All posts by jb38
Below are all of jb38's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
rachel: No! as Sky permanently retains control of the recording side of the box, and I believe charges about £10.00 per month for the dubious privilege of allowing anyone its use, that is should anyone ever wish to!
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John: if your second TV is a dual standard Freeview / analogue set the you can receive Freeview on it as well as Sky from its RF1 output.
What you require to do is, that provided you are in an area where Freeview can actually be received? (your location being unknown) then you feed the normal aerial into the Sky boxes aerial input and the Freeview signals will pass through the box (joined by the RF modulators analogue signal) then both sets of signals travel along the co-ax to the second TV.
To view Freeview you simply set the 2nd TV to its DVB input rather than analogue for the Sky box.
This said taking it that you still have the dish connected into the Sky box for purposes of being able to receive "free to view" channels from Sky.
You will have to ensure that your Sky boxes RF output doesn't clash with any of the Freeview transmitters, but only the provision of a post code can enable appropriate advice to be given on what channels to avoid.
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phil: I suspect that your dish is very slightly out of alignment in the horizontal plane and possibly requiring a very slight nudge to the left, that is when looking in the direction its facing from under / above it, as that problem can occur if the dish is the merest fraction biased in the other direction, and I am meaning merest!
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Joy: The "F" connector you see was likely used by the previous occupier having either Sky or Freesat, obviously this lead not being any use for Freeview, so if that's the only one in the living room then you will require to make some alterations.
Regarding the box referred to, what brand / model do you see printed on it? an when you say "normal TV lead" are you referring to one of the cables, and if so, was it this one you used to try out your Freeview box?
If the box you refer to is indeed an operational Satellite box then you might not require your Freeview box, as all you require to do is couple the box into your TV via the scart connectors.
Anyway, if you could give an update on the model of box further advice can then be given.
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Jeff Lee: If I could just possibly make another point in addition to what Dave Lindsay was saying, insomuch that if you do decide to make an attempt to receive Crystal Palace, which I think that you should try to do, then even if you can only receive BBC / ITV etc in a somewhat unreliable and glitchy fashion, then you have to remember that come April 18th the transmitters will switch over to high power operation of 200Kw ERP compared to the present rating of 20Kw, and with this massive power increase almost guaranteed to eradicate your present problems, and especially so when you are only indicated as being at 14 miles away from the station.
Needless to say, I would advise you that by all means carry out a few experiments, but keep the aerial in the loft for the time being.
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helen ballinger: OK, now you have carried out this test this has at least verified that a possible scart related defect wasn't applying, although judging by what you now report is seen on the screen could be an indication of an aerial problem rather than anything being wrong with the TV, although if you could temporarily borrow a Freeview box then that would prove things either way, as you could just couple the box into your TV using a scart lead.
You haven't mentioned anything about your aerial set up, nor even your location, (pref: post code) as the latter would have given an idea of the signal levels expected at your location, plus another aspect might come into it, that being if you have any form of amplification on your aerial system?
Maybe you could clarify these points and give an update.
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Jeff Lee: Yes, its best if you are forearmed with a few aspects concerning reception as you will find it easier to suss out if you are being "spun a line" (as they say) by whoever you might see.
Anyway I intended to give you a little tip to use for anyone intending to carry out experiments with aerials pointing in alternative directions, that being, after the aerial has been pointed roughly in the required direction don't waste time carrying out an auto-tune, as if you don't receive anything it might only be because the signal level is under the reception threshold of your TV or box, so its best to know beforehand what to expect.
The best method to use is go into the tuning menu / manual tune and enter a Mux channel number of the station you require, in the case of Crystal Palace (@ 14mls / 300 degrees) BBC1 being Ch25 and ITV / Ch22, now as soon as you enter the channel number into the box the tuner will immediately lock onto that channel but do "not" select scan or search on it, as its only the signal level that's shown you are interested in, and should this be indicated as being very low then just leave the TV showing this menu and move the aerial around until the best reading is obtained, in other words your TV is acting like a superior instant feedback signal meter.
Of course this is where some of these little portable Freeview TV's come into their own, as you would just take them into the loft and couple then directly into the aerial, having selected their aforementioned menu
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jan: You are predicted to be able to have good reception of all multiplexes used by Rowridge at roughly 12 miles away, although local conditions will always dictate what in real terms is actually possible, and when you say that you purchased some new aerials, you aren't by any chance indicating "same room" indoor types are you?
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Sunday 15 January 2012 7:09PM
PETER: As your query concerns reception it would obviously be of assistance to know your location, preferably in the form of a post code as this would enable signal checking.
However, as the BBC (anywhere) is generally always the guaranteed to receive channel, then unless the transmitter was down when you first scanned I would be inclined to re-set your TV or box and carry out another scan.