All posts by Les Nicol
Below are all of Les Nicol's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Pat Bell - Either "Freeview" which is terrestrial analogue or digital dependeing on the area you are currently residing in. Alternatively "Freesat" a digital satellite service covering the UK both of which will give you subscription Free TV. For Freeview an external aerial - Freeview receiver or television set that has an onboard freeview tuner is required. - (Your current TV may have this) - With Freesat a receiver and Satellite dish installation are required. If you are an owner or tenant in a flat it's possible that there will be a communal tv system amd you would need to check this out locally. If it's a house and your own property then it's down to persona choice in
what you go for - If a rented property you would need to check out with the factor before installing a satellite dish. - The terrestrial TV service delivered from area transmitters is in the process of switchover from an anologue to digital service and there may be issues for you in the level of reception and channel choice offered dependent on where you live and unless you can check this out locally and have assurance of a reasonsble service your best option may be to opt for "Freesat". You will have some inital outlay either way but your only ongoing cost will be your TV Licnec which of course we are all required to pay for unless qualifying for age reduction or excemption.
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Bill - The LNB on the dish may require changing from a single output feed currently going to your SKY box. LNB's are available that have twin quad and octo output connectors. I would suggest a Quad LNB which will give you that extra feed for your Freesat receiver and still give you two spares if you need to add anything later. You will of course need an extra cable run from the dish LNB. If your dish isn't easily accessible then best to arrange for a local installer to do this for you. shouldn't be that costly to do. Some satellite receivers have a loop out that allows taking a signal to another receiver you could check this out first, but your best option is the former.
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Josh Welby -
To clarify:-
Twin Tuner "Freesat" Recorders eith onboard HDD varying capacities:-
3 Harvard Group (Bush and Grundig) branded.
2 Humax
3 Panasonic (Blue Ray option available)
3 Sagem
1 Technisat - single tuner - external HDD or High capacity Pen Drive required.
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P.S. Perhaps should have also noted:-
The Humax 320GB version - Multi-sat capable
Technisat dingle tuner - " " "
diseqc and USALS software loaded.
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SMW - Click on the Menu Button on the remote on the left hand pane scroll down to the system icon then on the right hand pane click on Diagnostics. Yuo should now see the signal strength and picture quality bars on the bottom of the page. These should (If the dish is peaked correctly and whether or not your cable connections to the receiver are connected correctly) show 90% signal srength and 100% Picture Quality. Check your cables first and that they haven't come slack at the receiver end. The most likel cause is moving or dusting around the receiver. If not then could be your dish has moved slighly. Try a system restore if you then can't get a complete re-instal it's most likely the dish has moved.
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SMW - Sorry I thought this receiver of your was a Satellite Box - Follow Brian's response above.
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Brian- Some reports on other forums stating that the Humax DTR isn't permiting or storing recordings at this time. I've yet to try this with my own box. However no problems with my Technisat receivers nor my Technomate 6800.
Will pst back once I've checked out my receiver. - No doubt this won't be a problem once inclusion ont the "Freesat" EPG
P>S If anyone else reading this post has managed to find out how to re-name channels with the Technisat HDFS - It's elluded me) - can post a positive response to this it would me much appreciated.
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Wednesday 9 February 2011 9:03AM
Brian, Mark, Jordy, "Michty Jings" As "Our Wullie" would say and I thought my fellow "Jocks" were tight !!