Freeview Question

I bought a Wideband aerial a few days ago and it was installed today. It's on top of my TV. On installation I found out that I could only get Mux 1, 2, A and B. My nearest transmitter is Waltham.

Any suggestions on how I can get Mux C and D? Or why I can't. A mate of mine lives 3 miles from me and he's got a wideband aerial and he's fine.

Thanks

This might be obvious but have you tried moving it? Get someone to watch the telly/press scan on the box, and someone by the ariel and move it about a bit, left and right etc. Just pointing the same way as you old one isn't full proof.

I know this sounds a little daft, but when I first got Freeview I only managed to get some of the Muxes however I put mine slightly outside my window and I picked all of them perfectly.

Picked up Mux C and D by moving the aerial but I can't get a signal on those channels.

I think it depends, I got one of those aerials for my room and got bugger all, but I gave it to my brother in law and he can pick up alot of channels with no problem and without the booster.

I have a Tesco Technika one, it does the job well, although I cannot get the ITV/C4 MUX, but the advice I'd give you is to place it high up and make sure nothing is in the way of it.

Well that's no good for starters. Freeview transmissions are fairly low power, but even for high power analogue, set top aerials rarely deliver enough signal unless you are very close to the transmitter. The service planning parameters for UK TV reception assume an outdoor aerial mounted 30 ft above ground level. That's what the analogue power levels are based upon, so for Freeview it's absolutely essential..

You should consider a properly installed outdoor aerial, if that's not possible, then as a last last resort a loft aerial.

Yep, indoor aerials are absolutely useless. I've used them several times over the years and can 100% confirm that they're crap, unless, as Mark said, you're very close to the transmitter. Nothing can beat a proper outdoor rooftop aerial.

All my channels are working perfectly, however, whenever I switch on my VCR, Mux 2 dissapears and flashes up "no signal". When I switch the video recorder off, Mux 2 re-appears again.
I know that the VCR reduces the signal strength and so therefore the weaker Mux may disappear but on the tv upstairs I can record Mux 2 perfectly.

Is there any way that I can stop this from happening please? Would a new VCR be of any help?

LoveTV

That hasn't been my experience. If have a "Telecam" indoor aerial with a booster and it can pick up digital in the two different places that I have tried it, where both of the existing rooftop aerials needed to be upgraded.

They aren't ideal - but a good one is certainly worth a try if you haven't got any other options.

It depends on how you've got it setup. Do you record Freeview (output scart of box into VCR) or do you record analogue (Ariel input) If so does the ariel go into the VCR and then out into the Freeview box, or does it come out of Freeview box into VCR?

You need to adjust the output frequency of the video. At the moment, you will probably find that it is outputting on the same frequency as Mux 2. If it's a newish model, you will be able to adjust this through the menu system. If it's quite old, there will be a screw to turn at the back.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for your help, the video channel is running through AV1, while freeview is on AV2. Its a brand new HD ready TV, with freeview built in so i'm not sure how to change this.

LoveTV