All posts by jb38
Below are all of jb38's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Graham Guthrie: Your location is indicated as having a clear line-of-sight from Belmont @ 16 miles / 359 degrees and so is your aerial pointing due North towards that station? or is it facing towards Waltham @ 32 miles / 230 degrees? as although you should be able to receive Freeview from both stations Belmont is shown as being superior.
Just a little point I would like you to check though, have a close look at your models ID plate and make sure that its full number is UE40F6500 SBXXU, because if its anything other than that then its an EU model therefore unable to receive UK HD transmissions.
My only reason for requesting this check being that some EU models are being circulated around in the UK, and as would be expected usually at discounted prices.
By the way the HD channel from Belmont is C28 whereas from Waltham its C58.
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Roy Horn: Nothing is seen listed against the Redruth transmitter as far as any faults are concerned, although going by recent events this does not necessarily indicate that all is definitely OK but just that nothing has been reported.
However in cases such as yours its by far the best policy to check with a neighbour or whoever for the purpose of ascertaining if the problem is confined to your own particular installation or not, because if it isn't then this saves you from carrying out needless checks.
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MikeB: Yes quite so! one particular offender in this respect being the on-line retailer Pixmania.
As far as Graham's signal strength is concerned you beat me to it! as I was going to request that he try a test using a set top aerial or even a short length of wire (about 6 feet) instead of the normal aerial, as Samsung's cannot tolerate a slightly over the top signal, HD always cutting out first even although SD would appear to be OK.
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Stuart Ahrens: Yes, on having a quick look at a Philips manual I see what you mean, I find it a bit puzzling though why the "reinstall all services" did not rectify the problem as it should have done, however I would like you to try a test by once again removing the aerial and then carrying out another "reinstall all services" procedure, once completed which might result in a "no channels found" or similar on the screen, but irrespective of what select the programme guide and see if anything is listed, which of course should not be! and if not then reconnect the aerial and carry out a normal retune, giving an up date on results.
If this still fails to resolve the problem I would particularly like to know if anything had been seen in the programme guide "after" having carried out the reinstall all services procedure with the aerial removed.
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Stuart Ahrens: With regards to that said on the subject of the channels being lost if the set is turned off, quite the contrary!! as rather than anything connected with the transmission what you are experiencing could be an indication of a defect in the tuners channel back up memory I.C, and Philips tuners are not exactly strangers to this type of problem.
However on having a study at some of my other Philips manuals I see that a "factory reset" is possible on some models, and so I paste on the info on how to achieve this should your model match up with the instructions, the undermentioned being taken from a manual for the Philips 32PFL5522.
If at some point of time you decide to reset to the factory default settings, press and hold down the MENU key on the side of the TV set for 5 seconds.
A menu will appear on the screen. Repeat steps 1 - 5 as if this was the first time you have turned on the TV.
This activity will reset both the Digital and Analogue mode to factory default settings.
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Stuart Ahrens: Also meant to add, that it would be of considerable assistance if the model number of the TV in question was known.
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B Bibby: The point is, have you as yet carried out an auto-tune? because if you haven't then although Film4 will be seen on 15 it will not be from the correct transmitter hence why you cannot record it, Film4 having moved to the PSB2 transmitter as used by ITV1.
By the way, rather than carry out a standard auto-tune its always the best to carry out a "first time installation" procedure.
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Cassandra M : The Africa channel is only available via satellite Sky 209 or Virgin 828, not on Freeview.
By the way its free to view on Sky 209.
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brian: On your 08.58pm posting you said that your old Sony HD set was steady as a rock whereas the Panasonic's quality was diving up and down, this making me rather curious as to the model of Sony involved?
The other point being, that considering Rowridge is undergoing engineering work this week and which can result in either breaks in transmission or a range of other problems associated with transmission, then its not really possible for anyone to properly assess the situation whilst receiving under these conditions.
As far as 4G is concerned, considering the fact that the highest channel in use by Rowridge is C28 then should 4g be in your area(?) its extremely unlikely to have any effect on your reception unless its mast is located within 60 yards (max) from you..
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Wednesday 4 September 2013 7:12AM
Graham guthrie: Are you absolutely sure that you have purchased a TV capable of actually receiving HD transmissions and not just an HD ready type? have a look in the user manual / specifications / and check that DVB-T2 is seen and "not" just DVB-T which refers to a normal SD tuner.
If you experience any difficulties in finding out the necessary info this can be checked out for you if you supply the model number of the TV.