Freeview tuner needs replacing

andygb

I kept my old set top box when OnDigital went bust, and it has always worked quite well, giving me loads of extra (mostly rubbish) channels, and I can retune it every so often.
I have noticed over the past year, particularly since the changeover from analogue in my area, that the reception is really rubbish - picture break up, popping, stopping.
It is driving me mad.
Would this be the fault of the old box or could it be the aerial?
I have been thinking for sometime of getting an independent satellite system (motorised 1 metre dish and decent receiver), but should I think of changing the TV at the same time (We have a Panasonic CRT 28 TSP1 100Hz).
I don't want to upgrade one part of the system, to find that the other parts let it down.

S0litaire

it's probably the old box.
Pick up a cheap FreeView box and see if things get better...

revpeachy

Try www.ukfree.tv it looks like as the "switch" has happened in your area that the older box is no longer supported; it may be signal strength. Try one of the aerials from argos (they will take it back if it doesn't work) and think about installing it in your loft. I've done this for the freeview in the bedroom. http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5352069/Trail/searchtext%3EAERIAL.htm

HTH

Yorkie1

You could try one thing before getting a new box: during the retune I think you have the facility to delete all previously stored channels before the new scan. I hadn't been doing this, and ended up with poor pictures because the box was confused regarding what channels to use / overlap (or something, can't remember all the details now.) Try clearing the entire memory first, see if that makes any difference.

Jnelhams

See if you can borrow a friends freeview box for a couple of hours, also the weather can play havoc with them. I live on a hill, and yet the signal is rubbish except on the large roof aerial, which is why I got a Satellite dish £25 (Argos do a 60cm) and they also do a freesat hd box for £70 or a standard box for £30 - but splash out a couple of hundred on a Humax Freesat HD recorder - excellent bit of kit and a Which? Best buy. If you have a hunt on ebay for an octo-LNB about £20 you can then get HD Sat in 4 rooms from one dish, and with the Humax box you can watch one channel and record from at least one other at the same time.

Also as Yorkie1 said, try doing a factory reset from the box settings menu as this could well be the reason why.