All posts by Michael Perry
Below are all of Michael Perry's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Peter Rance:
Having your neighbour's aerial leaning against yours does not help either. You need to get them to have it refitted correctly so it does not touch or even get near to yours.
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Nick Anderson:
Further to the answers given by StevensOnln1 and MikeB, do not be copncerned about whether a TV has or does not have an internet connection, you don't have to connect it if that service is not wanted.
I strongly recommend use of a coaxial switch as a diplexer will severely reduce your signal level, due to the way it works. If your signal; levels are very strong on *both* sources then they could be used but it is far better to use a switch. One such is available at Maplins, for example, See https://www.maplin.co.uk/…80b. Other retailers sell such switches for use with UHF TV aerial systems.
If needed, you can buy converter plugs to enable connection of a coaxial plug into an 'F' connector socket, they are very inexpensive.
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Isabel Tolley:
It is up to the actual broadcaster of each programme service to provide any subtitles. If they decide not to, then Freeview cannot transmit them.
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Another reason is that many programme listings in newpapers and magazines do not give the HD channel number, just the SD one. Hence many people do not know that an HD version is available without hunting for it. Many people can't be bothered to do that hunting.
It should be that listings show the HD number, where available, as a first preference with the SD channel number after. That may well encourage more to watch in HD.
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Richard Brown:
DO NOT RETUNE. Instead, check all the aerial cables and connection behind your TV.
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John Tyler:
If you look at the digitaluk trade box below your posting (http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/coveragechecker/main/trade/ex20+1nr/NA/0/) you will see that both Huntshaw Cross and Caradon Hill have some reception problems at your location. The Okehampton Freeview Light transmitter should be fine for you. But, as it is a 'light' transmitter it does not broadcast all the multiplexes.
Huntshaw Cross radiates the three PSB multiplexes at 20 kW and the three COM multiplexes at 10kW. Caradon Hill radiates the PSB multipexes at 100 kW and the COM multiplexes at 50 kW.
As the three transmitters are in completely different direction and need different group aerials you cannot just retune to a different one, reception would be even worse! If you do not want to use the Okehampton transmitter then you will need to try a good log-periodic aerial (which will cover all the present and future signals groups) and aim it at either Huntshaw Cross and try those signals or esle at Caradon Hill and try those. None are likely to give you perfect reception because of the geography of the area.
The alternative would be Freesat with a properly mounted dish.
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Michael:
Reading your original post make it appear as if you think your system absorbs power from the satellite - it does not! All the power your system uses comes from your electrical supply. The satellite uses solar cell arrays and storage batteries for its power needs to run all of the transponders and its own internal guidance systems to maintain its orbital position.
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James:
Very unlikely to be a problem at Belmont, a main transmitter covering many thousands of homes.
It is more likely to be a connection problem with your system. Check all the aerial connections behind the TV by unplugging, checking visually and then reassembling correctly. Many problems like those you report are due to poor connections in the cabling.
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Paul Brookes:
I suspect it may be related to whatever means of recording you are using. Please could you tell us what the make and model of the equipment is?
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Saturday 17 February 2018 10:39AM
John Seston:
Having visited Garmisch myself, I know some areas are quite hilly - especially around the Olympic Park. Freeview services are not available 'off air' in Bavaria - too far away from the UK only terrestrial transmitters. Some of the channels may be available via broadband if you have a sufficiently fast service (some, like the BBC iPlayer, will require a UK postcode).
Freesat may be possible with a large-ish dish, depends on whether you have an unobstructed view of the 28.2/28.5 degrees East orbital position. Sky, using the same satellites, would require a UK address for the viewing card.
You can use one of the on-line calculators to work out the azimuth and elevation required for a dish to 'see' that set of Astra satellites. (Azimuth is the East/West direction and Elevation is how much the dish must be tilted upwards to point directly at the satellite, allowing for any offset of the LNB in front of the dish surface.)
You can find more detail here: https://ukfree.tv/extras/…nts. That page shows the coverage of the key footprints and gives a good idea of the services available from those satellites.
Hope that helps?