Freeview tuning issue

[mrochester]

Hi all

My grandma has a TV with built in Freeview and lives in a built up, urban area. She was missing a few Freeview channels so I've reset and retuned them. However, it's now missing even more channels that were previously working just fine! I seem to be able to get BBC 1, 2, 3, 4 etc, but ITV, Channel 4 and 5 are all missing, and no amount of resets and retunes are making them come back. On one of the tunings I did, I did manage to get ITV, Channel 4 and 5, but the BBC channels were all missing! Has anyone got any idea how to get them all back at the same time?

Many thanks.

M.

 

[mrochester]

you got a good aerial ? Same on mine and im in urban area.

i can either get all of BBCs all of Chan 4s or all of ITVs but not at once... very frustrating.

I've no idea about the aerial; it's probably been there since the 70s or 80s whenever the first person who lived here had a TV! Do you think a booster may help?

 

[mrochester]

You're going to be better replacing the aerial I suspect, boosters tend to just amplify the noise as well.

I'll tell my grandma that. She's in her mid 80s and is on her own so she relies heavily on the TV to pass the time so it needs to work perfectly for her.

Just had a look at the aerial and it's massive; it looks to be a good 5ft long and is raised quite high on a pole from the roof. I've no idea what makes a good aerial.