Freeview problem

[Jackdaw]

The first Freesat PVR, by Humax, is due to be unveiled at the end of the month, and with any luck, should be a huge blow to Sky.

It's rumoured to have a 320gb hard drive and should be available before Christmas at a rumoured price of £299.

A lot of rumour there, but anyone who watches Sky Freesat with a Sky+ would be better of with this, plus a few more who are paying around £17 monthly for a Sky subscription.

[rskershaw]

name='Jackdaw']The first Freesat PVR, by Humax, is due to be unveiled at the end of the month, and with any luck, should be a huge blow to Sky.

It's rumoured to have a 320gb hard drive and should be available before Christmas at a rumoured price of £299.

A lot of rumour there, but anyone who watches Sky Freesat with a Sky+ would be better of with this, plus a few more who are paying around £17 monthly for a Sky subscription.

I think a character in a Woody Allen film said something along the lines of "How the hell should I know? I still don't know how the toaster works."

[Straff]

My Freeview box is one of the original Nokia 'On Digital' ones and it still works perfectly

I shouldn't have said that, should I?

[batman]

name='Straff']My Freeview box is one of the original Nokia 'On Digital' ones and it still works perfectly

I shouldn't have said that, should I?

I had to get a little man it to sort out the problem after other electrical anomalies .... it turns out that it was a fault in the electric system. Cost me £42 to get it sorted but the reception is now excellent in both rooms!

[mallee59]

name='batman']After buying a new Freeview machine and recovering the channels ..... I have now lost them all again! When we switched on this morning there was no picture and the onscreen instructions read 'no signal - retune channels', so I did and everything promptly vanished. Any ideas anyone?

Hi

Have you tried doing an install or setup as though it were a new installation rather than just a search?

Should put it back to the beginning.

Cheers

Mallee

[mallee59]

sorry, didn't get to the last replies...

[Rob Compton]

My new Freeview box can't seem to find ITV or C4 - everything else is fine, though.



On googling I think I might need a new aerial - apparently that mux often defeats older aerials



rgds

Rob

[mallee59]

name='Rob Compton']My new Freeview box can't seem to find ITV or C4 - everything else is fine, though.



On googling I think I might need a new aerial - apparently that mux often defeats older aerials



rgds

Rob

Thats usually the case when some of the normal terrestrial stations don't appear. Down to poor reception.

Do you have a fairly new aerial and what is the normal reception like? number of channels?

[Rob Compton]

Reception is fine, all the other channels have 100% - but the aerial is 20+ years old. So I'm guessing a technical incompatibility of some sort!



rgds

Rob

[mallee59]

Yep, its an old UHF aerial and sounds like its on the limit for Digital, coax cable is probably as old as well.

I havent been able to put mine up yet due to injury since we moved almost a year ago but I get a good signal with it in the loft!

The aerials themselves are around £15-£25, expensive to get someone to fit it though, and watch for the present scam....oh the TV aint compatible mate.......

[batman]

We had torrential rain last night and I lost the signal in the lounge but in the study it was OK ..... the problem must be a connection to the lounge which is affected by wet or misty weather. Mostly OK today except for SKY channels .... no great loss then!