All posts by Simo
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Hi Dave,
That's actually a good idea. YES, the new multiplex it's trying to use is way down low on the scale.
It's just a bit odd that Sony tuners are so dumb.
(Other branded ones have coped fine).
I've bought a new Technisat HDFV... works like a charm (although I don't like South East News !).
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Dave, your trick with unplugging aerial to avoid the initial multiplex worked a treat.
Shame that I had to do it that way, and that I now have to endure South East News.
(Bring us back South Today in Brighton!)
Thanks for the advice.
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Sarah: Are you suffering similar problems that I was ?
Your box still picks up the BBC signal from the Isle of Wight, and uses that rather than the higher powered Brighton one ?
Result is BBC channels vanish (or have massive break-up).
Dave's tip of unplugging the aerial during the initial about 25% of the channel scan worked a treat for me.
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Sarah: you can easily check if you are suffering the "too strong" weak Rowridge signal in Brighton.
You'll still see BBC South Today (just!)
(The multiplex is down on 24 that causes the problem).
If your box tunes to BBC South East, then I guess you need to look at some of the other comments.
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Here in Brighton, Since the switch, all the tuners I've tried pick up 3 weak multiplexes from Rowridge (they're down in the 20-30 UHF scale).... the boxes are dumb enough to try to use them (even though they find a stronger version later).
The Tip of unplugging the aerial during the first bit works.
Not sure what is going on 4th April... they say ANOTHER retune ?
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Sunday 11 March 2012 8:20AM
I'm in Brighton, and after I lost all channels due to phase 1 (on the 7th) and retuned everything, both my Sony tuners are still picking up the old BBC multiplex (We've got an easy way to see if it's retuned properly, as our regional programmes move from South to South East).
Problem is the signal is weak to non-existant.
I know the tuners have found the stronger new ones, but they just wont use them.