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Howard Morgan
Feb 5, 2012, 8:09:58 AM2/5/12
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I've got a flat screen TV and a digi box but I'm unable to get a picture the
caravan is a coachman Amara 640. What do I need to do with the aerial on the
roof(Only sensible answers please -I've tried to put it there already).
Many thanks
H
caravan is a coachman Amara 640. What do I need to do with the aerial on the
roof(Only sensible answers please -I've tried to put it there already).
Many thanks
H
David
Feb 5, 2012, 10:20:08 AM2/5/12
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"Howard Morgan" wrote in message
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Have you pointed the TV towards the nearest TV transmitter?
Have you switched the Aerial power on?
Have you connected the digibox to the TV?
Have you done a scan for stations on the digibox?
Regards
David
Woody
Feb 5, 2012, 11:31:24 AM2/5/12
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"David" <david...@tesco.net> wrote in message
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A bit more than that.
Have you tried the TV and box on your domestic aerial to prove
that they each work and will work together?
When you move sites you will need to find a menu option called
'factory reset' or 'system default' or something similar and
select that option. The problem is that for most TVs/STBs if it
is already tuned when you do a scan it will look for 'new'
channels that it doesn't already know; if it finds channels that
it does know it will either ignore them or store them at memory
800 or above. You need to wipe the memory and refill it, which is
what the reset will do.
If there is no such option, disconnecting the aerial and doing a
scan will usually have the same effect, then recoonect and scan
again.
Question: if you have a panel TV surely it has a digital tuner
already built-in, so why do you need the external box?
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Woody
harrogate three at ntlworld dot com
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Have you tried the TV and box on your domestic aerial to prove
that they each work and will work together?
When you move sites you will need to find a menu option called
'factory reset' or 'system default' or something similar and
select that option. The problem is that for most TVs/STBs if it
is already tuned when you do a scan it will look for 'new'
channels that it doesn't already know; if it finds channels that
it does know it will either ignore them or store them at memory
800 or above. You need to wipe the memory and refill it, which is
what the reset will do.
If there is no such option, disconnecting the aerial and doing a
scan will usually have the same effect, then recoonect and scan
again.
Question: if you have a panel TV surely it has a digital tuner
already built-in, so why do you need the external box?
--
Woody
harrogate three at ntlworld dot com
David
Feb 5, 2012, 11:42:09 AM2/5/12
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"Woody" wrote in message news:x9yXq.61615$Mc2....@newsfe30.ams2...
Question: if you have a panel TV surely it has a digital tuner
already built-in, so why do you need the external box?
tuner but an old one would be analogue only and probably a 4x3 one two mine
was.
Regards
David
Woody
Feb 5, 2012, 12:08:28 PM2/5/12
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"David" <david...@tesco.net> wrote in message
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a statement.
David
Feb 5, 2012, 12:14:12 PM2/5/12
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"Woody" wrote in message news:gIyXq.64191$7N1....@newsfe24.ams2...
have a panel TV surely it has a digital tuner".
Hence my response to me you sound very certain flat TV sets have tuners
built in, I feel you are correct with the new w/s sets but not with 4x3
analogue ones.
Regards
David
hugh
Feb 5, 2012, 2:53:28 PM2/5/12
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In message <jgm6o9$a75$1...@dont-email.me>, David <david...@tesco.net>
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I think yo mean point the aerial at eh transmitter - assuming it is a
directional aerial.
Check the amplifier for the aerial is set to "High"
What do you get when yo do a channel search on the digibox?
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hugh
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directional aerial.
Check the amplifier for the aerial is set to "High"
What do you get when yo do a channel search on the digibox?
--
hugh
hugh
Feb 5, 2012, 2:54:55 PM2/5/12
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In message <x9yXq.61615$Mc2....@newsfe30.ams2>, Woody
<harro...@ntlworld.spam.com> writes
built in.
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hugh
<harro...@ntlworld.spam.com> writes
>Question: if you have a panel TV surely it has a digital tuner
>already built-in, so why do you need the external box?
There are lots of LCD Tvs around which did not have a freeview receiver
>already built-in, so why do you need the external box?
built in.
--
hugh
Howard Morgan
Feb 6, 2012, 6:25:03 AM2/6/12
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Many thanks to all. All sorted now. Took the advice given . connected to
home aerial and set up Digi box and then placed in caravan and adjusted the
aerial to achieve a good picture
Many thanks
H
"hugh" wrote in message news:qhPmUhM4...@raefell.demon.co.uk...
home aerial and set up Digi box and then placed in caravan and adjusted the
aerial to achieve a good picture
Many thanks
H
"hugh" wrote in message news:qhPmUhM4...@raefell.demon.co.uk...
KAW
Feb 6, 2012, 6:45:06 AM2/6/12
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Remember that if you move the caravan to another site you'll have to
retune the digibox to pick up the signals there.
retune the digibox to pick up the signals there.
Howard Morgan
Feb 6, 2012, 9:00:48 AM2/6/12
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Yes. I know how to do it now. First I'll set the aerial in the same position
and direction as other caravans and then tune the box hopefully that will do
the job
Away for a few days next week so we will see
Thanks for your help
H
"KAW" wrote in message news:jgoeg0$gfq$1...@speranza.aioe.org...
and direction as other caravans and then tune the box hopefully that will do
the job
Away for a few days next week so we will see
Thanks for your help
H
"KAW" wrote in message news:jgoeg0$gfq$1...@speranza.aioe.org...
hugh
Feb 6, 2012, 1:29:46 PM2/6/12
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In message <s8CdnTi7o4yIQLLS...@bt.com>, Howard Morgan
<howa...@btinternet.com> writes
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hugh
<howa...@btinternet.com> writes
>Yes. I know how to do it now. First I'll set the aerial in the same
>position and direction as other caravans and then tune the box
>hopefully that will do the job
>
>Away for a few days next week so we will see
>
>Thanks for your help
>H
>
Take your cue from the wardens van/house.
>position and direction as other caravans and then tune the box
>hopefully that will do the job
>
>Away for a few days next week so we will see
>
>Thanks for your help
>H
>
--
hugh
Woody
Feb 7, 2012, 2:18:17 PM2/7/12
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"Howard Morgan" <howa...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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site using a different transmitter to last time you MUST reset
the box, not just tune it. If you don't it may do a 'new chanels
scan' and miss out the channels it already knows about.
Sorry, I should say stations, not channels.
news:s8CdnTi7o4yIQLLS...@bt.com...
> Yes. I know how to do it now. First I'll set the aerial in the
> same position and direction as other caravans and then tune the
> box hopefully that will do the job
>
> Away for a few days next week so we will see
>
> Thanks for your help
> H
>
Er, do remember what I think I said earlier. When you go to a
> same position and direction as other caravans and then tune the
> box hopefully that will do the job
>
> Away for a few days next week so we will see
>
> Thanks for your help
> H
>
site using a different transmitter to last time you MUST reset
the box, not just tune it. If you don't it may do a 'new chanels
scan' and miss out the channels it already knows about.
Sorry, I should say stations, not channels.
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