All posts by StevensOnln1
Below are all of StevensOnln1's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Patricia Rees: CITV already had it's broadcast hours extended on satellite some time ago, so this change has simply brought CITV on Freeview into line with the satellite version. ITV's bosses presumably feel that extending the hours of their childrens channel is more important than ITV3's timeshift channel. They are also dedicating daytime hours on ITVBe to programs for preschool children.
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Patricia Rees : I don't watch any childrens programs as I don't have any children and it's been many years since I was in the target age group for any childrens channels. Your response to my factual statement highlighting the reason behind the recent change seems to be aimed as more of a personal insult which is completely inappropriate for this independent website, which is aimed at providing technical help with TV and radio reception problems. If you want to make your feelings know to the people responsible for the changes then I would suggest that you contact ITV as it's unlikely that they will read anything posted here.
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John Robinson: That is certainly not the case, I've seen numerous reports on this website and others from people who have lost reception of one or more COM muxes who have had a replacement wideband aerial fitted free of charge, in several cases where the only muxes lost were the temporary COM7 & COM8 services. The code of service document also states that their installers will investigate any reception problem and provide a replacement aerial when required. The limitation you mention states that a free of charge Freesat installation will only be offered if the PSB1/2 muxes cannot be restored, it does not state any such restriction on any other work.
https://www.freeview.co.u….pdf
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Jen: What's the make and model of your TV? We may be able to guide you as it sounds like you're looking in the wrong part of the menu.
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Michael Pearce: The station listing above shows that Heart is already available from Wevoe on the South East Wales DAB mux. Where are you located (please provide a full postcode) and are you using FM or DAB?
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Kris Venn: Mendip on a compass bearing of 152 degrees is predicted to be the best at your location. Nothing else is predicted to give good reception.
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Stuart Grant: What signal quality reading do you get? 100% signal strength could well be overloading the tuner with too much signal so it may be worth trying an attenuator. Resetting/retuning will never fix a signal problem and often just makes things worse by deleting channels which were correctly tuned to begin with.
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John Hudson: PBS America has been broadcast on the COM8 mux from Sutton Coldfield since the channel joined Freeview. Either you don't have a DVB-T2 tuner capable or receiving HD channels, you aren't within the coverage area or you're using an older grouped aerial which isn't designed to receive the frequency used by COM8. Do you receive the HD channels on 101-105? Please provide a full postcode so that we can see where you are in relation to the transmitter and your predicted coverage etc.
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AEKostas: All planned frequency changes for Craigkelly have been completed. COM7 & COM8 have moved to form single frequency networks on UHF channels 55 & 56, where they will stay until they close, which is expected to be 2022 at the latest. There have been no plans announced for any further frequency changes for COM7 or COM8 and it would be unlikely that any spare frequencies could be found to allow for any further changes to take place.
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Friday 5 October 2018 5:41PM
Helen: Without knowing the signal strength from the transmitter at your location it's impossible to say if an indoor aerial will work. Most of them consist of little more than a piece of wire sticking out of an amplifier and will only work in areas with a strong signal. If you provide a full postcode we'll be able to see your predicted coverage and offer specific advice.