All posts by Timbo
Below are all of Timbo's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Sudbury (Suffolk, England) Full Freeview transmitter
Wednesday 27 June 2012 7:34PM
Walton On The Naze
Wednesday 27 June 2012 7:34PM
Walton On The Naze
At last! It's been a struggle over the past months and years, but it looks like we now have a full service from Sudbury (at least I have here!). And good advice from Mark Fletcher: clear the tuner's memory of all channels, then re-scan.
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John Chambers: I think you'll find that the W refers to Wideband. If your aerial, like mine, is an EW (Group E, Wideband), then it 'should' be able to receive channels outside the current range. However, as in many cases, it can be all down to location. Maybe lower frequencies are easier to receive than higher ones? No doubt someone out there can verify this. I'm currently getting all channels at home with no problems.
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IanC: A shame you can't have an external aerial installed, as that would almost certainly solve your problem, especially as the installation would provide an up-to-date aerial and cable. I'm guessing your loft aerial is an old Yagi type, which in many locations is adequate for digital reception. I use one at home (35 miles from Sudbury transmitter) for the bedroom TV, and get all available channels. But probably the biggest cause of your signal loss lies with the coax cable, which could be several years old, liable to all sorts of interference, and may even be broken.
My suggestion would be to buy some new 'digital' screened coax cable (its length at least equal to the one in the wall), fit it to the loft aerial, drop it out of the loft hatch and plug it into a TV or digi-box and see if you get a signal. If you then get some channels (the strongest), upgrading the aerial to a digital high-gain one should get you more channels (especially as you're not far from Crystal Palace). If all's well, then it should be possible to replace the existing cable in the wall cavity with the new one.
No doubt further advise will be given by some of our aerial technicians on this forum!
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Sudbury (Suffolk, England) Full Freeview transmitter
Thursday 20 September 2012 6:11AM
Walton On The Naze
Thursday 20 September 2012 6:11AM
Walton On The Naze
Nick: Try using another tuner/digibox. If you then get Ch60 with a different tuner, that would suggest a fault with your current one.
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Tuesday 26 June 2012 4:15PM
Walton On The Naze
Briantist: Thanks for updating the site, I like it! I have found though, that some of my posts have disappeared from the comments pages. No great problem, just handy to look back for reference.