Retune Hell

[strapped for cash]

I turned on my TV this morning to be greeted by the "new channels available" message. Thinking a retune might rectify the problem with poorer reception on certain channels after the initial retune, I foolishly chose to update. Big mistake!

Given that the original retune a few weeks ago was supposed to provide more widespread coverage of Channel 5, I have now lost Channel 5, and, more frustratingly, I can no longer receive ITV1 and Channel 4 (so no Champions League or decent documentaries) . Overall I seem to have lost about 10 channels. I have, however, gained one channel, 'TMTV', which seems to be another channel where you can watch so called 'models' endlessly gyrating. Gaining one terrible channel that I'll never want to watch, while losing three of the five main terrestrial channels, hardly seems like a reasonable trade off!

Has anybody else experienced a similar problem? Guess this gives me the imeptus to finally install that satellite dish and take advantage of the Freesat tuner in my TV.

 

[aliEnRIK]

"'TMTV', which seems to be another channel where you can watch so called 'models' endlessly gyrating."

Sounds good to me

One thing you can try is take the aerial out and retune (Resets it if you will), then put the aerial back in and try again

 

[strapped for cash]

The emphasis should perhaps have been on the 'so called' as well as the 'models'; but whatever floats your boat!

I've tried disconnecting everything and then retuning, but things haven't improved. I'm watching via a rather substandard (old) rooftop aerial, as well as an aerial booster, so admittedly this doen't help. That said, I live in the suburbs of a large city, and before the retune I could pick up every channel without any loss of signal. Frustrating to say the least...