I have finally finished the upgrade of my system, and now have a TV with an integrated Freeview tuner (Samsung L40A650) which I really like. I can pick up all the TVNZ HD channels fialry much flawlessly, as well as the others (Maori, Chinese, Preview etc). However, I cannot get either of the mediaworks channels (TV3, TV4) at all - they simply don't show up in channel scans. Is anyone else having this issue, and does anyone who is a bit more technically adept than me have any suggestions (manual tuning to frequencies, aerial amplifier etc) that might resolve the issue.
In case it helps, details are:
- external UHF aerial
- pointed (I think) at Mt Kaukau, but not quite line of sight as I am down is a "wee dip" in the road
- aerial connected direct to TV - I have taken VCR, DVR etc out of the loop
- TVNZ channel reception is pretty solid (does not break down into artifacts etc at all) which indicates to me that the aerial and telly are working fine?
- The quality of my Prime TV reception (on UHF) is, however, not all that great
Would love to fix this, as VHF analogue reception of TV3 & 4 is not brilliant - ghosting etc. Fallback is to watch through the Sky set top box - but impractical when I am simultaneously recording a film etc.
Interested in your suggestions & thoughts on this one
Cheers