All posts by Mick C
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Thanks for your comments guys, I thought as much - Belmont does seem to be the main transmitter round here. On Sky my dad gets Look North for this area but on Freeview I get totally irrelevant stuff from Peter Levy for Lincolnshire.
It's annoying but not annoying enough to pay for a new aerial as I've got a HUGE digital aerial on the side of my flat anyway as we're surrounded by trees!
Just another question too with regards to updates from this site - I set them for "email updates" and have had nothing (apologies for me only just coming back to check!).....anyone else have these problems?
Thanks for all your help.
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Thanks Briantist - notifications all working fine now.
I'm resigned to the fact that I'm going to get Look North (Yorks & Lincs) rather than the one that's relevant for my area as I've checked with the person who put the aerial up and he says the strongest signal for me (bearing in mind I live in a bit of a dip/bottom of a hill) is Belmont
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Hi again - I'll give my full postcode (keep forgetting to add it) S21 4LE.
So, a new problem has arisen - I've accepted the fact that I'm stuck with Look North (Yorks and Lincs) and I can live with that and the reception for my set is perfect, can't complain about it.
The problem I've got now is on my grandma's two sets. Since I retuned all the channels at the beginning of August (as we lost ITV channels)......then retuned them again (as we lost ITV again!).....now they're all tuned in but the signal for some of the other channels (Yesterday, Film 4, ITV 4 and a few others) is so poor a picture can't really be viewed as it blocks out and often the signal just goes.
The outside aerial is relatively new (a new one was fitted to pick digital up about a year ago) - she has her room TV and her kitchen TV off the same aerial with a booster box fitted - all connected up correctly.
Would old aerial leads have an effect on the quality of signal? The brown aerial leads inside her home have been there for years and years.....I suppose all cables deteriorate - is it worthwhile me replacing these.....or won't it make much difference?
Sorry to keep asking new questions - I bet you're getting fed up! :)
Thanks again.
Mick
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Monday 8 August 2011 11:52AM
So here's a question.
I'm savvy with most things electronic (I build and fix PC's etc for a living) - what I want to know is this.
I live in Eckington (S21) - but I get (and I've always got) BBC1 Look North for the Lincolnshire region.
Any ideas why? As it's totally baffled me and it's also baffled the easily confused telephone operatives at the Digital Switchover helpline....lol
Thanks in advance.
Mick