All posts by Michael Perry
Below are all of Michael Perry's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
David Chappell:
I suggest you use the Digital UK Coverage Checker, that is provided by the operators, at http://www.digitaluk.co.u…ker. Simply enter the full post code and a house number (if that is not available then enter a '1' instead). That will then show the available transmitters at the location given by the post code. That shows that reception is possible from either Charmouth or Stockland Hill. It also gives the direction to aim your aerial and the channels being used.
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Sue Toone:
I cannot find any mention of engineerings works at either the Kingsbridge or Aveton Gifford relays. Perhaps you should try contacting Arqiva who operate the transmitters. Try their email contact address at enquiries@arqiva.com.
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D Christiansen:
It all depends on where you live and what transmitter your receive Freeview from. There are over 1100 transmittters around the UK and most are relay (Freeview Light) transmitters that have a limited number of multiplexes, usually 3. Only the Full Service transmitters have at least 6 multiplexes and only 30 of those have the additional temporary multiplexes for COM7 and COM8.
The only way to tell is if you give a full post code for your location. Then we can look up which of the transmitters are receivable at your location and hence tell what channels you might get.
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Brian J Willis:
As you are only 31 km from the Hannington transmitter you should be getting excellent reception. It may be that with such a large high gain aerial and an amplifier that you have far too much signal, you do not want 100% but between 60% and 85% signal strength. Please check what strengths your TV indicates. If it is too strong try removing the amplifier.
Also check that your are coreectly tuned to Hannington, using channels 45, 42, 39, 40.43.46, 55, 56 and the local services on 32 and 34. You need a wideband aerial to receive all those multiplexes. That should be aimed at 247 degrees and have the small rods mounted horizontally.
There are also several mobile phone masts closeby so you need to be careful to avoid the signal they radiate, which would be seen as interference on your system.
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Murray Snudge:
If you had been following the posts on this website you would have seen that it is well known the channel numbers given are out-of-date. The owner is the only person who can update them but he is not available at this time.
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Andrew Fraser:
There are three possible answers, depending on what you mean by a TV cable. Normal reception via an aerial requires a coaxial cable between the aerial and the TV set. The second meaning is if you are trying to get streamed services via the internet, often referred to as being via cable. The third meaning refers to TV supplied by providers such as Virgin TV or BT TV via the internet. Both of the latter two require a good internet connection with an actual speed in excess of 8 Mbps to get any useful service, more if you want HD.
So to give a more helpful answer we need to know what you really mean by 'cable' and a full poist code for the location your are referring to.
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Clayton Taylor:
To get the clearest picture of TV reception at any locality it is best to use the Digital UK Coverage Checker at Digital UK - Coverage checker and entering the relevant full post code and a house number. That website is often quoted by us contributors to this website as it is the most accurate and helpful. It is also kept up-to-date daily. It is well known that the channel data on this website has not been updated in more than 6 months as only the site owner can do that but he is not currently available.
So I suggest you use Digital UK - Coverage checker again with your full post code.
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Colin Sharp:
It is likely that the source is the HDMI lead, others have experienced such problems until the move that lead away from the signal cables.
You do NOT need to do a retune of either equipments as all that will do is potentially lose you some channels that are already correctly tuned. Retuning never cures channel loss or interference unless it is shown to be tuned to the wrong transmitter.
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Mike Broadbridge:
You are just 7 km from the transmitter so are likely to be getting a very strong signal, perhaps too strong. So start by checking the indicated signal strengths on all the multiplexes. They need to be between 60% and 85%, any more will cause significant problems that can be cured by fitting an attenutator into the aerial cable behind the set, using a new flylead to prevent the weight from 'hanging' on the aerial input socket.
You should also check that you are tuned to the correct channels. Put your full post code and house number into the Digital UK Coverage Checker at Digital UK - Coverage checker and scroll down to find the Sudbury transmitter details in the listing. That will give you all the current, and future, channel numbers being used for the multiplexes.
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Saturday 13 October 2018 11:05AM
Nick:
Further to that said by StevensOnln1, the channel usage information on this website is sadly well out-of-date as the owner has not updated it in months. Rely instead of the information on channel usage given by the Digital UK Coverage Checker at http://www.digitaluk.co.u…ker. That is kept up-to-date by the operators.