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T.V. Reception Problem.

Morning all on this chilly breezy morning


I installed a new t.v. aerial outside on Friday for a couple that has just moved house. I could not get their t.v. to self tune on the freeview channels. The screen has just frozen and does not shown a self tuning progress bar, and just displays an error message asking me to wait for new channels to be found. It makes not progress at all. It is just frozen. A second t.v. of theirs does show signs of life as it tries to auto-seek new freeview channels. I had to leave at that point as the lady of the house was exhausted after her move and needed a quiet lie down.


Is there a method of re-booting the first t.v. to work, or is the tuning circuit faulty?


The new bungalow is located right next to a new supply transformer an the new estate is only 50 per cent occupied. I wondered if the higher Voltage may have possibly damaged the t.v's circuits boards.


Any help much appreciated.


Thanks,


Z.
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  • I live in an area where there are 3 main transmitters of much the same signal strength, Belmont, Sutton Coldfield and Sandy Heath, the latter being my preferred choice.

    I have several TVs, one only a few months old, and they all search for channels very well.

    On the odd occasion I have forgotten to plug the aerial in they go through the motions and claim no channels available.

    The screens have never frozen,

    I suggest there is something much more amiss than a dodgy signal.

    Perhaps there is something locally that is swamping the TV tuners with a overpowering signal causing the lock up?


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  • I live in an area where there are 3 main transmitters of much the same signal strength, Belmont, Sutton Coldfield and Sandy Heath, the latter being my preferred choice.

    I have several TVs, one only a few months old, and they all search for channels very well.

    On the odd occasion I have forgotten to plug the aerial in they go through the motions and claim no channels available.

    The screens have never frozen,

    I suggest there is something much more amiss than a dodgy signal.

    Perhaps there is something locally that is swamping the TV tuners with a overpowering signal causing the lock up?


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