My ITV/C4 Freeview channels have disappeared - what can I do? Is it my SCART ca
Brian Butterworth published on UK Free TV It is a feature of television signals that they can be effected by the weather. Aside from the obvious damaged that can be caused by wind or torrential rain, the onset of summer can cause a more intriguing problem called "inversion".
Basically, when the sun heats up the land, the hot air can get trapped below cold air at high level. This creates an "inversion layer" which acts like a polished mirror to TV signals. This causes two problems: you can receive both the original and a reflected signal from your own transmitter (on analogue TV this appears as "ghosting") or interference from TV transmitters that are normally too far distant.
The ITV/C4 multiplex of channels (ITV-1, ITV-2, ITV-3, ITV-4, CITV, C4, More4, E4, Quizcall) use a transmission "mode" called 64QAM, and it is sadly much more prone to these problems.
So, whilst a loft-mounted aerial will provide reception at some time, it will fail at others. The only real solution is to mount the aerial (or a new Class I aerial) outside on a pole, but some people report that changing the cable from the aerial to the set-top box to the high-grade satellite cable can also help.
The SCART connection, by the way, only carries a single TV picture, not the Freeview transmission multiplexes, so if this is disconnected it will result in degradation to every channel at once.
10:32 AM
I have a year old 50 inch jvc . it did have 6o channels. now only 9. I have retuned and even reinstalled. still only 9 channels ????
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7:17 PM
Margaret: Advice as to the possible reason for your problem can only be given once the following points are known.
(1) : Your location, this preferably being in the form of a post code or one from somewhere nearby, e.g: a shop / post office. This info being necessary in order to access information on the transmitter covering your area.
(2) : Do you have your own aerial? or are you connected into a communal system? such as used in apartment blocks etc.
(3) : Is the aerial connected directly into the TV? or does it pass through some other device first?
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10:52 PM
Dalry
The aerial is digital and is in my loft, there is another television also connected to that aerial in separate room, that gets all the 80 stations. they both connect directly to the television, both tvs have built in freeview. I am near ka24 4jg
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12:09 AM
margaret: The Dalry area is indicated as being served by either the Darvell or Blackhill transmitters, the latter providing a better signal as far as the commercial channels are concerned.
However, as the TV in the second room would apparently receive all the channels OK, this then indicates that the signal is actually there, but is possibly being received at a level under that necessary to resolve a picture on your main TV, as tuner sensitivities vary from set to set.
Therefore, if your main TV is not wall mounted? you should try temporarily connecting it into the outlet socket used by the TV in the other room followed by carrying out a retune, if this results in the restoration of all channels? then the next stage is to reinstall the TV into its original location followed by checking that the channels normally viewed are still there.
Should they be OK? then this is inclined to suggest that your system could benefit from the addition of a powered amplifier / splitter to feed a higher level of signal into your two aerial outlet points.
However, before carrying out any of the aforementioned procedures, you should try carrying out a manufacturers reset on your TV or box, this procedure also known as "default setting" or "first time installation".
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3:59 PM
Nottingham
My LG 40" plasma none HD set tunes in into East Midlands area and all channelsare in order but my Sagem HD recorder on the same aerial when tuned in gets channels but in wrong order eg BBC1 is 1 but ITV 1 shows up as 800. The HD channels are all over the place!
The Sagem picks up three areas East Midlands/Yorkshire/Yorks Lincs - my postcode is NG3 5RG
What can I do?
Thanks
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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
5:09 PM
John: You may find that there is a setting for region or network preference, which needs turning on with it set to "East Midlands".
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1:44 PM
North Ferriby
The BBC programs have disappeared from one TV but is fine on a different TV in another room. I carried the TV into the other room and retuned it, fine. I then returned it to the original room. This was fine for a few days but they have disappeared again. My postcode is HU14 3QJ. I have a powered amplifier in the loft but unable to get up there to check if it is still working. All the other programs are working correctly. Any help would be much appreciated
Thanks
Jim
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Jim's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
9:32 PM
Jim Jackson: As the problem is only affecting one of your TV's, then the problem is more likely to be caused by a faulty aerial connection rather than a defective aerial amplifier, as amplifier failure would affect both TV's.
You should check the jumper lead used to connect the TV into the wall plate outlet socket "whilst the TV is working", wiggling the cable at both ends whilst observing the picture for glitches.
One point I was wondering about being, when TV in question failed again after a few days, provided that you did "not" immediately try retuning it again when it failed, it would have been interesting to know the result if you had tried it out back in the other room previously used to retune it.
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1:00 AM
I have 2 types of digital box receivers. But have stop working and cannot find any channels about 1 month ago. One is downstairs one is up. I checked the leads on each box and the cable up to the roof aerial is intact.
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