All posts by Briantist
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phil: Thanks for that, very handy to know you have save £400. The remaining multiplex (A->SDN) goes to full power on 12th October 2011, so just a month to wait.
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Joanne Pollard: The "usual reason" for being able to see an analogue channel overlaid whilst watching from a Freeview box is that you have created a "SCART loop".
A "SCART loop" is where you have two or three SCART cables connecting in a circle. For example you could have both the VCR SCART from the BT Vision box connected to the TV as well as the TV SCART output.
More common is that the VCR out of the BT Vision box is connected to another device that is ALSO connected to the TV set via a SCART. This isn't necessary and will cause the feedback problem.
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Brian Greensides: +/- denotes that the broadcast has an ofset of +/-166kHz, which is rounded up/down above as 0.2MHz.
All multiplexes are 8k, with the exception of Multiplex A which is 2k until 23rd November 2011.
Modes are listed at the top of the page.
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lesnicol: Border TV, I notice has just had it's 50th birthday!
From what I remember, the Border region was always a bit of an strange beast, which was created in one of the original IBA "licencing rounds" back in the old days of VHF 405-line black and white TV.
It's always been the smallest ITV franchise area with the lowest population and has only ever contributed one network programme: Mr and Mrs.
It is a bit of a strange situation that an ITV region is half in the legal jurisdiction of England and Wales and half in Scotland, so it would probably make sense.
However, I'm sure ITV plc would have something to say about some of its business in effect being given to STV, especailly as everything has been the way it is since the 1st September 1961.
I'm not sure it would really be a good idea for the Scottish Parliament to "gain control of broadcasting" given that broadcasting policy is really a UK-wide (and indeed EU-wide), and would require something like a ScOfcom to duplicate the regulation and SBC to buy in the BBC services and then show them (probably without any opt outs).
I'm not sure if I lived in Scotland I would really want the terrible TV that most small EU countries have - all imports and cheap, tatty parochial talk shows.
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andrew Jamieson: The BT Vision box is, basically, a Freeview box - you won't be able to use any of the "premium" on-demand stuff without letting BT know.
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JH: Just to translate, if the box was not on when the required update was broadcast (OAD = over-the-air download) then it will fail when it first detects a multiplex in "8k" mode.
In theory, if you have a TUTV box and you run a "firmware upgrade" on it, it should be able to get the latest version of the software, as it is proved alongside TUTV and not a part of the normal "engineering channel".
From memory, these automatic upgrades are normally enabled in the menus so either you turn the box off overnight, or someone has disabled the "auto update" on the box at some time.
Or ... you have got the latest "6.01" version of the firmware and everything will be just fine.
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Densedog: "Why are some channels weaker i.e. BBC CHANNELS WHEN WE PAY A FEE TO WATCH. "
I suspect your statement is totally incorrect, the BBC multiplex is ALWAYS the most powerful transmission.
You are probably having a problem with your signal being too powerful and overloading your equipment, which will look like a "weak signal".
The cure is to remove any boosters or amplifiers from your system, or if you don't have any, to fit an attenuator.
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David Thompson:
and The Television Licence Fee's history | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Monday 12 September 2011 4:44PM
Mike Dimmick: Thanks for that link, I had a briefing from someone at Arqiva a while ago about using "reduced MFN" because SFN are problematic in the UK because of the transmitter locations.
I've given it a skim-read, I will give it a proper in-depth read this evening.