When we moved two years ago
We got a new telly with built in freeview.

For some reason it won't pick up Film4 or ITV4, and the local BBC news is from Newcastle and Cumbria rather than Leeds/York.

I've re-tuned it half a dozen times but no change.

Any ideas b3tans?
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:53, 23 replies)

Cunt it in the murray

( Smallbrainfield, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:54, closed)

I'm sorely tempted at times
but don't want to miss the final of 'Great British Bake Off'.
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:55, closed)

You might be able to fine tune the channels in the settings, or even pick the
broadcast mast if there is more than one. I think they're named, but you'd have to play around and some tellies don't give you the option.

Try the Digital Spy forums, there are loads of TV tech spods there. As usual, pretend to be a woman and they'll be even more helpful.
( Smallbrainfield, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:02, closed)

Just make your mssus bake a cake whilst you make disparaging comments.
It'll be the same AND you can eat the cake.
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:11, closed)

It's tonight!!
I can barely chuffin' wait.
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 14:42, closed)

Hm
The local news thing really is just a tuning thing I'm sure - when I moved to Leicester my room-mate's TV picked up East Midlands Today while mine was still happy showing Midlands Today until I retuned it. Dunno about the other channels though :/
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:59, closed)

Film4 & ITV4?
they're shit anyway
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:00, closed)

and Cumbria
is prettier than Leeds, so all in all, i don't see the problem.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:01, closed)

Yeah but...
York is considerably nicer than Newcastle.
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Fri 30 Sep 2011, 13:52, closed)

ITV4 has Batman on it though.
This is win in my book.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Sat 1 Oct 2011, 2:09, closed)

Your ariel is pointing at the wrong transmitter.
You might need a new ariel, but point the existing one the right way first. If the path to the transmitter is obstructed, you might need to mount it on a long pole, but you'll be getting into new ariel territory, then, anyway.

When I lived in Luton, we had London as our local stations, rather than Eastern, as we got better reception by pointing at the "wrong" transmitter.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:05, closed)

aerial
Ariel is a Shakesperian character (Tempest?) -- and a moon of Uranus*


* insert Your Anus joke here
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:18, closed)

My apologies.
I must have OD'd on Disney Princesses.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:25, closed)

Just get Sky

(Captain Spacker I lick windows, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:25, closed)

All the Freeview channels are broken up into multiplexes (i.e. blocks of channels) broadcasting at different frequencies and you seem to be missing one. I'm guessing you're picking up this transmitter:

www.ukfree.tv/txdetail.php?a=SD660144

So you'll also be missing Yesterday and 4Music. Most probably cause is if your antenna is an old one, it may not pick up all frequencies - see if you can try a retune with an indoor antenna and it might pick it up. If it does, you'll probably as well to get a professional in and get him to point a new antenna (on your roof/in your loft) at the Emley Moor transmitter.
(johnson, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 18:36, closed)

Thanks all
Will try some of this, but as we rent now I'm not bothered enough to pay for a telly man to fix it.

I'll give it a go and then just MTFU.
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 19:45, closed)

Move to Cumbria.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 22:27, closed)

get a better job so you can afford sky.

( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Fri 30 Sep 2011, 8:06, closed)

I'm too 20th Century to want Sky
We've already got enough shit telly to not watch without adding dozens of more crap.



But thanks anyway.



For nothing.
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Fri 30 Sep 2011, 13:55, closed)

Get Virgin Media

(Thebigfella, Fri 30 Sep 2011, 15:06, closed)

^This^
Sky is run by nasty people who hack phones, not nice beardy ones who fly balloons.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Fri 30 Sep 2011, 16:28, closed)

^^FFS
They didn't hack phones... they accessed insecure voicemail boxes!

Sorry, not directed at due but at the bloody media/brain dead public who won't want to know the difference.
( notmyrealname, Sat 1 Oct 2011, 19:35, closed)

Move house from Newcastle to Leeds.
( the pink chicken sniffer sniffs pink chickens., Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:50, closed)