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Permalink Reply by Vicki Swann on January 21, 2014 at 20:09

Here is a pic of our aerials -

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Permalink Reply by Bill McMurray on January 21, 2014 at 20:25

Hi Vicki,

That's a Sky Satellite Dish and a TV1/2/3/4 VHF Aerial (Which are now obsolete). Your new TV needs a UHF Aerial to pick up the freeview channels.

So you need to either:-

1. Get a UHF aerial installed (If UHF is available in your area) and a cable run to the TV.

2. Get a Freeview Satellite receiver and get a cable run from the satellite dish to the TV.

Cheers,   Bill.

Permalink Reply by Vicki Swann on January 21, 2014 at 21:17

thanks Bill....how much is it to get the cable run? SO what does freeview ready mean on the tv then?
Bill McMurray said:

Hi Vicki,

That's a Sky Satellite Dish and a TV1/2/3/4 VHF Aerial (Which are now obsolete). Your new TV needs a UHF Aerial to pick up the freeview channels.

So you need to either:-

1. Get a UHF aerial installed (If UHF is available in your area) and a cable run to the TV.

2. Get a Freeview Satellite receiver and get a cable run from the satellite dish to the TV.

Cheers,   Bill.

Permalink Reply by Biggles on January 21, 2014 at 21:48

Freeview ready means the TV has a Freeview capable digital tuner. There are no longer any analogue transmissions so you are already receiving FreeviewHD but only one of the 3 Muxes (frequencies). All you need to do is remove the old VHF antenna (which is unsuitable for UHF) and get a UHF antenna installed. You should then be able to get all channels. Just get some quotes from some antenna installers to find out how much it will cost.

Vicki Swann said:

thanks Bill....how much is it to get the cable run? SO what does freeview ready mean on the tv then?

Permalink Reply by Vicki Swann on January 22, 2014 at 9:51

What about UHF rabbit ears do you think that would work? I actually can;t get any channels now, we had to return the original tv that we bought as the remote sensor wasn't working and now on this new one we can't get any signal!

Permalink Reply by Biggles on January 22, 2014 at 11:27

If you can't get a picture with the current external antenna you certainly won't with an indoor antenna. A lot depends on your location which would appear to be in a weak signal are. Have you tried checking here for likely signal strength?

http://www.freeviewnz.tv/coverage.aspx