All posts by MikeB
Below are all of MikeB's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Mr Thompson : Yeah, that might need an upgrade. These guys can help - Online FM DAB TV Aerial sales
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Jones: Since Rowridge reports no problems, I'd check your signal strength on all the muxs - good bet that your system is up the spout.
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Jonathan Gordon: Your just 25km from the transmitter, so I suspect something drastic has happened to your system, and its just about hanging on on most of the muxes.
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Rak: Could start with having 10 on signal strength - thats far too high, and possible the source of 'no signal'
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Rak: The tuner will react to a very strong signal in much the same way as too little, and yes, you need to turn down the gain - its debatable whether you might need the amp at all. See 'too much of a good thing' on this website.
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Ros Fitzner: Your signal is breaking up, but you havn't told us what your signal strength or quality is. And if you put your postcode into the website, you can see for yourself the distance to the transmitter and if there are any problems, and can give us easily usable links.
But best guess is that there is something up with your system, so check your cables.
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nick: Put your postcode into the site and it will give you the information you need.
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Ros Fitzner: Firstly, you can check the status of the transmitter yourself - but if nothing has changed, then logically the problem is within your own home.
Next, while its possibly not the main problem, 90-100% signal strength is generally too high - 75% is spot on.
Dont assume that all channels get hit in the same way if there is a system fault - a coax cable might be hanging on by a thread, and a damaged connection can let one mux through fine, but not another.
One thing does stand out - you say that the problem starts at 6-7.15pm. That sounds like single source interference (look up that phrase on this site), where some bit of equipment is causing problems, perhaps a dodgy thermostat, etc. You can use an AM radio to hunt down the problem, but if you can think of what might be switching on at that time in yor house or nearby, that might be it.
And if your cables are damaged or are not well shielded, then that might be the answer.
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alfonso: i think BBC4 HD went where it could go, at least at the moment. Relatively ow power is just one of those things.
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Thursday 4 May 2017 10:44AM
Mr Thompson : Since its likely that your TV does have a T2 tuner, if only because Sony's with sat. tuners will always have T2 tuners as well, its either because your just in a place with a poor signal for those muxes, or you've a possible problem with your system, and those low power muxes are fading out.