All posts by Briantist
Below are all of Briantist's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Nedbod: No, I don't. It is not the questioning of the service, it is inaccurate pontification that is disruptive.
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woodface: The "latest comments" box was intended as enticement to get the full information from the RSS feed.
I guess if you don't use the RSS feed it is a little short. I will create another page (to go with Can you help? The latest UK Free TV questions... | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice and UK Free TV comments by location map | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ) so you can see the comments in full.
I'm not sure about putting more in the email.
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Des Collier: I don't think it has been allocated (to the highest bidder) yet by Arqiva.
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GENERAL NOTE: See Changes to UK Free TV | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Laurie Davis: Yes, Yesterday carries subtitles and they are kept with the recordings on a Freeview+ box.
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woodface: As you asked, here it is: Last 50 posted comments on UK Free TV | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Nick T.: No, their system gives the same indication if there is digital or not.
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steve: I don't mind people occasionally mentioning an opinion, it is when people go on at great length using pseudoscience and don't really wish to have a discussion, every single time you post "oh there's a new DAB transmitter...".
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Mark Aberfan Aerials: Yes, a great thumbs up to that.
To be clear, I'm not saying I do not wish people to disagree or argue, or point out errors and mistakes.
There just needs to be a little more focus on helping, to ensure the site continues to be useful for the 99% of people who use it and never post at all.
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Trevor Harris: That is almost verging into the territory that I am trying to avoid.
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Nedbod: I've just run a comparison on the Media Centre Freeview and there is no difference in the volume levels between the TV and radio stations.
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Nedbod: There are two differnet things going on. There is a "over the whole broadcast day average" which is the smaller value.
There is also a "peak time maximum" which is the larger value.
ITV, for example, can broadcast no adverts during the night or daytime and use the time saved to boost the minutes during the valuable peak time.
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David Anderson: Arquiva, due to their monopoly poisition in the market, are require to offer the slot to the higest bidder.
Therefore it could be any content, which may also include encrypted content (such as Sky Sport 3, for example).
I suspect that making the slot visible will assist them with the launch of whatever channel that wins the auction, without having to wait for everyone to retune.
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Leicester Lad: You won't be using Sutton Coldfield then, you will be getting your signal from the Nottingham or Waltham transmitter. This will have Freeview HD from Wednesday 13th April 2011 (Nottingham) or Wednesday 31st August 2011 (Waltham).
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Andy: Can you recieve channel 5 on analogue? Also, as above, which ITV and BBC regions do you get?
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Nedbod: If I want to listen to radio programmes, I use get_iplayer to download the AAC format and then Windows Media Player converts them to high-bitrate MP3s for my phone.
CDs are very ... legacy.
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steve: The usual mistake that people make it to turn on "sharpening" on their set when viewing the digital services.
This always wrecks the quality of the digital picture, in particular it runs the colours together.
(Of course you will be using RGB-SCART or HDMI if you have a set-top box).
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Chris: Yes, unless you pay a minimum of £10 a month to Sky the box will revert to a normal receiver.
If you want to play/pause/record you will need to replace the box with a Freesat+HD box.
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parsnip: The price depends on the recording capacity of the hard drive on the whole, you can see a range of prices here - Google .
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Thank you all, again, for your kind comments.
I do feel much more confident about removing disruptive elements from the site, and hope that this will allow it to continue to help people.
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sharealam: I thought that was tomorrow. I've changed it on the system for you, thanks.
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Leicester Lad: No. Boosters never help with digital reception anyway, but your aerial is pointing in the wrong direction.
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Ian: Dave is still being broadcast on Freeview. Have you just lost Dave or the whole of the multiplex?
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Ed: You are probably picking up from the Ridge Hill transmitter then, which has not switched. If you must try an indoor aerial, put it as high up in a window as possible, hopefully pointing towards one of the high-power digital "switched" transmitters. See Find out how to receive Freeview and Freeview HD | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice please.
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Ann: The one thing you can be confident about is the power on Multiplex 2 being increased from 2kW to 20kW will make a huge improvement for you.
