All posts by jb38
Below are all of jb38's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Vaibhav: Not unless your new house has a feed from a satellite dish as the Sky box is of no use without it, if though its a Sky+ box you "might" still be able to play back previously made recordings if Sky has not as yet blocked use of this side of the box, as they will do.
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Nick: Well yes! as it can do, and so unless your booster is of the mast head type whereby its up to a point out of reach you should try a test by either by-passing it, or if it is of the mast head type just connect a variable attenuator in line with it, that is should you have one lying about amongst the various bits and pieces of equipment that I believe you might have there.
Just out of curiosity, did you test to make sure that Ch60 was still NOT being received before you installed your new aerial system? the only reason for asking being that terrain changes as far as reflective properties are concerned that usually occur during the winter months can alter reception whereby some might lose channels and others might gain, this being my reason for asking.
It should also be appreciated though, that the changing conditions referred to can also be to the detriment of a channel that was previously OK before, I only say this in case there is no difference when you reduce the signal.
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Jonathan Snowden: Regarding my reference to the Sky box, if you are using this in the standard way of feeding the normal aerial into it and then distributing its RF modulators output along with the Freeview signal to the other rooms in your house, then try taking the box out of the equation altogether by linking the aerial input and output coax's together, this followed by carrying out a Ch25 manual tune test.
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Helena: The method used to connect the V+ box to your TV depends entirely on the type of sockets fitted on the rear of your TV, and if your "old" TV only has one single socket then first of all make sure that the V+ box is in standby then connect the V+ box into the TV using a scart lead between both, then when you take the V+ box out of standby the TV should switch over to it.
This of course is the simplest way of doing things, but there are two different types of V+ boxes including an HD version and so maybe you could check the label on the box (either on rear or the underside) and give an update on what type it is.
It would also be of assistance to know what model your TV is, however whats been said is based on the assumption that your V+ box is still connected to the wall box and is operational?
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wakeup: The reason why no replies are forthcoming to any comments / questions or complaints made about Pick TV or its programmes is simply because that this site has no connection whatsoever with that channel and only provides information on how to receive it, the info seen at the "very top" of this page also including clickable links to where more detailed info can be obtained including a contact address.
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Yvonne Elliot: By viewing card having been mentioned its assumed that you are referring to a Sky box? and so you should carry out a signal check to see if anything is being indicated, this done on a standard box by pressing "Services" then 4 - 6, or select "Signal" from the set up menu if a Sky+ HD box.
Is the dish yours or is it communal?
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Yvonne Elliot: If indeed your housing people installed an "aerial" as such then this was most likely for Freeview TV via a normal aerial and not connected to satellite reception, nor of course would the booster box be that you are referring to.
If though you are sharing a communal "dish" then check to find out if anyone else in the close with Sky (or Freesat) TV is also experiencing the same problem as yourself, and if they are then it depends on what arrangements were made with the landlord as far as repairing any faults are concerned as there really isnt anything you can do as far as within your house is concerned as the fault is either being caused by the dish or the distribution system amp / switcher box.
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Ray: Purely out of curiosity, I was just wondering if the problem that you referred to and which the Sky engineers investigated was the one concerning HDMI incompatibility between the Sky HD box and the Pioneer's HDMI input, and if in your case the Sky HD box was left set on 1280i resolution in an attempt to get over the problem?
My only reason for enquiring was by you having mentioned problems in obtaining the correct connection cables, as there shouldn't be if you have the late version of the media receiver as its fitted with an HDMI socket as well as scart facilities, and so DVi connections should not come into the equation.
That said is only refers to connection
cables and not the issue of HDMI. incompatibility.
I would also be interested to know the model number of the Samsung TV that you are using.
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Yvonne Elliot: I have a suspicion that we might just be talking at slightly cross purposes by the fact of you having mentioned that the person fitting the cable had said that you don't get a very good signal in the area, as he must have been referring to Freeview reception via the normal aerial and not anything connected to Sky, as Sky is received at virtually the same level everywhere in the UK from a dish that is properly aligned, although in your case Sky is the problem.
I fully appreciate what you are meaning with regards to Sky multi-room, as every additional box that's used for multi-room requires its own individual feed from the LNB block on the dish, because unlike in the case of Freeview or even the Sky boxes analogue output on RF1 or 2 which "can" be split and shared you cannot do this with a satellite feed.
However if your neighbours are also having problems with Sky then you will have to try and find out what's been arranged with the landlord regarding faults in the communal system.
The only thing that somewhat puzzles about your set up is, that its unusual (although not impossible!) for a landlord to fit a "proper" communal satellite distribution system into a block of only six flats, and this makes me wonder if some sort of Heath Robinson arrangement has been carried out? as with non-standard arrangements its possible for a problem that might develop with the connections in one flat to affect the others on the system, and so is your flat fitted with a proper wall plate that provides LNB1 and LNB2 outputs as well as a socket for a normal aerial that you would use for Freeview? and if it is then are you using this normal aerial connection to feed into your Sky boxes aerial socket so that the Freeview signal passes through the box, picking up the Sky RF output in the process, then both are fed via a coax to the bedroom or wherever? the TV receiving the Sky signal being set on "analogue" every time you want to view Sky then back again to DVB for Freeview, unless that is you are just using an old analogue only TV for viewing Sky.
On the subject of reception again, I would have thought that Freeview reception should have been quite good in the Shettleston area considering that side of the town is nearest to Blackhill @ 11 miles away.
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Sunday 3 February 2013 8:00PM
Jonathan Snowden: Yes, as I would be interested in your findings as I do not really feel that you are receiving anything from Caldbeck but still check as was mentioned, one little point though, now that you have mentioned that you also have Sky TV make sure that the boxes RF modulator is not set on Ch25 as that would wipe out reception, its always best to keep these modulators up in the 63+ range of channels.