All posts by Pete Forman
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I saw a retune message this morning (15 May 2013). However none is needed. The channel changes apply only to Ventnor and Salisbury in this transmitter group.
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Your information about the March retune does not match that at DigitalUK. They say 21 Mar 2018 and have completely different channel assignments. Some of their advice is a bit dodgy: they suggest that the new channels can be received on a group K aerial but that may struggle reaching up to C59. A group T may be needed as muxes start at C29.
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It is now a week to go to the Midhurst retune and the information on ukfree.tv is still wrong.
http://www.digitaluk.co.u….pdf
Which Freeview channels does the Midhurst transmitter broadcast?
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I too have the problem that I cannot record from the PSB3 (BBCB) mux from Midhurst on my Panasonic PVR since the 21 March retune. That affects all the main HD channels and Film4+1.
That is despite many cycles of clearing the channel tuning information and manually tuning. Fuller details of what I did are on the DS forums.
Fortunately my reception from Heathfield is just adequate to get PSB3. My other 5 muxes are still Midhurst. There are occasional dropouts. It would be good if Panasonic and the broadcasters sort this out.
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Yesterday I retuned my Panasonic DMR-HWT130 to see if the Midhurst engineering work on 18 April had helped. There is no change. I still cannot record any of the channels from PSB3 (BBC B: most of the HD plus Film4+1).
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Peter Simpson:
If you have Panasonic's ear you might point them at a similar problem. In December last year a number of Panasonic owners reported that they could not record BBC4 HD. I do not know all of the transmitters were involved but they cannot have included Midhurst as we do not get COM 7 & 8. Fenham, Darvel and Fenton were cited. Bluebell Hill started having problems with BBC4 HD after its January retune..
Panasonic HDD Recorder DMR-HW100 - WILL NOT RECORD! | AVForums
The problem went away (I hesitate to say it was fixed) with a transmitter retune on 11th January.
Panasonic HDD Recorder DMR-HW100 - WILL NOT RECORD! | Page 2 | AVForums
Bluebell Hill started working late January, round about the 25th.
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My Panasonic PVR has just updated its software version to 1.39. I will retune tomorrow to see if the BBC B recording from Midhurst has been fixed.
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Wednesday 15 May 2013 8:07AM
I saw a retune message this morning (15 May 2013). However none is needed. The channel changes apply only to Ventnor and Salibury in this transmitter group.