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Below are all of Adrian's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.I followed the reset procedure here:
My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
...and my Freeview channels are now all available.
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I keep losing BBC1, BBC2 and BBC3 (but not BBC4) overnight. A re-tune of the box finds them without problem. Can I assume this is related to reducued power-output from the transmitter in preparation for the DSO in February? I live in the Wokingham Area.
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For a number of months prior to switchover, I have been suffering continual loss of the BBC MUX1 channels overnight, requiring a manual re-scan of channel 50 to recover these channels.
I discovered this only happens if the digibox is left on standby overnight - if it is left switched on, the channels are not lost. No other channels on any other multiplex have been affected. I was hoping that the switch from MUX1 on channel 50 to BBCA on channel 45 and the increase in power from 20KW to 50KW might resolve this. I performed the required DSO re-tune at about 6PM last night. My digibox reported the signal strength as 'Very Good' for channel 45 (previously, channel 50 was reported as just 'Good'), and all channels on all multiplexes were available. For good measure I performed a complete re-tune again at just before midnight. All channels on all multiplexes were available prior to switching the digibox to standby. This morning, on switching the digibox on, the BBCA multiplex channels have been lost. Does this indicate a fault with the digibox? If so, why would it be restricted to one multiplex?
I live in the Winnersh area of Wokingham.
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JB38:
I performed a 'first time installation' of the digibox last night. I noticed that it had duplicated BBC 4 and the BBC Radio channels on channels 801 to 813. It certainly did not do that priot to the DSO. I checked BBC4 in these channels, and it seemed to have got it from the multiplex broadcast on channel 43, IIRC.
I re-scanned again a number of times, just to check that this wasn't a 'one-off', and it still found them each time.
I deleted all these channels, and a few extra ones like Top-up TV and some other channels you need to pay to view. I deleted about 20 or so channels in total. I switched the box to standby just after midnight.
Switching the box on this morning, the BBC channels seem to be there. So, hopefully, I've found workable solution to the problem.
to standby. Thanks!
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Are you really watching free TV in high definition? | High defiWednesday 7 March 2012 7:30PM
Wokingham
I'm new to the HD TV scene, having just upgraded to a new Panasonic TV with both Freeview HD and Freesat HD built-in. Why is there no teletext on the BBC HD channels? I have also noticed a slight problem with ITV HD, in that the audio is out of sync with the visiion - it seems to trail it by about half a second. Both BC HD channels and C4 HD don't seem to suffer this problem.
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Michael,
Where are you located?
3 of the multiplexes (on chsnnels 39, 42 and 45) are already transmitting at full power, the other 3 (on channels 41, 44 and 47) are transmitting at lower power (half power?) in an arc from NE to SW of Hannington to protect the Guildford transmitter using the same channels. This will change soon as the Guilford transmitter begins DSO on the 4th April. On that date, Channel 44 from Hannington will start to transmit at full power. On Aoril 18th, when Guillford has completed DSO, channels 41 and 47 from Hannington will start to transmit at full power.
For your various pieces of Freeview equipmeent, what signal level and signal quality are you getting for the following channels?
BBC 1 (SD)
BBC 1 HD (if your equipment is capable of receiving a HD signal)
ITV 1
ITV 3
Pick TV (or E4 + 1)
Yesterday (or FILM 4)
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Saturday 17 September 2011 4:35PM
Wokingham
I seem to have lost ALL Freeview channels. Analogue channels are still present,
My digibox says both signal quality and signal strength are GOOD, but fails to find any channels when I try a re-tune. My postcode is RG41 5DA.