All posts by MikeB
Below are all of MikeB's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Tom: If your suddenly getting no signal, first check that your transmitter has not lost power, etc (do not retune!).
Next - check your aerial. Is the cable broken or loose? Has the aerial been damaged?
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Miss Rogers: Firstly - supplying your postcode is enough - nobody is going to phone you (why?), and its very unwise to publish your phone number on a public website.
OK - 'check connected device power cable connection and source selection '. Please check your manual - this means that the TV (I assume that the tuner is a seperate device) is not picking up the digibox properly. You say both appear to be OK, but it sounds like the scart is very loose, or the power cable. Check them (perhaps change the scart lead, they are very cheap), and make sure your aerial connections are properly connected. If you have no luck, at least post the model/make of the equipment.
You say you've had problems since the changeover - thats been 18 months! If you cant sort it, then get a professional to sort it out.
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Bob: To follow up Michael's and MikeP's excellent points, the number of people on this site who have actually had 4G interference (as opposed to the number of people complaining about it) is tiny.
And if you do need a filter, as Michael points out, at800 will give you one for free.
And you might be waiting a while for 4K...
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Dan: There is no way its going to get UK signals in Slovakia. However, according to Wiki, Slovakia does use DVB-T Television in Slovakia - Ask.com Encyclopedia
Personally, I'd send them the money instead - it will be the right voltage, and be the right tuner/language.
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ELIZABETH: You havn't included a postcode, so its difficult to say what kind of signal you should be getting. Check you TV signal strength - if its too high (100%), then the signal could be breaking up. You have a booster, which might be causing the problem.
However, your signal could also be too low, perhaps caused by a corroded/frayed connection, or a malfunctioning booster. So you need to check what the problem actually is, and then try to narrow down the possible solutions.
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Paul Evans: Why do you think your problem has anything to do with 4G?
'I've also had interference and loss of channels over the last few days. Varying between 0 and 30 channels being discovered, and all have interference.'
OK - use Occams razor and check your signal strength! Your getting very few channels, so it immediately sounds like you have low signal strength, perhaps caused by an aerial problem. We've had severe weather over the last week, and so that might have caused a problem with cabling, etc.
It could be a problem with the transmitter, but its doubtful any problem would last that long - of course if you include a postcode, you can click on R + T
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Arminas: MikeP is quite right - US voltage is totally different, as is potentially the tuner, etc (NTSC v PAL, etc). There is generally a good reason for people to buy such items 'in country' - its designed for the locale. I do get customers from the USAF, etc, who have shipped TV's over, but generally, the best thing to do is to go local.
You can buy something like this -
Maplin 230V to 110V 300W Voltage Converter | Maplin - but its simply another complication. Its true that buying a Samsung 32in 32F5500 is $399.99 at BestBuy (£243), whereas the best high street price here is £339 at the moment, but if you add shipping costs, no warrenty, the need for a transformer, and a tuner which is not UK standard, its not that great a deal.
However, if you do manage to get it working, then yes, a UK freeview box, etc should simply attach via RCA phono/HDMI.
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paul: If you put your postcode into the website, you get a link to R + T - which will tell you the status.
As it is, it looks like its had enginnering works for a while - Talley (Carmarthenshire, Wales) Freeview Light transmitter | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice
However, if two of your TV's are fine, but the third has a problem, check that its tuned to the same transmitter as the other two, or make sure that there isn't a problem with the feed to it.
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Pat: Connect whoever carries out the servicing on your block - there must be a management company you pay services charges to, etc. They will have to deal with it, presumably by getting out professionals to repair the aerial connection.
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Friday 27 December 2013 9:58PM
JB38: I'd forgotten the Philips 42PFL7606H/12...every other 3D TV (ie: high level) in 2011 had an HD tuner - but not the Philips. A very odd company, alas, and one which is increasingly irrevelant.