All posts by John
Below are all of John's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Dave,
Thank you for your reply, and for your suggestion about Seagry Court. I will have a play and check that out. I will let you know how I get on.
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Dave,
I have now had a little "play" and have checked out where I am getting my BBC signal from, and I am indeed tuned to C61 on the Mendip transmitter. Not Seagry Court. Today for some reason, BBC reception is perfect, same signal strength and signal quality as all the other channels. So what is going on with the BBC signal I wonder? Last night with the exception of the BBC HD channels the BBC channels were unwatchable. I did in fact contact the BBC and their response was that it was a software error that would be corrected by unplugging the box for 10 minutes and then switching it back on. Alternatively the problem might be due to atmospheric conditions. What nonsense, and not at all helpful! The BBC totally ignored the fact that is only their channels that are problematic. I am begining to think that the power is being reduced without any anouncement. If there was any fault with my equipment, or there was any adverse weather or atmospheric conditions then surely all Freeview channels would be equaly affected? not just the Beeb.
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Despite the article "Freeview changes make it less reliable" The reasons and explanations offered laid out in
the article are entirely unhelpful. Terrestial TV digital TV is completely useless. It really is totally unreliable as a source of TV reception. Channels come and go due to poor signal problems. Last week for example Channel 81 was suffering from breaking up and freezing pictures, while channel 82 Vintage TV was fine. For the last few days it has been O.K. Now Vintage TV (Channel 82) has gone missing due to a weak signal. This is an on going
problem the service offered by Freeview really is not fit for purpose. It is unacceptable to say please do not
blame Freeview for disruptions and loss of service. If you are a service provider you should provide that service
no matter what. No excuses, no if buts, or maybes. I am absolutely fed up with terrestial digital TV because reception is so hit and miss and unreliable.
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Saturday 7 July 2012 2:56PM
My reciever is a Humax HD-Fox-T2 and I am located in Swindon. My local transmitter is Mendip. Lately I have had reception problems with all BBC channels with the exception of the two HD channels.The picture is intermitently pixelating every single day. Sometimes I get a screen message that says that there is no signal. All of the other channels are unaffected. I get perfect reception on ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Really, Yesterday, Sky News etc. Can anyone shed any light on this problem? I am getting pretty fed up with it. Oh, and by the way I have re-booted, and carried out clean reinstalls countless times. It makes no difference. Perfect recption on all channels except for the BBC channels.