All posts by Michael Perry
Below are all of Michael Perry's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Dave Roach:
If you have 100% signal that is far too strong and will cause break up of picture and often sound. Add 1 6 dB attenuator to the aerial feed to the TV using an additional flylead to prevent the weight of the attenuator 'hanging' on the coaxial input socket to avoid damage.
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Roger:
As of the time of writing, Mendip is operating correctly now, that's the transmitter I use. A retune is needed, but ensure you do not get the Wenvoe signals. The correct Mendip channels will be shown on the Digital UK Coverage Checker as long as you select the Detailed View and scan down for the Mendip listing.
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Bob:
Although your location is not ideal, you should tune to the Mendip transmitter. See the Digital UK Coverage Checker at Coverage Checker - Detailed View for details of the channels now used. The recent engineering work has meant some changes and hence a need to retune. There will be further retunes nect month.
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Lee Donaghy:
Use the details given by the Digital UK Coverage Checker. That is run by the transmitter operator so is the most accurate source.
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Colin:
Go to the Digital UK Coverage Checker and enter your full post code. Then select the Detailed View and scroll down to the resultant listings for your transmitter. That will show you the current and future channel allocations.
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Colin:
That website gives a compass bearing to the transmitter from your location. So use that to determine whether your aerial is pointing in that direction or another., I advise using a proper compass and not just guessing. If it does not list another transmitter then they are pretty sure you should not be able to receive signals from it, certainly not reliably.
One other things for you to check is to make sure all your aerial cables are in good condition and undamaged. Also unplug all coaxial plugs/sockets and refit as that will clear any possible corrosion/oxidation on the contacts - a common cause of loss of one or more channels.
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HJ Roan:
PLease give your full poist code, there are many transmitters in and around Devon so we need that information to be able to check which transmitter you are likely to be using.
Meanwhile, please check all your aerial cables and connections, unplugging any coaxial plugs/sockets and refitting them. That will clear any corrosion/oxidation from the contacts - a common cause of loss of some channels. Retuning was a veryt bad idea as it never brings back missing channels unless there has been engineering work to move the channels used.
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Brian:
All UK transmitters are operated by Arqiva and they can be contacted at https://www.arqiva.com/co…us/.
For the most up-to-date details of the abailable channels, please look at the Digital UK Coverage Checker at Digital UK - Coverage checker That is managed by Arqiva and the broadcasters.
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Bob:
Your would get more useful information on channel usage by putting your post code into the Digital UK Coverage Checker at Digital UK - Coverage checker Select the Detailed View option and that should then show you which channels are currently being used by your nearby transmitter(s).
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Saturday 30 March 2019 11:14PM
viper:
Is your mother's TV a Freeview HD type? That is required to get any of the HD channels or even those transmitted using the DVB-T2 coding but are in SD.