All posts by MikeB
Below are all of MikeB's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Neville: Its not disrepectful, but is stating the obvious with regard to ITV getting an income from advertising. And Richard is right, the BBC has BBC1, BBC2, BBC4, CBBC, Cbeebies and News 24. There are over 70 channels, so not exactly 'all'. C4 has at least 4 channels.
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Bob D: If your not getting that mux on either device, then its most likely your aerial system, possibly a dodgy cable. Could be the booster has a problem (do you actually need one?) - try bypassing it and see if it helps.
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Kayhatton: Firstly, whats the make and model of the TV - pretty much all TV's will still have an analogue input, but you need to look for it - possibly an adapter, or composite inputs.
Next, whats the make/model of the recorder. If its been made in the last 5 years, it should have an hdmi connection, as well as a possible scart. If it has an hdmi port, get an hdmi cable to connect it to your new TV, and chuck away the scart lead.
If we know the make/model numbers for both, then we know what we are dealing with.
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J metcalfe: If your transmitter is fine, it must be your system. You need to check it.
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Astrid Terlouw: Find your local transmitter on this site and check if its working ok. If it is, then its likely to be her system, perhaps nothing more than a loose connection or broken cable. Follow back from the back of the TV, and see if there is a problem.
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Alan Goss: Why would the signal have changed? There might be low power for work, but there is no sign of it. Check your signal strength - its almost certainly too low because of a problem with your aerial system.
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Alan Goss: Since we have no idea where you are (hint - poscode into this site), we can't say if the signal strengths your quoting are normal for you, but since 75% should be perfect, it looks like your signal strength is too low.
Different TV's will have different tuners, and so they can slightly vary in just how sensitive they are, but it looks like there is a problem with your system, perhaps centrally. Yes, your booster looks fine, but something is not right, and since your setup is in the loft, its not that difficult to bypass it. To be honest, most people have no need of a booster these days anyway. And just because an aerial is in a loft, it doesn't mean that its totally free from corrosion, etc.
Perhaps the weak signal from the transmitter showed up an existsing problem that your ordinarily wouldn't have noticed until the whole thing went kaput.
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Anthony: It doesn't work like that - if your suddenly missing channels, its because those muxes are too low in strength to be decoded. You almost certainly have an existing problem with your aerial system, but its the low signal strength of the transmitter work that shown it up.
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B Cheeseman: Check the signal level - if its poor then look to see if your missing the rest of the mux. Most likely reason is dodgy wiring (frayed cable, etc). You could just swap out the aerial lead from the back of the TV - might be as simple as that.
But if the signal is low on all muxes, with the ITV3 having vanished, then you need to find out where abouts in your system there is a problem.
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Sunday 3 July 2016 9:48PM
Do you mean Care Homes Under the Hammer?
Seeriously, no. Why did you think they might?