All posts by jb38
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Andy: Meant to add, that Belmont is already on high power on its main BBC A Mux on Ch22.
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Mark: Going by your updated info I would now suggest that "if" you have already ensured that the HDMI lead is fully inserted into the sockets on both devices, then try another test after swapping the ends between the TV and box over. (reversing the cable)
The reason I say this is that the pin known as the "hot pin" (No19) is not as long as the rest, and because its shorter its easier for it not to connect properly if the plug isn't fully inserted correctly, and this could cause your problem, even using a sub standard cable where tolerances haven't been strictly adhered to could cause that as well if the pin was just connecting and no more.
Matter of fact, should you have another HDMI lead try using that for a test.
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Mark: Just to add another little bit of info. When you mention about switching on, do you use exactly the same procedure each time for bring your equipment out of "standby", if out of standby is what you are doing and not switching everything on from completely off?
The TV should always be switched on first before the Freesat box, as the Freesat box has to electronically inform the TV its there, unless that is your TV's input selector sockets menu has the facility of pre-selecting the socket that will come into operation on every start up, some do including my own Panasonic.
Anyway, irrespective of what facilities you have on your TV, if after carrying out the tests as aforementioned in my previous posting and the blue screen should come on again, immediately go into the TV's input socket selector menu and make sure the HDMI socket that's being used for the Freesat box is seen as being selected.
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Dominic: Having a look at the trade predictions for your location indicates that at this present time your best reception can only be obtained from Dallington Parks three Mux channels, these being 50 - 59 - 55 with the latter being the HD service.
Anglia's Sandy Heath transmitter also being possible but once again only on the main three high powered Mux transmitters Ch's 27 - 24 - 21(HD) all not quite so good as from Dallington.
As far as lesser commercial channels are concerned, only Oxfords MuxC & B on Ch's 48 - 52 are shown as receivable in the green, (good) all others, no matter where transmitted from, not!
I think you should carry out a manual tune for Dallington Park reception, as with Sandy being on lower frequencies it will be taking up the first and second EPG position on your equipment even although you are only two miles away from Dallington.
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Dominic: To add, that prior to carrying out the manual scan suggested, scrubbing the memory clean of what's already stored by first of all carrying out a complete scan with the aerial removed.
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Nigel Dixon: Digital terrestrial broadcasting by its very nature of requiring a multitude of separate transmitters to cover the country, will always have problems compared to the whole country receiving a multitude of programmes all from the "same" source.
In other words, its much easier to arrange channel shuffling operations etc when its known that the whole of your viewing audience is responding to the same transmission platform, and likewise to use the expression, are "singing from the same hymn book", something quite impossible to achieve with any other mode of transmission involving anything other than say Long Wave transmissions. (e.g: BBC radio 4 on 198Khz) which covers most of the country, albeit Scotland having two fill in transmitters.
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Tam Whitelaw: Without knowing your location its impossible to check your reception possibilities, but what you have mentioned could suggest that you were originally receiving STV from another transmitter prior to re-scanning, with it having a split news service covering your area, unless coincidentally there has been some change to STV's news service at about the same time as you changed your equipment!
Go into your TV or boxes tuning menu / signal check menu whilst on STV and see what the Mux channel is showing as, it likely being Mux channel 53 from Angus, with Tay Bridge (Mux Ch47) being the other possibility dependant on location, however should your aerial have been set up to receive Tay bridge it would be mounted vertically, (elements top to bottom) whereas Angus requires it to be horizontal.
That said, in the interests of accuracy your location has to be known, post code being preferable!
(Ch47 be)
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J Lodge: Not really! unless you are in a weaker signal area and also intend to use an aerial amplifier in the vicinity, then you "may" have a problem now and again.
That said though, the main reason that its not always desirable to do as you intend is because there is always the danger of picking up mains borne interference, albeit this being very unlikely unless the aforementioned reception conditions applies.
In other words, "if" you normally receive a good signal then I would go ahead!
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Pti: The LNB on a dish doesn't discriminate against a Freesat Vs Sky box, so if the Freesat box worked OK then the Sky box should do likewise.
I would check the "F" plug on the end of the cable you have installed in case a single strand of wire is shorting it, but if it does prove to be OK then its inclined to indicate that the Sky box has failed.
Does what you say apply when trying the Pace box out in both places? as that's the sure fire way of knowing whether or not its faulty.
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Friday 5 August 2011 5:47PM
Andy: As you have indicated that your aerial is wideband then it would just simply be a case of turning it to be vertically polarised, although as you are as only three miles away from the transmitter you would probably find that you could receive it as it is, although technically its not correct!
As far as Belmont is concerned, I very much doubt that anyone would experience signal overloading problems from a transmitter 57 miles away, albeit that I know it does seem to give good signal strength in areas you might not expect it to.
I still don't think you have anything to worry about though!