All posts by MikeB
Below are all of MikeB's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
TED DOE: Freesat is a one off payment - and since there are two leads, you can get a PVR, so you can watch and record at the same time. The Manhattan is about £129, but the Humax is a better best, and starts at £169. Thats also a smart box, with all four channels on demand, and wifi can be added.
Sky will cost you more over the long term - I have no idea of the basic package (Brianist did write an article on it - and MikeP reckoned £21 a month for a basic package), but if you simply bought a 2nd Sky box, and paid Sky to connect it up and allow it to record, its over a tenner a month, just for the recording function. So the Freesat box will have paid for itself in about a year if you buy a cheap one. Of course Freesat doesn't have as many channels as Sky (although I could probably live without Psychic Today, etc). Here is a list of what you get on each - All of the free TV channels in the UK
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Ben: We need a postcode for a start to diagnose a problem, since we need to know where you are in relation to your transmitter. You also need to confirm that you are tuned into that particular transmitter, and what your signal strength is (same goes for Graham).
One thing you could try - if your losing a mux, it could be a problem with your aerial system (loose connection, etc). Check the lead from the wall socket to your TV, to make sure its working properly and is not loose.
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Mrs Duffield: Look at the top of the page - the trasnmitter seems to be fine. Logically, its a problem with your aerial system, and before or at the point where the signal is plit to the various TV's.
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Lorraine smith: Your main aerial has a problem - check the path back from the TV (loose or broken aerial lead?), and right up to the aerial, or call someone out to look at it.
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Chris whiting: Your 31km from Dover with an obstruction about 3km from you, which is why when you look at the DigitalUK link, they think your a bit iffy for some channels, and you've an aerial in the roof. On the other hand, you've got 100% signal strength, your not all that far from the transmitter, with a booster, and your HD channels are breaking up. This would indicate too much signal. For some help, have a look here: Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you
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peter: To be fair, I wouldn't have a clue either, and I dont think its anything to do with the TV, as such (the dongle is a bluetooth one which connects to the magic remote if you've bought one seperately - it comes in the packet).
The first thing you are going to need is an analouge tuner. Now, according to Richer Sounds website, it does have one, although where I work, it just says Freeview HD. On the other hand, it seems to say nowt at all about any tuners on the LG website, and since I know that TV also has a generic sat. tuner in the back, its not much help.
Assuming it does have an analogue tuner, your problem seems to be picking it up. A quick google found this:
Connecting new LG Smart TV to Sky box as 2nd TV
That makes (sort of) sense. The main tuner is Freeview HD, so is not going to pick up the analogue signal. Since I dont have an LG TV, I'm not familiar with the setup (although MikeP actually has exactly the same model TV), but hopefully the manual can help. It seems 'cable' is what it wants, not the main tuner. I'm not surprised you didn't get too much joy from where you went for help, because I suspect that with Sky multi-room, Sky Eye is less popular than it once was.
Your not alone. There is a huge guide on Sky Eyes on AV Forum: The Definitive SkyLink Magic Eye Guide | AVForums
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mazbar: Thanks for that - I was wondering about the setup. I assumed they did have an analogue tuner, but connecting it and setting up is a different matter.
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Robert Smith: You need to give a postcode, becuase otherwiese we have no idea as too what your signal should be like. However, if its going from 0 to 100, etc, then thats sounds like too much signal. Search for 'too much of a good thing' on this site.
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John Martin: Actually, most manuals are pretty good, certainly for the big four brands (some will even have it on the TV - you just press a button on the remote), and even the like of Vestral (which makes Goodmans, Bush, low end Toshiba's, etc) are pretty clear on basic setup. And of course most equipment does self tune, because thats generally easier for the majority of customers. Manual tuning should be standard on decent equipment (my cheap Goodmans box does not...), but most people will never need it.
Why do instruction manuals refuse to ' realise even us norms are not all stupid'? Because, sadly, a lot of people are, or at least have zero knowledge about their TV. I'm not surprised most people dont know much about the technology, or even look that often at the back of their TV - why should they? However, a look at the 'Connecting it all up' thread Connecting it all up is an eye opener.
Firstly, although we might think that connecting the TV up is pretty simple - an aerial lead, and perhaps a scart, look at the number of people who dont even know that you have to connect the TV to the aerial lead, etc. OK, so where would you go to get such information? In a majority of cases on that thread, the questions people were asking could have been answered by reading the manual. In fact many could have been answred by simply looking at the wiring diagram which you normally find at the front of the manual - you dont even have to read it. And thats part of the problem - people cant even be bothered to read the manual.
So there is no point making the setup more complex or giving people much more options than they need, because they are simply unlikely to use them. To be fair, you get what you pay for (hence the reason why a Bush set has no auto retune), but a decent brand will have far more options than most people will ever use, and yet will also allow a simple easy setup.
I just wish people would bother to read the manual. It would be interesting to get Mazbar's take on this - what is his experience of customers and setting up?
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Friday 6 March 2015 8:39PM
Colman: Firstly, we need a postcode, becuase we have no idea where you are in relation to the 'new mast'. Secondly, if you were close enough for a mast to give you a problem with 4G, then its likely you were sent a filter through the post from A800 anyway. You can ring them, and they will send you one free, but just becuase you thing 4G is the culprit, its doesn't mean it is - in fact the bulk of supposed 4G problems reported on this site have been nothing of the kind.
Check your signal strength, and which transmitter your tuned into, and then make sure that your aerial system is working properly.