All posts by Chris.SE
Below are all of Chris.SE's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Stephen Burnell:
If your aerial man was checking for signals with a meter it must have been on UHF Channel 48 where he should have got a signal as the SDN multiplex is on it!
If you put your postcode into Digital UK - Coverage checker you should see that you should get the Local Mux on UHF ch.30 as mentioned by MikeP.
That is the postcode you put in your last post rather than the one you have entered for this site which is different (SN15 3XE) and predicted reception isn't quite as good. BUT as MikeP mentions you need a Wideband/Group T aerial - the old C/D group (even the enhanced one) will give much weaker reception on UHF30.
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Stephen Burnell:
Did you look at the predicted reception for your location for the local mux?
Mendip (Local Mux) L-BSL Date Now 13 Jul 19 Channel 30 Served 83 Marginal 99
Granted that is for an external aerial, maybe it's worth considering moving yours BUT I know some people similar distances away who get the Local mux, one who has a loft aerial but he does have an aerial amplifier/4-way distribution even though he hasn't bothered to get a wideband aerial yet !!!
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Richard Harris:
I guess when the site owner has time to update it all. It's no mean feat keeping the information for all the transmitters around the country up-to-date. He's also found some bugs in some of his scripts which isn't helping!
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D. A. Brown:
I'm not personally familiar with the Humax Fox T2 PVR but a "standard fix" that works on most devices is first try clearing existing tuning by unplugging the aerial and doing an automatic scan.
Then plug the aerial back in and do a manual tune of all the UHF channels used by Bilsdale - currently 26, 29, 23, 43, 46, 40, 31 & 37 + 24 for the Local mux. Note a major retune will be required later this year. Put your postcode into Digital UK - Coverage checker to get predicted reception at your location.
See also HDR-fox t2 lost channels
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Paul Quilter:
Put your postcode into Digital UK - Coverage checker to see predicted coverage at your location.
See also my post at the bottom of page 40 True Entertainment | free and easy
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emdubya77:
Indeed, thanks very much for your kind response & support. Yes, there are times when a sarcastic response is perhaps appropriate but i try and remember that quite a few posters will be very frustrated by the time they post here especially people like jane who are already in a difficult reception area.
Mind you the situation is not helped when the broadcaster(s) and even Freeview do not give clear explanations themselves! If you go to True Entertainment Official website at True Channels you still have to click on "About Us" and then scroll down to find some form of explanation!
Eg. - "From Thursday 27th June True Entertainment and True Movies have moved Freeview channel numbers and will only broadcast on Freeview in selected areas."
They also mention "You can check if you can still receive the channel on the Freeview Channel Checker at: - www.freeview.co.uk/update"
Really! You need to click on the link Channel launches, closures and changes on 27 June 2019 | Freeview to find (quote) -
"Channel closures
Movies4men+1 and POP +1 will be closing from 27 June 2019.
Channel number changes
These channels are moving position:
True Entertainment will be moving from channel 61 to channel 48
True Movies will be moving from channel 62 to channel 50
True Movies+1 will be moving from channel 75 to 62
Sony Movie Channel+1 will be moving from channel 50 to 61
Changes to broadcast areas
There are changes taking place impacting the areas in which these channels are broadcast:
True Entertainment, True Movies, Sony Crime, Pop Max, Movies4men "
IMHO, all that is as clear as mud to the average viewer as it not only doesn't mention it's a change of multiplex to Local multiplexes only available in some city & surrounding regions, nor of course does it give anyone information about their individual reception which they will best get by putting their postcode into Digital UK - Coverage checker
The Contact Us link at the bottom of the page on their Official Site True Channels is where people can email Sony/True Channels at info@truemovies.tv and complain about the moves to local muxes so you can no longer receive them. This is likely the only way it may change. It's no good saying to us "All we want to know now is if it will be restored" !
It'll be interesting to see if anyone posts any response from them, if indeed they get one!
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Bart:
If you put your postcode into Digital UK - Coverage checker it will give you an idea about the predicted reception under the entries "Reception changes" if there is any effect.
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W Gilroy:
As this is a "historical" page, it's not that relevant and as you haven't explained your problem we can't offer any advice other than -
If you think you need filters then contact At800 on 0808 13 13 800 (telephone number). They are the official organisation that deal with these things and will supply them free of charge if appropriate.
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Thursday 11 July 2019 11:34PM
Lyndon morgan:
There's no reported faults at Ton Pentre. It's possible that reception might be affected by the current weather & propagation conditions. If however your problem is continuous, then check all your coax connections etc.
B mears:
As mentioned by StevensOnln1 the changes have been made by Sony
Sony Channel changes | Freeview
Channel launches, closures and changes on 27 June 2019 | Freeview
If you go to the True Entertainment page on this site, there is a link to their Official Site True Channels and at the bottom of the page a contact us link where you can email them at info@truemovies.tv and complain about the moves to local muxes so you can no longer receive them. This is likely the only way it may change. Good luck.