Sam Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Hi... thought I'd give this a go before buying anything and see if anyone has a solution!! Basically before the digital switch over my tv (with built in freeview) was working fine (with freeview) and got a brilliant picture. Then I got the little note on my tv telling me to retune - so I did. Since then, most of the channels are unwatchable because they constantly flicker and the sound fizzes out. I've tried my tv in my mums room with her aerial (same as mine) and it worked fine! I've tried a different tv in my room with my aerial and it worked fine! (albeit with a very low signal compared to mums) So, any suggestions? What I don't get it is why would my aerial suddenly stop working after I retuned it. Thanks for any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 We had a problem with 1 TV after the switch over and it turned out to be that the freeview box was the problem. It needed retuning every time the TV was switched off. Could it be your freeview rather than the TV? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 can you try it with a rooftop/loft aerial? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted August 29, 2011 Author Share Posted August 29, 2011 Hmm the freeview is built into the tele - could I use a different box even though its built in? Re-tuned again and it's still not working. The aerial is in loft, as is my parents one (they are both the same brand and bought at the same time.) Just don't want to buy a new aerial and for the problem to be the same. Thanks for the replies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiffs Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 My television has always done this when a car drives past my house, and it tends to do it more on the television in the living room than the television upstairs - I'm just praying the signal gets boosted more before next year or I'm going to have severe issues with them expecting me to pay all that money on a tv licence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Its not the aerial then, you can use a different freeview box. Try that and see if it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 We had to do a retune on August 17th (not sure if this was just our area or nationally). I retuned and got all my freeview channels back fine, but a friend in the village retuned on the same day and still hasn't got her channels back. She is picking up BBC intermittently, but instead of the East Midlands news we usually get she seems to be getting Look North So for her, the retune seems to have caused her TV/ariel to pick up a signal from the wrong transmitter. I can't offer any help beyond that I'm afraid, as she phoned the digital switchover helpline and they were worse than useless (she has tried to retune several times since with no luck). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted August 30, 2011 Author Share Posted August 30, 2011 Thanks for the replies, my brother had problems with his tv also and rang the helpline, didn't help at all so he looked on the internet and resolved the problem himself! Will see if I can borrow someones freeview box and see if that helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvonne Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 We live in one of the pilot areas, before our analogue signal was switched off our digital signal was fine, since the changeover it's been pants; pixilated pictures and a very unreliable program guide (the best part of digital in the first place). Seems pointless to have trial areas and not ask for feedback or fix the problems they have as I believe a lot of people are having the same problems. We can even see the local transmitter from our house (Mendip) but still get Welsh TV - WHY Oh WHY !!! Our TV is not that old and it really p***s me off - have tried all the various fixes I can find - manual re-tune etc and to no avail. We are hoping to move soon, maybe then it will work ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Was in the East Midlands last weekend and Corrie looked like it was filmed in a power cut my dad said neighbours reported similar probs so not his set - wonder if it were a trial or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millie Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Oh i'm so pleased its not just me having this problem, there is many an evening when i repetedly say very rude words to the tele. Wind and rain seem to upset my signal the most, so in winter when you can't get in the garden, it's book time, rude words or twiddle thumbs, and yes i've begrudingly justy paid the £145.50 if you please for interupted signal, no signal and pixalating signal. A couple of good picture channels without repeats would do me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvonne Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Annoyingly, I know someone who works for the co doing the switchover and he swears blind that it's all going swimmingly !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiffs Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Is it hell! At my nana's we can't get ITV or channel 5! And several other people I know in Brighton have the same problem. If cities like Brighton can't get channels like ITV and channel 5, the rest of the country must be going without television. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share Posted September 1, 2011 Annoyingly, I know someone who works for the co doing the switchover and he swears blind that it's all going swimmingly !! He can watch my TV for an hour and see if it's still going swimmingly! I'm sure he'll be swearing and throwing things at it by the end of the show... thats if you can even get a signal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiffs Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Hooray! I had no signal on BBC1 and BBC2 so I retuned it, it lasted about 5 mins before going totally glitchy, so I switched to ITV for a bit, just checked back to BBC1 & 2 and they've got 'no signal' again. LOVE FREEVIEW SUCH A BARGAIN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Hmmm, maybe it's a conspiracy and Sky are scrambling the Freeview signal?!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiffs Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 probably if they're bad enough to charge people for channels they can get for free, then yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forestchook Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 We have this problem. Everytime it rains or if it's windy we loose half the channels, either completly or just too badly pixilated to watch. At least with analog if the signal was poor it was still watchable even if it was a bit snowy. We do generally get the old terrestrial channels okay but the rest... if the weather's bad forget it. Very frustrating if you've started watching a programm and it starts to rain. my brother had problems with his tv also and rang the helpline, didn't help at all so he looked on the internet and resolved the problem himself! Any chance you can tell us how? N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiffs Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 I actually find that if my freeview isn't working I'm using the terrestrial signal as back up. Obviously next year I won't be able to do this, which is really frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 All the signals are supposed to be boosted once digital is complete - we've had to re-tune once and have another one coming up later this month. We've had glitches but it's mostly settled now....unless it rains....or is windy..... I use Digital Spy to find answers - the techy people on there are really helpful, especially if you say straight off that you aren't technically minded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Everytime it rains or if it's windy we loose half the channels, either completly or just too badly pixilated to watch. We have always had this problem with sky too wet no TV Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiffs Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 if it's rainy, windy or if a car goes past, I can't watch tv. I know they can't control the weather, but I never had this problem when it was just terrestrial tv, and I live on a road that people use as a rat run between the coastal road and the a27 bypass, with a large school across the road. So needless to say my signal definitely needs a boost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
