Freesat problems

PeteMc

Could it be a Canal+ decoder? Is there anything in French on the box?

seadee

PeteMc wrote: »

Could it be a Canal+ decoder? Is there anything in French on the box?

French letters!

(For those of a certain age)

abby1234519

Yes I believe it is a sat reciever. I recieve all the free french channels, Canal+ is on there but not, as in its a subscription channel so says "Channel Scrambled" (makes me laugh!)

I thought it was not aligned properly etc bu i dont know

anuvidy

Having looked up CGV it does sound like it's a decoder. So if it's all connected up correctly either the box isn't working, or the TV is set to PAL instead of SECAM maybe ? France uses SECAM but I'm not sure if this is for analogue or digital broadcasts.

anuvidy

Also is there more than one SCART socket, I'm wondering if it's an RGB socket or something. I know what I mean :-)

bonzer

abby1234519 wrote: »

There is some form of Philips free sat box literally a tiny little bo with a blue light and no buttos. Then there is another flat black thing that says CGV I think its sort of a posh aerial. aerial attached to box

Is it a Philips terrestrial digital receiver connected to an internal aerial?

Are you sure there's no model number on it? Underneath, on a label? On the back?

PeteMc

Is this the box:

http://www.pixmania.com/fr/fr/588152/art/philips/recepteur-tnt-dtr220.html

?

abby1234519

PeteMc wrote: »

Is this the box:

http://www.pixmania.com/fr/fr/588152/art/philips/recepteur-tnt-dtr220.html

?

OUI!! It is annoying me

abby1234519

update
not the philips box...i disconnected it and the samsung tv, where it says no signal and like EXT 1, it had a blue tinge on the white letters. so its the tv...

bonzer

So it's a Philips DTR220? It's a terrestrial digital receiver, not a satellite receiver.

It sounds like you have an internal aerial? I expect the problem is simply you have bad reception and when you walk around the room you are interfering with the signal depending on where you stand.

Do you not have an external TV aerial socket in your house? It would be best to use an outside aerial. If not, try positioning your internal aerial in different places and pointing in different directions and see if you can get a better signal.