topic Re: BBC always goes through iPlayer in TV

BBC always goes through iPlayer

Old-Davey — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 14:02:38 GMT

This problem started some months ago. I have the Netgem box. When channels selected takes ages to go through iPlayer. Very frustrating.

I see others have posted on this issue.

Is there a solution?

Re: BBC always goes through iPlayer

fr8ys — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 14:08:37 GMT

This is as expected behaviour and usually occurs when the signal strength drops.

The solution is to use the channels in the 100 range, eg 101 for BBC 1. Not only will this resolve the issue, but if you have an HD or 4k TV, the picture quality will be noticeably better. This holds true for all the HD channels in the 100 range.

Re: BBC always goes through iPlayer

Old-Davey — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 14:17:54 GMT

Thanks fr8ys - I'll give that a try.

Re: BBC always goes through iPlayer

mandisa1-TT — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:39:41 GMT

Thank you so much for the support @fr8ys

Hi there @Old-Davey Kindly give it a try and let us know how it works.