All posts by jb38
Below are all of jb38's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
julie: Your location is indicated as only being able to receive Freeview "light" PSB only transmissions, that meaning the BBC & ITV range of channels as well as the HD service.
Needless to say there is nothing you can really do to change things, unless that is by deciding to go over to Freesat as that's the only way you will receive a full service.
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Mazbar: Plus a good aid to detecting mains borne interference is by the use of a small portable radio that has medium or long wave bands on it, just switch it on and select LW, or if no LW then MW but tune it towards the 500Khz end of the scale but "not" on a station, then with the volume turned up a bit try sitting the radio near to a socket or any power cables feeding same, because if any device is causing mains borne interference it will show up as a loud purring or banging noise on the radio, don't sit it near to an LCD TV though, as some of these can create loud rippling noises on MW.
Alternatively, you could just try tests sitting it beside one of the devices referred to as possible sources of interference.
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b smith: I checked the specifications of that model which indicates that it only has a DVB-T tuner fitted, and not DVB-T2 as is necessary for HD reception of any channels in the UK.
You will be able to tell by channels 51 - 54 being missing in the EPG list.
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KMJ,Derby / Mike: A very valid point KMJ, as the power / 2K operation could be the main factor that's causing the problem.
Mike: I tried but failed, to find out some technical details about the specification of your set, as all I seemed to see were somewhat derogatory comments being made of not only your model but also another 26" version, so your assessment of the device could well be spot on.
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Dave Lindsay: Yes, it looks as though that might be the device in question, although as you will obviously see on looking at the manual the absolute minimum spec is listed, and the idea of a service manual is quite out of the question, not of course that any of these type of devices are really repaired as such because in most cases anything under guarantee is just really replaced as a complete unit as parts aren't imported, with any that are seen advertised in places such as e-bay or wherever being boards that have been removed from complete TV's that have been damaged in one way or another.
This applies to most obscure brands of audio / video devices, and in some cases not so obscure!
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LJ: As Oxford transmits on vastly different power levels between the BBC/ITV and the three commercial multiplexes what channels are you saying that you lose?
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If your Toshiba has a video / audio "input" using phono sockets on the rear, these coloured 1 - yellow and the other white or red, then you could use a adaptor lead with a scart socket on one end and the phono plugs on the other, (Pound shops usually sell these) then that would solve the problem, other than that the only way of achieving what you require is to purchase a separate RF modulator such as seen on the link.
Programmable Universal Modulator : Video Switches : Maplin Electronics
The reason I highlighted input is just in case they are output, although "if" input your TV's remote control will have an A/V button on it.
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LynnM: The first part of my reply got missed out for some reason, it was really saying that this model of Humax in common with quite a few other devices, does not have an RF modulator which would have enabled you to sent the PVR-9150's signal via the aerial lead into the Toshiba.
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Avril: Are you sure you are not meaning Freeview rather than Freesat? as the switchover you refer to doesn't involve Freesat reception issues which makes me think you are possibly meaning the former.
As far as Quest is concerned then you will be able to view it on Freeview Ch38 as it is "not" on the satellite service Freesat, and if you want to have the same facilities as with your Sky+ then a Humax Freeview HDR-FOX T2 should fit your requirements, although with one exception and which applies to all PVR's, that being they do not have RF modulators built in the same way as Sky boxes do, with the exception of Sky DRX595 which doesn't either, so if you want to feed the signal through to another room as is done with Sky, then you require to purchase a separate modulator.
You will of course require a normal aerial if you do not already have one.
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Saturday 21 January 2012 6:27PM
ROB: Taking it that you are meaning LNB and not LAN (a router to PC connection facility) then the answer is yes, as there is no difference between Sky or Freesat as far as dishes / LNB's are concerned.