All posts by Briantist
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Nick: According to the "system", your analogue transmitter is the one at Aldeburgh, not Sudbury.
At some point Aldeburgh will give you a good service, but this will move to "marginal" in the future.
The analogue, and therefore digital services cover 98.5% of the population.
You are in the 1.5% that won't get a decent terrestrial service, and for you Freesat has been provided.
Freesat boxes start at £30 - Buy Bush BFSAT02SD Freesat SD Digital Box - Black at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Freesat digital set top boxes.
- and you can get a dish fitted from £89 - Buy Single Freesat Installation at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Freesat accessories.
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Freesat HD will provide ALL the channels you will ever get terrestrially, and you can have them today if you want.
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Maureen McKinlay: Nothing happened to ITV3 (multiplex A) on that date. You need to this: 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 - independent free digital TV advice .
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MXP: OK, you should have excellent reception of multiplex 2. Please can you see the Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page?
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Nick: The reason that your reception from Aldeburgh will change is that the shifting sands of UK and international frequency allocations during the last phase of digital switchover will result in some potential interference occurring to your Freeview Lite reception from Aldeburgh.
As for Freesat, if you already have a dish you just need a quad-LNB fitted to provide more outputs. They are £30 - Buy Quad Output Sky/Sky+ LNB at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Free to air satellite.
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This is because each LNB in the package requires both a power supply and signal to select the appropriate signal polarity.
This does mean there has to be a cable from each receiver (and "+" boxes have two) to the LNB.
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Nick: The £30 box is SD, the HD ones start at £80 - Buy Bush Freesat HD Digital Box - Black at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Freesat digital set top boxes.
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You can get Freesat HD TVs, but they are perhaps no cheaper than an HD Ready set with a box.
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mxp: If you can't find the problem yourself then you will probably need to contact a local installer to find the problem for you.
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Brian March: Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Steve: "can expect the situation to get far worse before it gets finally sorted?"
Yes, certainly no better.
"One wonders why they chose the most densely populated areas to be left till last. "
The areas done first were those with the least cross-over into other regions.
Those planned last are the areas close to international borders (SE England, Northern Ireland).
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Wednesday 27 April 2011 8:07AM
Bruce Manning: Whilst you CAN currently move your aerial to Mendip, the service from there will, due to changes elsewhere in the network as part of switchover, deteriorate over the next few years.
You do, however, get the ITV1 West service from Ridge Hill. It's probably on channel 803 on your box.