All posts by jb38
Below are all of jb38's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
kath: Although its rather obvious, but just to clarify, when I said press the "source" button I am referring to on the Hitachi's remote control.
| link to this comment |
Christiane Hennecke: This info (which you have posted in a different section) doesn't really assist any as I am unable to steer you in the correct direction without it, however on further checking using the location info you have supplied indicates that if the code given is accurate then your hands are somewhat tied by being under a communal aerial system, and which is obviously out with your control, albeit that I do feel that satisfactory reception from Sandy might other wise be possible with an aerial facing in that direction.
Just out of interest though you could try the test I mentioned just to see where the signal is coming from, this being the procedure used.
Select BBC1 and via the tuning menu go into your TV's signal check screen and noting the channel number seen associated with the strength reading, if you see Ch50 its Luton whereas if its Ch27 it will be from Sandy. You can also make the same check after selecting ITV, where in that case Ch59 is from Luton, whereas if Ch24 is seen its from Sandy.
This being said taking it that you are in the large modern looking building with a car park at the left hand side.
| link to this comment |
marie: The channels you mention (ArqA / ArqB) are on low power from Mendip until March 28th so you could well have slight problems with them until then, albeit that the reception predictor does not necessarily indicate as such.
There is though a possibility that you might be receiving these programmes from Wenvoe as its also indicated as good for your location, the only way to verify being to go into each in turn and check the signal strength showing, as there will also be a mux channel number seen associated with the reading, if Mendip ArqA is Ch67 (Pick TV - Dave etc) ArqB Ch52 (Film 4 - ITV4) whereas if the signal is from Wenvoe it will be ArqA Ch45 / ArqB Ch49.
If you find this has happened then only manual tuning in of these muxes (after having scrubbed everything stored) will get over the problem, recovering the remaining muxes using "add channels" or whatever it might be called on your set .
Its very difficult to say as regarding your aerial, as in some strong signal areas its possible to still see a picture with the aerial unplugged if the plug / cable is not that far away from the TV's aerial socket, so just out of interest can you get a picture with a short (about 600mm) piece of cable pushed into the aerial socket? making sure that the proper lead is well out of the way so as not to get signal transference.
Satellite reception is the most reliable of all with the signal being perfect 99.9% of the time, the only time not being during a very heavy thundery type rain storm, as what you say could suggest that you dish may require its alignment to be trimmed slightly, as its possibly a "fraction" out.
| link to this comment |
davy: The 0000 code mentioned by Peter is the correct default code, so I cant see that you have any option but to carry out a "first time installation", as this is stated in the manual as the procedure to use when a lock code has been forgotten.
| link to this comment |
Diana: Excluding the possibility that the Sony is defective it could be that its scart socket pins are oxidised, so if you have a WD40 electrical cleaner aerosol about in the house give a quick squirt of this into the Sony's scart socket, as that can work wonders with contact type problems.
| link to this comment |
mary beattie: Without knowing the model of Panasonic involved, but on later models this can be switched on or off by going into the DVB tuning menu, then on looking down the list of options you should see "new channel message" with a choice of either "On or Off".
| link to this comment |
kath: Basically yes! as you have to adopt the attitude that you have two totally different systems with the only link between them being a scart connection, so when you selected the Ross sat box via the source button the TV is just acting like a monitor with the only thing you can control as far as the Ross box is concerned being its volume, with everything else concerning satellite reception having to be controlled via the Ross boxes own remote control.
On the other hand when you press the source button on the Hitachi again you can de-select the Ross box whereby the Hitachi will respond as though the Ross box wasn't there, and you can then view Freeview or anything else, so just couple your Freeview aerial back in again.
By the way, when on the Ross box I would leave its volume permanently advanced to about 80% and control the volume using the Hitachi's remote control.
| link to this comment |
MR D Gibson: Are you referring to their positions on the EPG guide? as nothing is showing as abnormal with my reception from Sandy.
If though you have just retuned then you should beware of an over powerful signal causing problems in your TV / boxes tuner, as indications are that you are only 9 miles away from the transmitter and at that distance from a station as powerful as Sandy its very easy to suffer from signal overloading, this dependant on where a persons aerial might be positioned
| link to this comment |
Michelle: What you report suggests that either the cable leading from the box to the dish is defective in some way or that its the LNB's outlet port used on the dish that's faulty, but if neither then obviously its the box thats faulty.
To determine which, (box or dish) I would temporarily try the box in question on the No1 boxes position, as you have no other way of knowing if its a dish / cable fault or the box.
| link to this comment |
Sunday 8 January 2012 9:04AM
kath: I think the issue is getting over complicated as basically what Dave Lindsay had said right from the start is correct.
The point is, that if you connected the Ross box up to your old TV via a scart then you "must" have been using the A/V lead supplied with the box plugged into the scart adaptor, then it (the adaptor) was connected into the old TV.
The problem with using an adaptor on these type of leads being that a TV (any) will not automatically switch to its scart input as leads of that type have no auto-switching connection, this meaning that you "must" have had to press the A/V button on your old TV's remote control to be able to view the Ross box as it would not switch to it itself.
What you require to do is have everything connected "exactly" as you did with your old TV, then as was said by DL, press the "source" button (under options at top of remote) until you see the Ross boxes menu shown.
When you had originally tried to get it to work and seen "no signal" on the screen this could have been due to either (1) the Ross box connected perfectly OK but not receiving any signal from its dish, or (2) the Hitachi scart input not having been selected properly whereby it (the Hitachi) was indicating that it was not receiving a signal via its aerial, depending on what channel it was sitting on.