I live in Bury St Edmunds IP32 7DB and for over 5 years I have been getting Freeview from the Tacolneston transmitter. Until last year reception was perfect and reliable.
Then in the run up to switchover I would lose some or all channels for periods of a few hours to a few days. They would always return without my having to retune my set or PVR. I did retune when instructed to at the switchover dates but I continue to lose some or all channels from time to time - I get a blank screen which says "Digital channel strength is low" though the channel identity is shown at the top of the screen.
About three weeks ago I lost the ITV channels for a day or so and over the past weekend I first lost ITV, C4/5 and then at the very end of the Carling Cup final BBC1 pixellated and disappeared along with all the other channels and as of now- Monday 27/2/12 nothing has yet returned.
I cannot understand why this should keep happening. If it was a problem with my roof aeriel surely I would lose all the channels permanently, not just some of them, and why would they return suddenly without my doing anything. It seems to me the transmitter power must keep dropping. It is driving me mad!
Monday 27 February 2012 5:43PM
Bury St. Edmunds
I live in Bury St Edmunds IP32 7DB and for over 5 years I have been getting Freeview from the Tacolneston transmitter. Until last year reception was perfect and reliable.
Then in the run up to switchover I would lose some or all channels for periods of a few hours to a few days. They would always return without my having to retune my set or PVR. I did retune when instructed to at the switchover dates but I continue to lose some or all channels from time to time - I get a blank screen which says "Digital channel strength is low" though the channel identity is shown at the top of the screen.
About three weeks ago I lost the ITV channels for a day or so and over the past weekend I first lost ITV, C4/5 and then at the very end of the Carling Cup final BBC1 pixellated and disappeared along with all the other channels and as of now- Monday 27/2/12 nothing has yet returned.
I cannot understand why this should keep happening. If it was a problem with my roof aeriel surely I would lose all the channels permanently, not just some of them, and why would they return suddenly without my doing anything. It seems to me the transmitter power must keep dropping. It is driving me mad!