All posts by MikeB
Below are all of MikeB's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Felim Doyle: I said pretty much the same thing in another post. If you have Freesat, then it doesn't matter if it's SD or HD anyway, so you might as well have HD!
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anthony fawley: Do you have a tv with an HD tuner? It might have changed, but it was generally the case that you needed an HD tuner to pick it up.
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R Murchie: so you ring them, and then what?
The frequencies are being moved and the spectrum is being cleared. And if you have a mobile phone, you will likely be making use of those.
Digital transmission means we can do more with less, and T2 tuners will confirm that. So there will be further changes. But the bulk of people have had no or few problems - retunes have probably been striaghforward for the bulk of households, apart from those whose aerials need replacement, etc.
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Chris: go to setup and then into tuning. Manual tune will allow you to look at a particular channel and it should tell you what the strength and quality is. Samsung is a bit more complex than the others, but have a look on Google for guidance.
It could be that your tuned to the wrong transmitter, or have not yet retuned. Or your system is at fault.
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nicholas: Or spend an eye watering amount on a B& O, etc. But, yes, you cannot have a thin TV with big speakers - which is why we sell a lot more soundbars
That article did make me laugh a bit - it was totally right in that the sweet price is still roughly 250 quid, but anything people are buying for seventy odd quid isn't going to be pretty ropey, especially if it has no sub. And I am not sure I would be buying a JVC or Hitachi sound bar. But then again, there is no way I'd buy a Toshiba TV...
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Chris: That's a really high signal straight- I would normally assume you'd get the tuner blanking out from that level.
It sounds like you did have the local light transmitter, but then you retuned automatically, and then you got the full range from another transmitter. And then you lost That.
Some Samsung's have needed a software patch, etc to cope with the frequency changes, but it's might be similar for you to start with the basics. Put your postcode into your next reply, and it should generate automatically a lot of data regarding your position. At the moment we have no idea as to what signal you should get or could get, and therefore what you should expect.
You should be able to find out what transmitter you are on from a) the number of channels and b) by looking at what channel BBC1 is broadcast on when you go to manual tuning. If it matches the channel number at the top of the page, you know you on that one.
The direction of the aerial would also be useful. And check your cables - if you have lost a mux etc then that's often a key factor.
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Laura philpott: check your aerial - it likely has a problem and the booster is just staving off a continuing problem.
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Alan Pickles: check your tv is actually tuned to the correct transmitter.
If it is, look at signal strength and quality. If it's too high (85% plus) then look for 'too much of a good thing on this site. If the signal strength is very low, then either you are just in an area of poor reception, or you aerial system is at fault. Check all the cables and connections.
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Wednesday 2 May 2018 3:46PM
Simon Cole: if there is a retuned, that would explain it. And the person that asked your location is right - without it, we have no idea what your supposed to get.