All posts by jb38
Below are all of jb38's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
ian : Purely out of curiosity, when you mention Freesat as not being an option for reasons of the terrain / trees etc, have you actually had this vetted as not being possible by a dish installer? or is it an assumption based on your personal opinion?
The only reason I ask, is because there are very few places in the UK where satellite reception is in reality, just not possible, as although a tree or some other obstacle might well be considered as being capable of blocking the signal to a dish, in many cases there are ways around this, as dishes can be mounted on the side of a chimney, on top of a pole, or alternatively on a tripod stand positioned at near to ground level, plus of course the signal hits the dish from above at an elevation of around 23 degrees or so, and not the horizontal direction the dish happens to be facing, which is always lower.
If of course you are located tight on the Northern side of a reasonably high Southern facing hill, then this type of situation is indeed most likely to be a no-go for satellite reception, although a view from above does not suggest that this applies, and the satellite signal plotter does "not" indicate a no-go situation at the location given.
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ian : Update on that said. Unfortunately it would appear that a terrain problem does exist, as further checking using an another (and superior) sat signal plotter site indicates that an obstruction does exist in the form of the hill seen to the front of the property in question, the obstruction occurring at just under 50m from said property at a height of 21m.
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Mike Tucker: As the manufacturers reset has not made any difference to the situation, something which is rather unusual as this type of action virtually comes into the category of being one of the last resort, that is as far as clearing problems caused by glitches that occur within the actual set is concerned, therefore it would possibly be of assistance to have knowledge of the model number of TV in question.
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James Kyle: Yes, as from 15.42hrs today, no reason for having been given as yet.
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Mike Tucker: If any doubts exist as to whether or not you were previously receiving COM7 transmissions from Mendip, then the easy way to find out is by trying a manual tune on the only two alternatives seen using a couple of test P/Codes, the alternatives being Wenvoe's COM7 on Ch31 and Ridge Hill on Ch32, test codes used being for the GL16 7E_ areas.
By the way, no engineering work is listed as being carried out at Mendip, although even if it was and the power was temporarily reduced, your 100% signal level would not vanish.
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Maureen Clark: if an EPG listing number vanishes from the list "without" having carried out a retune, which by the way can cause it to be lost if for any reason the signal is down at the time the scan is carried out, but should the latter not apply then carry out a reset on the box followed by a normal auto tune.
Should your box be the PVR version? you will "not" lose any of your recordings, but though you will all personal settings irrespective of whether PVR or not.
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Denis: Although it would have been of assistance to know which model of Sky box you are referring to, however, carry out a signal test check on the box viewing the strength and quality indications for about a minute or so, should rapid fluctuations in the quality be seen then this is inclined to point to either a bad connection in one of the two "F" connectors, or alternatively that water has crept into the connector screwed into the LNB.
Needless to say, this should be removed from the LNB, followed by further unscrewing from the coax cable to enable it to be checked out.
By the way, should you be referring to a Sky+ box? try swapping the two LNB input feeds over, if the problem vanishes then fault is on the cable presently connected into the LNB2 socket, as normal viewing is via the LNB1 input.
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MikeB: Yes, I also experienced this, although thankfully it now seems to have been corrected.
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alan hammond: Although Rob is quite correct in what he has said, but should you be able to access your dish go into your Sky boxes signal test screen and check if anything is being indicated, which it might well be if the dish is only a fraction out, as the "no signal" warning jumps in at a threshold level which is quite a bit above an absolute zero signal.
If anything is indicated, usually with the quality of being much lower than the strength, try pressing the dish on the extreme left hand side and note the result, should this action make the situation worse then the dish must have been moved in the other direction, however it the situation improves then slacken the horizontal clamp bolts and reposition the dish for best quality.
By the way, when dishes are moved by the wind its nearly always in the horizontal (left / right) plane.
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Thursday 2 October 2014 7:51PM
Mike Tucker: You should try carrying out a "manufacturers reset" on your TV prior to retuning same, as what you have reported would suggest that some glitch has occurred during the recent retune, resetting same being the only way of clearing everything stored (including glitches) in the tuners memory.
By the way, manufacturers reset is also known on various devices as "default setting" or "first time installation".