Any TV/aerial experts ? Advice needed

[Dave7]

Get a Freesat box. Digital through an arial is pants.

I will look into that but.......feel free to correct me .....dont you still need an aerial with a freesat box?

 

[Broadside]

If the aerial is 20yrs old then you probably need to replace it with a digital aerial, they look a bit different and often have a plate each side of the main bar to make a chevron or v on its side. The old analogue aerials just had a flat aluminium plate at the end. I’ve explained that really badly but hopefully you get what I mean.

If you’re lucky the old aerial will work but it would only need a small change somewhere before you lose the signal, for example if the output from the transmitted changed or something else beyond your control.

 

[Smokin Joe]

I will look into that but.......feel free to correct me .....dont you still need an aerial with a freesat box?

No.

You do need a dish, but they are not expensive to buy or fit. If you are handy with a drill they are easy enough to fit yourself.

It is only a one off cost with the benefit of a trouble free signal and more channels too.

 

[Profpointy]

Get a Freesat box. Digital through an arial is pants.

Normal digital terrestrial TV is perfect fine through an aerial, assuming it's a proper aerial for DTV frequencies and pointed in the right direction of course.

 

[simonali]

^True dat^.

3G and 4G mobile signals also interfere with TV ones, so if you get a new aerial make sure it is filtered. That site I linked to will tell you the best type of aerial for your nearest transmitter, so don't get sold some other type if you get a man in to fit it.

 

[Dave7]

No.

You do need a dish, but they are not expensive to buy or fit. If you are handy with a drill they are easy enough to fit yourself.

It is only a one off cost with the benefit of a trouble free signal and more channels too.

Just been googling that.
2 problems.......
1. My nickname at home is Mr Bean so no, I am not "handy with a drill" .
2. As stated Mrs Dave wants to switch on and choose between channels 1 or 3 (possibly 5).
Thanks

 

[Dave7]

If the aerial is 20yrs old then you probably need to replace it with a digital aerial, they look a bit different and often have a plate each side of the main bar to make a chevron or v on its side. The old analogue aerials just had a flat aluminium plate at the end. I’ve explained that really badly but hopefully you get what I mean.

If you’re lucky the old aerial will work but it would only need a small change somewhere before you lose the signal, for example if the output from the transmitted changed or something else beyond your control.

Thanks......that could well be the problem. I will look at the aerial tomorrow.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Also try a re- tune as this often works with digital system

 

[simonali]

Do it with the aerial flylead unplugged first before doing it again with it in. This will clear the TVs station 'memory'.

 

[simonali]

Another thing to check is whether your TV is tuning itself to a different transmitter than the desired one. My one is the Mendip transmitter in Wells, but before they upped its output my TVs used to pick up a Welsh one down Cardiff way because it was transmitting on lower frequencies that the TV picked up first, as they always start at the beginning! I used to have to tune everything manually back then...

 

[sheddy]

If no joy with the aerial, consider a Firestick http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6844662 (takes signal from your wi-fi, into HDMI socket on TV)