All posts by jb38
Below are all of jb38's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
maria rossi: The most likely explanation is that your TV / box has picked up signals from an alternative transmitter during the retune, particularly in the case of TV3 etc which moved from mux Ch31 to Ch51.
Your post code, or at least one from nearby e.g: shop etc, is required to be able to give further advice as signal levels from alternative transmitters cannot be checked on without this info.
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Mike O'Pray: Sandy Heath is indicated as your
best bet for reception and so try manually tuning in mux channel 51, this being the new high powered channel that ITV3 is now being transmitted on from Anglia, although before doing that check to make sure that ITV3 is not up in the 800 ranges as it is indicated that its possible to pick up alternative transmitters from where you are located.
That being said, you should really carry out a factory reset on your TV box before carrying an auto tune, as this deletes any corrupted data that may be stored in the memory.
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Derek: These channels are part of the Sky package and can only be viewed by paying a subscription.
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David Pound: Its simply because that the tuner fitted in HD Ready TV's is only capable of receiving DVB-T coded transmissions and doesn't recognise anything other than type of signal, whereas tuners in genuine HD receivers are capable of recognising DVB-T2 transmissions as well as DVB-T, the "T2" being the thing that differentiates between the two.
I, right from the start, have always disagreed with trading standards allowing "HD Ready" to be used on TV's that can only display a Hi-def image via an external source as this misleading statement was guaranteed to cause problems, which of course it did at the time and still does.
By the way, its because that a DVB-T2 transmission is in effect invisible to a DVB-T tuner that a "no signal" indication is always seen on any attempt to manually tune in an HD mux.
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Ant: A Sky+ box without a subscription being in force is in effect just an ordinary Sky box and nothing more than that, Sky permanently retaining access to the boxes recording or playback facilities and only allowing its use if a subscription is taken out by the user, which I believe is £10.00 per month although this best checked on with Sky as the figure is not necessarily up to date
Another problem could exist though regarding the dish that's already installed, being that if its an old standard Sky installation then the LNB on the dish will only have a single output and a twin output is required for recording purposes, with this being applicable whether it be Sky+ or a Freesat HDR and so the LNB on the dish would require to be changed to a dual type, although its better to fit a quad type as that would give two spare outlet ports as well as the fact that a quad block kit can be obtained for as little as £10.00 or so from various e-bay outlets, this making it somewhat short sighted to fit a dual type as its always handy to have a spare outlet should one fail, the only other thing being required is a suitable length of satellite grade coax.
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Davdi: Carry out a "factory reset" on your TV or box before carrying out an auto-tune, as the SDN multiplex on Ch51 is being received at not far off 100% strength in the Stamford area as I have just checked it.
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mole: Mendip (@ 25mls / 310 degrees) according to the trade reception predictor should provide good reception right across all six muxes, and although you may have already done this but you should carry out a "factory reset" or "default setting) on your TV / box to delete anything that may already be stored in the memory before manually tuning in any of the muxes, these being Ch61(BBC) - 54(ITV) - 58(HD) - 48(SDN) - 56(ArqA) - 52(ArqB) the latter two being shown in this order on DUK's trade site, albeit the reverse of the indication on this site.
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Diana Allen: Its quite impossible to offer any advice unless your location is known, this preferably in the form of a post code or at least one from nearby (a shop etc) as signals cannot be checked without this knowledge.
You could maybe also indicate the model number of whatever you are using for reception.
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jackie123: As your question involves a reception issue then no one can really give advice without knowledge of your location, pref: post code or one from nearby (a shop etc) as this would then enable the signals expected in your area to be assessed as well as the transmitter they are coming from.
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Saturday 12 May 2012 8:55PM
Anne: In these type of cases its always best to carry out a "factory reset" on the TV, this sometimes also called "fist time scan" as it deletes everything already stored including programme info that may contain corrupted data, then if a factory reset has been made follow this by another auto-tune, this not being necessary if a first time installation was made as it would have retuned automatically.
If this doesn't cure the problem then you will have to provide the model number of your TV a well as your post code (or one from nearby, shop etc) this info being necessary for signal checking purposes.