All posts by jb38
Below are all of jb38's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
kieran r: That indicates Mux B on Hannington, can you receive BBC1 (Mux Ch50) or ITV1 (Mux Ch43)?
But as previously requested, could you please indicate the model of box you are using.
I had slight trouble with cross checking on your previous postings for purposes of gathering technical info, as they appear to have been made under different headings.
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Madman: No! as you are dealing with two technically different operating systems with no real link between them.
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Jack: If you no longer subscribe to Sky and don't particularly want to, then you might have been better purchasing a new TV with Freesat HD "built in", (not HD ready which doesn't!) as the Sky dish would plug directly into it with no modifications being necessary.
As it is though, you will obviously have to get a suitable aerial installed for your new TV, and which by what you say doesn't appear to be of an HD built in type, this meaning if you wanted Freeview HD it would have to be done via a separate HD box.
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Pam: "If" you have previously been using a Sky box and all you have done is upgraded to Sky+HD, then if you set the RF output channel to the same number as was used on the previous Sky box then nothing else need be altered, that is except to make sure that the RF2 output on the new Sky box is powered up, this done via the same menu you used to alter the RF channel number. (Ch62 to 68 being OK)
To access the menu press "Services" then "4 - 0 - 1 - Select" in a smooth operation, best done by looking at the remote control and NOT the screen, then select what's required on the options seen.
To access menu on latest Sky+HD boxes you may have to use "Services" then "0 - 0 - 1 - Select"
Remember that any alterations you make to the RF output channel must immediately be followed by re-scanning (in analogue) the TV in the other room, this to enable it to pick up the new channel being used on the Sky box.
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Huw Radley: Yes! quite a number of people have problems with reception of Crystal Palaces low powered HD service, and especially so if they reside to the North of the station, as dependant on their location they can usually pick up Sandy's SDN Mux Ch31 on the rear of their aerial, and at a sufficient enough strength to cause problems with Crystal Palaces HD reception, this also using Mux Ch31.
I am unaware if you yourself actually resides North of the station, but its something that should always be kept in mind by anyone experiencing problems who does.
Unfortunately this situation will not change until 18th April 2012, although when it does will have the satisfaction of knowing that you are receiving a signal on a device with a top tuner, these sets having one of the best tuners around for overall sensitivity and general performance.
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Scaramanga: Not really! as unless you can borrow another box (Freesat or Sky) about the only thing you can do is to carry out physical check, although if everything looks OK then its either the box at fault or possibly that the dish has been knocked out of alignment.
Did you go into the Sky boxes signal check menu (Services - 4 - 6) to see if anything is showing at all on the indicator bars?
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Graham: Considering the power of the transmitters and the distance from (22mls) I feel that there must be some issue concerning you local terrain that's causing you problems, as although the main BBC1 / ITV1 / HD service is indicated as being good, this is indicated to a lesser extent for the other three Muxes, ArqA/Mux Ch26 indicating variable, and which still remains the case at November 2012, the two other Muxes SDN/Mux Ch23 and ArqB/Mux Ch29 having joined this state in September 2012.
So even although experimenting with aerial positions etc can nearly always bring improvements to most installations, but as the forecast is downwards as far as these three are concerned I wouldn't really hesitate in opting for Freesat, as that mode of reception is about the next best thing to having a wired connection direct to the actual station.
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irish: Thank you for the kind comments made about the site.
As far as your query is concerned, two feeds from the dish are only necessary if the receiving device is a twin tuner PVR, this whereby you can record one channel and watch another, and the reason why Sky+ requires two feeds.
Satellite equipment (all) requires an individual feed for each receiver, and a dish LNB can be fitted with 1/2/4 or 8 individual outputs, so if you are wishing to use a TV at the other end of the house operating independent of the one replacing Sky+, then its just a case of running another feed cable to the point required from the dish, or two feeds if you are thinking about using a PVR at the other location.
In other words, two feeds at one point and two at the other, this requiring the dishes LNB to be fitted with a Quad block, have a look at the present LNB though, as the Sky engineer might just have fitted one as the price difference is fractional between the two and four outlet versions.
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Briantist: Apologies for the late acknowledgement, but thanks for these latest links. I have to say that I cant quite recall ever having noticed the Weather Channel's logo anywhere on the analogue sat's menu, so I am a bit in the dark about that particular station, however I did find the explanations given on the Wiki link for CMT's demise interesting, especially the sheer scale of its losses, $10 million!!
I just wish though that I had kept the satellite mag containing the article about the money owed by CMT, as although figureless loses were also mentioned it was the reference to CMT owing Sky money for whatever I remember, this being stated from editorial side of the mag and not in the letters column. (they could have got it wrong though!)
I certainly don't envy you having to wade through endless lists, something I would consider to be a bit of a soul destroying job, and its a wonder that you find enough hours in the day to do this as well as replying to the endless number of queries that you do.
Changing the subject though, another point that I have wondered about for a while now but didn't want to enquire via a dedicated posting, involves something I have noticed when checking on back postings. On a few occasions whereby I have found it necessary to do this for purposes of post code checking (if missing on their last posting) or gathering other pieces of information relevant to the question being asked, the problem I noticed is that the continuity of content regarding what's said over the various postings appears on "some" occasions not to have been made by the same person, is this a glitch in your highly complex (to me anyway!) programming system, or is there possibly a simpler explanation?
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Sunday 30 October 2011 8:22PM
R. rodford: On reading your posting again, it would now suggest to me that your DVD recorder has defaulted to its tuner input, so if this applies then reset the DVD recorders input to the socket used for the Freeview boxes input.
Without knowing what DVD recorder you are referring to and assuming the TV only has one scart socket, the general way of connecting such as you have is - Freeview boxes AV1 to similar on the TV - Freeview boxes second scart socket to the DVD's AV1 scart socket, then on the DVD recorder select AV1 as being the input.
If the TV has two scart sockets, then connect the Freeview box as before but into the DVD's second scart socket, (AV2 or Ext2) selecting this as the input, then the DVD's AV1 goes to the TV's second input. (AV2 or Ext2)
Any problems then please indicate the model of DVD you have.