All posts by jb38
Below are all of jb38's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Shammi: If its an Amstrad 595 Sky+ HD box then these do not have an RF output facility hence no need for a magic eye.
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Deborah: Thanks for your update on the situation and pleased to hear that all is OK now, and should advice be required regarding any further problems please do not hesitate to ask.
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Deborah: Forgot to add, that with regards to having to remove the splitter as well as the booster, assuming that the splitter is of the powered type then you can still split the signal if you either (1) purchase a simple attenuator of about 6-10db or so to place in line with its aerial input, or (2) stop using a powered type and purchase a non powered passive version.
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Adina: Although I realise that there are a few areas in and around SE2 that might have had less than satisfactory reception, but now that Crystal Palace is operating on full power there is a possibility that you could well be receiving it even although your aerial is vertically mounted, and indeed you might even be able to receive it using a set top aerial, so if you can borrow one first of all carry out a re-tune your TV or box without any aerial installed, this to blank out anything stored, then plug the set top aerial in and carry out a normal re-tune and see what comes up.
Further advice dependant on results of test.
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maureen williams: If you did not see the service on the box that you know is OK then the TV must still have been on its own internal tuner and not on its scart input socket, this easily corrected by pressing the TV/AV button on the TV's remote control.
The point is that if a Sky box is coupled into a TV's No1 (if more than one) scart socket "whilst the box is unpowered" and then left for about 30 seconds after having re-connected the power, then as soon as the box is taken out of standby the TV its connected into will automatically switch over to its scart socket, if and as aforementioned, for any odd reason it doesn't then pressing the TV/AV button on the TV's remote control will switch it over
The other thing about the Sky box being that it doesn't even require the feed from the dish to be connected to see the service menu.
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Lisa: Carry out a "factory reset" sometimes called "default setting" or "first time installation" dependant on equipment, BEFORE carrying out another auto-tune, as ITV3 from Sandy Heath changed to Mux channel 51 on the 9th as well as its power increasing to 170kw from the reduced power it had been running on.
Another point is, that due to your location you might be picking up signals from an alternative transmitter, and so if after carrying out what I suggested you still cannot receive ITV3 reset the TV again and follow this by manually tuning in Ch51, giving an update on results as well as the model of TV or box you are using.
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Esther: Without knowledge of the actual model you are referring to, but with Wharfedale in general if you press the menu button you should see a horizontal line of six icons, select the one on the extreme right which shows a TV with what looks like a sloping hill on its screen and that should take you into the tuning menu.
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douge: Not in the same way as you can with a Sky box "if" this is what you are possibly thinking about, the reason being that Freesat boxes do not have built in modulators.
You can of course purchase a modulator that connects into the Freesat box using a scart lead, it sending an analogue RF signal to a remotely sited TV in exactly the same way as does a Sky boxes RF1/2.
This is a link for the type of modulator referred to. (price could be out of date)
Programmable Universal Modulator : Video Switches : Maplin Electronics
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Paul: If its the case that you want to install an additional Freesat box (HD or otherwise) so that the second location can view different programmes from whatever is being viewed on the Samsung, then you have to ensure that a quad LNB is fitted onto the dish to enable you to run another feed from the dish to the second room.
However, if its simply the case of requiring whatever is being viewed on the Samsung to also be viewed in the second location then you could purchase one of these video sender units obtainable in places such as Argos etc, the sender being connected into the Freesat boxes rear scart socket and the receiver into the 2nd TV's similar scart socket, the signals sent via a radio link.
The other method (and similar to a Sky link) is to purchase an RF modulator to send an analogue RF signal to the second rooms TV, although this requires you to run a coax cable between both locations, the RF modulator being connected into the Freesat box in exactly the same way as the video sender, although in this case its a coax cable that's used to connect the modulator into the 2nd TV's aerial socket, and with viewing being made on the 2nd TV's analogue mode if its a dual standard TV.
By the way Sky boxes have modulators built in and they likewise do not require an additional device, Freesat boxes do not have this facility.
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Friday 11 May 2012 9:42PM
Tony: Well unless you have the HTDM-T2 version then what he has told you doesn't really make sense, because unless I am mistaken the older HTDM or plus types should not respond at all to an HD signal, this in the same way as applies with all standard Freeview receivers, insomuch that if you try to manually tune in an HD channel and the device you are using only has a DVB-T tuner (SD) then the result will be a "no signal received" message even although the HD signal might be belting in.
The other point is, that I was doing some checking on the BGT 2630 and discovered that there are a number of issues with it for a variety of reasons and with mostly all concerning HD, a users comment seen on the link (below) referring to an offset frequency having to be manually entered for HD albeit this action not being necessary for SD, I didn't go into it in detail but its the fact that it was mentioned at all that's important.
With the new found knowledge of the problems some people experience when using that card it somewhat reinforces what I had previously mentioned insomuch that you are assessing performance purely on what you see with the card, and so its essential for your HD signal to be tested on a more standard device other than this (e.g: a Freeview HD box etc) as you could be spending no end of time trying to compensate for something that's caused within either the PC card or the PC circuitry itself.
By the way, these updated signal readings you have given are very much better and indicate indicate perfectly OK, especially the aspect of zero error rate, cant beat that!
These are only two examples of what was seen mentioned. (you will likely have to copy and paste them into the browser)
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An original review referring to minimum specs for PC's etc when using the card.
Black Gold BGT3620 review | from TechRadar's expert reviews of Tv tuner cards