All posts by jb38
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Patricia : Please ignore the location request, as reloading the page seemed to have cured the problem. However indications are that you could be receiving Freeview from either the Hannington or Rowridge transmitters (the latter being nearest) but with neither of currently indicating that any problems exist, then "if" you have carried out a retune and are still not receiving a signal? then the problem has to be down to to something associated with your installation.
If you are using any form of powered booster / distribution amplifier to feed the signal into more than one room then try bypassing it.
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Patricia: "Only" if you have already tried retuning it since being confronted with the "no signal" warning, because "if" you have and the no signal problem was due to a very short term glitch in transmission, then retuning the TV during whilst no signal was there to receive will have wiped the TV tuners memory of everything stored in it whereby they will not return unless its retuned.
If though on the other hand your problem is caused by a fault in "your" (not shared) aerial system and you have "not" tried retuning the TV then the channels will still be stored in its tuner, meaning that if you find something amiss with your aerial system (connector sockets etc) the channels will automatically return on rectifying same, i.e: without having to retune it.
The only reason for pointing this out being, that if a TV's tuner does not have any channels stored in it then its much more difficult to fault find on an aerial system for obvious reasons.
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yorky: A Sky+ box is purely for satellite reception purposes, terrestrial refers to reception of ground based signals such as from Freeview transmitters. However as far as your question is concerned, you cannot record (or playback) anything on a Sky+ box without having a subscription with Sky for the purposes of, do you have one?
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John Dann: You should try carrying out a "manual" scan on Mux C33, as sometimes than will capture a weaker signal that the auto-tuning process is inclined to bypass.
On the subject of Mux C33 on the COM7 transmitter, BBC4 HD has always been on this Mux channel along with BBC News HD, Al Jazerra etc, etc, COM7 only radiating on 15.6Kw whereas the other Muxes are on 200Kw which could account for the lower signal strength being received, although this increaes to just over 43Kw on September 3rd.
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yorky: In that case Sky will have blocked access to the recording and playback side of the Sky+ box when your subscription expired or was cancelled, this done via an over air download into your viewing card.
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Susan Arm: Abercraf, along with seven other Welsh relay transmitters, are liable to suffer from interruptions to service at any time during this week due to engineering work being carried out, time factors involved being impossible to forecast in advance.
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Phill: Winter Hill is located @ 22 miles on a bearing of 249 degrees, you can check the Mux channel frequencies used by that station by opening the undermentioned link.
C58 (770.0MHz) after switchover | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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Phill: Apologies! pasted in wrong link, this is the one required.
Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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Phil Almond: To my knowledge there hasn't been an O.A. (over air) software update download for your particular Luxor model as yet, the Vestel T8300 chassis fitted in same being used by approximately twelve other brand names and with all of obviously suffering from the same problem as your Luxor.
With regards to the procedure used to update the software, you can find out the info required by opening the following link, the first page that appears explaining the problem and with the second (viewed by clicking on "Service bulletin document") explaining the procedure used. (not for the faint hearted!)
Unofficial Vestel PVR Information (UK) - News
However, an O.A. download is by far the most convenient way to update the software and the second link is to DTG's info page of weekly downloads which be viewed by opening the link, and although no updates are mentioned for this week its advisable to check it every few days.
DTG :: DTT Receiver Downloads
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Thursday 8 May 2014 11:38PM
Patricia: Although you are indicated as residing in the Southampton area, its not really possible for anyone to be able to advise as to the possible reasons for your problem without having knowledge of exactly where you are located, this preferably being in the form of a post code or one from somewhere nearby, e.g: a shop / Post Office etc.
If by any chance you carried out a retune when the signal vanished? (which should "never " be done) then you will have to repeat the procedure .