All posts by Dave Lindsay
Below are all of Dave Lindsay's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Mar: If your aerial can be set horizontally or vertically then it should be vertical - see:
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If your TV has manual tuning then use it to try and restore COM5 multiplex (which carries Pick TV, Sky News and others). Tune to UHF channel 22.
Whilst on the manual tuning screen enter/select C22 (482MHz) but don't press the button to scan/add channels. Instead, wait and it should give a readout of strength/quality. This should allow you to position the aerial where the best signal is received, although you will need to ensure that the other four standard definition channels (and one HD channel, if applicable) are also good.
The channels to look at are:
PSB1 BBC One
PSB2 ITV
PSB3 BBC One HD
COM4 ITV3
COM5 Pick TV
COM6 4Music
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pw69: The coverage map assumes that the terrain is entirely flat, which is why it is a perfect circle.
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kevin: Assuming that there are no local obstructions then you would appear to have clear line-of-sight to Winter Hill 26 miles away.
With that in mind a log periodic should be your aerial. These are naturally wideband, and so will be suitable now and in the future, if Winter Hill uses Group A or Group B) channels. Indeed, the new HD multiplex is on a Group A channel (C31) and even though it is lower power, you may well be able to get it at your location.
See here for more information:
Winter Hill Transmitter
If you already have an aerial, which may be Group C/D, then give it a try. All channels except the new HD multiplex are within Group C/D, and you "might" find that it works and therefore doesn't need replacement.
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Susan: If the three other TVs could view the Sky box then they must be fed from where the main TV is.
You will probably have two conventional (terrestrial) aerial sockets behind the main TV. One will be the incoming feed from the aerial and the other will be the outgoing feed to the other rooms.
The outgoing feed is the one that was connected to RF2 socket on the Sky box. As a test, use a lead to connect the incoming aerial to the outgoing feed to the other rooms. Then check that the other three TVs work; remove the link and confirm that they don't work.
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rob castle: I assume you are using Bilsdale transmitter. There was engineering works at Bilsdale last week and Digital UK doesn't say these are still ongoing.
Retuning will achieve nothing except perhaps a negative outcome, as you found. This is because the TV will give the best picture for the signal being fed into it.
If you have not had your aerial from the days of four-channel analogue then it could be an effect of it being less sensitive on the channel used by Sky News.
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Lawry: It might be useful to know the make and model number of your YouView box, this being to give more specific suggestions.
I don't have much first-hand experience, but if there is a setting to prefer one particular network or region, then this might want turning on. Or perhaps there is a setting to enable/disable automatic updates (adding of new services) - this can't always be turned off.
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malcolm Godden: My understanding is that the issue affects the PSB2 multiplex (which carries ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and others). If this were an issue with the BBC or HD services then I would suggest contacting the BBC Engineering department.
The PSB2 multiplex is operated by Digital 3&4 Limited (D3&4), which is a consortium by ITV and Channel 4. I have been unable to locate a working phone number for D3&4.
Some websites give its details as: Digital 3 and 4 Ltd, Unit 4, 56 Norich Road, Wymondham NR18 ONT. Telephone 01953 608040. This number is not recognised.
Transmitters are run by Arqiva (www.arqiva.com) whose head office number is 01962 823 434. Don't hold your breath about them acting on calls from viewers. Clearly they probably receive reports from issues that aren't anything to do with them and therefore aren't likely to respond to individual reports. You can but try, explaining that you know of a number of other viewers in the same position. The next step could, perhaps, be to get others to speak to Arqiva.
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Richard E: They have done this for BBC One Yorkshire which is now "BBC ONE Yorks".
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Heather Lisle: There is not usually commentary in-between frames anyway. When on normal broadcast (BBC One or BBC Two) they go to the studio but on the Red Button there is no "studio".
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Friday 29 November 2013 12:06PM
Brian D Cameron: The Sale of Goods Act does not apply with respect to payment of the TV Licence and signal quality because the TV Licence simply permits the licensee to watch television and offers no guarantees as to availability of signal or warranties on aerial and receiving system.