jb38: Hi there! Well, my eagerly awaited arrived here safely today, however after getting it set up, the little glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel has well and truly been extinguished as sadly it has made no difference whatsoever to the where I have a message saying "weak or ". (I can confirm that I have not done any further re-tunes since the weekend).

As you suggested, I have set it gradually from nothing right up to maximum on the dial, leaving a few seconds in between moving the dial, but still no at any stage whatsoever.

As I'm sure you can imagine (although I appreciate not your fault :-), I'm extremely disappointed and disgruntled not to mention frustrated at the loss of the channels - I just soooo wish that people would leave things well alone!

Oh well, back to square one again ..... guess I'll just have to give it up as a bad job and accept that I'm never going to get my lost channels - at least I've only lost a fiver.

Thanks as always for all your kind and suggestions - it has been much appreciated over the past couple of weeks. :-).

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Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) Full Freeview trans
Saturday 2 June 2012 5:28PM

jb38: Hi there - sorry for the delay in getting back to you. My PC crashed on Thursday and I've only just got it back up and running again - what a nightmare!

When I select Pick TV (as you suggested) with the connected up, I lose the signal to that channel totally and get the message "Weak or ", however, once the booster is unplugged again and I just have the TV plugged into the main lead/ the comes cystal clear and all o.k. - don't know whether this indicates that the box I bought doesn't work or not?

I do also have a box which I've tried using in the past, however, I get even less with that connected up than I do just going through the auto store on the TV, so I don't bother having that connected up at all either.

In all honesty, I'm totally fed up with the whole situation now and have no intention of spending any more money to try and get it sorted out .... oddly enough, I'm lucky enough this afternoon for the signal to be strong enough on ITV3 (10) for me to actually get a clear picture and watch Murder She Wrote, which I love :-) - totally random. My Quest, 5* and 5USA also come back every now and again, albeit temporarily, so I think I'll just go with what I've got for the time being. Many thanks once again for all your kind and input.

Mark Fletcher: thanks for your input. I don't wish to sound thick but I'm sorry I have no idea what you mean when you ask "is your aerial polarised either vertically or horizontally"?? All I can tell you is that there are 3 aerials on the pole - 2 pointing in the same direction, and the other one pointing a different direction (all 3 are exactly the same set up as those aerials across and down the road from me). With regards to the 'Bung' you mention, I'm pretty sure they are black, but from the ground I cannot see that clearly, so they could well also be either brown or grey - sorry. :-(

Yes, I am definately on the as I get BBC Look East and ITV1 Anglia Tonight. Unfortunatley, I have no idea as to the age of the aerial either - only that it is the same one that was on the house when I moved in 11 1/2 years ago - I have not touched it or had it upgraded or anything in that time.

My aerial cable (black) and plugs are all o.k. and as new.

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Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) Full Freeview trans
Tuesday 5 June 2012 9:57AM

jb38: yes, you're right - unfortunately, I'm not very lucky where technology is involved, however thankfully I used to work in IT so sorting my computer out was reasonably easy and straightforward for me. :-)

Oddly enough, since my last posting on Saturday afternoon where I thought that I'd got back my lost temporarily, ALL of the channels that I had lost since 9th May have remained within the range of my TV and I have been watching ITV3 a good bit over the past 4 days as well as 5*, so it looks like for the moment at least, the problem has resolved itself or gone away (I have noticed that there are 3 " " posts on here since Saturday particularly , so whether something has been done which has helped my I don't know?) - strange that I seem to have got my channels back now that the weather has been poor, whereas I would have thought I would get better reception on a clear day ... oh well, never mind - I'm just pleased to be able to watch ITV3 again. ;-)

Thanks so much once again for all your kind and input - it really has been appreciated.

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