All posts by jb38
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Gill pitman: Indications are that you area is covered by the the Freeview "light" Winterborne Strickland transmitter located @ 3 miles away at an angle of 2 degrees, the receiving aerial being vertically mounted, i.e: elements facing up and down.
However, a number of aerials are also seen to be facing towards the Rowridge transmitter @ 40 miles / 102 degrees, although reception from this station could be a bit iffy due to the signal path from said station suffering from multiple obstructions close to where you reside, and so it really depends on where your aerial is facing towards, the easy way to tell being whether or not you were able to receive ITV3? as this programme is only broadcast from Rowridge.
The other point being, that if your aerial is facing towards Rowridge then you might possibly have an aerial amplifier installed to compensate for the poor reception expected from this station, if you have? then it could have failed hence the reason for no signal.
Should on the other hand your aerial not be facing towards Rowridge, then your husband should double check the terminations on each end of the coax, as you should receive a good signal from Winterborne.
By the way, what brand of TV or box are you using, and has this been retuned since the signal vanished? which or course is a most inadvisable action, as all it does is scrub everything already stored in the tuner.
Further advice dependant on feedback.
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Charles Stuart: I also experienced that very same problem, but I managed to get over it by clicking on "terrain plot" seen in the middle of the three choices (mapping - terrain plot - full details) this then allowing the newly entered post code to appear.
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My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+Monday 16 March 2015 11:40PM
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`hels: Good news then!! As you are obviously receiving a good signal on your indoor aerial you should try installing it in the loft, if though you cannot get satisfactory reception then you should think along the lines of purchasing one of the Log aerials as seen on the link, the DM18 being perfect for the job.
However, although its somewhat of a departure for me to recommend this sort of thing, but this mini compact log also gives great performance in strong signal areas.
Labgear LABLPC 400mm 9dB Compact Log Periodic 20: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics
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john mcarthur: Are you able to view anything when you click on 8 in the EPG listings, that is if 8 is seen on the list? if not then carry out a retune. If though 8 is still not seen on the list, then the reception expected in your area from the Pontop Pikes LNE Mux can be checked out if you supply your post code, as quite a number of reception black spots exist in the area covered by this multiplex.
The LNE Mux transmitting on C56 / 754.0 Mhz.
By the way, Bilsdale is indicated as providing a better signal in a number of areas, but it doesnt transmit a local channel.
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Charles Stuart: Yes! all would certainly seem to be OK now, as I clicked on "digitaluk trade" coverage checker (via your posting) and see that your area is now indicated as being served by the Mendip transmitter rather than Calne.
Thanks for the update / pleased to have been of assistance!!
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w mc bride: Ballycastle is only a "public services" relay transmitter of the Limavady main station. Relay transmitters do not broadcast commercial "run for profit" channels paid for by advertisers, the reason for not doing so basically down to the fact of the advertisers not being willing to pay for transmission facilities in areas of lower populations, as its considered by them that the profit expected from running such channels would not justify the costs involved.
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Gill pitman: The reason why retuning resulted in the pictures disappearing, is more likely down to the level of the signal received being under that necessary to resolve a picture, and not necessarily the case that none exists.
If any of your TV's has "manual" tuning you can use it as a form of signal meter, the procedure being to select manual tune and enter Winterborne's (BBC1) C46 / 674Mhz but stop at this point, do "not" press scan or search, as on most devices if any signal is being received, the strength and quality of the signal will be seen on the level indicator bars "no matter how low it may be", as the TV's tuner is more sensitive than a normal (non professional) signal meter.
If your husband makes another check on the aerial, look out for water having crept into the coax and not just for an iffy connection.
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Gill pitman : Further to that said, "if" any type of powered splitter is being used to feed the signal from the aerial into the outlet points used by the three TV's you should try bypassing, that is by connecting the aerial directly into one of the TV's followed by carrying out a normal auto-tune, should though nothing be received, then carry out the procedure referred to in my previous reply.
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daniel tristan : You should try retuning your TV whilst it temporarily connected into the aerial point used by your Mums TV, should this fail to make any difference to the situation, then carry out a "reset" on your TV (or box) followed by a second retune.
The reset referred to also known as "default setting" / "first time installation" etc.
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Monday 16 March 2015 8:43PM
Charles Stuart: Well, Briantist really is the best person to advise on this, as he designed the whole system, but though when you say that No new screen appears, I omitted to mention that the one that allows you to enter your post code will "not" appear if a post code is already stored, which in your case should apply albeit with the incorrect code, the point being that you have to click "clear" to the right hand side of the code that is showing before the one I referred will appear.
Of course it all depends on what system you are using, as I noticed others also experiencing problems since the update, I use Win7 Pro with the browser being Mozilla FF36, but I also tried the same test on an older Win XP Pro PC that I keep a load of technical files stored in and the results were exactly the same as on Win7.