All posts by jb38
Below are all of jb38's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Brian: If EPG 112 is not showing on the programme guide then carry out retune, if this still doesn't result in ITV1+1 appearing then carry out a "factory reset", this putting the box back to when first taken out of its packaging.
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e groves: Depending on where your aerial is situated? your box could well be suffering from being severely overloaded by the fact of the Divis transmitter being located at less than two miles away.
Try a test using a set top aerial or a short piece of wire of about a couple of feet or so connected into your boxes aerial socket, this followed by carrying out an auto-scan.
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Beryl foote: Yes, but digital radio uses far lower frequencies to that used by Freeview, and as such is not affected in the same way by the atmospheric induced problems that Freeview is prone to suffering from.
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Scott: Any channel in the ranges from 61 - 69.
And just in case you are not aware of the procedure, press: Services - 4 then 0 - 1 - select and you will see RF outlets (4) on the list. (on Standard Sky box)
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john: Cant you borrow a remote control from someone else just to verify that its not the control at fault? this said assuming that the batteries are still OK in it?
If though your box still doesn't work with another control then its obvious that the box is defective, as older Sky boxes and especially Panasonic versions, are notorious for suffering from power supply problems caused by dried up electrolytic capacitors.
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Scott: Well, what I would be inclined to do now is to take the offending TV and position it near to the Sky box and couple it into same's RF2 via the magic eye and see what results you get by doing that, because if by any chance its OK then you will need to investigate the coax link from the Global amp / distribution box as the problem must be connected with that.
This is said based on the fact that if you have altered the Sky boxes RF2 output channel and rescanned the TV whilst in analogue mode to pick up the Sky boxes new output channel, then that eliminates the possibility of the TV's analogue tuner being defective on that particular channel.
Of course if it was easier to arrange, you could also just try the offending set on the aerial used by the other TV, as that would soon show if the TV was OK or not.
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J. kim: You do not require two leads from the dish unless you are using a Sky+ box or a Freesat twin tuner recorder.
An ordinary Sky box or a Freesat box only requires one lead, as technically they are exactly the same as far as the dish is concerned.
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shovorne: Apart from the clarification request, you will have to ensure that you are NOT grossly overloading your boxes tuner as the Dallinton Park Freeview transmitter is located at less than one mile away from your place of residence.
Try a set top aerial or a short piece of wire (about 600mm) connected into the aerial socket of your box and then carry out an auto-tune.
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john ohare: Its also possible that your tuner is being slightly overloaded by the high level of signal being received from the Camlough transmitter located at only 2 miles away, as it transmits on 630 watts compared to Newry Norths 10watts and Newry South's 20watts.
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Monday 27 August 2012 5:48PM
Scott: Also meant to say, that although its unlikely that this will apply when its only one TV that's affected, but if nothing you try makes any difference then see if anything changes by removing the normal aerial that's connected into the Sky box, if by any chance that cures the problem then you will require to change the RF output channel used on the Sky box, unable to recommend a suitable channel as you haven't provided your post code, or at least one from near by.