All posts by Michael Perry
Below are all of Michael Perry's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Harry Viles:
There will not be any reduction in the cost of your TV Licence as it is to allow you to receive any avalable TV services as they are broadcast or via the BBC iPlayer, see
TV Licensing The licence permits you to operate a TV set or similar receiver for those broadcasts. There are many occasions when the programmes being transmitted change, cease or are replaced. There is a summary that states: You must have a TV Licence if you: watch or record programmes on a TV, computer or other device as they're broadcast. download or watch BBC programmes on iPlayer live, catch up or on demand.
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Harry:
Do you get any of the programmes on channels 101 to 106? Do you have a wideband aerial fitted? Is your TV a Freeview HD type and not just an 'HD Ready' one?
COM7 and COM8 are on channels 55 and 56, so check on the manual tuning page of your TV whether they have been tuned in.
According to the Digital UK Coverage Checker, at Coverage Checker - Detailed View you should have good and reliable reception.
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Terry Burton:
There is no known problem with the transmitter so there has to be a connection problem at your location. Please note that Freeview dooes not use dishes but terrestrial aerials similar to those used for BBC2 since the sixties, though nowadays they need to be a wideband design.
I suggest that you carefully check all the aerial connections throughout the system and if there are any coaxial plugs.sockets then unplug and refit those. That also applies to any screw type 'F' connectors.
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Harry:
Then you need to manually tune in to the multiplexes broadcast from Tacolnston, all 8 of them. You are clearly tuned to another transmitter as well, probably because a TV aerial can receive signals from behind as well as in front. Use the channel number data provided by the Digital UK Coverage Checker for your post code, choosing the Detailed view, and look at the listing for Tacolnston.
Tacolnston is NOT group C/D, it was but is no longer hence the need for a wideband aerial.
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My wife and I use Freeview, Freesat and Sky most of the time. We don't watch any football at all but I am interested in Formula 1, but even that is not available live much these days. We mostly watch live but when programmes clash we record one and watch one live, then watch the recorded programme.
We also have Amazon Prime and we like some of the films they show - but very selectively. Those are the onl;y things we stream to watch.
I used to be a TV engineer since 1969, before that I worked for Philips in their Croydon factory. I am also a contributor to this website to help people having reception problems.
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Nick Hoare:
The information has not been updated recently. For accurate information about channel allocation and usage consudt the Digital UK Coverage Checker, which is operated by the broadcasters and hence the most accurate information source.
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Bob:
Satellite is really only susceptible to weather effects if the dish being used is too small. Typically the 35cm dish used by many is just not capable of giving reliable reception, especially in western, midlands and northern parts of England, It is worse in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
I use a 55cm dish and never have any weather related problems in West Wiltshire.
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Jos:
The use of a Group B aerial will not help. Firstly, you are likely to lose some channels. Secondly, it will not change the risk of signals from across the water . The high pressure systems are well known to cause signals to travelmuch further than is usual and theype of aerial will not affect that at all as it is a natural phenomenon.
The use of a high gain aerial also means that the aerial is more directional, the more elements on the aerial the narrower the reception angle so it is less likely to pick up unwanted signals - but it will still be affected by signals from the same direction as the wanted signals.
So I would advise not having a Group B aerial but it may be worth trying a more directional, hence higher gain, aerial. Good quality cables are essential as are good connections throughout the system.
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Roger:
The answer to your comment is contained within it - the term 'most'. Not everyone has a TV with such facility and many users may be unaware that it is possible, few people actually read the User Manual.
Plus, not everyone is aware of what a USB Stick is or where to get one - or even what to do with it if they buy one.
Hence the continued broadcasting of +1 services.
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Thursday 7 March 2019 11:32PM
Harry:
Please provide a full post code so we can look up the expected reception at your location. The Tacolnston transmitter cover a wide are in East Anglia.