Lost TV channels

Outeast1000

I retuned my TV to see if i could get more channels and instead i lost all my BBC channels including the BBC news channel i have retuned my TV a couple of times to try and get the BBC channels back but could not get them back 

What is the problem and how do i solve it ? 

TadleyBaggie

Is the aerial still pointing in the right direction?

born_again

Outeast1000 said:

I retuned my TV to see if i could get more channels and instead i lost all my BBC channels including the BBC news channel i have retuned my TV a couple of times to try and get the BBC channels back but could not get them back 

What is the problem and how do i solve it ? 

Digital?

If via a aerial. then given all the recent hight winds may have moved.

TadleyBaggie

born_again said:

Outeast1000 said:

I retuned my TV to see if i could get more channels and instead i lost all my BBC channels including the BBC news channel i have retuned my TV a couple of times to try and get the BBC channels back but could not get them back 

What is the problem and how do i solve it ? 

Digital?

If via a aerial. then given all the recent hight winds may have moved.

Pretty sure all TV now is digital.

marcia_

TadleyBaggie said:

born_again said:

Outeast1000 said:

I retuned my TV to see if i could get more channels and instead i lost all my BBC channels including the BBC news channel i have retuned my TV a couple of times to try and get the BBC channels back but could not get them back 

What is the problem and how do i solve it ? 

Digital?

If via a aerial. then given all the recent hight winds may have moved.

Pretty sure all TV now is digital.

 But many still have aerial if not using sky etc. i had welsh tv for ages until a repair man moved the aerial to face the right way 

Outeast1000

TadleyBaggie said:

Is the aerial still pointing in the right direction?

Yes the aerial is pointing in the right direction and the aerial is not the problem AFAIK it must be something else 

iniltous

If its not the aerial then realistically it must be your TV ,
when you do a scan , do the channels appear in the program guide or there are gaps where the they should be ?  be , so no Channel 1 , Channel 2  , channel 101 , 102 etc , if the guide shows BBC1 etc but you get no picture/sound , explore your the TV’s menu to explore if the signal strength and signal quality are OK , the other thing to ensure is if you are in an area with more than one transmitter to aim your aerial at , that you select the correct region , I have access to two transmitters Pontop Pike  to the north and Bilsdale to the south , the TV using and aerial pointed North I have to select ‘Newcastle’  not Teesside  to get the local TV station on channel 7 

Neil_Jones

Some TVs have an option for "First Time Installation" or similar which wipes everything and then some more and the TV behaves as if you'd just carted it home from the shop.

It may be that your retune is just a partial scan to add new channels to existing list rather than wiping it all and rebuilding it; as some TVs are better with this than others especially when a channel has moved to a new number but your TV still has something else on that number, it'll just say what the deuce and often decide not to show you anything.

wongataa

iniltous said:

If its not the aerial then realistically it must be your TV ,

Or the aerial cable(s).  Or any joints/connectors in the cabling.  Or an amplifier issue if the aerial has one.

Outeast1000

iniltous said:

If its not the aerial then realistically it must be your TV ,
when you do a scan , do the channels appear in the program guide or there are gaps where the they should be ?  be , so no Channel 1 , Channel 2  , channel 101 , 102 etc , if the guide shows BBC1 etc but you get no picture/sound , explore your the TV’s menu to explore if the signal strength and signal quality are OK , the other thing to ensure is if you are in an area with more than one transmitter to aim your aerial at , that you select the correct region , I have access to two transmitters Pontop Pike  to the north and Bilsdale to the south , the TV using and aerial pointed North I have to select ‘Newcastle’  not Teesside  to get the local TV station on channel 7 

There are gaps where  they should be BB1 , 2  . 3 . 4  BBC news channel