102 Minutes That Changed America
Film, Media & TV2 mins ago
My TV lost all its channels a while back. I retuned it and got half a dozen channels, so I reset it to factory default and now only get BBC channels with interference.
I've unplugged everything, reconnected, retuned. No improvement.
The roof aerial looks fine. I rarely watch TV through the aerial as we use Virgin.
Would it be worth getting an aerial chap in or not? If the internet goes down we have no TV.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.You certainly seem to be describing the classic symptoms of low signal strength, Barry.
If I was in your position, I'd try one of these
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It's important to note though that we're currently going through a period of 'moderate to high' solar activity, which can lead to near blackouts of radio signals:
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(Amateur radio enthusiasts, like me, have to try to make sense of all that jargon, which isn't always easy. However I can tell you, without any doubt whatsoever, that most radio signals simply aren't 'getting out' at all. So I'm unsurprised if people are experiencing problems with their TV signals, especially during a perid of very high barometric pressure),
^^^ My experince is exactly the opposite!
I live in a weak signal area, where most houses use large, external antennas mounted atop of tall poles to get a decent TV signal. I'm using a loft-mounted antenna, which doesn't reliably 'pull in' any signals at all on its own. However the addition of a signal booster gives me full strength signals across all channels.