Hi all
am a bit confused with my freeview play. i set up a smart tv(amazon fire tv) and connected to my wifi. i connected my loft aerial wall output to the tv, searched channels and it seemed to be working fine for freeview play. i see the freeview guide when i press the guide button on the fire tv remote.
since yesterday i started getting no/low signal intermittently with the pictures and sound cutting out sometimes for 30sec and then back . i thought it was an issue with the connection to the aerial in loft.
this morning i unplugged the aerial cable from the wall while tv was on and tv kept working. bbc channels still working. ITV1 which i was getting constant interruptions also working with the coax aerial cable unplugged from the wall and just hanging from back of TV.
if i unplug the cable from back of tv as well, it stops working.
it seems the tv somehow is using just the cable hanging as an aerial? am confused. i thought channels like the bbc wouldnt work live without an aerial, unless i used iplayer?
so is ITV1- i thought without an aerial it would only work via internet on itvx?
yes tv is connected to the internet but i dont seem to have lost the channels i need an aerial for, with the aerial just hanging from back of tv. strangely if i unplug cable from back of tv as well, then i loose the signal and tv stops working. left me scratching my head...
with the free to air channels like bbc and itv working with the cable not plugged into the wall, am lost as to why i get the intermittent 'no signal' message with tv cutting out when the cable is actually plugged into the aerial socket.
hope this makes sense to the more experienced ones out there? and you can explain what is going on please?
thank you
am a bit confused with my freeview play. i set up a smart tv(amazon fire tv) and connected to my wifi. i connected my loft aerial wall output to the tv, searched channels and it seemed to be working fine for freeview play. i see the freeview guide when i press the guide button on the fire tv remote.
since yesterday i started getting no/low signal intermittently with the pictures and sound cutting out sometimes for 30sec and then back . i thought it was an issue with the connection to the aerial in loft.
this morning i unplugged the aerial cable from the wall while tv was on and tv kept working. bbc channels still working. ITV1 which i was getting constant interruptions also working with the coax aerial cable unplugged from the wall and just hanging from back of TV.
if i unplug the cable from back of tv as well, it stops working.
it seems the tv somehow is using just the cable hanging as an aerial? am confused. i thought channels like the bbc wouldnt work live without an aerial, unless i used iplayer?
so is ITV1- i thought without an aerial it would only work via internet on itvx?
yes tv is connected to the internet but i dont seem to have lost the channels i need an aerial for, with the aerial just hanging from back of tv. strangely if i unplug cable from back of tv as well, then i loose the signal and tv stops working. left me scratching my head...
with the free to air channels like bbc and itv working with the cable not plugged into the wall, am lost as to why i get the intermittent 'no signal' message with tv cutting out when the cable is actually plugged into the aerial socket.
hope this makes sense to the more experienced ones out there? and you can explain what is going on please?
thank you
