All posts by M. Caine
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Strange - last night Sat 25th Feb - had Freeview HD on the box through my Technomate 6902 - all ok early evening on all 4 terrestrial UK channels - looked in on them again later in the evening after 8 : 30 pm - no sound on any of these HD channels and the strength down to @ 50% vs 90 % earlier.
Tried them again this morning - all ok ! ?
Signal is from Winter Hill
no reported work or faults on Freeview site re winter hill either - or do they bother telling you ?
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Whatever it is - it only seems to affect the 4x HD channels sound - picture is perfect - and the Technomate 6902 is unusual in that it shows me the signal strength when switching to each channel - the HDs seeming to drop signal strength at night to 50 / 55% - the rest of the channels stay as they have been all day - 85%ish - as indeed the HDs aare in the day. Last night (Sunday)was just the same as Saturday - no sound on HDs, strength down at 58%, picture ok - tried this morning - all HDs ok and signal at 90%
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will try the mobile & portable phone distance route to see if this is the 'interference' problem
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Mike C: just tried mobile phone & hands free portable phone - makes no impact even placed next to set top box - so no go there
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just put on all elecrical appliances likely to be used - dishwasher, clothes drier & washing machine as well as mobile phones near unit - none of them affect the HD channels in daytime - but signal today of HDs down to 72% - all rest of Freeview channels at ususal @90%
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tracked down what is happening with my HD sound problem - but solving it is another thing.
When I switch from my Technomate 6902 while watching a Freeview HD channel to my Panasonic LCD tv with built in Freeview - then switch back to Technomate - HD sound is no longer there on the Technomate - it is ok on all the other Freeview channels. It is happening any time of day - not just a night time occurrence. Signal on HD is definitely dropping at night though
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BBC One Scotland starts in High Definition, Monday 14 January 2Monday 14 January 2013 9:22AM
Altrincham
I notice in the evenings that ITV Granada & Channel 4 from Winter Hill to south Manchester the signal strength seems to drop to 50% (picture quality indicator says ok) & picture becomes glitchy / blocky. TV is a Panasonic 32" LCD. If I switch to viewing through my Echostar 6902HD terrestrial tuner - it is all ok, likewise through Freesat element of the echostar.
Any thoughts on why the direct tv is weaker than through the known weaker tuner in the echostar. The same aerial is put through a splitter to both units & switching the input aerail cable makes no difference
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Interestingly, I find the tv / stb make itself and its tuner sensitivity has a BIG bearing on just which channels you will pick up.
All connected to the same aerial, I find my Toshiba lcd is the most sensitive and picks up everything - including Welsh channels & picked up the G Man first. Whereas my Panasonic 32" LCD didn't pick up the G Man channels until months later & my Technomate 6902 HD Super still doesn't pick up all of Freeview stuff.
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The next 50 things on UK FREE TV. What would you like to see?Tuesday 21 October 2014 9:51AM
Altrincham
michael : Technomate and others do an excellent range of multisat receivers ( needing a motorised sat dish for optimum usage effect) - some having twin & triple tuners for terrestrial viewing - allowing for multi recording possibilities - especially into a separate hard drive. There are many forums out there re sat stuff and many experts to give unbiased free advice / help
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Sunday 26 February 2012 11:04AM
Strange - last night Sat 25th Feb - had Freeview HD on the box through my Technomate 6902 - all ok early evening on all 4 terrestrial UK channels - looked in on them again later in the evening after 8 : 30 pm - no sound on any of these HD channels and the strength down to @ 50% vs 90 % earlier.
Tried them again this morning - all ok ! ?