Help needed for Freeview TV availablity

[DrFarkoff]

Free Friggin View Feckin Digiboxes!!! Grrrrr

Got daughter one of these a while ago and set up new high gain digital suitable antenna.

So Mr Freeview box can't detect channels despite the picture being as good as our main TV on satellite. I think we pick up on the Larne repeater but I don't know where to confirm.

Any tips, links or advice would be gratefully recieved as the "digital UK website is as much use as a chocolate firegaurd!

 

[Deleted account 220427002]

i'd need your postcode to even have a guess

 

[Loudpedal]

Hi

You have scaned using the digibox for chanels?


Loudpedal

 

[the celt]

i'd need your postcode to even have a guess

BT8 8BH will cover must ukgser's

 

[DrFarkoff]

i'd need your postcode to even have a guess

BT40 ****

 

[Deleted account 220427002]

http://www.wolfbane.com/cgi-bin/tvd.exe?DX=L&HT=10&OS=BT40+3RG
looks like it would be hard to get reception in your area

but you still need local knowledge to find out more... no on-line thing can tell you for sure

 

[billy56]

Larne transmitter long way off, 2012 i think but i know somebody on the island getting freeview!
but he,s near the rinka

 

[DrFarkoff]

Sorry, but it would appear that you are not able to receive either a good-quality analogue TV or a Freeview signal. You can either check your local transmitters, or you should consider satellite reception.

Note: these predictions are based upon a rooftop aerial mounted 40 meters above ground level. They are based on a central point in the postcode area. Local terrain and increased aerial height may make more (or less) services available. Thanks to nearby.org.uk.

Feck ME 40 meters?? for a TV aerial??? it would cost as much as a decent garage to set that fecker up!

 

[DrFarkoff]

Well that answers it We are in that white shadow area between whitehead and larne

 

[Dickieboy]

Jay' the box is most likely now U/S , there was an article on 'Watchdog' last week thousands of the things have been rendered useless, the problem has been known about since July/August of this year.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/2008/11/freeview_owners_making_their_o.html