All posts by Michael Perry
Below are all of Michael Perry's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Scope
I use Mendip as our main signal source and have no problems. All the transmitters are working correctly broiadcasting all the intended mutliplexes. (Transponders are what satellites use to rebroadcast the signlas uplinked to them.)
If you have problems with one particular programme but the others on the same multiplex are OK then you may need to look at you own equipment settings. The com7 mux has several other programmes and they all appear to be working correctly
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J Spriggs
Looking at the programme line-up given at the top of this page for Sutton Coldfield and expanding the listings to show all the programmes and services, there is no service listed on Logical Channel Number 303.
The BBC Red Button services are shown as being: BBC Red Button 1 on LCN 301 carried by the PSB1 mux on Ch 43 650 MHz, BBC Red Button on LCN 200 on the same mux, BBC Red Button 2 on LCN 202 carried on COM5 using Ch 45 660 MHz. There is no mention of a Red Button HD.
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Alf
An indication of roughly where you live will help as then we could determine which transmitter you might be using and see whther there is any engineering work or other possible cause. The post code of either you premises or that of a nearby shop, if there is one, entered into the box at the top right where it says "Location" will be very helpful.
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rob waterman:
The main point is that UK TV services are intended for consumption within the UK only. A Sky box is technically not meant to be used outside of the UK for the simple reason that copyright licence laws/agreements require restrictions so programmes affected by such restrictions can only be viewed in the UK. Other countries, like Spain, may have their own agreements with the copyright owners.
The Astra satellite signals, including Sky, are 'targetted' at different parts of Europe by using dishes on the satellites that are aimed primarily at the target audience, so UK coverage is very poor in Spain or Portugal, likewise Italian services are poor in the UK.
However many such services can be received by the use of large dishes and very low noise LNBs. A friend has a villa just outside Alicante and uses a 2.1 metre dish to get any UK-based services! The internet at their location is far too slow for streaming anything to watch live. I gather a 2 hour film can take 5 hours to download!
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Rob Waterman
By the way, you will not get any UK Freeview signals that far away from the ground-based UK transmitters that carry the Freeview signals. You may be able to get FreeSat with suitable equipment.
As I understand it, Freeview programme are not available via the internet.
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Heather Jamieson:
British Freeview channels are not available in France apart from 'accidental' reception in the Pas de Calais from the Dover transmitter, which is not intended. Even if you have a Freeview box and an aerial (not a dish) you would not get good British TV signals so that would not be a workable option.
You may, however, be able to get FreeSat signals using a suitably sized dish and satellite receiver. These are broadcast from a set of satellites above the Equator at orbital position of 28.2 dgrees east and with suitable equipment may be receivable at your French home, depending on where that is.
I suspect your best choice would be to buy a FreeSat box while in the UK and take it to France when you go there. The dish will need to be larger than a 'normal' one because the transmissions are intended for UK reception rather than in France.
But there are no guarantees you'll be successful.
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Michele
Do not take any notice of the Sky 'engineer', they are not terrestrial aerial specialists, only dealing with Sky dishes and as far as I can ascertain they are technicians and not engineers (different education and experience).
Further, there is no such thing as a 'digital' aerial. All aerials designed for recpetion of terrestrial TV services are capable of receiving both analogue (the 'old' TV services) and digital signals. So ignore that he has said, it is wrong and misleading.
Your best option is to follow the advice of jb38, Dave Lindsay and others who do know what they are talking about. They have some experience of these matters, as I do.
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dave williams:
Currently, HD services generally carry a 'national' version of the local programmes you normally get on SD services. The reason is said to be limited availability of HD muxes.
So you'll probably not get your local news bulletins but one of the national variety or one from a broader region, as you currently have.
Solution depends on the availability of transmission 'space' on the HD muxes and the willingness of the broadcaster to provide such services.
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Bill McDonald
Further to what jb38 correctly states, to receive it you need a receiver that has an HD tuner (known as DVB-T2 tuners) and you may need a different aerial as Mux 33 is not received well by a Group C/D aerial that was the norm for Mendip. If your aerial has been in use for some years it is likely to be the Group C/D type. If you having it replaced, make sure you get a log-periodic type fitted and not a 'wide band' sort as they are poor at the lower channel numbers.
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Wednesday 16 July 2014 9:01PM
Julian
Having lived in Swindon, I am aware that many use Mendip but also that some use Oxford as the main supplier. Seagry Court is a lower power service mounted on the roof of the block of flats not far off Cricklade Road and is intended to 'fill in' areas that are 'hidden by the bump with Blunsden on it . The houses in the 'Northern Development' mainly off Thamesdown Drive may use Mendip for that reason too. Others, such as those around Stratton and Kingsdown (by the Arkell's brewery), may well use Oxford because of the effect of the hill with Old Town on it.
As MikeB and Dave Lindsay suggest, I'd urge you to put your postcode (or that of a nearby shop) into this site and then look at the details given in the panels alongside your posting - as Michael above has done on the posting asking about the bars below each posting.
That will show which is the best transmitter for your location.
You will *not* be getting any signals from Wenvoe as that is far too far away, on the hills the other side of Cardiff and beyond Barry!
Aerial amplifiers are not normally needed unless you are in a very poor reception area and many who have been incorrectly encouraged to fit them often find they have serious reception problems by having too much signal - and they amplify the noise/interference as well as the wanted signals.
Hope all that helps? Let us know how you get on.