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Will my tv have free view built in?

Bought a 40 inch led tv in February. Have scanned for channels ...

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    Default Will my tv have free view built in?

    Bought a 40 inch led tv in February. Have scanned for channels using aerial that was already in house.
    Channels 1 5 came up very blurry. Will my tv have built in free view?
    Already have virgin media in living room but would like to watch other tv in sun room.

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    did the tv say it had freeview as some have freesat,maybe aerial is old or pointing to wrong direction?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cactikid View Post
    did the tv say it had freeview as some have freesat,maybe aerial is old or pointing to wrong direction?
    Can't remember what tv said. I thought they all had built in free view these days?
    Was thinking of buying a digital aerial for in house at Argos. Failing that I will probably look for a digisender on eBay.

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    Make and model would help.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Shamonee View Post
    Make and model would help.


    Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
    Bought it this year, 40 inch led tv.

    Away at present so don't know model.

    As tv cost 500 brick I assume or assumed it would have built in free view.

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    Of course it will have freeview tuner, it will also have an analog tuner... Your TV's manual will tell you how to tune it in..

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    Quote Originally Posted by nibblitz View Post
    Of course it will have freeview tuner, it will also have an analog tuner... Your TV's manual will tell you how to tune it in..
    It must have tuned into analogue as the picture quality was terrible. Would I need to buy a digital aerial?

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    if tv has 2 tuners the setting may have to be changed in the menu settings.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ozzy12 View Post
    It must have tuned into analogue as the picture quality was terrible. Would I need to buy a digital aerial?
    you got a kid or a 9 year old next door, am sure they wil fix it ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by cactikid View Post
    if tv has 2 tuners the setting may have to be changed in the menu settings.
    I will have another look tomorrow. Last time I tryed to scan for channels I selected analogue and digital and only analogue brought channels up, 1 to 5 which were very poor quality.

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    Your signal to TV is too weak then, you'll need a better outdoor TV aerial.

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    one will be with cable provider,other with an aerial for digital signal.
    Freeview / Home / Resolutions / About Channels / Retuning / How do I retune my digital box / digital TV?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ozzy12 View Post
    I will have another look tomorrow. Last time I tryed to scan for channels I selected analogue and digital and only analogue brought channels up, 1 to 5 which were very poor quality.
    were u get the tv, u still reciept. if so i would return it get ur money back, and jump on ebay pic up analogue b/w tv with the tuner on front u trun to pick up chanels, as u havent got a clue, I just hope u not got microwave that got digital panel on front or you would starve. my 10 year old daughter can do her own tv, scan for channels etc..

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    Quote Originally Posted by gazz10 View Post
    were u get the tv, u still reciept. if so i would return it get ur money back, and jump on ebay pic up analogue b/w tv with the tuner on front u trun to pick up chanels, as u havent got a clue, I just hope u not got microwave that got digital panel on front or you would starve. my 10 year old daughter can do her own tv, scan for channels etc..
    No point in buying an analogue tv. Digital switchover will be complete by end of 2012, my 3 yr old daughter knew that.
    Last edited by ozzy12; 8th July, 2012 at 06:41 AM.

 

 

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