All posts by MikeB
Below are all of MikeB's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Nicky: You might be disappointed, but your also wasting your time - this website has nothing to do with Movie Mix - you could try emailing them instead. They are under no obligation to use subtitles, and therefore dont bother.
Personally, Movie Mix's broadcast quality is generally no worse then any other channel, so it might be worth looking at the signal strength on that channel, you might have a problem with your aerial.
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Helen Stanley: You are very very unlucky! Your position makes it very difficult to pick up Freeview. Freesat or any other sat. system seems to be out because of the position of the hill (I looked at Google Earth - thats one big hill!) , although you can apparently hide them (according to Satcure: http://www.satcure.co.uk/…tm). And of course you are far too far away from an exchange to get decent broadband from fibre. If you click on the Freeview4G link, you can see that there seems to be no mobile masts in your area at all, so I'm not sure where the 4G explaination seems to be coming from. Wifi is a bit odd sometimes, but try moving the hub to where you get the most coverage, and poweline adapters/wifi signal boosters can help. Even if you speed is slow, hopefully you can get a better signal inside the house. Have you asked to see what other people in the village do? Looking at Google Earth, there seems to be someone across the road from you, on the slope of the hill itself. What do they do? I'm sure some of the very knowledgable people here might have some suggestions, but for a start, could you tell us what transmitter you are tuned into, and what the signal strength is? That would give some sort of baseline to suggest improvements, etc. Its worth pointing out that although your a fair way from Winter Hill. the signal path seems to be pretty clear. Perhaps a suitable aerial and even a booster might be a help, but thats for an expert.
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david ledsam: Logically, the problem has to be the splitter or its connection from the aerial. Is the splitter inside the house?
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Jenny Milborrow: it could be that the info hasn't updated yet , etc. Have you checked with other people nearby if their getting a signal? If they are, then the problem lies with your system
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Robin mullane: Here is the Findon page - Findon (West Sussex, England) Freeview Light transmitter | ukfree.tv - 12 years of independent, free digital TV advice if your getting those channels, then you've got the lot
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Jodie: If you put your postcode into the site, you can click on the Digital UK link Coverage Checker - Detailed View Your 45km from Sandy Heath, and apparently with a decent signal. Check that your actually tuned to Sandy Heath - your TV might have picked up Crystal Palace during a retune and obviously thats a less powerful signal. If not, then it looks like your system - perhaps a corroded connection, frayed cable, etc. Always check your aerial lead - it might be loose or broken.
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Kris: A full postcode included with your question would be really helpful, since you can do a lot of the legwork yourself, but I think your mother is getting her signal from Winter Hill.
OK - if two TV's are working fine, but others are not, that points to a problem with the way the signal is split (assuming she is using just one aerial). If the splitter/booster is accessable, check that all the connections are in properly, there are no frayed wires, etc. The other thing to check is that the aerial leads from the socket to the back of the TV is fitting correctly.
The other thing to check is that all the TV's are actually tuned to the same transmitter. If you go to the two TV's (sockets) which are fine, turn to BBC1 and then go into the setup menu and check what RF channel/transmitter they are on. Since they are OK, you can check that the other TV's are also on the same channel in the same way. If they are not (there could have been a retune where the wrong transmitter got found first), then see if tuning them into the correct transmitter improves things.
However, it sounds like the connections to the other rooms might have problems, and that needs to be checked. Possibly by the person who first put it in to rectify any errors... or possibly not!
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R J Smeaton: Your only 3km from the Auchtermuchty transmitter. Although its low power, your really pretty close. This page might help : Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | Switchovers | ukfree.tv - 12 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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Monday 4 August 2014 7:45PM
Jodie: We need a postcode...(same goes for Tom & L Fossey).