What signal strength and quality readings usually mean, and when a high number still leaves the picture unstable.
Coverage across rooms
Home Signal
Plan signal and connectivity around lounges, bedrooms, home offices, TV corners, and awkward cable routes.
Home Signal updates
Freeview Reception
Freeview signal strength explained in plain English
What signal strength and quality readings usually mean, and when a high number still leaves the picture unstable.
Home Signal
TV pixelation checks for every room
A room-by-room method for deciding whether pixelation is caused by the TV, wall plate, splitter, cable run, or aerial feed.
Broadband & Wi-Fi
Home-office broadband setup notes
A practical setup note for moving a home office from barely connected to reliably usable.
Broadband & Wi-Fi
Router placement checks before buying mesh Wi-Fi
Before buying another Wi-Fi system, check whether the router is hidden in the worst possible place.
Broadband & Wi-Fi
How to change Wi-Fi channel
A practical guide to changing Wi-Fi channel when neighbouring networks or crowded bands make the connection unstable.
Broadband & Wi-Fi
How to connect TV to Wi-Fi
Connect a TV to Wi-Fi, then troubleshoot the common reasons streaming works in one room and fails in another.
Guides
Start with these checks
A room-by-room method for deciding whether pixelation is caused by the TV, wall plate, splitter, cable run, or aerial feed.
A practical setup note for moving a home office from barely connected to reliably usable.
Before buying another Wi-Fi system, check whether the router is hidden in the worst possible place.
A practical guide to changing Wi-Fi channel when neighbouring networks or crowded bands make the connection unstable.
Connect a TV to Wi-Fi, then troubleshoot the common reasons streaming works in one room and fails in another.
Options for reconnecting a Roku when the remote is missing, the network changed, or the living-room signal is weak.
Change a Wi-Fi password without losing track of TVs, printers, cameras, and other connected household devices.
Connect a Canon printer to Wi-Fi and avoid the common network-name, password, and room-signal problems.