All posts by Maria
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Sorry that last post was unclear.... Film4 had been completely fine until recently and now it is poor (unwatchable) or not there at all.
All other standard channels I use are fine..
Hope that makes sense now.
Thanks
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Sudbury Arqiva multiplex B changes 16 November - retune requireSaturday 17 December 2011 5:22PM
Bury St. Edmunds
Hi,
I've been trawling through this about Film4 very miserably and don't understand this so please bear with me....
Seems Film4 and Yesterday are up the Swanny for months... if I get Freesat or BT Vision will it then work?
Many thanks
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My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+Saturday 17 December 2011 5:32PM
Bury St. Edmunds
Pants!
Many thanks Dave. I'm virtually sitting on top of the transmitter too!
I am being a dullard on this (sorry) but I volunteered to trial BT Vision (!) so will it work then? Desperately want it back for Christmas :(
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Sudbury Arqiva multiplex B changes 16 November - retune requireSaturday 17 December 2011 5:42PM
Bury St. Edmunds
Ah thanks - you found my other post after I had started trawling more :)
So Bt Vision won't help :(
Once it has been located, don't retune as it won't make any difference and I won't know if is working or not at that moment in time. This makes sense - thanks.
All will be rosy in the garden in 6 months...
but....
Does freesat pick up from the same transmitter and so would not work, or is it completely different? Am I being dim? Does it pick up from a satellite? Oh my word - I am feeling really clueless on this :(
I hardly watch TV apart from Film4!
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Sudbury Arqiva multiplex B changes 16 November - retune requireSaturday 17 December 2011 6:03PM
Bury St. Edmunds
I now feel completely daft! It would pick up from a satellite wouldn't it - doh!
You may notice that I know nothing about satellite TV in any form or the benefits of having it.
I have two TVs that did pick up Film4 perfectly until suddenly it went wrong a few weeks ago.
There is a cable that has a 'doubler' thingy plugged into the back of the main one and then a cable snakes in a rather inelegant fashion out the window and in the upstairs window to serve the second one.
Third TV is on a little old-fashioned internal aerial and is hit and miss anyway so I don't expect much of that one as it requires wiggling regularly anyway.
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Sudbury Arqiva multiplex B changes 16 November - retune requireSaturday 17 December 2011 6:05PM
Bury St. Edmunds
p.s. It did used to be a bit shaky reception when it was stormy before
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Sudbury Arqiva multiplex B changes 16 November - retune requireSaturday 17 December 2011 6:20PM
Bury St. Edmunds
That makes sense - I'll try that in a mo. Thank you.
Have no recorder though I have been contemplating getting one - do they make a difference? The freeview is built in to the telly. I have a DVD player and a video recorder(!) plugged in to the telly too.
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Sudbury Arqiva multiplex B changes 16 November - retune requireSaturday 17 December 2011 6:44PM
Bury St. Edmunds
Hooray! I have Film4 by doing what you have suggested.
Having double-checked the aerial cable actually goes into the video which I doubt very much has Freeview built in!
So, presumabley I am likely to have more success with the splitter if it goes direct into the TV?
And.. I might be able to get both TVs to pick it up if it has a booster rather than a thing that splits the signal?
Am I right or am I interpreting wrongly?
You are being a complete star!
Many thanks
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Saturday 17 December 2011 4:53PM
Hi,
Both my TVs keep getting really poor reception or losing Film4 - I'm in Suffolk and believe I am pointed at Sudbury. We are just on basic Freeview.
I've had a look and Challenge is completely fine, as is QVC, but we have no Yesterday.
Has anyone who knows about this sort of thing got any info or ideas? We should be getting BT Vision for a few months and don't know if that will rectify it or not?
Many thanks