TV through an aerial

madlyn

My Dad has had anew TV, He has no internet or cable subscription so the programs come through a digital aerial and he is happy to keep it that way, but he is getting a lot of picture freezing and breaking up.
Is there anything that can be done or brought to improve this?

J_B

Firstly, try retuning the TV

If that doesn't work, maybe get an aerial engineer to check

Neil_Jones

madlyn said:

My Dad has had anew TV, He has no internet or cable subscription so the programs come through a digital aerial and he is happy to keep it that way, but he is getting a lot of picture freezing and breaking up.
Is there anything that can be done or brought to improve this?

This is usually signal related.  Trees are good at this.  Especially when the leaves are wet.

Sandtree

Was this replacing an existing TV? How was reception on the previous TV?

madlyn

Yes it was and as far as I know he never had this issue.

JJ_Egan

Could be a bad connection TV to wall plate .

wongataa

Check the aerial connections.  Check the aerial itself.

Biggus_Dickus

@madlyn

If he’s had no reception problems with his previous TV one would assume?? it’s not an 'aerial' problem per se.

When did he get the new TV?...we’ve had lots of seriously heavy rain in many parts of the UK in recent days,...do the picture break-ups coincide with inclement weather?

It’s usually best to start by checking all the items/cables/sockets etc behind the TV  that were ‘disturbed’ during the old-TV for new-TV changeover process. More often than not (but not exclusively!) that is where the problem will lie. Elderly cables/sockets etc can sometimes react badly to being pushed/pulled around.

Could be a dodgy/broken wall socket co-ax connector or the cable (if you used the original) from the wall-socket to the TV itself may be iffy.

There are other possibilities though....

 

 

pbartlett

If all else fails and you are sure nothing is faulty then you could consider a signal amplifier.

Or call in the local TV aerial guys - they can check signal strength etc.

EssexExile

Biggus_Dickus said:

@madlyn

If he’s had no reception problems with his previous TV one would assume?? it’s not an 'aerial' problem per se.

Some TVs deal with a weak signal better than others. If there are no obvious connection problems I'd get an aerial man round.

Neil_Jones

pbartlett said:

If all else fails and you are sure nothing is faulty then you could consider a signal amplifier.

Or call in the local TV aerial guys - they can check signal strength etc.

Signal amplifiers only work when there is a signal to amplify.  No good behind trees for example.

OP should probably make a note of which channels(s) break up.  If its only certain channels and (after checking the mux listings) they all appear to be on the same mux, then that is a signal issue.  If it affects everything that's more likely a tuner/setup issue.