All posts by Michael Perry
Below are all of Michael Perry's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Robert Dale:
A strength of 100% is far too strong, especially for HD transmissions. You need to try adding an attenuator into the aerial cable at the wall socket to reduce the signal so around 75-85%. Attenuators are cheap and available in different degrees of attenuation. I suggest you start with a 6 dB one first and see if that affects the strength enough to reduce it to the 75-85% level. If not try other 'sizes' until the signals appear to return.
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StevensOnln1:
So an Apple TV is not a TV at all! It sounds more like an on-line computrer and display so calling it a TV is a misnomer and probably contrary to the Trades Description Act. (If it's not a TV then you can't call it a TV!) Needless to say I don't own one nor anything branded 'Apple'.
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Kimberley Andress:
It would appear that you may have an equipment problem. There have been no other reports of loss of programmes from the Penaligon Down transmitter, as that would have been expected if there was a failure at the transmitter.
Check all the leads feeding your TV set and ensure everything is properly plugged in and the plugs fit firmly, but not too tightly, into the appropriate sockets.
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Colin Lawson:
What are the signal strengths of the affected services? You have not given a post code so we have no clue as to where you are in relation to the transmitter. It is well known that too much signal causes the symptoms you describe. Please give your full post code and the requested signal strengths. Then we can perhaps suggest how you might correct the situation.
BTW, as you appear to be using Sutton Coldfield, as you posted here, then unless you are many miles away from the transmitter site then it is highly unlikely that you even need an aerial amplifier/booster.
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Alan Hutchinson:
It would require planning permission to have a second dish installed on your property! That would attract a significant fee for the planners to consider the application! And no guarantee that they will grant such permission.
Better and cheaper is to have a quad or octal LNB fitted in place of your existing one, assuming it isn't already a quad or octal. The advantage being that such LNBs are less than 20 usually (cables are extra) and each outlet can feed a receiver separately. Note that most satellite receivers that can record as well will need two cables fed from the LNB on the dish. Note also that a dish is no use to receive Freeview and cannot be fed into the conventional coaxial aerial socket on the back of a TV set, it has to be fed into a satellite receiving input (usually an 'F' connector). Some TV sets have that capability, otherwise you can use a set top box(es) for Freesat.
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P Wooley:
A quick check at Front Runner | Freeview shows it *is* available on Freeview! It would appear from checking with the Wikipedia guide, that it is transmitted on COM8 which is only available from certain transmitters. If you give a full post code some small blue boxes should appear under your posting. The 'digitaluk trade' box should tell you about which is/are the ideal transmitter(s) for your location and show whether COM8 is available from that transmitter.
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Kelly and Ben:
Yes, patience is a virtue with these natural phenomenon. They occur every year and depend entirely on the atmospheric conditions and have been known about for more than fifty years. But, as they are natural events there is nothing anyone can do about it, so we have to be patient until the weather patterns change.
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Terry Cull:
None have been reported here nor in the local Wiltshire press. If such is being experienced then it will almost certainly be a problem with the CCTV installation itself and not the Freeview transmitter.
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Kim Aspland:
It is probable that your reception is being affected by a temperature inversion atmospheric condition that has been around for a few days. By retuning you will have lost all the channels you originally had. All you can do now is to retune each day to see when they all come back.
BTW, it is usual to give a full post code so that we can determine the exact reception coinditions for your locality.
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Sunday 23 October 2016 11:22AM
Tracy:
CBS Action does not provide a web streaming service at this time.