine. The aerial is connected to the dvd and then to the tv. There is a scart lead between the dvd and the tv.
I assume I have connected it up incorrectly. Can anyone help help please?Linn Davies: You need a DVD recorder with a built-in Freeview tuner if you want to record, or at least a Freeview box.
You can't normally record from a TV, you need a tuner, on both analogue or digital. Linda ChapmanSunday 7 December 2008 2:27PM
Hi I have a digibox and sky card (no longer subscribe) and also a satellite TV ariel but I am in north Tenerife, is there any chance of receiving SKY free to air, at present I can only get news channels and one or two American progs.....can anyone tell me what to do?. Linda Chapman Free view is non existent in my area of uk and I am using a toshiba hd set realy only as a monator + a grundig Hd digital freesat box, I have just bought a samsung sh893 dvd recorder and am wondering if I can program the set to use like freeview, and watch 1 program while I record another denis tearle: No, you cant' do that. If you want to record Freesat channels whilst watching others, you will need a Freesat+ or Freesat+HD box which has two recievers - and also requires two cables and a quad-LNB to be fitted. have purchased new DIGITREX TV, after putting in existing aerial (with booster)I find NO SIGNAL in message box on screen. Have tried putting Digibox Aerial in but still no service, what am I doing wrong? Dom Breen: Are you somewhere with Freeview service? brettWednesday 26 January 2011 1:49PM
trying to retune my digitrex tv ctf3271, keeps saying no signal, and wont retune freeview but tv is tuning the basic 4 channellsMARIOThursday 17 February 2011 8:35PM
Newry HI I have bought low energy digital set top box fro freeview- GUD1500X12. I have connected all required leads to my flat screen tv. However the only signal i get is all the radio stations. Is it not possible to watch freeview in analog tv ?MARIO: You won't get any Freeview until 2012. Freeview is a digital service. Daniel peakeWednesday 29 June 2011 12:47PM
I used to live in Newcastle, and my Phillips tv worked fine on digital. It has digital built in to it. But since iv moved to Glasgow I can't get any digital tv. The analogue television gets like 3 channels and they are such bad quality that it's unwatchable. Iv had the maintenence guy out to have a look at the areal socket in the wall and he took it apart n back together but it made no difference. Any suggestions please !!! Mike DimmickWednesday 29 June 2011 1:58PM
Daniel Peake: Have you just moved in the last week?
The last Scottish analogue transmissions were switched off last Wednesday morning. You will need to do a full retune on your TV if you haven't already. It might be called Full Reset, Default Setting, or First-Time Installation, and it might be under the Software Update menu rather than the tuning menu. Add Channels is not enough, you need it to completely remove everything it previously knew about where the channels were.
TV Re-tune may have a guide for retuning your TV, or a copy of the manual.
It's possible that your TV cannot handle the 8K mode used for post-switchover transmissions. Check whether it's on the list at 
http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/2kequipment , and check with Philips whether any software/firmware updates are available. lesnicolWednesday 29 June 2011 2:12PM
Daniel Peake. If you get no results with the advice Mike's given you, you could try removing the aerial connection to the set. Again follow Mike's directions above,once done, re-connect the aerial and run First-Time install again. Hopefully the process will have wiped the memory as it was when in Newcastle and give you a satisfactory re-install of the digital channels from Blackhill.
MALCOLMThursday 14 July 2011 11:04AM
Ihave a bush dfta11 freeview box that worked perfecly ok up and until the digital switchover and all we get now is a handful of channels, there are no bbcs, itvs, c4, 5, yesterday etc etc, is there a procedure to retune the box? have tried many times to do standard installation but to no effectadeleWednesday 3 August 2011 9:38PM
im in scarborough, we had are change over today we have done everything we have been told to re adding all the channels again, now we dont have bbc1 and bb2 :( can anyone help xBob McAteerFriday 9 September 2011 1:48PM
Lanark At the moment I have one flat screen television operated through Sky.I also have 2 televisions in other rooms using a roof aerial with the signal boosted to these points and was using a freeview box to whatever t.v. was being watched at the time.My problem is that a "no signal " message is coming up on whatever t.v.I try to use with the freeview box,to cut a long story short I have traced the fault to the roof aerial but I am not sure which type of aerial I need fitted. I would be grateful for any suggestions.Bob McAteer Bob McAteer: As you are close to a powerful transmitter at Black Hill, you can use a standard "contract" aerial on the roof to get the signals. A "group E" will provide the best possible signals for the smallest aerial.
