Very Interesting!!! I was considering this box as an alternative to a Vu+Uno4K SE of which two I have tried and are NOT fit for purpose. The first one "BRICKED" on startup and the other after hours of setting up, crashed and became unusable. The common factor with your experience is the inability of the Vu+ Box to find many channels freely available using my old "Spider Box". The signal strength indicator was virtually useless but is seemed to indicate the box was very insensitive which coincides with you experience. Is there a common thread to this is issue?? One has to wonder when I had the proof right in front of me when testing the new box side by side with the "Spider Box" using exactly the same set up. I am really stuck as to what way to turn as I really am fed up returning items that should work and don't!! Perhaps someone with first hand experience might like to suggest something they use that is up to date but they know works really well??