Any Tv Signal Experts Here?

[Andrew T]

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[Guest gooner52]

what freeview digi box did you buy

 

not all freeview box give you all the channels

 

bought one a while back had loads not on there,then bought a better one,that had most of them

 

what signal strenth are you getting,anything blocking its path,ie trees house`s etc...(anteena that is)i take it your using a outside antenna,not one sitting on top of your tv

 

also booster might help you out a bit

 

few ideas to get you cracking on :lol:

[Andrew T]

Antenna is on a 3 Metre pole on the chimney but there is an 1800ft Hill between us and the transmitter. Given that we get a better signal on ITV analogue than BBC analogue I suspect that you're right about the 'box not picking up ITV and C4 (it's a Pace unit BTW). I assumed that all 'boxes gave all the freeview channels. Oh B*gger.

[seatkid]

The problem with Belmont is the frequency allocation of the the multiplexes is spread widely.

To receive Freeview from the Belmont transmitter requires a high gain wideband aerial optimised for DTT reception. DTT is transmitted at low power from Belmont and the coverage area is limited as a result. Many old aerial installations which are in current service will be Group A aerials (installed pre Channel 5). Group A aerials will not be suitable for Belmont DTT or Analogue Channel 5 reception, so an aerial upgrade will be needed. Suitable high gain wideband aerials are available from Maplin Electronics - order code XQ42V.

UHF Aerials are available in 4 Groups:

 

Group A Covers Channels 21-34

Group B Covers Channels 39-53

Group C/D Covers Channels 48-68

Group W Covers Channels 21-68 (wideband)

 

 

Your existing (probably group A) aerial needs to be changed for a wideband (group W) aerial - many source online if you search.

[Smilge]

Might be worth checking to see what channel the television is tuned to the video recorder / Freeview box. If they're close to the ITV / Channel 4 channels, you could have co-channel interference.

[El Dingo]

I feel your pain... :lol:

 

I am assured that all Freeview boxes will pick up ITV by the way. The signal strength of the channel 'packages' can be different from the same transmitter, I've been told, and so maybe the package containing ITV is just too weak for you to pick up.

 

In my area, digital signals are weak (as they plan to 'up' the signal strength when they turn off analogue :16: ). So we needed a new aerial, a signal booster on the aerial and another signal booster to split off for the second telly (due to the long cable run to the second telly).

 

We found that the analogue signal is better from Crystal Palace than Hannington, however, the digital signal is better from Hannington. So we swung our aerial around. Wierd but true.

 

These folks are quite helpful...

http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/cgi-bin/for...ard=freeviewgen

 

...and where is Katman???

[Guest gooner52]

Might be worth checking to see what channel the television is tuned to the video recorder / Freeview box. If they're close to the ITV / Channel 4 channels, you could have co-channel interference.

 

 

bleeno is right if the rf channels are close to each other ie stb/vcr,they will knock one or both out

 

are you using rf/scart for your vcr

 

j :lol:

[MadBaz]

I'm no expert but we've had similar probs with terresterial normal TV,(bloody big hill in way of Emley moor transmitter). We fixed it by subscribing to Cable, reasonably painless, except for install team tramping mud over new carpets, lifting the carpets to hide cable, sorted in the end though.

[morticiaskeeper]

We got on ok with our freeview box for a year, but then the signal started to go, about the same time as the vodaphone signal :lol:

 

Now we've gone for the basic sky package and hardly watch the terrestrial channels

[El Dingo]

I'm no expert but we've had similar probs with terresterial normal TV,(bloody big hill in way of Emley moor transmitter). We fixed it by subscribing to Cable, reasonably painless, except for install team tramping mud over new carpets, lifting the carpets to hide cable, sorted in the end though.

 

Ah... the Three Acres Inn on Emley Moor! :lol:

[Guest gooner52]

I'm no expert but we've had similar probs with terresterial normal TV,(bloody big hill in way of Emley moor transmitter). We fixed it by subscribing to Cable, reasonably painless, except for install team tramping mud over new carpets, lifting the carpets to hide cable, sorted in the end though.

 

 

did you ask them to put the cables under your carpets,was this this telco(telephone) or tv rf cable

should not of been put under your mats anyway.lets hope they didnt run it under mats near a gas fire :lol:

 

also they should of wore blue overlays over there boots

 

j

[El Dingo]

Or if you are on cable, there's always this forum:

 

http://www.nthellworld.co.uk/home.php

 

:rolleyes:

[lazyb5]

hi all been sky for years sky+ for a year with multiroom never watch terrestrial wish sky didnt cost as much tho and why do i need to pay my tv license just another tax i guess. Signals ok round here but its the fens. :rolleyes:

[Guest Cepheus]

Just get Cable .... :rolleyes: :lol:

 

As an slight hijack .... James .... have you had your order form for the new uniforms yet?Aparently Black with the new logo on. Beats the Purple or baby blue offering we had last time!!

