All posts by MikeB
Below are all of MikeB's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Alex Android: What do you mean by 'good signal and quality'? We need numbers. And if you getting BBC 4 HD and BBC News HD fine, you should be getting AJ fine as well - they are all Com 7
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Mrs Saunders: look at the digitasl UK link at the bottom of your question (it really helps when someone puts their postcode into the site - makes life much easier) - your just 11km from the transmitter, which is very close. So there are two possibilities.
1) If your reception is that bad, then there is likely to be something wrong with your aerial system. Check signal strength (and that you are actually tuned to Hannington). If its very low to non existant on all the muxes (see the above page for which channels are on which muxes), then your system almost certainly has a major fault - probably a very frayed/corroded connection, or an aerial lead which has almost fallen out of the back of the TV, etc. Could also be a failing booster, just since your so close, the last thing you need is one of those.
Just go through each part of the system, until you narrow down what it is, and if you have no joy, you'll need to call someone out.
The second possibility is that your signal is too good. Search for 'too much of a good thing' on this site.
My bet its the aerial system, but ironically you might be fine with one of those basic indoor aerials - your that close.
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Stuart Swaine: Wharfdale is a Light transmitter, so your only going to get the PSB3 mux HD channels. Idle is a full transmitter, but its really no better from the number of HD channels. Have a look at the digitaluk link - Emley Moor is what you'd want, but you'd have to realign your aerial, and the terrain link on this site doesn't even bring that transmitter as an option.
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Jack Owens: Its looks like Com6, if you look at the list above. Most common problem - dodgy wire somewhere, hence a rubbsih signal (try swapping out the arial lead), or you've suddenly got a cracking signal and over loading the tuner. 3rd option is the weather - temp inversion messing up reception.
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Jack Owens: Glad it seemed to work. Its always worth swapping out the old coax lead - they are really cheap, even for a decently shielded one, and it can sometimes make a surprising difference.
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Neil mcclure: Check the signal levels on all muxes - your 18km from Black Hill, so your signal should be fine - sounds like the HD muxes have gone due to a problem with your aerial system, and its likely that the others are hanging on by their fingernails.
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Rob: There is a simpe answer - those channels require an HD tuner to view them (they are not in HD, but thats not the point). If you've only a Freeview tuner, you can't watch them.
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Mike Stevens: I think you have to thank the other guys - but I hope it works anyway!
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Brian Springthorpe: If all the other muxes are fine (and don't look at just quality, you need to be looking at signal strength, which should be around 75%), that points to a problem with your aerial system. Just because a wire might be frayed or damaged, doesn't always mean that the strongest signal will be the one that gets through - wires do weird things. For a start, change the aerial lead - cheap, easy and if it was duff, an easy fix. If the problem remains, then you need to look further up the signal path.
But if your getting a very high signal strength (which is why a postcode is so useful), then the BBC channels might be the ones to go crazy - they are likely to be the strongest. So check out the page called 'too much of a good thing'.
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Thursday 11 August 2016 7:04PM
Toby: rather than worry about the aerials, which at least get you something, think about the wiring from them. It could be that the aerials are the opposite of what is required, but as Richard advised, think about the wiring. Everything degrades, and wiring, connections, etc fray, get corroded, etc. A dodgy wire can let through one mux (say BBC), but not any others.
If everything is inside, try replacing the wiring - screwfix or toolstation - something like this :http://www.screwfix.com/p/labgear-rg6-satellite-coaxial-cable-50m-black/72537 (I know its Labgear, but still...) would do, and all you need to do is attach the connections to each end (which they also sell).
ATV Sheffield Satellite, Television, FM, DAB, Aerial, Coaxial Cable, Plugs, Sockets, Connectors & Leads will also sell you stuff (and yes, its probably better than the Labgear stuff), and will show you how to attach the end bits (always fiddly). Or get a pro to refit the whole lot.