All posts by Barry Elkington
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Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) Full Freeview transmitteWednesday 25 May 2011 10:55PM
Coventry
Continued from yesterday.
Thanks for the help so far.
Have now removed the video player and read all the information on the Sutton Coldfield transmitter.
Reception on most channels is perfect.
Mux D, with ITV4 and Film4, is better but still breaks up from time to time.
Given the age of the aerial it looks as though it is a Group B one and is currently struggling to pick up the out of band transmission of ITV4 and Film4.
However, am I correct in thinking that when the digital switchover completes in September then ITV4 and Film4 will fall within the band that the aerial can receive properly ?
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Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) Full Freeview transmitteThursday 26 May 2011 10:53AM
Coventry
Briantist, thank you for your help. I shall now stop worrying about it and look forward to September.
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We are having trouble with the 5USA picture on our Sony tv showing "blocks" (which look like interference) on
the screen. This is also happening on the other channels in the COM4/SDN Multiplex.
All the channels on the other multiplexes are fine.
However when we plug our other tv into the same aerial the picture is fine on all the channels.
Hence the problem appears to be with the Sony tv not working with just that set of channels.
The firmware is at the latest level so there is nothing else that we can obviously do.
Any suggestions as to what might be causing the problem ?
Thank you
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StevensOnln1:
Signal Strength is High for all channels.
Signal quality is:
- Low/ sometimes Good for 5USA and other channels in that Mux
- Good / sometimes Low for Pick and other channels in that Mux
- High for BBC1, BBC2, ITV, etc.
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MikeP: The signal strength isn't given as a number, just a horizontal bar which shows Low, Good or High.
The poor reception seems to be related to the weather. i.e. some days there isn't a problem.
However the real question is why, when plugged into the same aerial, one tv set has no problems with this group of channels whilst the Sony one does.
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Thank you all for your answers.
Having swapped the aerial cables between rooms it looks as though it is just the Sony tv that is the problem so we will just have to live with it.
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Tuesday 24 May 2011 2:16PM
"Until switchover, a wideband aerial is required to watch Multiplex D from the Sutton Coldfield transmitter. If you have not upgraded your aerial, you will not receive the multiplex."
I recently started having similar problems with very poor reception of Yesterday, Film4 and ITV4 using the same aerial that has been on the roof for the last twenty years. If I do nothing, then will these channels return to their previous level of reception once the digital switchover at Sutton Coldfield is completed in September ?
Thanks.