the groundsman
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I'm pretty ignorant about TVs
My daughter just moved into a flat in Chelmsford around 25 miles away from the Sudbury Transmitter. She bought a new LG TV and I gave her an old Coaxial cable so she could get started. The flat is ground floor in a small 4 story block. She's waiting for a broadband connection so just has the TV for entertainment at the moment.
Problem is with the HD Channels which are unwatchable and the TV removes them from the listed channels frequently. The signal strength seems good at nearly 100%. Not quite 100% so I think that might mean the usual diagnosis of over amplified signal is not that likely. Signal Quality however is very low- dropping to 0. She has cable coming in from somewhere- I assume a shared aerial on the roof. This feeds a Grey box via one of 2 inputs. There are 4 outputs that presumably feed the wall sockets in the flat ( though I can only find 3 wall sockets, despite 4 wires disappearing into the walls).
She's tried a different coaxial cable to the TV but no improvement.
Any ideas what she can do. I think if all else fails once the broadband turns up she can get all her TV via a streaming box.
My daughter just moved into a flat in Chelmsford around 25 miles away from the Sudbury Transmitter. She bought a new LG TV and I gave her an old Coaxial cable so she could get started. The flat is ground floor in a small 4 story block. She's waiting for a broadband connection so just has the TV for entertainment at the moment.
Problem is with the HD Channels which are unwatchable and the TV removes them from the listed channels frequently. The signal strength seems good at nearly 100%. Not quite 100% so I think that might mean the usual diagnosis of over amplified signal is not that likely. Signal Quality however is very low- dropping to 0. She has cable coming in from somewhere- I assume a shared aerial on the roof. This feeds a Grey box via one of 2 inputs. There are 4 outputs that presumably feed the wall sockets in the flat ( though I can only find 3 wall sockets, despite 4 wires disappearing into the walls).
She's tried a different coaxial cable to the TV but no improvement.
Any ideas what she can do. I think if all else fails once the broadband turns up she can get all her TV via a streaming box.