TV1 and TV2 only

Have just moved into new development of apartments, connected my Samsung with built in freeview to the antenna socket, and it only tunes in to TV1 and 2 (and both+1). Have repeatedly tried retuning and still no other channels at all. Picture is very sharp. Building AV installer claims all is good with aerial etc. Any ideas, please!

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Permalink Reply by John Baird on December 6, 2015 at 18:31

Sounds like insufficient signal. Have you checked with neighbours ?

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Permalink Reply by Biggles on December 6, 2015 at 19:08

Make sure that the antenna socket you connected to has a UHF antenna on the other end and not a Dish. Also be aware that Apartment blocks often have an Antenna connected to a TV distribution system that converts the signal to different frequencies before sending to all the Apartments. Check with your Building Manager to see how the signal gets to your TV wall socket.

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Permalink Reply by Jim on December 6, 2015 at 22:49

Thanks. Have been told there are both UHF antenna and dish on the roof, and both signals come through the same "wire" to the apartment. Strange that 1 and 2 are so clear and nothing else at all ??

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Permalink Reply by willis on December 7, 2015 at 0:37

if theres only 1 wall plate socket may need a tv/sat separator unit to get rid of the sat signal harmonics

and are you on the top floor of the building? could be flylead pickup picking up enougth direct signal to partially cancel out the distributed signal

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Permalink Reply by forumuser on December 7, 2015 at 10:43

Hi Jim

It might be best to ask your manager to get an installer or someone they know to come in and check it out, I knew a friend who had the same problem in Auckland CBD and even I tried to fix the issue, it was something with the internal system which caused several issues, so see if you can get the landlord or manager to get it sorted asap.

Cheers, Joshua