I have 2 identical tv aerials - both digital fitted at the same time. One goes straight in to a bedroom, the other serves the rest of the house. The problem is that I have just tried to install a new Freeview box but couldn't pick up all the channels (eg Granada, Channel 4 etc) however when I installed it in the bedroom it picked up every channel, very clearly. I have an older Freeview box in the lounge which picks up every channel - it was set up when I had the old analogue aerial but still works with the new aerial. Can anyone explain why I don't have consistency in signal pick-up and what can I do about it?
Thanks
This might be a soft question, but is there a way of linking the Freeview box with a SKY box, so when you press TV & 1 or 2 etc for analogue, you would get the Freeview output rather than analogue?
I'm thinking for when analogue closes(& also back up for a dodgy SKY signal on a certain ITV frequency & my local BBC English region, which is starting to happen again this year. I only seem to get this problem during the summer months & it's bloody annoying, but if you ring SKY, the standard answer is 'Check all your cables & switch off' & switch back on again! I've already done that & it still happens! Why can't the broadcasters check their feeds instead of blaming the poor punter all the time & I'm not paying £65 a call out just for that?).
If there are multiple cables connected together (i.e. not directly to the aerial) it degrades quality significantly. Try having both freeview boxes direct to the aerial. I know, I've tried it myself. Or could buy a nice flat aerial for £25 off QVC. They're good too for freeview.
This might be a soft question, but is there a way of linking the Freeview box with a SKY box, so when you press TV & 1 or 2 etc for analogue, you would get the Freeview output rather than analogue?
I'm thinking for when analogue closes(& also back up for a dodgy SKY signal on a certain ITV frequency & my local BBC English region, which is starting to happen again this year. I only seem to get this problem during the summer months & it's bloody annoying, but if you ring SKY, the standard answer is 'Check all your cables & switch off' & switch back on again! I've already done that & it still happens! Why can't the broadcasters check their feeds instead of blaming the poor punter all the time & I'm not paying £65 a call out just for that?).
I imagine only if you RF loop through, and have a freeview box permanantly set on the channel you want... i.e. RF through a freeview box on ITV to channel 21 say, and then set #3 on your TV to UHF channel 21.
Hi Steve
I don't understand these things much but I have an amplifier in the loft which has a cable to 4 televisions but it seems to get its input from the lounge; I assume the lounge has a direct link to the tv aerial as it isn't plugged into the amplifier and that tv picks up Freeview fine. Do you think I can't pick up Freeview properly on the other tvs because of the amplifier?
Thanks for your help
Reading all that my brain got as scrambled as the eggs I've just eaten. Surely it's not as complicated as all that - or am I still pissed from last night
Hi Steve
I don't understand these things much but I have an amplifier in the loft which has a cable to 4 televisions but it seems to get its input from the lounge; I assume the lounge has a direct link to the tv aerial as it isn't plugged into the amplifier and that tv picks up Freeview fine. Do you think I can't pick up Freeview properly on the other tvs because of the amplifier?
Thanks for your help
The obvious test for how the lounge set is fed is to unplug the power to the amp and see whether that has any effect on the lounge set.
