All posts by KMJ, Derby
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henry mcallister: No, BT Sport is a subscription channel, so requires a Sky box fitted with a suitable card to decode the signal, once the subscription has been paid. In circumstances when content is free-to-view for promotional purposes it would normally still require a Sky card, as the signal would be soft-encrypted due to rights issues which apply to many sporting events.
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Eran Elliott: Without more precise information about your location, preferably a postcode in order to do a predicted reception check, it is not possible to give detailed advice. However it is fair to say that even if you are fortunate in being able to receive signals direct from Wenvoe it is most unlikely that reception of the COM muxes would be possible due to the re-use of the frequencies for the low power, but nearby, relay at Trefechan. This would most likely block reception of any signals from Wenvoe on the COM frequencies. A similar situation exists for anyone in the locality who is able to receive signals from Mendip, as in this case the relay at Treharris transmits the PSB muxes on the same frequencies as are used at Mendip for the COM muxes.
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Tim: The coverage map on the Muxco Somerset web page, which is a few years old now, shows transmitters at Mendip, Coker Hill, Taunton and Hutton. Whether all transmitters will be on air from launch later this Summer is not clear, but will be dependant in part on whether BT lines are in place to provide feeds from the services which are to be carried on the mux. Details of these services are expected soon. Digital One have not released details of which sites may be included in any plans to improve coverage, Ofcom only require that in the event of an FM switch-off, areas should be served by D1on DAB if they currently enjoy robust FM reception on Classic FM, this requirement being within intended coverage areas, so not necessarily including long distance listeners half way up a mountain!
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Tyler : More information is required as to your location, preferably a postcode or that of a nearby shop in order to do a reception check to see what you are expected to be able to receive. It is worth mentioning that some frequencies used by the Heathfield transmitter are shared with Hannington, resulting in signal loss for viewers in partial overlap areas if the strength of the Hannington transmission rises slightly due to atmospheric conditions.
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LJA: I suspect that the most likely out of area transmitter that could affect reception from Sandy Heath during periods of high pressure is Rowridge. It is worth noting that Rowridge at 200kW has effectively double the power normally expected to replicate the former analogue coverage, plus the additional vertically polarised signal of equal magnitude. Sandy Heath meanwhile at 180kW has slightly less power than would have been expected. This could potentially increase the likelyhood of interference for viewers prone to receiving long distance signals from the S/SW. Do you still have a BBC1 in your channel list? If you do, what region is indicated for the channel? If your receiver automatically re-tunes when additional frequencies are detected,-or if you re-tuned when the normal BBC1 was blocked by interference, it is possible that an incorrect version is now stored in the channel list. The conditions for long distance reception only occured on a few occasions for a short time overnight during the last few weeks, so if you have had no reception constantly over this time it suggests either incorrect tuning (unlikely for several TVs unless they were ALL retuned), a local interference problem on C27, or possibly trees have grown in the signal path which are blocking reception of C27 more than the other frequencies. As neighbours are also experiencing problems it is worth checking the tree situation, even if in practice it might mean waiting for Autumn for normal reception to be restored, at least with the existing aerial installation.
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Fran Shuttlewood: First check that everything is back as it was before your break. Is the aerial still in place and pointing in the correct direction? If the aerial is fed via any other equipment, such as a Sky box, VCR or the power supply to a splitter check that the equipment is powered up. Then if you have a manual tuning facility on your receiver do a manual tune for each of the Oxford frequencies, these being C53 , C60, C50, C59, C55 and if you have HD also tune C57 and C31. If you dont have a manual tune facility you could try doing a re-tune with the aerial lead unplugged for the first third of the scan, in order to miss out the local relay transmissions which could be confusing the tuner. Aim to plug it back in around C30 in the scan if this is indicated by the tuning bars.
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John Martin: The BBC stopped supporting flash player 9 a while ago too, so no i-player for those of us with older computers.
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Daniel: Use of Waltham, or in some places, Sutton Coldfield on a second TV or Freeview box might give a more reliable signal for the PSB channels in some parts of Northamptonshire.
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Sunday 27 July 2014 5:52PM
Bill Potts: First click on the icon for "Kent" on the map above. The Wotham transmitter is displayed on the more detailed map, along with other analogue transmitters in Kent and the surrounding areas.