All posts by jb38
Below are all of jb38's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
lisa: If you paste in the link below it will give you the info you require plus what type of reception to expect from not only Crystal palace but Sudbury.
Also, if you hover over a channel number with the mouse pointer it will give the power of the transmitter on that particular channel.
Postcode Checker - Trade View
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amanda: Thats pleasing to hear. I dont know why Sky persists in telling people to reset the LNB as its very seldom ever the case of it actually being at fault, as in 99% of the cases its always the box requiring the reset.
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BKR: What method is being been used to feed the signal from the aerial to the TV's concerned? and should this be powered in any way just for a test try by-passing it.
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Gill: Thanks for the update / explanation, in that case then "if" its a powered splitter that you are using try by-passing it by connecting the lead from the aerial directly to one of the output feeds that goes to one of the rooms, as this is the only way of knowing if the splitter has failed.
If though its not a powered splitter you use then the problem has to be somewhere from the splitter to the aerial.
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P and J: A bit of a strange problem! can you access the Sky boxes menu OK? and when you say that the strength / quality is good are you meaning with about a 75% or so indication?
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Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) Full Freeview transmitteSunday 19 February 2012 5:31PM
Birmingham
David: Fully appreciating and up to a point agreeing with the comments made by yourself regarding Freeview reception, as although being extremely good in a high percentage of areas it will however never have the reliability of Freesat, basically because of it (Freeview) being terrestrial based thereby being open to suffer from interference from a variety of sources, many of totally out with the control of the user.
Freesat reception on the other hand being almost perfect for about 99.9% of the time because of its signal being much less vulnerable to being interfered with, and with about the only thing that can being a really heavy thundery downpour. But the reason for my posting is more from a curiosity angle as on checking back "some" of your previous postings and the problems mentioned therein, its the content of your most recent December posting that has made me curious as to what form of aerial system you are using?
My reason for asking being, that I notice you appear to be located at only about 5 / 7 miles away from the massively high powered Sutton Coldfield transmitter, meaning that unless your location is severely screened from the mast in some way then this type situation just invites signal overloading problems to be experienced in the receiving equipment being used "if" its coupled to an aerial system that just a little too efficient, this effect being made worse if the TV / boxes tuner is of the better and more sensitive type.
I say this based on your comment about the "cheepo" third box working perfectly where the more expensive types didn't, this somewhat suggesting that the signal overloading problem referred to may well be applying in your case, as these less costly boxes do not generally have sensitive tuners and as such much less prone to signal overloading problems, this fact making them "appear" as being better.
I do also realise that your entire area is suggestive of one where difficulties with reception is likely to be in evidence, basically because if it wasn't then there wouldn't be the necessity for the area to be covered by so many relays with 6 being seen within 6 miles, one of virtually next door to the test code used of B43 5EL.
Another thing you have to keep in mind is that any signal received slightly over the top power wise can give "exactly" the same symptoms to one on the weak side, and which also in many cases can result in a false indication of low been seen when strength checking, another point being that although muxes are all located on the same mast (albeit at different heights) its not necessarily the case that they will all be received at anywhere near the same level even although their rated powers might well be the same, but a lot of the problems I see mentioned are ones usually always associated with signal strengths of a magnitude that are on the point of causing instability in a receivers tuner.
Its just that at 6 miles or so away from Sutton Coldfield the signal should be so strong to the extent of being immune to a certain extent from interference originating from distant stations, and so I would be interested in knowing details about your aerial set up, as well as knowing if you can receive a workable signal if you tried a test using a set top aerial of the non amplified type?
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Gill: If its not powered then there isn't really anything that can go wrong with it, but I did notice that Mendip was reporting a weak signal on the afternoon of the 17th and which could have caused the signal to drop to under the reception threshold of your TV / box, and "if" by any chance you tried carrying out an auto-tune whilst the weak signal was in evidence then you will have scrubbed what was stored in the memory.
If (and only if) you did carry out an auto- tune then carry out another one and this will restore the channels.
By the way Mendip is shown as being the main station covering your area, good reception across the board being indicated.
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P and J: The part I find a bit odd is you having stated that signal and quality are both being indicated as OK and yet nothing is received, even although the box is obviously feeding through to the TV or you wouldn't be able to access the menu.
Have you tried resetting the LNB as shown in the link? as although I personally have never at any time found this action to be necessary there has to be a first time, if though you have already carried this out then its inclined to point to a defect in the box, with the only thing left for you to try being to un-power the box for about an hour to let it cool down completely before powering it up again for another try.
What can I do when my Sky Digibox says 'No Signal' or 'Technical fault'? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
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ada cairnes: You should contact the company directly, as this site isnt really connected to it in any way and only provides information on how to receive it, and indeed as well as a multitude of other channels.
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Saturday 18 February 2012 9:29PM
James Wilson: Yes, it will work perfectly OK with the only channel you will not be able to view being Pick TV epg Ch152, that is of course as well as the purely subscription Sky offerings.