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skampydog
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Hope this is the right place to post.
My dad has a freeview box (made by echostar), one of those cheap and cheerful ones c£30 but only about 12 months old (could ask him to look for a receipt I guess but if like me it would have been binned ages ago for £30)
Over the weekend he couldn't get BBC1 or BBC2 with the message 'no signal being received' so I checked all his cables and then re-tuned the freeview box. It didn't bring BBC1 or BBC2 in at all now so now there is no channel 1 or channel 2 to select at all.
I have removed the power supply for 5 mins hoping to re-set the box to no avail, there is no option to 'skip' a channel so that isn't the answer - all other channels are viewable and the picture is perfect so it's not the ariel.
I live 5 mins from him and my freeview BBC1 & BBC2 worked so it's not even a transmitter problem (I don't think)
Chuck it away and buy another and hope that works? or is there another option?
thanks in advance
David
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greysts
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I think you already know the answer!  Thirty quid twelve months ago - dump it.
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If that doesn't work then it might be the aerial.
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maxping__
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Have you tried it at your house?
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skampydog
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sorry to post late - been away on business.
Thought about trying it at my house but as it's his birthday today I've bought him a new one - if that doesn't work then it looks like an ariel man
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skampydog
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stupid bloomin thing. Bought him a new box and got the same result.
Box back to Tesco at the wekend for a refund and ariel man booked.
cheers to all who replied.
David
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