[Guest gooner52]

no paul

still got nasty bluest ones at the mo:lol:

[Guest bigal]

I'm no expert but we've had similar probs with terresterial normal TV,(bloody big hill in way of Emley moor transmitter). We fixed it by subscribing to Cable, reasonably painless, except for install team tramping mud over new carpets, lifting the carpets to hide cable, sorted in the end though.

 

 

We get our signal from Emley moor its really good apart from channel 5 which i dont watch anyway.

I rang NTL for a price on getting an extra box up stairs (the one iv'e got is split to go all over the house but cant watch different channels) they wanted

[MadBaz]

did you ask them to put the cables under your carpets,was this this telco(telephone) or tv rf cable

should not of been put under your mats anyway.lets hope they didnt run it under mats near a gas fire :wacko:

 

also they should of wore blue overlays over there boots

 

j

 

This was the broadband cable in the bedroom, He pulled up the the edge of carpet to hide cable to modem, pulled out the ariel cable and used th hole to feed his cables thru, left muddy footprints over our new room, bedroom, stairs and bathroom carpets, tapped our lass for a fag, and asked her to carry one of his toolboxes upstairs, he even told her to vac up the brick dust upstairs as it might stain bedroom carpet!!!

[Guest gooner52]

mb

 

thats all a total joke mate

 

i even went to a call out once in eltham south east london

 

the lady that owned the house,had said the crew that came to install 2 telephone ext.had left loads of bits of plastic and raw plugs and screws on her floor and she had 2 young kids

 

when i got there,she was dead right,plus as you said mud all over the mats,plus brick dust everywhere,

 

i cleaned up all the bits,had said sorry for all the mess(but as she said it was the guys that done the work)just gives the rest of us that try to do a good job a bad name :wacko:

 

i gave her a phone number at the time,in the end the cable company got carpet cleaners in to clean her carpets,which the crew had to pay for......

 

its the crews job to leave the subs house as tidy as they find it

 

and not to ask the customer to carry boxes etc..

 

sorry to hear you had such a bad time with your install

 

ps. should of made new hole in the wall for new modem cable,then used black and white caps @both ends,then used silicon to seal both entry and exit points of the cable,and the cable should not of been run under your mats,

 

just sounds like a quik rubbish job ,likei have to attend most days

 

all the best j

[MadBaz]

I was fuming, what made things worse was no-one at customer services was interested, no returned calls etc, I eventually phoned a mobile number that was on our welcome pack, it turned out to be an installations manager at the Kirklees depot, he sorted us out with carpets being cleaned and re-fitted, 6 months free service, as it turned out the sub-contractor had had loads of complaints and was subsequently fired.

 

If I ever gave anyone that level of service I'd be out of business in a week. If I can bother you with a question Gooner, the cable that comes thru our garden, does it have to be at a certain depth and or in flexible duct/pipe? We're having a new fence put in, the cable is only a couple of inches down.

[jkspoff]

Get a satelite dish and a decoder, receive perfect picture and all freeview channels with a freeview card, no need for any more issues with aerials, you don't need to subscribe to Sky, just buy the bits off ebay for less than 50 quid and install yourself using the digibox built in meter and a bit of coax cable. It'll take an hour to do.

[seatkid]

WARNING! :wacko: Low flying pigs at 12 o'clock! ;)

[Guest gooner52]

I was fuming, what made things worse was no-one at customer services was interested, no returned calls etc, I eventually phoned a mobile number that was on our welcome pack, it turned out to be an installations manager at the Kirklees depot, he sorted us out with carpets being cleaned and re-fitted, 6 months free service, as it turned out the sub-contractor had had loads of complaints and was subsequently fired.

 

If I ever gave anyone that level of service I'd be out of business in a week. If I can bother you with a question Gooner, the cable that comes thru our garden, does it have to be at a certain depth and or in flexible duct/pipe? We're having a new fence put in, the cable is only a couple of inches down.

 

 

iirc its 12inches down,and both ends need to be visble

end going into t box,outside the front of your house

and the other end of the green flexi duck,should have a black cap on it,should be visble about 3 to 4 inches,they double cable rg11 iirc should then go in to your omny box in your wall m8

your omny should also have a cable tie on it ,to keep it closed

 

hope this helps

[MadBaz]

Thanks Gooner, there's no green duct, I'm gonna have to be careful not to cause problems when I rip out the hedges!

[Guest gooner52]

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

[Guest Cepheus]

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!!!! :wacko: