All posts by Doug Brown
Below are all of Doug Brown's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) Full Freeview trans
Wednesday 31 August 2011 8:50AM
Harlow
Wednesday 31 August 2011 8:50AM
Harlow
I have retuned my TV this morning and Mux A, ITV 3 Etc. appears to be missing. Are there any known problems with this. All were ok yesterday.
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Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) Full Freeview trans
Thursday 1 September 2011 8:07AM
Harlow
Thursday 1 September 2011 8:07AM
Harlow
Thanks Mike & JB38. Tried another retune this morning,but to no avail, have borrowed a meter & no signal from C31. I know I live in a fringe area CM18 but had an adequate signal off MuxA/SDN until 31 Aug 2011. Looks like I may have to do without the delights of MuxA for the forseeable future
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Re Lelpep: Best I got was 103 channels but as Briantist points out there is no standard for the way boxes report the number of Channels. My set tells me I am now down to 79, not going to count them though!
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Lelpep: Worthwhile removing your aerial connection & scanning occaisionally. If you still have channels at the end of the scan you need to clear the list. Your manual will normally tell you how.
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Kieren: I live in Harlow, another fringe area for Sandy Heath. My HD is excellent but there appears to be something strange about SDN/CH31 since the 31/08/11 switch. It is now missing from both my boxes. I have connected a signal strength meter and both Arq A and Arq B pumping out 20Kw come through as 40% signal & 65% quality. SDN allegedly broadcasting at the same power only registers intermittently, not sure technically why that should be. Before the changeover SDN, Arq A & B were Ok. The postcode predictor give Sdn as poor.
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KMJ Derby: Thanks for that post, very useful. Crystal Palace gives me good to variable on all channels. The fact CP is putting out HD on CH31 at 10Kw and being nearer than Sandy Heath probably explains my problem. Looks like I may have to wait until 18 April or 9 May next year to resolve this. Can get ITV 3 on my Freesat, that only leaves Quest which I shall miss. Can do without the others.
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Alan Peachey: I live in Harlow CM18 and have the same problem with SDN-Mux A. Signal comes up as 52% but quality is 0%, hence I have lost ITV3 etc. As soon as CP HD moves off CH 31, 18-Apr-12, all should be ok. If not on 9th May 2012 SDN moves to CH 51 and goes to full power.
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I live in Harlow CM18, a fringe area for Sandy, and had the same problem with SDN-CH31. However since 29th September I can now get SDN-CH31, signal strength & quality about 50% each. Have made no changes to my system, will have to wait 'til the weather turns cooler to see whether it is down to atmospherics or changes that have been made that have not been publicised. May try Steve's "magic shield" if problem recurs.
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Wednesday 13 April 2011 9:30AM
I live in Harlow Essex, a fringe area (CM18-6SR). Have a wideband loft aerial & a 10db amp. Can get 103 channels. Like others my Sky Sport 1 & 2 have gone But not worried. I know about multiplex allocations but can someone explain what COM is. I assume they are the commercial multiplexes which will stay on low power for the moment which I guess is the reason for the loss of Sky Sport.