All posts by Michael Perry
Below are all of Michael Perry's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Karen Owen:
No. Your TV will not show any signals until you have at least one multiplex tuned. A brand new TV does not have any channels tuned in before you get it, When you set it up you have to use the tuning features for it to find any signals received from at least one transmitter (there are over 1100 of the across the UK so it is impossible for manufacturers to pre-tune them as they, like us, have no idea which is your best transmitter option).
So you need to make sure your aerial is properly connected, switch on the TV and then use the automatic tuning feature. It will tell you how to do that in your User Manual.
Once you have done that you should have some programmes available. To check that you have all that are available at your locality, go to the Digital UK Cloverage Checker at http://www.digitaluk.co.u…ker, put in your full post code and house number and start it searching. It will display a listing of the available transmitters in your area together with an indication, by the colours of the bars, what the expected reception is like. Select the nearest one with as many green bars as possible and note the channel numbers shown in that listing. Then, on your TV, select the Manual Tuning option - but DO NOT RETUNE. compare the channel numbers shown by your TV with those given by Digital UK. Make sure you are tuned to those channels for the best reception.
Note that you are likely to need a wideband aerial these days for most, but not all, transmitters. You also need a Freeview HD capable TV zet, not just 'HD Ready' as that does not allow it to receove the HD programmes.
Hope that helps?
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Mrs Whitehurst :
They've probably changed their name for the Christmas season, as they have done before.
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Fred Long:
Freesat from Sky responds to the card inerted into the slot of the Sky receiver. If there is not one present, it usually shows just the National services or the London ones. To get more local services you need to get a suitable card from Sky.
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Bluebell Hill (Medway, England) Full Freeview transmitter
Thursday 22 November 2018 12:45PM
Rochester
Thursday 22 November 2018 12:45PM
Rochester
Margaret Hibberd:
Having checked the Digital UK website, there are no engineering works listed for Bluebell Hill treansmitter. That site is the better sources for such information.
Your post code, ME2 4RR, didn't trigger the transmitter details as it requires the space between the two parts.
You need to check that all your aerial cables and connections are in good condition and that all coaxial plugs/sockets are clean by unplugging them and then refitting. That will clear any corrosion/oxidation from the contacts as that is a common cause of the problems you report.
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P Haystead :
Have you had your aerial changed to a wideband type? Tacolnston uses channels 39 to 56 and many of the older Group B aerials are not very good for the COM7 or COM8 channels. Also check your aerial system cables and connections in case there is water getting into the cables or there are poor connections in the plugs/sockets due to corrosion/oxidation. Further, check what signal; strength is being reported by your television on the affected HD channels. Ideally you need the strength to be between 60% and 85%, any more or less with give the problems you are reporting.
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SJ Gale:
To answer your question we need a full post code for your location. Only then could we see what the reception conditions are like where you live.
The nature of a signal does not affect how it is transmitted or received by your aerial system. ALL television signals are in the UHF bands and receivable by a range of aerial designs. The fact that the signal is carrying digitally encoded signals does not affect how it is received. On most transmitters, the signals strtengths have not changed since the days of analogue TV.
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:Stephen and Anne:
Pendkle Forest transmitter is listed as having engineering work and is on reduced power. DO NOT RETUNE.
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:Ian:
There has been engineering work at the transmitter. Retuning was the worst thing you could do as you are likely to have lost some channels that were already correctly tuned!
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Sunday 18 November 2018 3:13PM
Joyce Flintoft:
I suggest you contact the broadcaster as this is not their website nor that of Freeview.