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I lost all freeview channels at stage 2 of the Darvel switchover - but only on my computer (Compro Videomate dvb card). Two ordinary TVs on the same aerial work OK. Previously I had no problems receiving any of the freeview channels.

Any idea if something has changed in the signal format? I'm wondering if my TV card isn't compatible in some way.

KA7 4QJ

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Thanks Brian :) My TV card uses a configuration file to do a channels scan. I changed all the 2k transmission modes to 8k so the new file is as follows:

T 481833000 8MHz 3/4 NONE QAM16 8k 1/32 NONE
T 505833000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE
T 561833000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE
T 529833000 8MHz 3/4 NONE QAM16 8k 1/32 NONE
T 546167000 8MHz 3/4 NONE QAM16 8k 1/32 NONE
T 578000000 8MHz 3/4 NONE QAM16 8k 1/32 NONE

I immediately found all the BBC channels, but no others. If you can point me somewhere where I can find the rest of the technical info I need to create a proper post-switchover Darvel config that would be fantastic.

Noel

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Thanks again. In case anyone else is in the same boat, here's the final working config file. Note that I found PSB/BBCA on 481833000 not 482000000. The rest is the same as the info at the top of this page.


# UK, Darvel post switchover tuning info

# PSB1/BBCA
T 481833000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE

# PSB2/D3+4
T 506000000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE

# PSB3/BBCB (HD channels require dvb-t2 tuner)
T 530000000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE

# COM4/SDN
T 490000000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE

# COM5/ArqA
T 514000000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE

# COM6/ArqB
T 538000000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE

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rgr - sorry can't edit my post

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