tv trouble

ben

Can anyone recommend someone who can fix tv/aerial problems? Ours stopped working this evening, and it looks like water has been dripping down through the aerial lead. I don't know much about tvs or aerials, but I don't imagine this is meant to happen. <br>

odd stewart

We had that. TV went on the blink every time it rained.<br><br>Switched to cable.<br><br>Sorry, not much help, but I do feel your pain.<br><br>

kreuzkav

If you have freeview or/and an indoor aerial,  move it around a bit, make sure it touches the wall slightly, maybe autotune if this doesn't work.<div><br></div><div>Hpy vwing</div><div><br></div>

ben

yes, we have freeview, but it isn't finding anything when it autotunes, and when I plug the aerial lead directly into the TV, that doesn't work either i.e. we can't even get the five basic channels. So I think it's an external aerial thing.<br>

kreuzkav

the analogue signal has been turned off, but try autotune and turning the indoor aerial around and make sure it touches the wall (earthing it).  A friend had problems like this auto tuned it many times but until she did all these things at once it didn't work. 

Ali

be careful with Aerial companies if you get one  lost of rip off merchants.  A new Freeview aerial will cost about £250 so try all other routes first

Arkady

I'm currently without TV following the analog switch-off, but I'm not a big TV watcher anyway.  I'm thinking of buying a cheap digi box, but will it work with an internal aerial?  I don't have access to one on the roof.  I seem to recall that Ally Pally's digital signal isn't turned on for a while and we're still reliant on Crystal Palace.  My old analogue reception was crap, given that I'm on Mount View Road from where Ally Pally can be spat at.<br>

rainbow_carnage

We have an indoor aerial. Up until last week, the reception was reliably crap. Since the last re-tune, it's been excellent. <br>

Arkady

Good news.  Might get one.<br>

Ian

The switchover means that the signal should be much better - the signal strength was turned up a lot and it doesn't have the same glitches of interference of analogue. At the same time they stuck a new transmitter on the top of BT tower. Before switchover we were getting our digital terrestrial signal from Crystal Palace.  <br><br><br>

checkski

This seemed a good moment to give my licence up. I never watched anyway. You wouldn't believe the hassle. Apparently only 5% of the population are without, and they don't believe we aren't watching illegally. Guilty till proved innocent. Fascists!

ShaunG

Checkski you can look forward to endless threatening letters. They really don't believe anyone would not have a TV. Of course with online catch up services replicating so much of TV (and not needing a licence) I don't know how much longer the licence model will work.

Ian

Be slightly careful though - you do need a licence for watching TV live online, just not as you say catch up (i.e. BBC iPlayer). <br><br>Easy for them to check if they do decide to prosecute as well - just check with your broadband supplier if you ever access live TV.   <br>

gardener-joe

the tv licence is worth it, if only for the fact it cross-subsidises bbc radio, and the wonderful bbc orchestras

becky

I disagree about endless threatening letters. I didn't have a TV until I moved in with my TV-loving husband. Don't ignore the red letters. Just call them up and explain that you don't have a TV. They didn't ever bother me again. The worst they can do is send someone round your house to double-check. No great intrusion.

Idoru

I second that. I just let them know I no longer had a TV and heard nothing from them ever after.