All posts by jb38
Below are all of jb38's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
William Edge: No! as Sky retains permanent control over access to this side of the box and needless to say will disable it either on, or around, the same time as your ability to view channels dedicated to Sky packages irrespective of what you view.
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Glen: If you are referring purely to Freeview reception via a normal aerial then when you say "splitters" what type of devices are you referring to? as its the singular "splitter" thats required and which has one common input but two or more outputs.
If this is what you have purchased then the only way this could have blocked reception is if you are located in an area of low signal strength, if you are then its a powered version you require which gives a mild boost to the signal as well as providing each output with the same level of signal.
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P. Kieran Ward: No problem! as I will be keeping a watch out anyway for any further updates from you regarding this issue.
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Emily: Just purely out of interest, could you please indicate the model of TV you are referring to as well as the Freeview recorder.
The only reason for asking being, that if the TV does not have an HDMI connection then it cant be a model capable of displaying HD images, and so even "if" your Freeview recorder is HD capable then the TV will not display it even if using an adaptor lead, as the display will still be in SD.
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chrissie warnes: What type (model) of device are you referring to? and is it Freeview - Freesat or Sky?
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Pauline: If your new TV is not fitted with a scart socket as well as the HDMI then could you please indicate the brand / model number of the TV in question, as although scart to HDMI adaptors (upscalers) are available they are all priced in the region of between £40 / £50 or so, and once the model number is known its technical details can be checked out as there may be a way around the problem.
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Paul Lister: Just out of interest, are you able to view ITV4(24)? as that is on the same multiplex as Film 4.
If you cannot view ITV4 either, then that is inclined to indicate that when you did previously receive Film 4 that the signal was sitting at a level which was just above the reception cut off threshold for your receiver and no more, but has now dropped down to just under it hence no reception.
Next time you try a manual tune on mux Ch47 (Film 4) after entering the channel number do NOT press search or scan, as on most equipment (excl some Sony's) the strength the signal is being received at will be indicated, so note whatever it is and then try the same test again but this time enter mux Ch44, giving an update on the outcome.
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Jim Bell: Various forms of engineering work is presently being carried out at the station with periods of weak signals being unavoidably necessary, and so there really inst anything that can be done about the situation except to wait as the problem you are experiencing will be resolved in due course.
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David: If as was likely, that you were receiving signals from the transmitter that strength wise were bordering on the verges of being "over the top", then if your reception has suddenly improved it simply means that the signal strength has dropped slightly thereby taking the edge off the tuner from operating in a semi-overload situation.
By the way don't trust any signal strength / quality indications seen when in this type of situation, as the receivers signal measuring circuitry gets corrupted due to an element of instability occurring in the tuner and with this resulting in inaccurate indications, these nearly always being much lower than in reality.
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Sunday 2 December 2012 9:18PM
Ian: Well it does have to be admitted that in your particular location Waltham (@ 31 miles) in not predicated as being the station for reliable coverage of your area, with a mixture of variable and poor (greatest percentage) being indicated for all four muxes BBC / ITV / HD / SDN, and with the two commercial stations (ArqA / ArqB) indicated as not receivable at any level, albeit that they still might be in a fashion.
Sutton Coldfield (@ 19 miles) is the station indicated as covering your area, however I will agree that although DTT can in many areas be excellent with only the very odd glitch now and then, but though its an unfortunate fact that there are lots of areas where DTT reception is not really acceptable to anyone that's even remotely a tad fussy, and so Freesat is really the only option for 99.9% reliability. (except of course during a thundery downpour!)