All posts by jb38
Below are all of jb38's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Adey: Basically yes, as it will return the box to when first purchased, of course this meaning that you will have to re-install any customised settings you may have made.
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Jonny: What you mention would suggest that the RF output on the downstairs freeview box was the aerial link to the upstairs TV, the way to verify being to temporarily couple the two leads together and checking upstairs after doing so.
If this is the case then the only way to get around the problem is to use a two way splitter on the lead that feeds the new TV, the splitter being powered unless in a high signal strength area.
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Jonny: One of the two leads thats available will be found to work the downstairs TV, that one should be plugged into the splitter input, then use a jumper from one of the splitter outputs into the TV and the other output will be the upstairs feed.
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Jim: The HD channels you are referring to transmits on half the power of the other multiplexes until switchover on the 22nd of this month so reception can be quite variable from Blackhill, this even at relatively short distances away from the station.
That said though, unless you are in one of the lower more shielded areas of Airdrie I would have expected you to have been able to receive something HD wise, this making me wonder if your Panasonic is actually capable of receiving an HD signal? or its classed as HD ready set, as indeed many sets misleadingly are!
Have a look at the tuner spec in your manual and make sure it states DVB-T2, if it doesn't then it cannot receive an HD signal, Ch59 (the HD channel Mux) appearing dead when viewed in the DVB tuning menu / signal condition check.
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NottsUK etc: With reference to Panasonic HD television receivers. On arrival home a short while ago I found that my G20B range Panasonic TV had stopped receiving the BBC HD channels on satellite, indicating neither strength or quality on a signal condition check.
I am unaware if this applies to all Panasonics but mine doesn't offer 23000 as a symbol rate choice on the manual scan menu, however thankfully, if a new auto scan is carried out it will be found that all corrects itself and BBC HD returns as normal, with 23000 seen entered in the info box when a further signal check was carried out.
I also tested BBC HD out on my Foxsat HDR, it performing perfectly OK without any alterations being necessary.
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nigel: "If" you are referring to HD reception from Sandy, (on Ch21) I carried out a check on my Panasonic HD set a few minutes ago and have full strength indications on both signal and quality, my location being just outside of Stamford using a gutter mounted amplified log aerial.
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Richard: Just to reiterate what Mike has already said, there isn't a channel 88, you are obviously misinterpreting the definition of what you see shown.
The best way for anyone to verify exactly what transmitter they are receiving a signal from is to go into the devices tuning menu / signal check area, as once there you will then see the actual multiplex channel number listed that's associated with the signal strength / quality indication that you are observing.
Make a note of the number and then cross check it with the channel number information given at the top of the page for the transmitter in question, if the number you have noted isn't listed then you are receiving your signal from an alternative transmitter, so once again carry out a cross check but this time on the alternative transmitters details.
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Richard: Well I suppose that now you have it all sorted out that's all that matters, but PSB1 (Ch22) on the Darvel transmitter is the same as PSB1 (Ch46) from Blackhill.
It is possible for two separate devices tested on the same aerial to show a different number of channels received, this isn't really a fault but is purely caused by the sensitivity variations of the different receivers, the more sensitive the more channels picked up.
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Richard:I really feel that the problem is caused by you being in a choice position for reception thereby receiving signals from various sources, but if you are receiving Mux ch22 then that's from Darvel and not Blackhill, this being why I had said that the only sure fire way of knowing where a signal is coming from is via the info seen in the tuning menu.
Regarding the direction your aerial is pointing, although aerials will always give the best results when pointed directly at a signal source, they can however still pick up a signal from another direction "if" the signal is powerful enough, and this applying no matter what angle its coming from.
If Darvel is roughly at right angles to your aerial then it must be a really powerful signal, as a signal is being received side on by any aerial then its reaching it on its least receptive position, much more so than even from the rear.
Have a look at the possibilities shown on this predictor site, remembering of course not to take what you see as being 100% accurate without the proverbial "pinch of salt" being taken.
UK digital TV reception predictor
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Sunday 29 May 2011 9:50AM
Mervyn Donaldson: Not sure if you are just referring to the Sky link or whether other analogue channels are viewed on them as well on the sets mentioned, however if its just the Sky link you are referring to this wont be affected by DSO and will still operate as normal.