All posts by Dave Lindsay
Below are all of Dave Lindsay's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Derek: See if wiping the channel memory and manually tuning each multiplex one by one if manual tuning is available.
For Sandy Heath they are:
PSB1 | BBC One | C27
PSB2 | ITV1 | C24
PSB3 | BBC One HD | C21
COM4 | ITV3 | C51
COM5 | Pick TV | C52
COM6 | Film4 | C48
After doing each, see whether all the services on the multiplex are in their correct positions.
Lists of services by multiplex, including which logical channel number they should be on is here:
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
To wipe the channel memory, running it through with the aerial unplugged might work. However, there could be some remnant in the memory that still remains which is what is the problem. A last resort might be to do a factory reset and see if that produces a better result.
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David Burke: Have you tried doing a manual tune on the UHF channel of the Saorview transmitter you are using? Which Saorview transmitter is it? If you don't know, what direction is your RT aerial pointing and is it vertical (elements up/down) or horizontal (elements flat)?
If it's horizontal and pointing north-west, then it is directed to Holywell Hill which is on UHF channel 30. When you scan the mode should be set to DVB-T rather than DVB-T2.
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Arthur Turk: When you manually tune to the HD mux (C47), ensure that the mode is set to DVB-T2 rather than DVB-T, if there is such a setting on the manual tuning screen.
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George O'Hara: It will probably do.
Try a manual tune to UHF channel 39. Ensure that it is set to DVB-T2 mode rather than DVB-T mode if there is such a setting on the manual tune screen.
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Gerry: You may need a Freeview HD receiver to watch Saorview which is the Republic's digital replacement to the RT analogue you received previously. You will use the same aerial as you used before.
If your RT aerial is vertical (elements up/down) and pointing south, then manually tune to UHF channel 52. You may find that it picks it up, but doesn't show a picture. If this is the case then you need a Freeview HD receiver, or of course a Saorview receiver will do the trick.
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Arthur Turk: So does it register a signal when you manually tune to C47?
Should I presume that you have looked at logical channel numbers 101, 102, 103 and 104 for them as they are their new locations?
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George O'Hara: The signal you were attempting to tune into and that which this page is about is not Saorview but is a special multiplex carried on three Freeview transmitters. They are principally intended to serve areas where the Saorview signal doesn't reach, although there will be areas of overlap.
Do you have a separate aerial for RT pointing to a transmitter in the Republic? You would have used it for RT analogue previously. If you do, then this will probably be relevant. I looked on Streetview and can't see any aerials on anything but Divis, so it is probably not likely that you are served by a Saorview transmitter, but I ask just in case.
The NI Mux on C39 is broadcast from Black Mountain which is adjacent to Divis and will therefore be on a close enough bearing for many people that their Divis-facing aerials will also pick it up. I point this out as it may turn out to be the issue although there is only 8 degrees between the two at your location so it is doubtful.
If it turns out that you can't receive C39, even perhaps turned your aerial slightly clockwise, then you may be able to receive the NI Mux from Carnmoney Hill using a separate aerial. Carnmoney Hill does not broadcast all Freeview channels and those that it does, you aren't forecast to get that good a reception of them, so if you do go down this route then you would probably receive Freeview from Divis and the NI Mux from Carnmoney.
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Steve: The NI Mux broadcasts from Black Mountain which is adjacent to Divis and will therefore be on a close enough bearing that many peoples' Divis-facing aerial will work. The coverage area and hence strength of the signals NI Mux (Black Mountain) vs Divis (normal Freeview) may be different at some locations.
The Digital UK Postcode Checker doesn't "think" that you will be able to receive the NI Mux from Black Mountain. Predictors are never exact and should therefore be taken with a pinch of salt.
Judging by the size of aerials in your road, I guess that you don't live in a great signal area, possibly because higher terrain blocks direct line of sight to the transmitter.
I did spot that a few houses have vertical aerials pointing a bit clockwise of Divis. I reckon these are pointing at Clermont Carn in Co. Louth, so this may be an indication that reception of Soarview is possible at your location.
Saorview will give you more channels than the NI Mux (as it only carries TG4, RT One and RT Two) and your Freeview HD receiver would be expected to receive it:
What is Saorview? | SAORVIEW
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Steve: Try manually tuning your box to the NI Mux from Black Mountain. It is on UHF channel 39. If the manual tune screen allows you to select modes DVB-T or DVB-T2, then ensure that the latter is chosen.
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Sunday 28 October 2012 7:07PM
Jill Harmer: Have you confirmed that for BBC it is tuned to UHF channel 62 which is Huntshaw Cross?