If you are fitting a new aerial, you should also use satellite-grade coaxial cable to connect the set to the aerial as this will provide the best quality signal and be longer-lasting. isabel munroSunday 2 October 2011 1:30AM
my film channell has dissapeared , i deleted it by mistake , can you help me to get it back my tv is philips 42inch with built in freeveiw.Anne RWednesday 7 December 2011 4:26PM
Hi- Im trying to set up freeview on an anologue TV. I can get all channels above
10 only. I have tried everything but cant get 1-9 channels. Help what am I doing wrong please. Im using a neostar scart TV capture. Anne R: When you say that you cannot get 1-9 channels, are you referring to BBC One, BBC Two, ITV1, C4 up to BBC Four?
Are you using a rooftop aerial?
What is your post code so as to find out what transmitters serve your area? Anne RFriday 9 December 2011 9:05PM
Hi thanks for your reply - yes is the answer to both questions.Anne R.Friday 9 December 2011 9:11PM
Hi Dave- Ill expand the answer to your reply above.
I cant get BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, C4 up to BBC 4 ie channels 1 to 9.
The TV aerial is a rooftop aerial.
thanks Anne R.jb38Saturday 10 December 2011 12:24PM
Anne R: As well as Dave Lindsay's request for your post code for purposes of assessing your signal strength, you should also be aware that because its increasingly becoming possible to receive signals from more than one transmitter in the UK, that very fact can easily create problems with devices such as you have insomuch that its very easy to exceed the devices memory storage capacity. (of only 75)
If this happens it can either reject any further channels being picked up, or if it doesn't it will lose them when its switched off.
Manual tuning of the multiplexes required being the only way of getting over the problem. Anne R.Sunday 11 December 2011 1:16AM
The signal strength is ok as I havetwo other flat screens that are working ok. I think it may have something to do with not having reset my channels when the TV had to be reset earlier in the year??
Thanks jb38 Ill have a look to see how many channels its picked up. I would have thought it would start picking up from BBC1 not from channel 10?jb38Sunday 11 December 2011 7:28AM
Anne R: Yes, but your location query was only made because you "might" reside in an area where the BBC and ITV1 transmitters are on full high power operation whereas the others aren't, and if the signal being received via your rooftop aerial is too strong it could be blocking reception of these channels, hence the problem you are experiencing. (only mentioned as its just one possibility!)
This problem, should it be applicable in your case, is not unique to the device you are using as it can happen with any Freeview receiver.
AlisonFriday 15 June 2012 6:40PM
Rochester Trying to re-tune digital tv to new digital services from 13/06/12, will not respond. Am in ME3 9BL post code,England.All BBC channels lost. Please can you advise? Alison.Alison: Can you post the make and model of your receiver? Some older models won't work after switchover.
BBC signals have now "switched", and therefore affected models will loose the ability to receive BBC channels. The model number will help determine whether this is the case here or not. Ben HopkinFriday 22 June 2012 9:58AM
No installation/re-tune menu appeared when I plugged in my freeview box, all I get is a no signal message. I do not have an roof top aerial, does this matter?Sheena-Ann BrownSaturday 22 December 2012 11:35PM
I have a LG 42PC10v television. I bought a Goodman's Low Energy Set Top (freeview) box (marked for digital tv) today, along with a One For All amplified indoor aerial (there is no aerial socket in the wall of the flats where we live) I cant get anything to work. does anyone know how to fix this up so we can at least have tv for Christmas? My husband is severely disabled and housebound. We had a Freesat box that packed up on us this morning due to the dish being out of alignment and the engineer cant visit until after Christmas. this could be a pretty bleak Christmas season if we have to watch dvds for the next two weeks or so! Any advice?jb38Saturday 22 December 2012 11:56PM
Sheena-Ann Brown: Although I fully sympathise with your predicament its not really possible to offer advice when you have not indicated your location, this having to be in the form of a post code or one from somewhere nearby e.g: a shop, as only once this is known can access be made to the reception predictor and advice appropriate to the location be given.MazbarSunday 23 December 2012 6:37AM
Sheena-Ann Brown: try and ring a few different companys and explain to them your situation i for ine would try to get you working for christmas there will be lots of local riggers just try to avoid the 0800 numbers but you might have to use them as a last resortSheena-Ann BrownSaturday 5 January 2013 5:34PM
Did a manual tune an it has worke perfectly ever since with a few extra channels that i didnt have before! fair enough i cant get a tv guide but that's nothing that a paper one won;t fix. it still records. it'll do just now until i get money together to have a proper repair one! thanks to all who replied!updates
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