All posts by jb38
Below are all of jb38's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Ivan Dilks: A wise choice! as I have three Humax devices myself, one Freesat HDR and two older Freeview 9200's, all having proved totally reliable since purchase.
The other thing about Humax Freeview devices being, that due to the sensitivity of their tuners and generally good circuitry, any signals received in a category of less than perfect will not result in glitch levels anywhere near as bad as if the same signal was being received by some of the other devices around, albeit some of these devices (Vestel chassis based) being much more user friendly in operation.
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Ray Humphrey: Yes, you are referring to Mux Ch29 which will be on low power until 12th of October of this year, as I likewise (located near Stamford) have very erratic, and sometimes no reception at all from it, nor can I get it from Sandy (Anglia) on my other aerials either as its on lower power there as well.
Thank goodness for Freesat, as ITV3 etc is a popular channel in my household.
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Kieren: I haven't experienced any problems when I have been using Freeview HD from Sandy, and what you mention is inclined to suggest that although you might have been receiving HD OK it was possibly at a level not far above your boxes receiving threshold, and which it may now have dropped under due to atmospheric condition changes.
As you have re-set your TV (or box) you will have blanked out the stored channels memory, so go into the tuning menu and check the signal strength on Mux Ch21, that being Sandy's HD Mux transmitter channel, and if you get about 40% or so level showing try a manual tune, storing as necessary, unless done automatically on your device.
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James: Well its anyone's guess! as this will happen as and when necessary, as its not exactly abnormal when pre switchover work is going on.
What you should do though is to keep checking the signal level on Mux Ch22, that being the multiplex you are referring to, signal level / quality indications accessed within the receiving devices tuning menu..
It should be appreciated though that even although it might vanish from your screen its only because it has dropped under the reception threshold of your equipment, and is still being received. (unless the transmitter has been shut down)
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Sheena: Only a post code will give an answer, as Edinburgh can receive Freeview from either Craigkelly, Blackhill or a local Cannongate transmitter, that said though parts of Edinburgh can be quite iffy for reception no matter where its from, even with an outside aerial.
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Jeff: Well Mux Ch31 is shown as zero reception at your location until 9th of May 2012 when it changes to Mux Ch51, however Mux Ch67 should come into the equation from 14th of this month when it changes to Mux Ch48, likewise with Mux Ch40 on 23rd of November when it changes to Mux Ch52.
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Colin: You haven't mentioned your location, so an expected signal strength check cannot be made, however the answer is yes if your Freeview reception is OK.
You do exactly the same as before but feed the Sky boxes RF1 output into your Freeview boxes aerial socket, then the Freeview boxes RF output is fed as normal into the other sets.
The points to note being, you have to verify that the Freeview box you purchase has a built in RF modulator, secondly that the Sky boxes RF output channel doesn't clash with any of the Freeview channels being received, keep it about 2 away, and finally that the Freeview boxes RF output doesn't clash with the Sky boxes similar.
In operation your other rooms will be able to receive Freeview channels directly, as they pass through the Sky box and also the Freeview one, or if an analogue only TV is used in one of the rooms via the RF outputs from both the Sky box and the Freeview one. (in effect two analogue channels, with Freeview on one Sky on the other)
You will of course still have to place other dual standard TV's in use on analogue to receive Sky.
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Saturday 3 September 2011 1:42PM
James: Well it could possibly be, as work is on going there all the time, with any unexpected reductions in power usually only found out about after they happen,(if reported!) although at only 3 miles away from the transmitter it must really be down, unless as I suspect, your signal level wasn't that much above the cut off threshold in the first place, any slight reductions in power having more of a dramatic effect in this type of situation.