All posts by MikeB
Below are all of MikeB's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
John Wakeman: Check if you have all the channels for that transmitters mux as well. If the transmitter is broadcasting it, then as long as you have an HD tuner, you should have it.
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FourVees: StevensOnIn1 has already explained that the channel has moved due to commercial reasons to a different mux - nothing to do with Freeview.
As it is, its fine on Waltham....
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Lesley: I think the clue is in 'it still worked well after when it fell in the storm 3 years ago'.
Your aerial system is held together by a wire just 6mm across, and is batter by wind, rain, ice and sun. And sometimes its just holding on and then it dies. BT advice is sound - get a professional to look at it.
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Charles King: Since your problem appears to be a classic example of 'single source interference', you might need to hunt around some more. Apparently an AM radio can help you find the source (google within the site), but remember that it might be some equipment that you havn't thought about, or in another dwelling close to you.
A couple of years back someone had a problem with a TV, which turned out to be a duff Virgin box of the people on the other side of a flats wall.
Dont bother retuning - it just means your set will have potentially lost the transmitter. Its also worth checking your aerial cables - something with some shielding might help, but its best to hunt down what it could be first. BTW - check signal strength - could be that the signal is too strong/weak, although it would very odd to be so regular!
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David Harris: Check that your actually tuned to Sutton Coldfield, and then check signal levels on all the muxes - Very high or very low? Since your 38km from the transmitter, you might have too high a signal, but if its poor, then check cabling, and then if its still bad, you might have to check the rest of the system.
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Gregor Stewart: Give us a postcode and check your signal strength - transmitters are normally fine, so the most likely problem is at your end. Start with cables.
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Mrs Parrott: You should have excellent reception at your location, and transmitters do not suddenly reduce power of their transmissions without warning, so it is likely that the fault is with your home. And Freesat is transmitted in an entirely different way, so thats not applicable.
Assuming you have one aerial and two TV's running off it, check the signal strength (and that they are actually tuned to the correct transmitter). If its fine on the one working, and presumably zero or close enough on the one thats not, then logically, its a problem between where the aerial feed splits and the TV itself. Classic problem is that the aerial lead in the back of the TV comes loose or falls out.
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Trevorjharris: Why is it outrageous, exactly?
Firstly, its not just the BBC (we'll ignore your usual hyperbole) - C4 has publicly supported it, and ITV/C5 are known to agree. And it wont cost anyone any more money - its just where in any streaming guide programming/channels go.In essence, its much the same as the sytem for the EPG now.
And the BBC is right - these are the most popular channels, either via terrestial/dish/cable, or streaming, so there is nothing wrong with them being easy to find. Sky does game their system, favouring their own channels. Thats not a surprise, nor is that illogical, but its far too easy for a content provider/platform owner to skew viewers their own way - and Sky would obviously try to hide any rival content away, and promote either its own or those that paid it enough. Its again trying to be a gatekeeper. And that could applied to a cable operator, etc as well.
The DCMS seems to be opposed, but thats not a surprise, considering how its very unlikely to turn down Murdochs complete takeover of Sky.
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Trevorjharris: 'Personally I find many of the BBC programs offensive in their excessive use of bad language and obsession in promoting gay and lesbian relationships.'
I'm trying to figure out which BBC programmes obsess about promoting gay/lesbian relationships - although I am watching the C4 '24 Hours in A & E', which is featuring a lovely lesbian couple. Can you enlighten us as to which programmes these are?
As for bad language, etc, Netflix do Narcos, House of Cards and Orange is the New Black, amoungst others. Amazon has Bosch and Sneaky Pete. I havn't seen any of these programmes, but I suspect they are not entirely free of swearing, and more than the excellent Line of Duty (new series!). Sky shows HBO's Game of Thrones, which is known for a bare breast shot in every episode.
In other words, the BBC is hardly alone. And channel guides are not neutral - where that channel is put on an EPG, or if a programme is featured on a streaming site are important, and means that your choices are being influenced by them. If thats OK with you, fine. But how would you know otherwise?
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Saturday 11 March 2017 11:39AM
Eric Brett: The ironic thing is that you might be one of the very few people that have actually had a problem with 4G - and I didn't even mention it!
Good that it got sorted.