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Thanks Dave, I've just spoken to the retailer (John Lewis) who spoke to Panasonic while I was on hold who, in turn, said they've had several complaints about this; I was assured they'll be looking into this and there may be a s/w update in the near future.
Perhaps this post could/should be moved onto the Pontop Pike page?
Dave
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Regarding the issue of Pontop Pike Ch50 being missing (on Panasonic TVs??).
As of 1400 today (Thurs), someone seems to have undone whatever they did to cause it; the problem seems to be resolved, missing stations are again available.
I assume anyone who did a full reset/rescan to try to resolve it will have lost the stations from their program guides and will now have to rescan Ch50 to get them back.
Dave (not Dave Lindsay!).
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Pontop's Ch50 problem now seems to be fixed.
ITV3, Quest etc are viewable again.
Dave (not Dave Lindsay!).
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We're 20 miles NE of the Pontop Pike transmitter. We previously had a 42" Panasonic HD capable TV which gave us absolutely no reception problems for 10+ years.
We've now have a 55" LG which occasionally produces pixelation on BBC & ITV HD programes - never noticed it on any others (so far).
The aerial is mounted outside and feeds only the TV which reports 100% for both Quality and Signal Strength. We've a Humax recorder fed from a different aerial in the loft, recorded programs from this don't seem to show any pixelation although we don't watch it as much on it as "live" TV.
So far I've tried....
Swapped aerials with the Humax's (TV's "Quality" reading dropped to 98%), pixelation no better or worse.
Swapped aerials back and with the outside aerial feeding the TV via a newly bought aerial amplifier (in the loft), the TV still reports 100%), no difference to pixelation.
Removed the amp' and inserted an attenuator (on the TV socket), reduced strengths to approx' 90%, 80%, 70% and 60% - no difference.
Now been at 50% for a couple of days and just waiting .....
One thing I've noticed since fitting the attenuator is the signal strengths on channels 32, 34, 35, 39 & 42 are the same, but channel 45 (home to the affected HD channels) is always a little less (~4%).
Am I right in thinking that Pontop now transmits HD on both 101 and 1 ? - the TV's program guide names them both as BBC ONE NE&CHD and BBC1 is now on Ch 45.
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My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+Monday 29 July 2024 10:05AM
Bedlington
Chris.SE:
Thanks Chris, our post code is NE22 5ER and yes, my quoted signal strengths are per multiplex.
Last night (Sunday) pixelation occured a couple of times on ITV1 HD.
Today , before I'd read your response I went to further increase the attenuation but it's at its limit showing 50% signal strength on C45 (all others C32- C42) are ~54%) so I've removed the attenuator.
I've now disconnected the Ethernet cable at the router end (now only WiFi if needed) and moved the aerial cable away from the bundle of HDMI and power cables so the only place it's close to them is when they cross.
It's a new TV bought late April, pixelation seems to have been there from the start. None of our neigbours claim to have noticed pixelation and we all have similar aerials (about 8/9 elements?). I do have an old unused, bigger aerial (more elements) and I could try fitting that if you think it might help, but as nobody ellse seems to need one, is it worth it yet? And of course I might then need to refit the attenuator.
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Thanks Chris, we do have a house roof about 100mtr away on the tramsmitter bearing (~201 degrees) but it's always been there! Will do as you suggest and keep fingers crossed.
Many thanks
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Wednesday 9 January 2013 3:06PM
We're receiving from Pontop Pike. As of last night 8 Jan, our 2 yr old Panasonic TV reports "No Service" on any of the previously perfect CH50 stations (10-ITV3, 38-Quest, etc). They still appear in the Program Guide & Signal strength and quality are both maximum; I've tried resetting, retuning, and confirmed that everything's still tuned to Pontop Pike.
Annoyingly, our Humax PVR (on the same aerial) is unaffected, (I've disconnected it to eliminate possible problems). Our two other small TVs (Samsung and Asda cheapie) are also still working perfectly.
A neighbour with a similar Panasonic has exactly the same problem.
Any ideas?