All posts by Dave Lindsay
Below are all of Dave Lindsay's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Bill: No, it isn't likely at all!
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Nick Anderson: Could it be that there is an overlap where news for the Weymouth area generally appears on both?
Whitby is served by its own relay which carries BBC NE&Cumbria/ITV Tyne Tees but BBC Yorkshire (Emley Moor and relays) carry stories relating to the town. Emley Moor (or any of its dependants) is most certainly not available near Whitby, unless you happen to be camped out on the top of the Moors.
Same goes for other parts of North Yorkshire where there is also an overlap or no reception of Emley.
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John Hudson: Looking at the terrain plot between you and Fenham, and working out what is on the high ground in the way I'm not surprised that you are suffering with intermittent poor reception:
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
The high ground (shown in red as it obstructs the signal path) has the flyover on and there are also a few high-rise blocks that could also potentially be in the way.
Does the poor reception coincide with something such as rush hour and/or rain?
It appears that you reside slap-bang in the middle of the small area that the Felling transmitter covers. It is a relay of Fenham and suggests that the high ground I identified could be an issue in your area.
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alex: You can connect both and both can be receiving different channels without interfering with one another.
I'm not familiar with the V Box, but I am wondering if there is no need to feed the terrestrial aerial lead through it. Presumably all the channels you watch come from the cable connection and you watch via a scart lead, so I can't see that feeding the aerial into the V Box and out and into the TV performs any function. In which case, I would just feed the aerial into the TV (or via the PVR you intend to add).
If a reason is subsequently discovered that necessitates it to go via the V Box, then you can always put it back.
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A very cross person!: I don't understand.
If you watched the former five (analogue) channels then you must have used an aerial which would work for digital.
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Dorothy Newbery: This is an independent site not connecting with the broadcasters.
Contact Channel 5 here:
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A very cross person!: If you live in a block of flats, then doesn't the landlord provide an aerial for you to use?
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Derek Smith: I think that you should feed your aerial in to your Philips receiver and then out and into your Akura TV (with in-built Freeview). There is no need to loop through the Samsung DVD because there are scart connections available.
I found the user manual for the Samsung here:
Support for DVD-HR725
The user manual for the Philips is here:
DTR210/05 Digital Terrestrial Receiver - Philips Support
(The information found at those links may be useful to anyone helping on here.)
I think that you should connect a scart lead between the TV socket on the Philips and AV2 of the Samsung. Then connect another scart lead from AV1 of the Samsung and the TV.
The reason I say to use the TV output socket of the Philips is because it supports RGB and the VCR/DVD one does not.
With RGB the picture is sent along the scart cable using three wires (one for each of the colours - red, green and blue). If RGB isn't available, then you would probably use composite video (CVBS). This uses one wire to carry the picture and so because everything has to be combined down a single conductor and split up again at the other end, the picture isn't as good.
On the Philips go to the Configuration menu and set TV Out to "RGB".
If the TV supports RGB, then set the Samsung to output RGB, else leave it on CVBS (Component). This can be changed via the menu > Setup > Video > Video Output.
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Derek Smith: In last paragraph, I said "CVBS (Component)". These are in fact two different systems, but the Samsung allows two "Video Output" settings: Component and RGB
If RGB isn't supported, then leave it on Component. The point being to use RGB if it is supported.
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Saturday 22 December 2012 2:45PM
Roger: No, it isn't ever likely. See here for an explanation:
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