All posts by jb38
Below are all of jb38's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
JamesB: Humax boxes will generally store the channels received starting with the lowest end first rather than strength received, so I suspect that the ones you have stored in 1,2,3 etc are from Rosemarkie, whereas the better signal strength ones are from the actual Inverness transmitter.
What to do for a check is go into the Humax's tuning menu / signal condition whilst on BBC1 and if you see Ch45 then that's what's happened, BBC1 Inverness being on CH62.
Some people get over the problem by removing the aerial and whilst carrying out a rescan then quickly plugging it back in again when it passes the highest number of the channels that's NOT wanted, in your case this being as soon as it passes Ch50.
The other way of doing it is by carrying out a manual scan on the channels required, storing after completion of each block, in your case these being Ch55-Ch59-Ch62, these being the three MUX's at Inverness.
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philippa Carruth: Well trade predictor indications are that you should be receiving a good signal from either Blackhill or Darvel, although I would be inclined to take Darvel with the proverbial pinch of salt as it can be very variable in lower down areas of Glasgow, so to determine what station your aerial is pointing at go into your TV's tuning menu / signal test section whilst on BBC1 and note what the channel is shown as being, if its Blackhill it should be Ch46 with Darvel being on Ch22.
Of course in your situation there isn't really that much that can be done, that is except to carry out a test with the aerial pointing to the alternative transmitter.
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philippa Carruth: Meant to add to save you the bother of going into the tuning menu, that as you are in a position to see the aerials and "if" they are all pointing in the same direction and its just about directly across the Clyde, then that indicates they are pointing at Darvel, if not its Blackhill.
Still more accurate to check as was first mentioned though, as Rosneath is also shown as being a somewhat lesser possibility.
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Robert M: Some devices do not take kindly to 8k operation no matter what their specification might state, and likewise can start being a bit erratic in various ways, what you mention being just one of them, maybe you could come back with the model of the device you are referring to.
That said though, it could also be caused by the unit itself developing a defect, the likelihood of this more accurately assessed once the model is known.
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Vic: You failed to mention your location, and considering Freeview reception can be very critical in many areas this is considered as being essential information, with your post code being the most accurate way of assessing what is possible.
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Vic: Well, I carried out a series of test post codes around the city and seen 100% reception predicted (trade version) from the Oxford transmitter on ever occasion, I can only then assume that you are maybe on the peripheral of the city and are screened from the transmitter. By the way on every test code I tried Hannington was indicated as being poor.
To confirm what station you are actually receiving from go into the TV's tuning menu / signal condition whilst on BBC1, and if you see Ch34 mentioned then that is the Oxford MUX, however if its Ch50 then that's Hannington.
If you do see Ch50, then have a look in the 800 ranges of channels in case the Oxford MUX's are up there.
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Vic: Just noticed that you had now indicated your post code, however on re-checking with this info everything I said still applies.
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rob gardner: Are you positive its the under mentioned settings you have entered? as some TV's have problems with 23000 as its not seen as an option on some sets, although in some cases it "might" come on during an automatic re-scan, if it doesn't there isn't really anything that can be done about it except to contact Pioneer, as its their problem.
Manual tune test
Frequency: 10,847MHz (vertical polarity)
Modulation: DVB-S2, QPSK
Symbol Rate: 23.000
FEC: 8/9
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C Mallow: It would be of great assistance to know your location, as if the aerial was installed in the same position as before there is no logical reason for you missing the main ITV station, as this is transmitting on the same power as the BBC.
I would be inclined to re-check the co-ax connections etc, although once your location is known a better assessment can be made.
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Saturday 2 July 2011 8:59PM
Charlie: Yes, it will be interesting to learn what the BBC will come up with, as there is still the possibility that a fault exists at the transmitter, fault reporting only happening if someone connected to the technical operations cares to publish the fact.
However, and as mentioned to David Reid, reception over water is always open to problems, and so your idea of giving the Largs TX a try is something that I would do myself, as the shorter the distance to the transmitter the less the likelihood of the signal being interfered with.
By the way Panasonic TV's did have a problem with HD but only with BBC transmissions, this caused because of their switch to using a symbol rate of 23000, however most sets that I know of (including my own) corrected the problem with a first time re-tune.
Have a nice holiday!!