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Re: IT Help, Please

#1091 Post by Yinster » Sat Mar 16, 2013 8:10 am

Long story short. Have lost all BBC channels on my humax freeview box and I can't seem to find them using automatic search. Yet on the actually tv they are all there. It won't be such a problem but OH loves Eastenders. Any advice?
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Re: IT Help, Please

#1092 Post by steve9872 » Sat Mar 16, 2013 12:18 pm

All the BBC channels are on a single channel group so it sounds like the signal has dropped below a threshold. The box and TV are very likely to have different thresholds which is why the tv can still see the channels. There are two possible reasons for this, transmitter at lower power or aerial and/or cable fault at your end. If the aerial cable is not a high quality type then the screen will have decayed over the years to the point where it just crumbles - i've seen it happen twice now. Its just the outside section that crumbles but it makes a massive difference when you replace the cable.
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Re: IT Help, Please

#1093 Post by The Sparrow » Sun Mar 17, 2013 2:03 am

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Re: IT Help, Please

#1094 Post by steve9872 » Sun Mar 17, 2013 2:25 am

I've had three pm alerts from march 1st so far.
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Re: IT Help, Please

#1095 Post by valda » Sun Mar 17, 2013 1:16 pm

I want to change my laptop, so was wondering if this one is any good? thanks vx


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Re: IT Help, Please

#1096 Post by jcolombi » Sun Mar 17, 2013 3:57 pm

valda wrote:I want to change my laptop, so was wondering if this one is any good? thanks vx


http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/asus-n5 ... aily%2BHot
This is a good deal and I would reccommend, but it depends what you are using it for?
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Re: IT Help, Please

#1097 Post by valda » Sun Mar 17, 2013 4:01 pm

jcolombi wrote:
valda wrote:I want to change my laptop, so was wondering if this one is any good? thanks vx


http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/asus-n5 ... aily%2BHot
This is a good deal and I would reccommend, but it depends what you are using it for?

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Re: IT Help, Please

#1098 Post by jcolombi » Sun Mar 17, 2013 8:05 pm

valda wrote:
jcolombi wrote:
valda wrote:I want to change my laptop, so was wondering if this one is any good? thanks vx


http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/asus-n5 ... aily%2BHot
This is a good deal and I would reccommend, but it depends what you are using it for?

nothing mega, surfing the net, playing a few games etc.
I sure this will be fine... looks a good deal!
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Re: IT Help, Please

#1099 Post by McG » Sun Mar 17, 2013 11:12 pm

Yinster wrote:Long story short. Have lost all BBC channels on my humax freeview box and I can't seem to find them using automatic search. Yet on the actually tv they are all there. It won't be such a problem but OH loves Eastenders. Any advice?
Hope you've managed to retrieve all the channels again, Yinster!
I get this problem every so often and it sorts itself out. The strange thing is TV in living room loses the channels but not the one in bedroom. :rolleyes: Wouldn't like OH to miss Eastenders! :cool:
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Re: IT Help, Please

#1100 Post by The Sparrow » Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:23 am

Have real internet problems now! Grrrr thanks Sky.
I got three email alerts from March 1st, nice to see I wasn't the only one.
I am hoping to get a new laptop soon too, so will check that link later when Sky let me access the net for longer than three seconds at a time! :wall:
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