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Originally Posted by superbiatch
Been reading about problems with freeview and how usually any loss of picture (pixellation and freezing) is down to the aerial. I have a bit of a problem in that i live in an apartment block with approx half being lived in - 14 floors and 80 apartments. Its a new block with 'brand new' aerial on top (according to the management company!). I've mailed them asking, which is how i know.
When i complained they said they'd received no other complaints about freeview viewing, but it seems to be weather related. If the slightest bit of drizzle starts, i lose all channels except BBC and Sky 3  . The management company tell me the block is activated for Sky, so basically this is my alternative. Firstly, i don't watch enough TV and secondly i can't really afford Sky. Is there any tests i can run on my own freeview box to find out if it is functioning ok? (although its weird how i only have problems when its bad weather - which we've had a lot of recently).
Once i have my ammunition, i can start asking other owners if they have had problems and take it forward with the (tight!) management company to get it looked at.
Thanks for any help  |
I see from a later post you seem to have it sorted anyway but I thought i'd still mention this incase it helps in the future.
If the satellite dish is already there and working then in theory you could just either buy an Ex Sky box off ebay and use a FreeSatallite from sky card (Decrypts certian channels) or buy a freesat box and connect it to the satellite output.
I'm pretty sure the Freesat boxes pickup their signal from the same constellation as SKY and can be used with a dish originally installed for sky.