All posts by Dave Lindsay
Below are all of Dave Lindsay's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Linda Dale: If you only have Freeview Light, then no, you won't get 4seven; it is available on Freesat though.
The Digital UK predictor suggests that reception of all channels from The Wrekin "may" be a possibility. What can and can't be picked up may vary by house. Trees in the way could prevent reception from a particular transmitter. The predictor should be treated as a guide; only an installer on-site can say what can and can't be received.
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John Clark: According to Digital UK and Ofcom, C42 is on the lowest power of the digital channels from Bilsdale at 1.6kW. All the rest are 6kW except for C34 which is at 4.8kW.
As Mark says, C42 is the only out of group one at present, if you are using a Group A aerial.
See:
Aerials, TV Aerial and Digital Aerial
Bilsdale TV Transmitter
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John F: Err, no. It's down to the laws of capitalism and it is explained above !!!
The Commercial broadcasters selected the most lucrative transmitters (those with most viewers).
The rest cover 8.5% of the population and the cost to run them is about equal to the cost of the 81 they have which cover 90% of the population.
As they are profit making organisations, showing advertising to as many viewers as possible which they aquire at lowest possible cost, then it's not surprising that they aren't interested.
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John Marsh: Is it a "Freeview HD" TV which has a DVB-T2 tuner in? What is it's model?
"Full HD" simply means that it goes up to the "full" resolution of 1080p and does not add any qualification to the ability to receive HD broadcasts off the air.
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Sticks: Good to hear you got it sorted, that's quite an increase!
Perhaps your aerial was in a shadow.
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Clare: Is your aerial directed to Beacon Hill which overlooks Torbay or Stockland Hill?
Confirm that it is tuned correctly. If you have difficulty with it picking up the wrong one, then:
- for Stockland, run the automatic tuning scan and unplug the aerial at 30% or when it gets to C30; or
- if your aerial faces Beacon Hill, start the scan off with the aerial unplugged and plug in when it gets to 30% or C30.
If it is Beacon Hill, then C60 is used by BBC and is also used by Cherbourg which is about 45 miles across the Channel. Cherboug does not share any other channels with Beacon Hill.
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Terri: Your postcode resolves to an appartment block and these usually have communal aerials.
If you are using a communal aerial, then it may need to be adjusted. See this posting from Hilary who has the same problem and see my response to her:
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 - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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John: Perhaps your receiver is tuning to the Seagry Court transmitter for BBC standard definition which is on UHF channel 41. It should be tuned to Mendip on C61.
Carrying out a retune should only be done in order to tune the receiver differently to what it already is. Have you established whether this is the case or not?
As Einstein said, insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
If your receiver is picking up BBC from Seagry Court, then it's unlikely that this would change, irrespective of how many times you try.
The signal strength screen should tell you whether BBC One is tuned to C41 or C61. If it is tuned to Seagry Court, then run the automatic tuning scan through with the aerial unplugged up until 55% or C48. This will miss out scanning of its channels. Then go to the manual tuning function and tune to C48 for ITV3 and associated services. If Yesterday is missing, manually tune to C52 and if ITV1 is missing, manually tune to C54.
These manual tunes are necessary due to possible inaccuracy in getting the aerial lead back in. The highest frequency used by Seagry Court is next to the lowest of Mendip (which is C48).
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John Slater: What do you distribute (or what did you distribute) using the LoftBox?
The references to distributing HD means that if you have a HD box in one room, you cannot carry the high definition picture to another room using the LoftBox. These does not preclude the reception of Freeview HD in every room using a local receiver (e.g. set-top box or HD TV with built-in Freeview HD receiver).
The purpose of LoftBox is to carry different signals down single cables: DAB, FM, UHF TV (Freeview). Do you do this or do you just use it to distribute TV?
This page might be of interest:
Television Aerial Boosters / Amplifiers, Splitters, Diplexers & Triplexers
Did the device fail before switchover?
At 4 miles you could perhaps have excessive signal levels and thus "may" (perhaps) be able to split the signal quite a few ways without the need for a power booster.
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Thursday 5 July 2012 9:33PM
John Mason: 4seven is not available before switchover due to insufficient capacity.