All posts by jb38
Below are all of jb38's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
j dakin : CBS Drama was moved from the SD (standard definition) COM6 transmitter onto COM7 which is HD.
As reception from Emley Moor's COM7 transmitter is indicated as being excellent in your area, the most likely reason for your problem is that your TV is of the "HD ready" variety and not full HD, the former being fitted with a standard DVB-T tuner and not DVB-T2 which is necessary to receive HD transmissions.
A good test being if you are able to view EPG57 Viva, or EPG81 Talking Pictures?, both programmes "only" viewable via a DVB-T2 HD tuner.
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Tony Dix: Re: problems with reception from the Rowridge transmitter despite having installed a new aerial. Purely out of curiosity, as reception predictors etc would suggest that you reside in a virtually no-go area for Freeview reception, the only possible source of a signal being that of variable (very!) reception of Rowridge PSB muxes, I was wondering if you have ever enjoyed reasonably trouble free reception for any length of time?, as your area is one that Freesat was aimed at.
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Simon Balfre: CBS Drama was moved onto the COM7 HD transmitter from having previously been carried on the standard definition multiplex called COM6. If you receive Freeview from the Crystal Palace transmitter and yet are unable to view EPG71, then your TV is likely to be of the the "HD ready" variety and not a "full HD" spec device fitted with DVB-T2 tuner, this type of tuner being necessary to view HD transmissions.
An easy way to test if your receiver is of the full HD variety or not is by trying to view (101) BBC HD, if you are unable to? then your TV is of the HD ready variety, likewise not fitted with an HD tuner.
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Martin mc mahon: its assumed that you are aware that "Keep it country" on Freeview EPG254 can only be viewed on TV's connected into the internet?
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Florence Fraser : When the engineer had mentioned you are on Darvel, was he referring to the aerial? or was it the station he found your TV had been tuned to?, as practically all aerials seen in your area are facing towards Black Hill, i.e: if looking downhill at properties on the right hand side of Knightswood Road, aerials are seen to be pointing at an angle towards said properties back gardens.
Although you could try carrying out another retune on your TV to see if this corrects the problem, its doubtful if it would, as Darvel uses lower transmitter channel numbers than Blackhill, the difficulty being that Freeview devices scan from 21 upwards storing anything found, which of course would be Darvel, manual tuning of the channels used by Blackhill being the only way around this.
Anyway, try carrying out another retune and see what happens.
Further assistance dependant on outcome.
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Richard Dunn: Although nothing of a physical nature has changed at your end of the equation, the fact of your reception from the Caradon Hill transmitter being of a non line of sight nature, i.e: the Megalithia terrain indicator showing a sizeable obstruction to the signal path from the transmitter at approximately 1 mile prior to your location, making reception vulnerable to slight changes in atmospheric conditions, something which occurs most of the time with no effects whatsoever being noticed in most areas, the exception being where signals are only received via diffraction (signal bending) such as applicable to your particular location.
Needless to say, nothing can really be done to alleviate this type of problem.
PS: You can view the signal path problem referred to by opening the undermentioned link.
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
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Mark A: According to info seen, Channel 5 is only listed as Channel 5 HD on TV's or boxes capable of receiving HD transmissions, otherwise its still displayed as normal C5 on SD boxes.
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graham Fry: The Jedburgh transmitter is presently listed on the "Planned Engineering Works" page with the status of "Possible service interruptions", this being applicable as from yesterday 9th, the frequency or duration of the work not stated.
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js: Yes, quite so! on having re-read Mark A's posting I now see what he was really getting at. Although as a person who has being viewing HD offerings on Freesat ever since they (or even Freesat itself) first started, I cannot really say that I have ever experienced problems on HD to any great extent more than on SD during snowy conditions.
But though on the subject of Channel 5HD on Freesat, surely the easiest way to view it, or record same in SD, is to use the 5+1 facility on EPG 128.
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Friday 6 May 2016 7:50AM
Mrs B Elliott: Your best policy would be to try and ascertain if anyone else (neighbours?) in your immediate area are also experiencing similar problems with reception, which by the way, would suggest as only being of an intermittent nature judging by the number of engineers who have reported your signal as being OK.
My reason for suggesting that you check with neighbours, is that its noticed you reside close the Great Holm fire station, and the problem referred to "might" possibly be connected with the intermittent use of communication devices at said station.
Further advice as required.