tv trouble

ben · April 2012

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 · April 2012

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 · April 2012

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 · April 2012

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 · April 2012

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 · April 2012

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 · April 2012

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 · April 2012

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 · April 2012

Good news. Might get one.<br>

Ian · April 2012

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 · April 2012

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 · April 2012

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 · April 2012

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 · April 2012

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

becky · April 2012

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 · April 2012

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

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