Advice on freeview please

lookingforhelp_2

Hi,
I'm looking for help.....My mum has just given us her old freeview box.
The only channels we can get are bbc ones? Do we need to upgrade our airiel? For all other channels it just says no signal Was really looking forward to it working.

Thanks in Advance Sarah

da1seggy

Probably yeah, if you're in a poor signal area, freeview will struggle. The fact that you get a few channels suggest you are - I can't get any freeview channels.

If you can connect it to a roof aerial, even better - otherwise you may need a signal booster.

Buy one from Argos or somewhere, if it don't work, just take it back

lookingforhelp_2

Thanks for your quick response

Sarah

CLLC

Hi sarah ,

check the signal strengh and the availabilty of your mothers freeview here

http://www.freeview.co.uk/availability

Just put the postcode and number in and that would tell you if she can receive them.

If she can , then i think its a problem with the aerial, plugging it into the outdoor aerial works best but if you can't i use this amplified ariel which works great for me.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5343243/Trail/searchtext%3EAERIAL.htm

£20 from argos , never had any problems , just a little bit of fiddling at first to find the perfect signal , but afterwoulds , it works wonders

Hope this helps

ariba10

It might seem a little obvious but have you tried scanning for new channels?