All posts by Dave Lindsay
Below are all of Dave Lindsay's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
FrankLT: You cannot use the recording features within a "Sky" box without paying said company for the dubious privilege. Therefore the best solution is probably to go with a Freesat PVR, this being a one-off payment for the box.
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W. Matchett: Not on "Freeview", but you can on Saorview, if you're able to pick it up from a transmitter in the South. Knowledge of you location, preferably in the form of postcode or that of a nearby property such as a shop should allow us to gauge how likely this might be.
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anthony evans: Too high a signal level maybe?
Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you
Try removing the aerial plug and holding it an inch from the socket while observing the strength. Give the strength meter several seconds to catch up. Does the strength on C54 increase?
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Bob Cumber: In cases such as this a location -- preferably in the form of postcode or that of a nearby property such as a shop -- is imperative as it relates to reception. If you live in the part of Sheringham I believe you do then your difficulty could be down to the fact that you are low down (relative to the transmitter) and that as a result the trees on Beeston Regis Heath (and near to it) could be in the line-of-sight.
What was your analogue reception like? Did the picture go grainy sometimes? And was this momentary? And particularly when it was windy, did this poor picture come and go? If "yes", then trees would seem to be the likely suspect.
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Bob Cumber: I've had a further thought and that is that the transmitter at West Runton had a real-terms power increase at switchover. Thus, another possibility is that the signal is on the high side and overloading the tuner at times. The effect of too much signal, as far as the receiver and user is concerned, is much the same as too little a signal level. If the signal level is high normally and during troublesome periods repeatedly dips down then that could indicate signal overloading.
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Ash: Too much signal, maybe?
Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you
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W. Matchett: I stand corrected. RT RnaG is available on Freeview, if you can receive the special NI Mux which also carries RT One, RT Two and TG4.
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M Davies: See:
Digital UK - Planned Engineering Works
Preseli: "Possible service interruptions"
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Ash: First of all, the notion of too much signal: This results in signal levels repeatedly dipping down, and can appear to the user as if there's too little signal, this being because the tuner is overwhelmed. Think if a bright light was shone in your eye; you'd automatically shut your eye and so even though the light is brighter you will "see" less light.
Now to the terrain plot:
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
You may be able to see the top of the transmitter, "just" or "almost", this qualification being because it would appear that the terrain might be in the way or objects on the ground could be. If you click the "view map of" under the plot you will be given a line between the two points. The satellite image of Avery Way at Carkeel looks interesting. It's where Waitrose is and Avery Way looks like it could be added to in the future. Has this just happened? The OS map indicates a wind turbine on that industrial estate. Has another one been added?
Streetmap - Maps and directions for the whole of Great Britain
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Monday 9 March 2015 6:26PM
kay: Because by luck you might say, the cable which you attached picked up some sort of signal. For reliable reception the cable should be connected to a terrestrial aerial.