All posts by StevensOnln1
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Tom: You'll need a TV or box that supports Freeview HD and you'll need to be able to receive one of the transmitters that broadcasts COM (please provide a postcode).
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Lou Valdini: You don't need to do anything. When your multiroom subscription ends, your other boxes will continue to allow you to view all the channels included in Freesat from Sky.
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Neville Bougourd: A geostationary satellite would be much too far away to be able to see it and would have no reason to have any lights. It's more likely that you're seeing an aircraft warning light on a tall structure.
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Michael Williams: Freeview is received via an aerial from ground based transmitters and is not receivable on any Sky box. You'll be able to record all the free to air and free to view satellite channels, which include most of the channels available on Freeview (Dave and Quest are the main exceptions as both are subscription channels on Sky).
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Colin vick: Presuming you mean Freeview from Crystal Palace, the best type of aerial would be a log periodic which is a wideband aerial type and is capable of receiving all current and future services from Crystal Palace.
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Charlotte Walford: A check on your postcode shows the Belmont transmitter in Yorkshire to be strong at your location. The Kings Lynn transmitter also shows a good signal, however it would appear that whoever put the aerial up pointed it at Belmont in order to get more channels (Kings Lynn is a lite transmitter) which is why you're getting the Yorkshire versions of BBC1/ITV. The good news is that you almost certainly have a wideband aerial for Belmont so when the frequency change takes place, all you'll need to do is retune (if your TV doesn't do it automatically).
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R Murchie: The BBC don't decide the transmitter power levels, the maximum levels are set by Ofcom and has to be lower for COM7 & COM8 on most transmitters because the same frequencies are being reused more than the frequencies of PSB1-3 & COM4-6 so using higher power levels would cause more interference and reduce the number of households who can receive COM7&8.
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Kevin Case: DAB Ensembles WorldWide | UK Local & Minimuxes lists the bitrates for services on each local multiplex. The same site also has pages with listings for national and regional multiplexes.
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d a greene: You don't have a digital aerial as no such thing exists, the term was invented as a marketing gimmick to sell replacement aerials in the run up to digital switchover (resulting in many people replacing their aerials unnecessarily). If you currently have a wideband aerial, you're all set and the most you'll have to do is retune when the frequency changes take place at Bluebell Hill next year. If your aerial isn't wideband you may need it replaced next year, however this will be carried out for free if you find you've lost reception after the changes take place.
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Wednesday 8 March 2017 11:11AM
Mickyb: Freeview radio channels use different bitrates to DAB so some station will have better sound quality on Freeview, whilst other will have better sound quality on DAB.