All posts by jb38
Below are all of jb38's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
sam mott: Any box with an "Antenna" in socket is a Freeview box intended to be used with a normal aerial, as "all" satellite devices are connected with what's known as an "F" connector that fits into the boxes LNB input socket.
If you have just recently purchased the box and its still in its original "and unmarked" packaging then you may be able to change it for the correct Freesat type.
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sam mott: Yes, best policy! as a Freeview box is of no use to you unless you had a normal loft or roof aerial installed as well as residing in a reasonably good reception area, but remember that anything you purchase has to have "Freesat" printed on the box and NOT "Freeview", the emphasise being on "sat".
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Jeannette Thonpson: As you can actually see the Pontop Pike mast from the left hand side of the nursery entrance on the main road then in theory the aerial shown in Dave Lindsays link should suffice, if as was advised by DL to try and place it near to the side of your house thats facing the transmitter, but remember should you experience any problems from the aerial reacting to movement within the house you could always place in the loft (or upstairs room) and use a coax extension lead, as it would then work just like a normal aerial so you wouldn't be losing any money.
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Jeremy: The first few words on your posting would suggest that you may have asked a question elsewhere, but as the location of is unknown then more info is required, this preferably being in the form of a post code or one from nearby such as a shop / post office.
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Ralph Manning: Its not really possible for anyone to be able to assist on this unless you provide your location, this preferably in the form of a post code or one from nearby such as a shop / post office, as only then can the details of the transmitters covering your area be accessed.
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Ria: If you have definitely turned on RF2's power supply and yet the magic eyes do not light up then its either the eyes at fault (were these new?) or the Sky boxes RF2 power has failed, try disconnecting the box from the mains then powering it up again after 30 secs or so, because on some of these boxes if anything shorts the RF2 output this procedure resets it.
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MICK SYKES: On the assumption that you have all of these devices fed via an 8 way powered splitter then try the Grundig when connected into one of the other outputs, as the problem could simply be caused by the signal level not being quite high enough above that required by the Grundig to resolve a picture on the BBC mux.
What model is the Grundig in question?
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Killelay: Can you view (11) Pick TV? because if not then you are not receiving COM5, but apart from that its not possible for anyone to be able to assist on this without having knowledge of your location, this preferably being in the form of a post code or one from nearby as this would then enable details of the transmitter covering your area to be accessed.
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Killelay: Further to that said, using a test code for area mentioned in one of your earlier postings for the purpose of being able to access the terrain indicator map between the two locations involved, namely Belmont and the Caravan site reveals that the signal from Belmont is blocked from roughly 5 miles out from the site, this being why DUK's signal predictor only shows the reception of the commercial channels as being variable hence the reason for your problem, unfortunately this being the type of problem that you cannot really do anything about except by experimenting with the aerial being mounted in slightly different positions, an action thats very limited when residing in a caravan.
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Sunday 2 June 2013 9:33AM
Richard Cullen: Purely on the subject of your distribution amplifier and power supply for same as everything you have mentioned would suggest that the problem is centred around this area, leave the Panasonic sitting on its signal check screen and make a note of the "exact" position that both levels are sitting at (albeit quality is low) then follow this by going into the loft and switching the amplifiers power supply off and check if this has changed anything, because if not then that's inclined to point to the power supply having failed, that is unless the actual amp itself has failed which with indoor amps is practically unheard of.
Of course should you have a back to back coupler then you could just try as Dave Lindsay as suggested and link the feed from the aerial directly into one of the TV's feeds, preferably the Panasonic.