All posts by jb38
Below are all of jb38's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Matt: No! but you could do if you were referring to a FreeSat TV ot box, the emphasis being on "Sat", as dishes do not discriminate against anything connected to them so long as whatever is designed as a satellite device, Freeview isnt!
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George: I always hesitate at recommending anything other than Freesat, this because that so long as any dish installed is not facing into a nearby tree then Freesat is 99.9% reliable, anytime not usually being for only few minutes during a really thundery downpour.
Anyway, you are predicted as being able to have good reception from either Craigkelly, Blackhill or even Durris, although I have serious doubts about the latter, but as you are only 8 miles away from Craigkelly Freeview would indicate as being OK for your requirements, Freeview being much more flexible than Freesat if TV is required in more than one location in the house.
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Terence Carpenter: If you have connected your TV into the Freeview boxes RF output and carried out a scan on your "analogue" TV, then that should have picked up the boxes output, likewise anything seen being from the box.
However, as you havent mentioned where you are located its not known if analogue signals can still be received, so to save confusion carry out the above "without" the aerial being connected into the box, then anything seen will only be from the box.
After completion, you will then have to replace the aerial into the box and carry out a complete scan on the box to pick up the Freeview channels.
Please be aware though that these boxes are not without their problems!
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kB Aerials Sheffield: Yes, re: Freesat TV's being uncommon, to be strictly accurate I should have inserted the word "capable" between Freesat and TV, because as you say Keith Freesat only TV's are not really available.
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Scott: Yes to the latter! as each device requires its own connection to the dishes LNB, because in Satellite reception the box communicates with the dish regarding polarity switching etc.
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Liam McLoughlin: Well although I do suspect that this problem is most likely to be out with your control, as it could possibly be due to Mux Ch61 being interfered with by some distant transmitter, this due to the atmospheric conditions prevailing at this time of the year causing a signal to travel further than normal, something that's happening in some other parts of the country and likewise causing similar problems.
However, it would be beneficial though if you could try a signal strength / quality check on Ch61 at various times of the day, as this would be an indication of whether or not its normally running at a level reasonably above the cut off threshold of your TV (65%+ quality) or is just hovering above it, this making reception much more vulnerable to picture break up, although it should be said that the percentage figure mentioned varies quite a bit between different brands of sets, but it does give some indication as to what is happening.
PS: Even try a signal check on Ch61 should the picture completely vanish, as a signal level should still be there.
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James: Its most likely that the signal level just dropped under the receiving threshold of your set, as its likely that it wasn't running at a level that very much above it in the first place, that's why I asked if you could carry out a signal check so that this could be assessed.
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Werner: The issue is not so much re-setting or re-tuning but carrying out "manual" tuning of the multiplex channels involved, as the chances are that you are picking the odd channel up from another station, maybe even Reigate at 11 miles away, albeit that DUK's trade predictor does not show this as possible.
Blank out the channels on your Humax by removing the aerial and carrying out a scan with it, then after plugging back in again manually tune in the following channels, storing as required.
Ch25(BBC1) - Ch22(ITV1) - 31(HD) - 32(SDN) - Ch34(ArqA) - Ch29(ArqB) - Ch28(MuxB)
Note you may not receive Ch31(HD) properly, as many are having problems with it since the end of August when Sandy started using the same channel.
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Mary Nolan: On your remote control press "services-4-6" and note what the strength / quality indications are showing as, they should be about 75% along the scale with both about even with each other. (or very near anyway)
If they are not, then your dish is liable to be slightly out of alignment.
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Saturday 3 September 2011 9:52PM
Colin: Just an addition. Place the Freeview box first in the chain rather than the Sky one, as its best that the Freeview device gets the best signal from the aerial, although it would work perfectly OK the first method described so long as you have a good signal.