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East Midlands Freeview Reception Problems

456789
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Having terrible problems with Five, Fiver, Five USA and Virgin1 - they used to come fine

All other channels seem ok

Bush receiver from argos

any ideas?

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  • brewerdave
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    Try ukfree.tv website to find out whether there are transmission issues in your region.
    I frequently lose Five,Fiver,Virgin1 etc in my region cos of problems with the poor strength of the signal for Mux A channel.
  • alisont
    alisont Posts: 1,648 Forumite
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    Im in the West Mids and cant get the ITV channels at the mo - transmission problems Im told?

    Think Its a temp thing - I hope!
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  • aaroncaz
    aaroncaz Posts: 5,242 Forumite
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    alisont wrote: »
    Im in the West Mids and cant get the ITV channels at the mo - transmission problems Im told?

    Think Its a temp thing - I hope!

    Heard on the radio, something to do with sutton transmitter, should be fixed by September..... I can't get loads of channels.
  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    456789 wrote: »
    Having terrible problems with Five, Fiver, Five USA and Virgin1 - they used to come fine

    All other channels seem ok

    Bush receiver from argos

    any ideas?

    Probably down to the hot weather, atmospheric conditions cause mayhem with TV signals.
  • 456789
    456789 Posts: 2,305 Forumite
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    Hasn't improved in the cold :(
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