All posts by Jonathan C
Below are all of Jonathan C's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
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My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+Saturday 8 September 2012 11:43AM
Ludlow
Dave Lindsay: I am at SW8 1NW. Yesterday afternoon all the channels suddenly returned at good to high quality for 5 or 6 hours, then disappeared in the evening and have not returned. Today I have nothing - no signal on any channel. I live in a communal block of flats, have had a look around and there appears to be a high quality aerial on the roof pointing south-eastish. What confuses me is how the channels can disappear and re-appear apparently at random. Signal remains at 100% on all channels at all times.
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My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+Saturday 8 September 2012 11:48AM
Ludlow
Sorry the postcode should read SY8 1NW
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Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) Full Freeview traMonday 10 September 2012 10:25AM
Ludlow
I am at SY8 1NW, Ludlow. I have checked signal for BBC and ITV and the channel Nos are 28 & 25 respectively so this suggests the aerial is pointing at Ridge Hill. I live in a communal block of flats, and a visual check of the aerial suggests this also. I receive freeview through a Panasonic DVD recorder. Moved recently from London where no problems with reception. Over the last week however have more or less lost every channel though some return intermittently. Today in desperation I unplugged everything, reset the box to factory settings, rescanned, and received all channels at full strength and full quality. However (and it's a big however)every channel is now almost constantly pixelated, though a stable picture appears for a minute or so at a time. Am at my wits end, and thinking of freesat as there is also a communal satellite dish in building with sockets in my front room. But given the problems I am getting with Freeeview, can I also expect similar problems with freesat given my location? I watch very little TV, and usually record a couple of programmes daily to watch in the evening, so all this seems an amazing amount of trouble to go to just to watch the odd programme. Also, does anyone know where we stand legally regarding TV licence, as I fail to see why I should renew when I cannot receive a decent signal on any channel.
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Friday 7 September 2012 12:21PM
I have just moved to Ludlow, Shropshire Postcode SY8. Previously I lived in London near the Crystal Palace transmitter and Freeview was fine. The first day in Ludlow I got most channels, though some had a tendency to break up. However, over the last few days I have lost all channels, except the radio. On checking the signal I find the strength is at full, but the quality is at the lowest mark or non-existent. I have tried everything, re-scanning endless times, using the latest cables. Nothing works. Does anyone know of any issues with reception in this area?