All posts by Dave Lindsay
Below are all of Dave Lindsay's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
brian bunting: If quality is 100% (assuming that it is shown), then that is likely to be OK. There is no need to have signal at full strength, indeed too much can be a bad thing.
Have you checked that it is tuned to the correct UHF channel (frequency) for each service? See which UHF channel it has tuned to for the following channels:
BBC One
ITV1
ITV3
Pick TV
Yesterday
This information will probably be on the signal strength/quality screen.
For Tacolneston they will read 55, 59, 42, 45, 50.
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Sue: Which direction is your aerial pointing in?
Try manually tuning. If your aerial is at 328degrees (horizontal), then it needs tuning to Ch44 or if it's 237degrees (vertical) then it's Ch24.
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Richard: From what I can see it doesn't have a HD tuner in it. If it is labelled as "HD Ready" then that means that it will display HD, but not from it's own tuner. It will need a Freeview HD box to work.
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john: See here for a response to someone with the same query:
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
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Peter Lewis: I can't answer your question as to how long it might be, but try looking in your 800s for other services. You might be lucky and be able to get Pontardawe (indeed your receiver might have stored them on logical channel number 800 and above) which is roughly in the same direction.
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Bob Buckle: Switchover in your area is happening in four months time. You might be able to receive digital TV after switchover with your current aerial, thus any changes (investment of money and time) you make now may only actually be of benefit for the next four months.
If you get good reception on the four analogue channels, then this suggests that you may get good Freeview (come switchover, even if you do not get it now). I don't count Channel 5 on analogue because it doesn't come from Crystal Palace which is why it isn't as good a picture.
Have you managed to get any Freeview channels on your TV?
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John Humphrey Williams: No. Those broadcasters that don't serve your area have chosen the 80-odd most lucrative transmitters.
See here:
Will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
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June Matthews: It is only two months until Hannington's switchover which will see its signal boosted in strength. If the low signal strength is what is causing your issue, then any change of aerial will only be of help for the next couple of months (if your current aerial is sufficient post-switchover).
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Tuesday 13 December 2011 5:44PM
Mark: One thing to be aware of is that Belmont was once (in the days of four-channel analogue) was group A only which means that it only used lower frequencies and that aerials that were installed for it were group A which means that they aren't as sensitive to the higher frequencies.
When Channel 5 came along, it was on C56 from Belmont at 50kW (versus 500kW for the other analogues). So you might have had another aerial fitted to receive it. If you didn't, then perhaps this would explain.
The only other thing I can think is that C60 from Sudbury is causing you interference, which, if it's the case, is ironic because many people in the Suffolk area can't pick it up.