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Help with TV/radio stations?
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Sunday, 29 April 2012
Mary Middleton: You can use a separate set-top box for the Bush TV, connecting it with a scart lead (or HDMI if both have it). Indeed, as your TV can you display HD pictures, you could attach a HD receiver so you can watch the four HD programme channels (you will need to use a HDMI lead to link that receiver and TV).
However, despite the Bush's tuner being so basic, I think that there is a good chance of getting it tuned entirely to Oxford if it gives a percentage or UHF channel number as it scans. This is due to the spacing of the channels which mean that unplugging the aerial trick is a possibility. If it doesn't give a percentage or channel number as it scans, and it is just a bar that goes across the screen, you can have a guess, but it will be more tricky.
When a tuner scans, it looks at channel 21 through to 69.
Oxford's lowest channel is 53 which is BBC One etc.
Hannington's highest is 47 which is Yesterday etc.
So your target is to get it plugged in somewhere between the two. If the signal strength screen gives the channel number, then having completed the scan, you can check each of the following are correct:
BBC One = C53
ITV1 = C60
ITV3 = C62
Pick TV = C59
Yesterday = C55
In October next year C62 is expected to move to C50, so the gap between the two which is your "target" for getting it plugged in, reduces.
You may have to do this a number of times before you get it right. If you get the aerial in too late and it misses BBC on C53, then try again but plug it in sooner. You may find that if you get it in too soon and it scans 47 from Hannington it puts them in the 800s and chooses to go with the Oxford equivalent. The next channel down that Hannington uses and which it may pick up if plugged in too soon is C45 which is its BBC.
Finally, this may be helpful, the programme channels are broadcast in groups of which there are five for standard definition services. See under the heading "After switchover configuration" here:
Freeview multiplexes | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
So when I gave you the channel numbers above, I referred to the first service in each of these groups. BBC Two and other BBC standard definition TV and radio are on the same channel as BBC One, for example.
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jb381:25 PM
Mary Middleton: With regards to your suggestion, the positive way of confirming if the coax connection between upstairs and the lounge is OK is simply by trying the Tesco purchase in the lounge, or alternatively and the best test! trying the lounge TV up stairs, as should it be found the TV doesn't work good upstairs either, then this can mean that either the Tesco boxes tuner is more sensitive than the TV's and that's why it picking up the stations, or that the problem is possibly with the actual TV's tuner.
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jb382:16 PM
Mary Middleton: This is said in addition to advice given by Dave Lindsay regarding the tuning info.
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sarah9:38 PM
in the living room we have sky plus, in my room i'm getting a tv for my birthday, i was wanting sky too, do i have to pay for a whole new sky package or could i get a free box as were already with sky, i do not want too have to watch the same channels at the same time in the living room, if you know what i mean! thankyou, please reply soon, in need of the answer!!:)
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jb3811:21 PM
sarah: Irrespective of the Sky+ subscription existing for the living room box you can use a normal Sky box (or Freesat box) in your bedroom if there is a spare outlet port on the dishes LNB, as you will require a cable to be run from the dish to your bedroom.
If there isn't a spare outlet, then the LNB can be easily changed to a quad (4 outlet) version as these are only around £10.00 or so from numerous e-bay sources and are simplicity to fit.
You can check on what channels you would see without a card being inserted simply by removing the card on the Sky+ box and going through them all.
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Monday, 30 April 2012
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jb387:43 AM
sarah: Just to clarify on a point as I think I misinterpreted what you were actually meaning, if its the case that you want to have the "same selection" of channels as in the living room but don't necessarily want to watch them at the same time as in the living room then that's different, and so whoever has the contract with Sky would require to take out a Sky multi-room package at £10.25 per month, the box being provided free so long as its the first time this has been done.
Details on the link.
Sky Multiroom - Watch a different Sky TV Channel in every room
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Peter Dixon9:15 AM
Could someone tell me if it is possible to copy items from the Sagemcom DTR94 series to another unit, say a DVD writer with its own hard drive?
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Helene Widmer1:06 PM
Midhurst
Hello!
Just lost Film4 for not apparent reason. Had it from the start, just re-tuned channel list as I got the usual message that I should re-tune.... next thing I know Film4 has disappeared altogether! Did a complete re-tune as well but to no avail. My postcode GU29 9QA, please help! (V frustrating as I had just sat down to watch one of my favourite films... started 5 minutes ago now...boo...). Thank you to anyone who can help!
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jb381:22 PM
Peter Dixon: According to the manual the DTR series only has HDMI and scart outputs and not a USB socket for transferring recorded data such as found in Humax devices, albeit that anything transferred from USB on a Humax to an external hard drive can only be played back via the Humax again and nothing else.
So it appears that the only way of recording from the Sagemcom is onto an HD DVD recorder that also contains a hard drive, and transferring the programmes recorded on the Sagemcom via either an HDMI coupling (if an HD programme) or just the usual scart lead.
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jb381:24 PM
Peter Dixon: I am of course referring to the DTR94 series, I just forgot to add the number.
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