Cheers for that. Will see if it happens again and maybe give it a try.

Gobbl – 1 hour ago  » 

Might be a long shot, but have you tried a full retune rather than a smart one? (Beware you will loose all your scheduling, etc…).

This is exactly what is stopping me from doing a full retune as I have a lot of recordings I don’t want to lose.

The reason I suggest is that it will allow you to set the region correctly which maybe set wrong and stopping the reviewer accessing the HD channels, but this only applies if you get signals from multiple transmitters in your area.

This was how an engineer solved the same issue for me when my TV’s and his analyser could get the signals but not the Humax.

Funnily enough when I did the retune yesterday while the engineer was here, for the first ever I got the message about setting the region which I have never see before, but that was from a smart retune and not a full one. 😯

One other thing I have done for years is solder the middle wire in the coax. If you run a lot of tvs this can help as each connection can lose signal. I guess in your case that doesnt matter but may help others.

I have an aerial guy coming out Thursday to give me a quote for a longer 2″ pole & a Log 36 Periodic like Graham said. I am also going to have some bird spikes fitted to stop the pigeons perching. They make a mess & make the arial go boing boing when they fly off! wakes me up!

I could fit all this myself but I havnt got the meters to test the signal. I know you can use the tv but it is a bit awkward with me on the roof & her indoors on the phone. Plus I need to align the aerial at its best with this great big oak tree in the way.

Gobbl – 9 minutes ago  » 

MIB – 1 hour ago  » 

Gobbl – 1 hour ago  » 

Might be a long shot, but have you tried a full retune rather than a smart one? (Beware you will loose all your scheduling, etc…).

This is exactly what is stopping me from doing a full retune as I have a lot of recordings I don’t want to lose.

You only loose the schedule, not the programs already recorded.

Glad your sorted.

Another tip, take a picture of your schedule with your phone, then you can just look at it & reset your schedule if you lose it.

andysue – 2 hours ago  » 

One other thing I have done for years is solder the middle wire in the coax. If you run a lot of tvs this can help as each connection can lose signal. I guess in your case that doesnt matter but may help others.

I have an aerial guy coming out Thursday to give me a quote for a longer 2″ pole & a Log 36 Periodic like Graham said. I am also going to have some bird spikes fitted to stop the pigeons perching. They make a mess & make the arial go boing boing when they fly off! wakes me up!

I could fit all this myself but I havnt got the meters to test the signal. I know you can use the tv but it is a bit awkward with me on the roof & her indoors on the phone. Plus I need to align the aerial at its best with this great big oak tree in the way.

Gave up messing with Belling Lee connectors. I use WF100/PF100 cable and screw on F connectors. Simply add the appropriate F to Belling Male or Female adaptor as required.

The Log 36 is connected using a F connector with the coax fed through the boom to the impedance matching balun at the front of the aerial.

MIB – 40 seconds ago  » 

Gobbl – 1 hour ago  » You only loose the schedule, not the programs already recorded.

Ah, mea culpa. I must have confused this with a factory reset. 😳

Another tip, take a picture of your schedule with your phone, then you can just look at it & reset your schedule if you lose it.

Actually I don’t own a smartphone! Plus I only had two shows on there anyway so they’re not too difficult to remember!

grahamlthompson – 43 minutes ago  » 

Result

Thanks!

A factory reset doesn’t lose your existing recordings provide you avoid the option that formats the hard disk.

It does reset any settings changes you may have made to defaults.

eg Box Volume, Power saving options, digital audio out settings for HDMI and S/Pdif, and Remote serving options etc.

MIB – 4 hours ago  » 

Finally! Attached the attenuator to the 4000T, gave it a tweak and I’m now back in business again with my missing channels! 😆

Thanks for all your advice, help and patience folks!

MIB. Out of interest what were your signal strengths before you fitted the attenuator? I have between around 83% and 98% depending on the channel.

Thanks

davidrew – 1 hour ago  » 

MIB. Out of interest what were your signal strengths before you fitted the attenuator? I have between around 83% and 98% depending on the channel.

Thanks

Sorry but to be honest I never actively checked beyond the yellow line that appears under the channel name when selecting a channel, which was either absent or almost imperceptibly small.

Checking now, I have 100% quality but 83% strength for the channels I lost, whilst the existing one are 100% for both. My TV is a little different however, in reverse with higher strength over quality for the channels I once lost.

But like Graham says, I have found that quality tends to exceed strength in most cases.