All posts by Dave Lindsay
Below are all of Dave Lindsay's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
John: I don't know about Freesat, but RT will be broadcast from Brougher Mountain,
Black Mountain and Carnmoney Hill at lower power than the other services. According to Digital UK, Divis will not carry these services.
See here for the recently published Installer Newsletter from Digital UK on the subject of the switchover in Northern Ireland:
http://www.digitaluk.co.u….pdf
Quote from that leaflet:
The Good Friday Agreement and February 2010 Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Ireland Governments included provision for ensuring that TG4 , RT 1 and RT 2 standard definition services are made available to much of Northern Ireland . In part this will be achieved via a seventh, low-power, TV multiplex (mux), operating from the Brougher Mountain, Black Mountain and Carnmoney Hill transmitters and using the DVB-T2 standard to maximise coverage. While all three services will be standard definition only, a Freeview HD receiver will be required to watch them. The timing for the launch of these services is still to be confirmed.
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graham k: We have had a number of reports of issues with this multiplex from Sutton Coldfield. A few hours ago some people posted to say that the fault with the transmitter has been fixed:
Freeview on Sutton Coldfield TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
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John: The transmitter isn't changing channels; it's your receiver that is retuning itself!
The BBC is on UHF channel 60 from Brierley Hill and ITV is on 57. Is this what you tuned it to?
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Hollie: If you have a signal booster, remove it.
What sort of reception did you have before switchover?
Can you not get any TVs in your house to work?
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Roy: Are there any trees that could be in the way?
At 94degrees, could it be other buildings on the lane that are in the way?
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David F: If it is reflected signal (and it is probably difficult to say without professional test gear), then it might be possible to re-site the aerial so that there is something blocking the reflection. For example, move it to where there is a building in the direction you think that the reflection is coming from. Turning it might help. I guess that it should be turned anti-clockwise, although there is no harm in trying clockwise as it might pick up some perminant reflected signal which could be more stable.
What about using the West Kilbride relay? If your aerial is a group one, then you will probably need a replace it with either a group B or wideband.
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Chris: If the set-top aerial works fine on the Thompson PVR, then I suggest that the problem might be too much signal.
See here:
Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
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Garth Prosser: If you're on the Bretch Hill transmitter, then no, they won't ever be available. See here:
Will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
The predictor suggests that reception from Oxford *might* be possible in your post code. Whether it will be at your exact location is another matter, but if you are to look at getting these extra channels, then that would appear to your only option (on terrestrial television).
The transmission power is low from Oxford and will be so until April, so I wouldn't do anything until then.
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Tuesday 6 December 2011 5:16PM
nick: Try manually tuning UHF channel 24 (for ITV/C4/C5 etc). This is the channel used by the Buxton relay.