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Advice On Setting Up LCD Television

Top_Dog
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A friend of mine bought a new Technika LCD Television yesterday and is having problems getting it to work properly when you switch it on a notice comes up no channels found check your antenna anybody know what the problem is is it the Television ?

Also is a Technika LCD Television a quality brand or a poor brand ?

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  • BillScarab
    BillScarab Posts: 6,027 Forumite
    Technika is Tesco's own brand I think. I doubt if they are the best quality TV's around. The message your friend is getting probably means it is not picking up a freeview signal. Does it pick up the analogie signal OK? To check whether your friend can get Freeview in their area look on http://www.wolfbane.com/cgi-bin/tvd.exe?

    Other than that look in the manual.
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  • Top_Dog
    Top_Dog Posts: 156 Forumite
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    BillScarab wrote: »
    Technika is Tesco's own brand I think. I doubt if they are the best quality TV's around. The message your friend is getting probably means it is not picking up a freeview signal. Does it pick up the analogie signal OK? To check whether your friend can get Freeview in their area look on http://www.wolfbane.com/cgi-bin/tvd.exe?

    Other than that look in the manual.

    No it does not pick up the analogie signal either or no sound
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    Not a good tv by any means
    Is it plugged into a decent aerial? (By that I mean a ROOF aerial)
    :idea:
  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    Top_Dog wrote: »

    Also is a Technika LCD Television a quality brand or a poor brand ?

    Tesco own brand, cheap and usually nasty.

    As others have said, it needs a good quality signal via an aerial feed.
  • Top_Dog
    Top_Dog Posts: 156 Forumite
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    aliEnRIK wrote: »
    Not a good tv by any means
    Is it plugged into a decent aerial? (By that I mean a ROOF aerial)

    Does it have to be a roof aerial ? is the problem the aerial you think
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    Top_Dog wrote: »
    Does it have to be a roof aerial ? is the problem the aerial you think

    Im 99% sure thats the problem yes
    :idea:
  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    Top_Dog wrote: »
    Does it have to be a roof aerial ? is the problem the aerial you think


    That very much depends on your location, but a roof mounted aerial is always the best option.
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