Just recently the picture has been either hanging or breaking up. I fiddled with the aerial connections both at the wall and on the rear of the device and it appeared to be making a bad connection. I've just replaced the aerial coax but to no great effect. Most channels are now ok but I can't receive channel 4 at all - I just get the poor or no signal message.
Are these models subject to poor connections, or is it does the symptoms point to something else entirely?
Terry
Presumably if you are missing Ch4, you have also lost ITV and a few others. Would probably not be a good idea to retune to try and sort it.
Tried a retune but still missing ITV, channel 4, 5, ITV 2&3, 4+1, more 4, film 4, ITV 4, E4, ITV+1 5Star+1
Search the forum with signal or breakup or similar to find lots of posts and lots of help.
Or just browse through the forum looking for posts like yours. For example, read Poor or no signal on some channels : FVP-4000T 500 which is currently immediately below your post.
Try some of the suggestions and report back what happened when you did.
Understand the difference between a multiplex (several stations broadcast in one multiplex) and a channel. If C4 is bad, all the other stations in that multiplex will also be bad.
Hi Yellow Peril
Try connecting the aerial directly into the TV from the wall and see if you get all the channels and see if you get a good signal. If NOT then it must a aerial or fly lead fault, if OK go to the next step.
Next plug in to the Humax 4000T only and test again.
Next try the loop through connection and test again the signal on the TV again, and test the signal on the 4000T.
If you get a bad picture on the TV on loop through set up on your TV, check the aerial input plug on the Humax, is it lose or bent that could give you problems.
The Humax turner is slightly weaker than the TV turners and TV tuner will always show a slightly stronger than the Humax.
You may need a to try a TV amp as a last result if your signal is very weak.
Hope this helps.
Don't know why I didn't think of connecting TV direct, but did so and received all channels. Contacted Humax and they suggested carrying out a manual retune, so I did that but have lost half the channels I want. So is there a way to automatically fill the channel gaps or do I now have to go through and add each of the missing ones?
Humax boxes in fact have pretty sensitive tuners. The signal level may in fact be too high rather than too low. Try a variable attenuator to reduce the level.
I've been onto both Freeveiw and Humax and they think it's a fault with the box and are going to replace it. Thanks everybody for their input.
Terry
How far from which transmitter are you?
Any amplifier in your aerial system?
I'm about 20 miles away - probably less as the crow flies and no I have no amplifier in the system. This problem has only just appeared and having researched transmitter problems, there doesn't appear to be any fresh ones.
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