All posts by Michael Perry
Below are all of Michael Perry's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
To my way of thinking, watching any form of TV should need a licence. It always used to be called a broadcast receiving licence and was needed to watch any programmes on a TV. With modern technology you can still watch such programmes on TV but also on other devices. Further, you can watch them on a 'catch up' service. But whoever made the programme still needs to make an income, either via a licence fee, advertising, access control system or some combination of them. So I would prefer to make things nice and simple - to watch ANY TV programme you need a licence. That's pretty much what was mooted until it got watered down.
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MikeB and Neil:
On my LG you can only use either the internal speakers or the optical link - but not both at the same time. Likewise, inserting a jack in the head/ear phone socket mutes the internal speakers.
So using the optical to feed both a sound bar/HiFi and via a splitter an optical to analogue converter allows one viewer to listen via earphones or headphones whilst everyone else can listen to the sound from the sound bar.
My late father-in-law was even more hard of hearing than I am and we solved the problem for him in a similar way (before optical links) and he even had his own volume control!
Just takes a little thought.
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Eden:
Further to that said by StevensOnln1 and MikeB, you can watch programmes via the internet if your TV is a 'smart' type and your broadband is reasonably fast, anything over 8 Mbps would be good for SD but faster is usually needed for HD.
Note that to watch any programmes live on a TV set requires a TV Licence, see Official TV Licensing website - Home and Official TV Licensing website - Home check-if-you-need-one. It does not make any difference if you use an aerial, a dish or the internet.
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Charlotte Walford:
It means that you may need to retune your equipment when the changes are made. But we can't tell whether you will need a new aerial as you have not given a full post code, West Norfolk coast could be one of several transmitters. We can only tell with a full post code.
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Lou Valdini:
But Sky will disable the recording facility and you will not be able to watch anything already recorded once they terminate your subscription.
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Neville Bougourd:
It is definitely not a satellite in geo-stationary orbit as they are over 37000 km above the Equator, so far too far away to be seen with the naked eye from the ground - nor even with binoculars. A very large optical telescope might allow you to see such.
It is also not a planet as they are constantly moving across the sky as are the stars.
So that leaves a light on a man-made structure. All tall masts are requires to show a navigation warning light, which is almost always red. You don't say what colour the light appears to be nor in which direction from your location (we don't know where you live as you have not given a post code). That it appears to have been there for at least a few years means it is probably a mast with a warning light for aircraft.
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Ruth Hayes:
There are no listed problems with either Hannington or Crystal Palace, the two possible transmitters at your location. Therefore it is likely to be a problem with your equipment, possibly a loose aerial connection.
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Miss Jones
Not giving a full post code means we have to assume your reception from Sutton Coldfield is correct. There are no reported problems at Sutton Coldfield, if there were then thousands would be complaining. It is more likely an aerial feed problem. Check all your aerial connections are fitted properly and inserted correctly in the sockets. Just unplugging and then re-inserting the plug often resolves issue such as you report.
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Greg:
It does not look as if Front Runner TV is available via the internet as yet.
Please note that this website is completely independent of all broadcasters and any queries about their programmes should be directed to them directly.
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Monday 27 February 2017 7:07PM
MikeB:
You can get a suitable splitter from Amazon, such as this - Digital Toslink Optical Fiber Audio Cable Cord Adapter: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics for 6.19. Give one SPDIF input and two outputs. That way you can still feed the sound bar as well as another item that takes an optical input. I use an optical to analogue converter to feed a bluetooth source that I pair with my earphones/headphones. Easy and neat as there's no externally visible wires (the ladies don't like seeing wires!).