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Full technical details of Freeview
Tuesday 10 April 2018 10:41AM

Is there not a moderator / editior that can remove posts such as the above?

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Full technical details of Freeview
Saturday 14 April 2018 4:26PM

Since the recent changeover, we seem to have lost com7 and 8. I presume it is because we need a new aerial. I understand that Freeview are providing them free for domestic customers. However, I live on a managed estate, where we share a communial aerial. The Property Manager has enquired and he has ascertained that it would not be provided free, so it will be chargeable against the estate. Depending on the cost, I expect residents to complain as they watch tv through their Sky dish.

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I live in NW9 5LQ since the recent change I lost channels on COM7 and COM8. We share a communal area on the estate. The property management company arranged for a local engineer to come and check everything. He came back to the property and said they were all there now and retuned my television - to no avail. I had 158 channels before and after. Last night, I tried, what he didn't do, retune without the aerial and then retune with the aerial. That gave me 161 channels, but I notice missing was BBC News HD. This morning I tried the same process again, and ended up with 151 channels - duh ! (Tried this twice). No idea what is missing, but waiting for the engineer to report back to the property management company and will take it from there.

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Mike P: Thanks for your comments. I will get in touch with the Management company to see what is happening. I don't know if he changed the aerial system. He certainly checked in my property and was surprised that I couldn't receive the signal.

My recorder does receive the stations, but it has never been able to receive a satisfactory HD signal, the picture just breaks up in 'Joseph's Multicoloured Dreamcoat' !

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Full technical details of Freeview
Thursday 31 May 2018 4:58PM

When we had the recent digital changeover I lost a number of stations. As we are in an estate which has a communal aerial the property management company had to get an engineer in to upgrade the system. I understand he put a new aerial in, but even after that some channels were still not available (including BBC News HD). He came back today, and I believe installed a 'booster'.

Now everything seems to have come back, except I have 'lost' the red button service on BBC News HD and London Live no longer seems to be there. The red button is working on BBC1 / 2 HD and also on BBC News SD.

What should I do? Is it worth retuning again (I fear I may loose some more channels!)

London Live was working after the first installation.

I live in NW9 5LQ

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Full technical details of Freeview
Friday 1 June 2018 10:40AM

StevensOnln1: The channel is just not there! I remember once losing all my Red Button services, and it was a retune that brought them back !

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Full technical details of Freeview
Saturday 2 June 2018 10:16AM

Sorry I don't know how to manually tune . I view through a YouView box, and it just says 'scan' (or stop!).

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Full technical details of Freeview
Sunday 3 June 2018 10:50AM

StevensOnln1: anyone?! Any suggestions on how I can return my YouView box? I can reset it, but would that be likely to bring back a missing station or a red button?

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Full technical details of Freeview
Monday 4 June 2018 10:19AM

anyone: The red button was working prior to the recent changes. Has this now been removed?

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Can anybody tell me if the BBC Red Button service should be available on BBC News HD ( tv channel 107). I have been having reception difficulties since the June change. An aerial engineer fixed it so that I received the service, but not the red button. He told me that it is no longer available for that service (I receive the Red Button on BBC News SD).

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