Film4
The best of British film-making, US independents, Hollywood blockbusters, guilty pleasures, foreign films and cult cinema. Great films you know, great films you don't.Main TV standard-definiton channels
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Main TV standard-definiton channels
| Channel name arrow_drop_down | web | radio | Freeview | Sky | Freesat | ||
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| Film4 | live_tv | 14 | 300 |
Regional content: National channel with no regional content or variations.
media.info: For full details of broadcaster contacts, see the
media.info Film4 page.Official site: See the
Film4 website.From Wikipedia: edit Programming Film4 did not originally focus on broadcasting blockbusters, but nowadays broadcasts many mainstream Hollywood movies. The channel frequently has themed nights or seasons in which a number of films centred around one genre, director or actor are shown. As Channel 4 also owns a film production company, Film4 Productions, it shows many of its in-house productions. - en.wikipedia.org
read more about Film4 on wikipedia (summary by Clipped).Freeview multiplex: Film4 is on multiplex PSB2 in
.This channel carries a subtitles service for the deaf, hard of hearing and quiet environments.
Thursday, 1 November 2012
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Sarah8:42 PM
Sheffield
Yes, we were tuning into 39, and it found no channels.
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Sarah8:51 PM
Sheffield
No, that's certainly a possibility.
Thanks for your help :)
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Sarah: What I am wondering is if there is too much signal. A set-top aerial by its nature picks up less signal due to it being lower to the ground and smaller.
If you have any booster fitted, then remove it (unless it's used to split the signal several ways).
Too high a signal level can appear as too little a signal. That is the higher the signal goes over and above the receiver works reliably at, the more it gets overwhelmed by signal and starts to show poorer quality signal and lower strength. Sometimes this can cause the strength to jump up and down.
I imagine that you might be able to see the transmitter from your roof-top.
See:
Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
Variable attenuators are available online from such sources as eBay (other retailers are available), for example:
TV Aerial Attenuator Variable 0-20Db Freeview Digital | eBay
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Friday, 2 November 2012
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Ian Stewart10:42 PM
Dundee
Anyone like to answer my post of 24 October. Thanks
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Ian Stewart: Is the aerial a wideband or Group K one?
Former Group A aerials may need replacing. Or perhaps you are on the fringes of the COM channels from Craigkelly (which are lower-powered than the PSBs).
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Saturday, 3 November 2012
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jb389:42 AM
Ian Stewart: Further to what's already been said by Dave Lindsay, what you have mentioned regarding the signal being good in the early morning means that atmospheric reasons are playing a factor, and so whilst the reception is OK on Film 4 (Com6) or Dave (11 Com5) carry out a signal strength / quality check and make a note of the levels seen, then carry out the same test again when the picture has deteriorated, the main thing to look for being whether or not the signal quality is just varying between two levels or if its frequently jumping to zero, as should it be the latter then you cannot really do anything about that.
If you give an update on the result of the tests further advice can then be given, although I will say that irrespective of what the reception predictor might show, the Craigkelly transmitter is not intended to cover your location albeit that a small patch of signal exists around the Caird Park sports areas and with roughly an 8 O'clock leg of signal stretching down from there for a short distance.
The other point I wondered about is if you have recently tried any signal check tests on the Angus transmitter? and what I mean by that is going into the tuning menu / manual tune and entering Ch60 (Angus BBC1) but do "NOT" press search or scan, because in most devices if a signal exists then no matter what level its at it will be indicated. If though nothing is indicated then there is not much point in trying the same test on Ch61 (Angus Com6). (Note!: This test might not work on a Sony, because on some models as soon as the channel number is entered it triggers an auto-scan)
The only reason for asking this is that I noticed a few aerials in your area apparently facing North in the direction of the Angus transmitter, although having past knowledge of your area I fully appreciate that the signal is liable to vary every few yards or so in locations such as yours.
Finally, although you have referred to having a booster / distribution amplifier on your aerial system what is the booster side of it rated at? because as far as the problems with Craigkelly are concerned the booster should be in the region of 15db minimum to keep the signal at a high enough level away from hovering around the cut off threshold, the usual cause of blocky pictures.
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Sunday, 4 November 2012
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jb3812:08 AM
Ian Stewart: Just a small addition to my already lengthy posting.
Although I am doubtful is this would be a factor with your particular problem, but dependant on the mains power supply arrangements you use to power the distribution amplifier if its at all possible you should verify that the unit is still 100% operational, and with this being done by carrying out a signal strength check on any channel, then whilst observing (or having noted) the signal level switch off the mains supply to the distribution amplifier, because if its working OK the signal level will be seen to drop off, if it doesn't then the device is defective.
By the way, if the device has a red (or maybe green) LED in the casing, then do not assume that by it being lit that the amplifier must be working, as the LED is not powered from the amp supply.
I only mention this because if a person is receiving a reasonably high level of signal via a booster and the booster is switched off, its not always the case that the signal will completely vanish albeit that the signal from the lesser powered muxes will, and so you have to eliminate the possibility of the distribution amp being faulty from the equation.
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Ian Stewart10:28 PM
Dundee
jb38:Thanks for all that advise. I'll let you know how I get on.
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Thursday, 15 November 2012
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Stan12:08 AM
Alfreton
I live in South Derbyshire - Central TV region. Since last year, when we bought a new digital TV and fitted a high-gain aerial, most Freeview channels have been fine. Yet this week, Film4 and Yesterday became unviewable - the whole picture breaking up - and when I tried retuning the channels, Film4 and Yesterday were not found.
Some other channels disappeared as well, but I am most interested in Film4 and Yesterday. The BBC, ITV, Ch4 and Ch5 channels are still okay. Does anyone know why this might have happened?
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