All posts by Stephen Phillips
Below are all of Stephen Phillips's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Christine Frost - If you have several TVs that used to work and now all don't it is probably either your aerial or a transmitter problem.
What experience do others locally have.
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Adina - Agree with jb38.
Post your postcode for more help.
£300 sounds steep for a normal house. <£100 out in the sticks-plus London premium so maybe ££150.
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Sara have you tried with whatever you used for analogue? Did you get analogue OK?
C Pal very strong in N16 so may be OK despite surrounding buildings.
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Maybe not, depending where and what involved - but it is hard to see how water could be coming in with a properly installed aerial. If that is the cause they should rectify it for free.
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Alvin one of my main listening places is the bathroom. My existing very ancient portable gets good reception for a couple of years on 4 D size alkaline batteries.
There is no mains and I don't want to b****r around with rechargables.
Also it provides Radio 4 instantly on pressing a single button. DAB radios seem to need programming in assembler for 10 minutes to do anything.
And finally, ALL the FM radios in my house are perfectly synchronised. I already face with DTB conflicts in the hall where my poota lives.
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Neil - No point in satellite as you should do fine with a cheap /Freeview box per TV and your present aerial, so long as it points at Hannington.
UK digital TV reception predictor
Boxes for £20 or less.
Buy Set top boxes at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Home entertainment and sat nav.
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MO'P - varies from box to box. Some will have a Menu item "Factory Reset". Others "First Time Install" others "Complete retune"
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Nigel - need your postcode ot know what you SHOULD be getting.
But try by-passing the 8-way box and see if just one works OK.
Is your 8-way powered and getting a power supply?
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Monday 7 May 2012 4:39PM
Incidentally if you can stick the wire coat hanger into the centre of the coax socket it will probably do the job. Known technically as a "Sketchley Loop Antenna"
Or an unpowered indoor aerial
Indoor Aerials from Aerial Shack
Or experiment with a bit of unshielded wire connected to the inner bit of a coax plug.