All posts by Dave Lindsay
Below are all of Dave Lindsay's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Russell Howes: Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports 2 and ESPN are available on a subscription basis via the digital terrestrial television (DTT) network.
AFAIK, the only two subscription services that allow access to these DTT encrypted channels are:
Sky Sports, Sports Packs, Sky Sports 1 & 2 | Top Up TV
Prices | BT Vision
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Peter Conochie: At your mother-in-law's location, the only full-service Freeview transmitter would appear to be Rowridge (Isle of Wight).
This page is for the Horndean transmitter which only carries PSB channels, of which ITV3 isn't one. It also did not carry Freeview prior to switchover in March this year, so it would seem logical to assume that Rowridge is the direction of the aerial, which has been alluded to.
Following the retune event in April, Rowridge is broadcasting all channels horizontally and vertically.
The PSBs are 200kW horizontally and vertically, whereas the COMs are 50kW horizontally and 200kW vertically. All channels (frequencies) are within those that the former analogue occupied, therefore, generally speaking, existing aerials should work.
Thus, generally speaking there isn't a need to replace aerials on Rowridge; in some cases they may need switching from horizontal to vertical polarisation to take advantage of the higher power COM signals.
If there was previously an aerial on Horndean (prior to the upgrade), then that would not be suitable for Rowridge, so a replacement would be necessary.
For a list of service by multiplex, see:
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
This page explains which services are carried on the PSB (Public Service Broadcaster) multiplexes and which are carried on the COMs (Commercial). PSBs are BBC, ITV1, ITV2, C4, C5 and some others. COMs are ITV3, Pick TV, Yesterday, Film 4 and others.
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Peter Conochie: In addition to the point made by jb38 about the possibility of picking up (the PSBs) from Horndean transmitter, these may be avoided by unplugging the aerial lead at 30% of the tuning scan. All of Rowridge's are below this.
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Nick: Based on what you say, I believe that C60 from Sudbury is the worst for you. When it is at its worst, can you receive anything from the Continent on that channel with the aerial facing the Continent?
I understand that the Netherlands and a lot of Belgium use vertical polarised signals, so it might be worth seeing if reception is better that way.
A list of French transmitters with UHF channels is here:
http://tvignaud.pagespers….pdf
Does anyone know of similar lists for other countries?
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What is BBC North is now referred to as BBC Yorkshire:
BBC North | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
Its news programme is "Look North (Yorkshire)" and the regional idents say "Yorkshire" underneath the BBC One logo.
Eight years ago "BBC North" was split into "Yorkshire" and "East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire". When they are re-united for particular regional programming, they are known as "Yorkshire and Lincolnshire".
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Also, "BBC North East" is "BBC North East and Cumbria".
According to Ofcom, Oliver's Mount now broadcasts identical programming to that of Emley Moor:
http://licensing.ofcom.or….pdf
Previously I understand that BBC was relayed from Emley Moor and ITV and Channel 4 came from Belmont; these links are still shown on the regional maps on this site.
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Wendy: You can only watch the output of your Sky box "if" your new TV is capable of receiving an analogue signal. In such circumstances you will probably need to switch between digital mode (for Freeview) and analogue mode (for the Sky box).
With the knowledge of the make and model number of the TV in question, we can look at its specifications to determine whether this is a possibility.
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Wendy: The TV has an analogue tuner built-in (in addition to a digital one). This means that it can receive the signal from the Sky box.
You feed the aerial lead into the TV just as you did before.
You need to switch to analogue TV mode on the TV. The user manual appears not to cover this, instead it being stored within the TV:
LG 42LS3400 Support: Find Manuals & Warranty Info | LG UK
Looking at the remote, I guess that the "Input" button may be the one that needs to be pressed to change between digital and analogue modes.
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Sunday 19 August 2012 1:09PM
Stephen Goodall: The Digital UK Postcode Predictor is now back on and it "thinks" that you will have "good" reception from Oliver's Mount, including the COMs, albeit that COM6 is "variable" now until September, presumably because Pontop Pike is currently broadcasting analogue on the same channel, but isn't co-channel after switchover. With this in mind, it may well be OK now.
One thing I've just noticed, which I didn't pick up on before, is that Mux D from Bilsdale (Yesterday, Film 4 etc) is on C42, which is co-channel with one of Hunmanby's. It is also the one on the lowest power, so you "may" find that it is non-existant, or intermittent. I guess that the lower power is due to it being broadcast on a channel (frequency) that is re-used elsewhere in (relatively) close proximity, such as is the case here. Therefore, it's to protect, or reduce the possibility of interference being caused to those watching the output of the other (co-channel) transmitter(s).