All posts by Michael
Below are all of Michael's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.Michael: Thank you everyone for your comments. I have since tried a TV with inbuilt freeview which worked fine, suggesting that the signal quality etc is good. But we realised that my old box was not picking up at least some of the HD channels. So it appears that the problem might be my old box, being unable to receive HD, with the problem now very much with the non-HD channels BBC1 and 2 when we often get no picture at all, while channel 3 and others are generally reasonable.Could it be that non-HD BBC1 and 2 have become weaker over the past few weeks, and now are weaker in some way than other non-HD channels? Not sure about the correct terminology by the way.
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Freeview intermittent interference | Freeview InterferenceFriday 12 December 2014 12:45PM
Cambridge
Michael: Thank you for the further suggestions. I have since noted that the reception problems occur with, and only with, all BBC SD channels i.e. 1, 2, 3, 4, News and RB1, and no other channels. I have just tried a new Freeview SD receiver (cheap Nikkai just for testing, perhaps not a good idea) and I am bemused that it does not even detect these BBC channels, and picture quality for the other SD channels is not impressive as my other older box. The type of tuner/receiver now seems to be significant for the BBC channels reception, ranging from good with the 5 year old tv with built-in freeview HD, to intermittent with my older non-HD freeview box, to not detected at all by the cheaper Nikkai freeview SD box. I'm thinking that a new freeview HD box may be the answer, or at least the next step?
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We occasionally suffer interference or complete loss of picture, with BBC standard definition channels, most notably BBC 1 and 2, but BBC News channel also affected, possibly others.
Other channels, including BBC HD channels, are unaffected.
Our situation is:-
1. Post code is CB231HR, house number 42
2. The aerial system was installed professionally, in the loft, just over a year ago
3. Humax digital receiver is about 1 year old.
Can you suggest please, any possible reasons for this to occur, for further checking.
Kind regards
Michael
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Poor BBC Reception
Dear help
Can you advise please, if you can account for poor reception experienced recently:-
Date: Tuesday 5th January
Time: Noticed between 6pm & 11pm
Transmitter: Sandy Heath
Channels: SD channels BBC1, 2, 3, 4, News & Parliament; all other channels including HD channels unaffected
Symptoms: Picture break-up, loss of picture, weak signal message
Equipment: all about 15 months old or less, in new house, including Humax and BT Youview set-top units.
From 1pm today Wednesday all channels seem to be ok again, without the need for re-tuning - but some short-lived interference just noticed at 2.05pm on BBC News.
This has been a long-running temporary problem, for over a year, sometimes lasting for a day or two.
I would be gratefulfor your early comments please.
Kind regards
Michael Bicheno
Tel: 01223 264137
Email: mike_bicheno@hotmail.com
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Monday 10 November 2014 10:18PM
Cambridge
Normally the picture is good from Sandy Heath in post code CB231HR using our Freeview box with new attic aerial, but recently:-
- on Friday evening 7th November, something was causing intermittent picture break-up while watching Nashville Music (ch 9?)
- and on Saturday morning 8th November, it was much worse, with a lot of picture break-up, especially BBC1 and 2 and some channels were showing "No signal".
Can you advise please if there were any known transmission problems or adverse weather conditions.
Thank you