All posts by Dave Lindsay
Below are all of Dave Lindsay's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Anne James: Yes. Sky and Freesat are entirely compatible, as far as the dish is concerned, and they can both run from the same dish simultaneously.
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David Parker: NIMM stands for "Northern Ireland Mini-Multiplex".
As part of the Good Friday Agreement, RT and TG4 are carried on three transmitters in the North to complement the overspill from transmitters in the Republic.
BBC News - RTE channels will go on Freeview in Northern Ireland
http://consumers.ofcom.or….pdf
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paul green: If you do, then you will loose access to the Commercial (COM) channels. See:
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
Beecroft Hill only carries PSB channels.
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John Coombes: It is available via Freesat. Perhaps you could pick up a cheap Freesat box.
I put <<freesat box>> into Google and it shows one at £29.99.
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Bryan: First and foremost, reception may be hit and miss. Sometimes it may be interference from another transmitter(s) in the UK.
What you should have done was bring up the signal strength screen and observe which UHF channel it was coming in on.
I can't vouch for how up-to-date this is:
Rowridge Transmitter
However, it gives you the locations of the main transmitters along France's north coast.
The full list of transmitters in France is here:
http://tvignaud.pagespers….pdf
TF1 HD is carried on "R5" multiplex, along with two other services.
TF1 standard definition is carried on R6, along with five other services, one of which is encrypted.
The Boulogne transmitter broadcasts R5 on C44 and R6 on C37.
Dunkirk's R5 is on C31 and R6 is on C21.
This page gives UK transmitters by channel:
C21 (474.0MHz) after switchover | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
Heathfield and Tunbridge Wells both broadcast on C44. No transmitters broadcast on C31 because 31 to 37 was cleared as part of UK switchover. They may well be used in coming years, so if you can receive C31 from Dunkirk, then it may be lost.
That said, refer to:
Ten more HD channels on two new Freeview HD multiplexes on air from 2014-18 | Freeview news | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
The nearest transmitter to you pencilled in on C31 is Rowridge.
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Bryan: See also http://www.toutelatnt/pros/
See:
http://pros.toutelatnt.fr….pdf
According to it, R5 from Boulogne is on C29.
Perhaps the PDF I linked to in the 6:47 posting is the pre-switchover one. The different and low transmission powers make me think this.
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Bryan: The link should be:
Antennistes / Revendeurs | Toute la TNT : Espace Professionnel
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Bryan: The French channels may be stored in your 800s (logical channel numbers starting at 800).
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Sunday 10 March 2013 4:40PM
Marcel: I can't ascertain for certain, but I think that the most likely answer to why you can't receive HD broadcasts is because it doesn't have a DVB-T2 tuner built-in.