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Permalink Reply by Jules on August 9, 2012 at 9:59

Not that I use it much, but I get perfect reception (and a host of channels) via a roof aerial and Freeview in Bowes Park — presumably from theCrystal Palace and/orAlexandra Palace transmitters. 

Could your aerial be misaligned or perhaps broken? It might be worth comparing its reception to that obtained with an indoor aerial — this may not still be perfect, but if it picks up more channels (after some fiddling), then the rooftop aerial may need professional attention. 

And you have, of course, retuned your Freeview receiver since moving to Bounds Green..?

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Permalink Reply by Richard McKeever on August 9, 2012 at 13:16

I am in Bowes Park and since last summer been using Virgin Media cable for TV reception - but before then our Freeview reception via an Ariel inside the attic was pretty good.

You can check your likely reception quality on the Freeview website by just typing in your postcode check at http://www.freeview.co.uk/availability/# 

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Permalink Reply by Lindsey Berthoud on August 9, 2012 at 15:52

Hi Alex, welcome! I keep meaning to try out the Freeview on my telly so I can ditch my Sky subscription so this is a good prod for me, thanks. 

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Permalink Reply by Alex Goldup on August 9, 2012 at 21:22

Thanks for the helpful replies. Julian - I suspect that it is indeed the aerial that is at fault. We've arranged for a television engineer to visit so hopefully we can get this sorted, though not sadly in time for what is left of the Olympics.

Richard - interesting to hear that you are able to get Virgin Media. I wanted to bring Our virgin media services with us when we moved but were told that we could not get any cable at our new address (we are just off Myddelton Road).

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Permalink Reply by Jules on August 10, 2012 at 9:29

Not all the roads in Bowes Park are wired for cable — I'm on Manor Road and can't get it. 

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