All posts by Mark Fletcher
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Kevi Fagan.Dundee,DD2 1BS.
Sorry for my delayed response upon you providing your postcode as such.
Is your aerial polarised vertically facing Tay Bridge relay,and as such is it a group B antenna coloured yellow at its tips.As you are located (1-2 miles west of Dundee City Centre) only 3 miles from the (100w) Tay Bridge relay one likelyhood here is you may have too much signal and most commonly the BBCB (HD) multiplex being more sensitive than SD multiplexes are occasionally more prone to pixellating as such in certain circumstances.You may have to perform a total reset procedure to erase the previous memory or possibly fit an attenuator if the signal is a wee bit successive.
There is a possibility that you could receive the main Angus,Craigkelly or Black Hill transmitters in your locality as alternatives and receive the full freeview package as such.
Finally i think it is highly unlikely that it is a mast issue in what you implied in your earlier text as such in relation to the wee difficulty in the HD transmissions from the Tay Bridge relay,but if the problem still persists then do not hesitate to recontact this valuable forum and the proper pros on here (im not a pro myself just a wee amateur) will distribute further advice and help to you !
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Kevin Fagan.The flat low gain type aerial you specified will most certainly be a group W wideband black coloured tipped Log type aerial designed for strong signal areas between 0-15 miles from abode to mast.
To perform a full reset,unplug the appliance concerned (set-top box or TV) for over 1 minute,disconnect the aerial plug from the appliance affected at the same time,now replug the appliance affected back into the mains socket but keep aerial plug disconnected for now and perform a full automatic scan of either yer set-top box or TV that is affected from start to finish,ya will find it will store zero channels yet at the same time clears your appliance's previous memory,now once this stage is reached replug the aerial back into your appliance which is affected as such then if it allows perform preferably a manual scan of the frequencies if you know them (if yer receiving from Tay Bridge relay BBCA is on frequency 41,D3+4 on frequency 47 and the BBCB (HD) multiplex on frequency 44.If yer appliance only performs automatic scan then take care that it does not pick up other frequencies than those of Tay Bridge relay which is 41,44 and 47 in ascending order.Hopefully this should do the trick.
Let us know of the outcome in due course !
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Kevin Fagan: One possibility is to check yer neighbours whether they are having the same problem as you are on the HD BBCB multiplex from Tay Bridge.If they do,then it could be an issue relating to that relay mast,if they (neighbours) dont then the fault will most likely come from yer end.
Also look up single frequency interference as a possible cause ?
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Geoff,Witham.Yes from what you described you certainly do need to change your yellow tipped group B aerial,co-ax aerial cable and aerial co-ax plug for a brown tipped semi-wideband group E aerial,plus new copper-copper black coloured co-ax aerial cable and importantly new brass co-ax aerial plug.
If you reside in a poor reception area a new Yagi 18E aerial will suffice,or an X-Beam XB16E aerial for extra gain without the need for a signal booster will also be sufficient,more so if you reside in a very poor/marginal signal area within Sudbury.
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Keith.We cannot be of any valuable assistance to you if you did not leave a full postcode preferably,or failing that a nearby location as such.The full postcode is to ascertain the reception probabilities at your end.
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My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+Tuesday 7 August 2012 6:16PM
Halifax
Jmp.The latter content of your text in most circumstances is the most likely scenario.
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My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+Tuesday 7 August 2012 6:20PM
Halifax
Susan Ash.Before you switch off your TV for good have you pondered Freesat or Virgin Media (Cable TV) if you are in an affluent position to consider it ?
If you love radio there are plenty of DAB receivers out there,most of them quite inexpensive too !
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Freeview channel numbers change on September 19th 2012 | FreeviTuesday 7 August 2012 7:25PM
Halifax
Trish,Doncaster.You will need to be more specific in your text,are you receiving from Emley Moor or Belmont transmitters (or both ?).Which channels you claimed to have disappeared as such ?
If you know the multiplexes which ones ?
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Saturday 28 July 2012 10:59PM
Halifax
Kevi Fagan.If ya leave yer full postcode,then we will be able to equip you with valuable help and advice as such.