Any Tv Signal Experts Here?

[Guest gooner52]

when the cable in put in to the ground it needs to be the green flexible duct/pipe

 

and sealed with silicon both ends

 

if its not call customer service

[MadBaz]

have you just got the cable in the ground then :16:

Yep

 

Baz, If you "accidentally" go through the siamese cable under your garden, phone up faults and claim to be ill or disabled and ask for special needs forms to be sent out. You will then be granted one grace special needs visit and an engineer will attend within 4 hours and rectify the issue! Seems like everyone does this these days, the amount I have to deal with out of hours!!!! :16:

 

Nah, I'm not like that, I'm pretty good at getting companies to honour agreements/contracts though. I've found it always helps to have Consumer Directs (trading standards) phone number in my mobile. I'm not an habitual complainer I just want a fair deal, if I have to stamp my feet to get that I will.

[Guest Cepheus]

Glad to hear it. Too many out there that abuse the system at the detriment of genuine people.

[Guest gooner52]

madbaz

 

the cable needs to be in flexible duct/pipe

 

 

otherwise you will get a whole host of problems m8

 

give them a call(please) get it sorted

[MadBaz]

Will do mate, thanks.

[jkspoff]

WARNING! :16: Low flying pigs at 12 o'clock! :16:

 

Its not that difficult and it always an alternative. :16:

[big_kev]

The standard NTL-Telewest and any other previous cable company installation is usually pretty dreadful, you get the odd exception.

 

Most cable are buried just a few inches, just enough so the customer doen't see them.

They then typically get the old spade through them when you dig the garden, edging the lawn is almost a cert to cut them.

 

Green flexible pipe ! about 50 / 50 whether you get this or not.

 

The installers are usually a sub-contractor using local labour.

Sacking the sub-contract company usually ends up with another contractor using the same local labour eg the same guys.

 

The network is very iffy and extremely insecure especially for the telephone service.

 

Just thought I would let you know.

[big_kev]

Also if you are having trouble with your terrestial tv signal try here for a laugh

 

http://www.megalithia.com/elect/terrain.html

 

Mine is shown below which explains why I am on Satelitte.

 

It is slight better to the other local transmitter but twice the distance

 

[seatkid]

A decent aerial will fix Andrew T's problem.

 

SKY is for people with more money than sense, Cable is for the seriously stupid i.e those who pay

[Guest gooner52]

if only i had know, ;) :16: :lol: :( ;) ;) :( ;) :wacko:

[Guest gooner52]

Green flexible pipe ! about 50 / 50 whether you get this or not.

99% of dwellings i attend have the green ducking in place

 

unless up north they are worse than down south ;) ;) ;) :(

[Guest wolfie]

99% of dwellings i attend have the green ducking in place

 

http://www.gaup.co.uk/orville.jpg

 

 

how exactly does this green ducking protect the cable?

[El Dingo]

A decent aerial will fix Andrew T's problem.

 

SKY is for people with more money than sense, Cable is for the seriously stupid i.e those who pay

[familyman]

The standard NTL-Telewest and any other previous cable company installation is usually pretty dreadful, you get the odd exception.

 

Most cable are buried just a few inches, just enough so the customer doen't see them.

They then typically get the old spade through them when you dig the garden, edging the lawn is almost a cert to cut them.

 

Green flexible pipe ! about 50 / 50 whether you get this or not.

 

The installers are usually a sub-contractor using local labour.

Sacking the sub-contract company usually ends up with another contractor using the same local labour eg the same guys.

 

The network is very iffy and extremely insecure especially for the telephone service.

 

Just thought I would let you know.

:huh: i once saw a mains leccy cable to a house SIX inches below the surface -dodgy!!

[Guest gooner52]

so now we know wolfie likes fluffy ducks :huh: :huh: :lol:

[seatkid]

That's wierd. I get cable TV and telephone package for less than BT telephone only. :huh:

...and cheaper call charges.

 

6p connection fee......0845/0870 up to 600% more than standard BT rates...locked out of indirect carrier access.......yup..... guess someone needs some new glasses to read the small print..... :lol:

[big_kev]

A decent aerial will fix Andrew T's problem.

 

SKY is for people with more money than sense, Cable is for the seriously stupid i.e those who pay

[MadBaz]

A decent aerial will fix Andrew T's problem.

 

SKY is for people with more money than sense, Cable is for the seriously stupid i.e those who pay

[El Dingo]

That's wierd. I get cable TV and telephone package for less than BT telephone only. :huh:

...and cheaper call charges.

 

6p connection fee......0845/0870 up to 600% more than standard BT rates...locked out of indirect carrier access.......yup..... guess someone needs some new glasses to read the small print..... :lol:

 

Have you read my contract then? :lol:

That's not what it says. :huh:

[Guest gooner52]

i pay

[MadBaz]

Me and the Girlfriend think Sky/cable tv is worth it just for the Top Gear repeats, not sure if they're available on freeview though.

 

There is a lot of tat on tv atm, but we can always switch it off and do other things.......... :lol:

[Andrew T]

Thanks for all the replies, just been visiting in York for the weekend (and flood-watching!) so I tried the box there and it picks up ITV fine. The Aerial is about 5 years old and has a (60amp?) amplifier. I was told when it was fitted that it was suitable for Digital but I'll dig further into that area because It must be where the problem lies. Thanks for the links.

Cable isn't a solution I'm afraid - no cable within 10 miles of here. (Or Gas, or mains sewage come to that. We do have running water and electricity though).

If it means spending a lot of money I would go for a dish though - the Aerial and pole look a mess strapped to the chimney of a 300 year-old house and I worry about it bringing the chimney down in high winds. It also seems to make the whole house resonate at certain wind speeds - is that really possible ?

[Scorpiorefugee]

Back to basics for a possible cause.

 

If your final connection to your TV is a bit dodgy you can get all sorts of silly problems. I had a similar problem to start with. TV analogue signals fine but very scrappy digital so, as an ex TV technician instructor I ripped the box off the wall, remade the connection and replaced the connector lead but no change. Tried the box on the input to the distribution system in the loft - fine, so I baught two more leads from different sources and still no good. Finally, in desperation, I used a short lenght of low loss coax and a couple of plugs to make up a new lead and problem solved. The difference was in effect a total transformation.

 

The lesson is - dont trust those 'orrible thin white leads that most outlets will sell you.

 

Incidentally, opinion only, but a good analogue picture is miles better than even the best terestial digital and who wants that other

[seatkid]

Scorpiorefugee is bang on, pre-made leads, especially the thin white ones are absolute

[Andrew T]

This really comes back to my original question. I get a mediocre Analogue BBC1 &2 but good Digital signal, and a good analogue signal for ITV but no Digital. I can also get a lovely S4C and BBC2 wales analogue but I don't speak much welsh.

Replacing the cable and moving the Digibox is also worth a try though.