[ozzyoscy]

On Freeview (on both the downstairs and upstairs TVs), the following channels are simply black:

ITV3 (channel 10)

QVC (16)

Virgin1 (20)

bid tv (23)

Fiver (30)

Five USA (31)

Quest (38)

Incidentally, Virgin1+1 isn't black but shows the standard 'no information' screen.

I'm in the very north of Oxfordshire, near Buckinghamshire.

Anyone else experiencing this?

And yes, I've tried retuning.

[RightSaidJames]

Try retuning?

[LouLou815]

Had the same earlier on Virgin 1 and ITV 3. No idea why though

[Broderss]

Is 'black' a metaphor for 'stopped working'? Yeah my phone went black a couple of weeks ago so now I got a new one.

[Hoda--x]

Retune it that's how i fixed mine.

[thegoodthebadandtheTom]

Buy a bigger aerial
Re-tune your telly
???????
Profit!

[ozzyoscy]

Originally Posted by RightSaidJames

Try retuning?

I was going to e-slap you but then I realized, thanks to my window unhelpfully closing while I was writing the thread for the first time, the second time I wrote it I didn't put the bit about me already trying a re-tune in.

Originally Posted by Broderss

Is 'black' a metaphor for 'stopped working'? Yeah my phone went black a couple of weeks ago so now I got a new one.

No...black means 'the screen is black'...

Originally Posted by LouLou815

Had the same earlier on Virgin 1 and ITV 3. No idea why though

Originally Posted by Hoda--x

Retune it that's how i fixed mine.

I'll just have to try again later then I s'pose.

Originally Posted by thegoodthebadandtheTom

Buy a bigger aerial
Re-tune your telly
???????
Profit!

[Mickie112]

A retune might sort it out or perhaps there's something wrong with your aerial.

[Broderss]

Originally Posted by ozzyoscy

No...black means 'the screen is black'...

You're cool. I see you are socially inept and cannot distinguish between serious statements and jokes. I hope your life goes well ().

[randomgirl]

I had this recently too. My dad moved the aerial a bit and it's better and I retuned it LOTS of times prior to this.

[Afcwimbledon2]

Originally Posted by ozzyoscy

On Freeview (on both the downstairs and upstairs TVs), the following channels are simply black:

ITV3 (channel 10)

QVC (16)

Virgin1 (20)

bid tv (23)

Fiver (30)

Five USA (31)

Quest (38)

Incidentally, Virgin1+1 isn't black but shows the standard 'no information' screen.

I'm in the very north of Oxfordshire, near Buckinghamshire.

Anyone else experiencing this?

And yes, I've tried retuning.

First - rescan again.
Second - try a different box
Third - do a complete re-install

If none of these work, then it is most likely a transmitter fault.

All those channels except Virgin 1+1 are on the same mux.

V1+1 is off air at this time of day anyway.

[ozzyoscy]

Originally Posted by Broderss

You're cool. I see you are socially inept and cannot distinguish between serious statements and jokes. I hope your life goes well ().

Which is why you've taken it seriously?

P.S Thanks for the compliment.

[AF...]

I hate the black screen.

[ozzyoscy]

WTF? Oh this is not a helpful thread move. I was getting posts/answers in the TV forum.

Let's see...

[felt_monkey]

Originally Posted by ozzyoscy

On Freeview (on both the downstairs and upstairs TVs), the following channels are simply black:

ITV3 (channel 10)

QVC (16)

Virgin1 (20)

bid tv (23)

Fiver (30)

Five USA (31)

Quest (38)

Incidentally, Virgin1+1 isn't black but shows the standard 'no information' screen.

I'm in the very north of Oxfordshire, near Buckinghamshire.

Anyone else experiencing this?

And yes, I've tried retuning.

This is what my boyfriend's said: try a different different aerial socket. If that doesn't work, there could be a problem with the cables leading to the aerial or a problem with the aerial itself as it's not picking up certain channels on certain frequencies.
He's a bit of a geek

[ozzyoscy]

Originally Posted by felt_monkey

This is what my boyfriend's said: try a different different aerial socket. If that doesn't work, there could be a problem with the cables leading to the aerial or a problem with the aerial itself as it's not picking up certain channels on certain frequencies.
He's a bit of a geek

I only have one aerial socket and this appears to be a problem other people are having so I don't think it's to do with just my cabling.

[randdom]

Please reply to this thread sensibly or not at all.

[ozzyoscy]

Doesn't matter now, the channels have returned.

[Illusionary]

If anyone else has a similar problem, you may need to check whether your transmitter has changed the frequency that it transmits as part of the digital switchover. My local transmitter is Winter Hill (in the northwest) and it changed the frequency that the BBC channels use on 4 November. It took a full deletion of all channels and a manual retune to get them back.

[rmhumphries]

As someone said that the channels effected were all on the same mutliplex, it was likely to be a signal strength issue - so if it happens again, you might need to adjust your aerial, upgrade your wiring from your aerial from standard coaxial to cable / satellite coaxial wire.