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AIBU?

To ask why my free view now only shows BBC?

15 replies

Grinchly · 21/02/2019 18:32

Shamelessly posting here for traffic.

For last couple of days I can only get BBC channels on free view. I have a relatively old ( nine years?) smallish screen Panasonic .

All the other channels produce a blank screen and ' no signal' but bbc is fine so not the aerial.

Please help Mumsnetters.

( If @thighofrelief is reading, I have tried lying down, eating chocolate and going to the river in search of a technologicallly literate fuckboy, but alas there are none. I do have plastic sheeting and a van, but no internal garage.)

Anyway please HELP!

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CherieBabySpliffUp · 21/02/2019 18:34

Have you tried retuning?

TooTrueToBeGood · 21/02/2019 18:35

It probably needs retuned. They change the channels every so often.

marvellousnightforamooncup · 21/02/2019 18:37

I got a screen message to retune this week, they've swapped some channels around. Unfortunately have lost BBC 4 but I'm setting DH on the problem and am confident he'll sort it.

Grinchly · 21/02/2019 18:42

How do I retune? In the past it was a prompt I would ignore for a bit then do it, but no such prompt now.

How do I force it to think again?

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CherieBabySpliffUp · 21/02/2019 18:43

Go into your menu, then follow the prompts from there

StillCoughingandLaughing · 21/02/2019 18:43

I think the BBC is on a different transmitter in some areas as I have the opposite problem - I can’t get BBC no matter how often I retune and even after replacing my digibox. I have been able to get BBC HD since though.

marvellousnightforamooncup · 21/02/2019 18:45

On my telly you go to menu, setup then scan for channels.

Roussette · 21/02/2019 18:46

Definitely retune.

Settings, then have a poke about and look for Auto Retune.

RebootYourEngine · 21/02/2019 18:51

I had to retune my tv because we are getting a new channel called bbc scotland. BBC 4 is now on channel 82.

Grinchly · 21/02/2019 18:52

No auto retune option or anything like it.
Tried every bloody menu!

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callymarch · 21/02/2019 18:56

What exact make and model TV?

Roussette · 21/02/2019 18:57

If you google your model of TV you will find a manual online somewhere which will tell you how to do it.

Mine is Menu
Then Installation
Then automatic channel scan or (for you) manual channel scan

Grinchly · 21/02/2019 19:05

Right found dvb manual tuning under menu. Something is happening very slowly....

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Grinchly · 21/02/2019 19:16

Sorted! Thanks so much all

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Roussette · 21/02/2019 19:16

It takes ages, perhaps y0u're overdue one!

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