Losing Digital signal on Recorder

[Maydup]

I have a digital recorder which keeps losing signal on BBC 4 (Freeview Channel 9)

Last night it had no signal on that channel and I carried out a complete retune afterwhich it was fine. This evening I switched on and same thing - retune again and OK now. It'll be a pain to keep doing this every day, plus OH find it all too confusing if I'm not in.

Any ideas? Or just a weak signal do you think?

[AlBags]

Wait til the changeover is complete (and the digital signals come up in power ... which they will)

[Old_Geezer]

How old is the receiver ? It may be getting faulty. Just that if it used to be ok and is now not, then there is the first thought. Otherwise the suggestion must be that they are gradually sending out weaker and weaker signal, which seems unlikely. Well that or someone has built a large building or grown a large tree between you and the transmitter :-)

[Maydup]

Thanks both

Albags - The switch over here is on November so maybe the signal will improve then.

Old _G - The receiver will be 2 yrs old this Christmas so not too old. But it was only a £99 one. No new buildings etc as we're in an open valley and I can see for a fairly long way across it. I'll see how it goes until the switch over and take it from there maybe.

[Old_Geezer]

Have to say I'm getting problems now - coincidence or what ? I may try to rescan this evening, see if that helps. Aerials look fine from the street.

[Maydup]

I checked mine this morning and it was fine so it had held its signal overnight. I'll check again when I get home tonight. Maybe just dodgy signals with all these changes gooing on around the regions.

[AlBags]

A TWENTY quid digital box would be fine. They all have similar signal threshholds as they all have to meet the same standard.
It's either transmitter perceived signal at your end (antenna/amplifier combo) or effect from neighbouring transmitter power. You could improve it with a better (and more directional) antenna. But be patient ... and wait a while.

[Old_Geezer]

Trouble is AlBags, if you wish to watch TV today, knowing there is a changeover that may improve things coming up in a few months, or even a year or so, is little consolation.

My reception seemed to be ok last night so thought all was well. Upstairs TV/box had problems return this morning, so I reset the box to default and rescanned. Totally lost at least the channels between 2 and 7. (Possibly more.) Luckily a further scan found them again.

Either my roof aerials have problems that aren't visibly evident from the street, or some transmitter is not sending out an adequate signal.

[Maydup]

I think its flippin dodgy signals OG - mines been alright now for a couple of days and I'm sure yours will be too. They must be messing about with things at the transmitter in readiness for the switch over.

We go over in November so not too long to wait now.How about you?