All posts by F Canfield
Below are all of F Canfield's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.jb38: Yes moved aerial BUT put TV and aerial back in same positions within a Knat's whisker. Tried moving about 3-6ft either way and up and down. The existing aerial is a "One For All" with an amplifier. The aerial plugs into the amplifier block this then plugs into back of TV. Tried putting aerial in direct without amplifier still no go. Thought aerial might be at fault so purchased a TCE 2001 aerial-still no go.
Did a double re-tune without aerial in and again with-still no go. Tried TV in rooms near kitchen to see a signal could be picked up and even in a conservatory-still no go. Checked settings is set to DTV and scans for UHF channels. A weird problems this, seems indoor aerial no longer picking up signals, only the loft aerial. The only thing I can see that might have changed looking around is that two nieghbours between me an Mendip direction have installed Solar Panels but these are installed on the opposing sides of the roofs (Not facing reflecting directly towards my house) Cannot say that this problem started then but just an observation.
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Mmmm Well I'll give that a go and see what I find. What I will also do (which I have not yet tried) is to try the TV upstairs with the indoor aerial just to see if height gives me a better signal. After that I think I've had it. I'll have to get an exetrnal aerial and drill a few holes!
Thanks anyway. I'll advise re your testing advice and at least advise the result.
Regards
FC
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F Canfield: Hello tried the signal test. The signal strengh bar did show a faint glimmer (like 1%) of hope in one position but would still not give any reception. So more or less dead as previously explained. So tried tv upstairs with the old indoor aerial and what do you know The tv came to life. So proved my own theory something is blocking my previously good signal downstairs - if I only knew what is was!
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F Canfield: Sorry was not clear re upstairs test. The TV was the one from the kitchen. I took the kitchen tv and the old indoor aerial upstairs (I did not just try the indoor aerial in another set that was upstairs already) As you say looks like an external aerial is now the only option.
Thanks anyway. FC
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Tuesday 24 January 2012 9:41PM
Weston-super-mare
BS22 7FN
I have a small wide screen DIGITAL/FREEVIEW TV. It is in the Kitchen(Which I am now refurbishing)The only major thing I have done is to take down a wooden breakfast bar from the centre of the kitchen the TV was on this. I had a cupboard under the breakfast bar and have moved this up against an inside wall. I have put the TV back on top of this more or less in the same position as previous. The indoor multi flat aerial is in the same position as it always was. So little has changed in the positioning of the TV/Aerial. However when I re-connected the TV I get "no signal" whearas before I did get quite a few channels. Done a first time intallation but still saying no signal(no channels list/pick up as re-tuning. However took the TV and connected to my loft aerial and it picks up channels o.k. so TV or Aerial socket is o.k. Tried another indoor aerial and new cables still no signal.
BUT why cant I get the same in my kitchen as I did before has the signal weakened or has a skyscaper been built between me and my TV?