All posts by jb38
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jg: In your particular location it will nearly be impossible to receive Waltham without doing so by manually tuning in the various Mux channels involved, that is unless your TV has a "region" facility within its tuning menu, if it has have you tried using that?
The reason for your problem being that its likely you are picking up Sutton Coldfield on some channels and Waltham on others, as Sutton is shown as being not too far off the same reception level as Waltham.
To manually select the channels you first of all blank out everything stored in the memory, this done by carrying out a re-scan without the aerial being connected, then once done re-connect the aerial and manually tune in the channels required using the add channels facility, storing what's received if not done automatically by the set.
Waltham's Mux channels being: 29 - 54 - 56 - 57 - 58 - 61.
(Note: Ch 29 is presently on low power)
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David: Have you actually tried manually tuning in Waltham HD on Mux Ch58? as I don't see you having mentioned this.
Best though if you bank out everything stored in the memory first, this done by carrying out a re-scan with the aerial disconnected, as if you then manually tune as suggested it will be the only station in the box so cant get mixed up with anything else.
If by any chance nothing comes in, then have a look at what the signal level is showing as, this observed via the tuning menu.
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Charles Fox: I just rigged a test aerial up facing Waltham and can confirm that HD is definitely perfectly OK on Mux Ch58, so I am inclined to agree with KB as regards to an over powerful signal being your problem, as a 100% indication of strength coupled to no quality being shown is a classic sign of this occurring.
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David: As you may have noticed on my reply to Charles Fox I can confirm that Walthams HD service on Mux Ch58 is OK. Regarding your LNA (Ch48)= ON, I am afraid you have got me stumped there unless its something connected to a setting on your receiving equipment, so maybe you could give some info on what you are using, as I forgot to request this info on my 5.35PM posting. (brand / model)
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Alice: Your area of Peterborough can receive Freeview from either Waltham or Sandy (Anglia) although Waltham is possibly the better of the two although both are transmitting as normal.
What you say can indicate that something has came adrift with your aerial connection, so you should temporarily move the box to another position and give it a try there, if it doesnt work then it could be the box at fault.
Have you tried unplugging it from the mains for about a minute before re-powering it again?
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Ivan Dilks According to the specifications I have seen that model does not have a DVB-T2 tuner and as such is only an HD ready set, in other words can display HD via an external HD box.
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kB Aerials Sheffield: Yes, you are quite correct on that Keith, and I likewise had similar thoughts to yourself about mentioning the fact in case it was something ridiculously simple, the point that got me though was where the Ch48 came into the equation? as it was Ch58 that David was supposed to be scanning. (Could have been a typo though!)
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Dominic Payer: I suspect that you are mixing up EPG numbers with actual multiplex transmitter ones, as there is only one MUX (not an EPG number) channel on low power on Waltham and thats Mux Ch29 (ITV3/QVC etc) MUX Ch58 is the HD channel as I receive it on one of my sets.
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kB Aerials Sheffield: Yes I noticed that Ivan had referred to that number as being a Hitachi device, but according to my info there isnt one, so what I mentioned regarding the tuner (not DVB-T2) was referring to Toshiba.
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Thursday 1 September 2011 1:21PM
Sue: I take it that you are scanning the TV whilst the TV in question is set on analogue and not digital?
If you have then whats been said does obviously not apply, so do you get a picture without the magic eye in line? that is with the co-ax straight into the TV, although to do this test use the Sky boxes RF1 output to avoid the possibility of the TV shorting out the magic eye's voltage, as that can happen with some TV's.