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Leicester Lad: You can see which transmitter you use by checking the frequencies - see Freeview on Nottingham TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Joanna: Yes, "liable to interpution" means that whole multiplexes will be off from time to time, usually during the "working day".
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john: No. If you want to pause/play/record you have to swap the Sky+ box for a Freesat+HD box. This is a very simple thing to do.
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Paul Nelson: Yes, but see "where can I receive it" on the All about Freesat | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page for details of the dish size required.
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Len Adams: Please can you see Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for help?
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Mark Aberfan Aerials: It was generating an awful lot of spam email. I will look into doing a proper reporting system, probably this evening.
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Mike: No amount of boosting is going to get an HD signal from Waltham or Nottingham.
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Peter Newlands: For most people it should not be a problem.
Some people who are using boosters, amplifiers or even masthead amplifiers will have to disconnect these from their systems.
If you currently have a very high signal strength and don't have a booster/amplifier then you may have to fit an attenuator after switchover is complete.
These cost around a fiver.
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daniel: Yes, it's in the list. See All free-to-watch channels | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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danny: Yes, next year when Crystal Palace switches to high power digital service.
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Jez: There are no problems reported with the radio transmitters in your area at all.
Can you see the BBC - Reception problems page to report the problem to the BBC?
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ConorMcDermott: Sorry, but UKTV have a contract with SSSL to provide encyrption and EPG services.
UKTV can either accept SSSL's terms and conditions and be in the EPG, or not.
Sky are not under any obligation to allow channels into the EPG if they don't wish to do so.
UKTV, like all other broadcasters must accept the conditions that Sky put on them.
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Mark Aberfan Aerials: When I originally wrote the backend system, it was supposed to be multi-user, but I have never actually used it that way.
It might need a bit of updating to work properly for other users, but I'll have a look at this evening, as it might be useful for other people to be able to do certain things.
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The dish itself is a waveguide, only the end of the lnb is an aerial in the technial sense, surely?
If there were a style guide I would ventuee that a yagi is 'an aerial' to the public and a dish is 'a dish'
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seba672: Point your aerial at the Sandy Heath transmitter, n-ne 27°, you will receive Freeview HD on Wednesday 13th April 2011.
A wideband rooftop aerial is required for reception of all multiplexes from Sandy Heath.
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Mark Agius: Technically speaking these channels show no adverts at all, as "adverts" are "spot adverts" which are paid for by third parties during programmes.
The shopping channels therefore are spot-ad-free.
I kid you not!
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David Haworth: No, your technical advisor is incorrect.
The BBC HD channel on SATELLITE and CABLE is in Dolby AC-3 format, which is true "5.1" in that it carries six separate sound signals.
This has OUTBAND signalling, so it will be activated automatically, as long as you have used SPDIF to connect the box to the amp, or HDMI to the TV with 5.1.
On FREEVIEW the BBC HD channel is stereo.
What happens on a 5.1 system to a stereo signal, and it doesn't matter if it SPDIF, HDMI or plain old dual-phono, depends on the buttons you press on the remote, as there is no INBAND or OUTBAND signalling.
If you select Dolby PLII (Pro-Logic II) the stereo source will be processed into left, right, rear left+right, center and sub. This is done by a mixture of filters.
The rear is created by the phase difference between left and right, the sub (the .1) is done from a low-pass filter. The centre is done from a mono mix of the vocal range and what's left gets put into the left and right.
If the BBC only provide 2.0 on some programmes, and they will do that when there is no 5.1 source available, then you must decide what you want your amp to do.
Most of the processing options for 2.0 to 5.1 have flaws, which is why there are usually SPORT and MOVIE and MUSIC and SPEECH options somewhere to choose from.
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...you should generally only use the PLII settings for programmes that were "encoded" in that format. It will make other things sound strange.
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Tom Fletcher: There certainly is no such thing as a "digital aerial". The "digital bit" of the transmission is the COFDM encoding.
COFDM was designed to work with the existing aerials. The digital multiplexes broadcast in the same "channels" as the analogue UHF TV channels.
The main confusion has arose because the digital transmissions were so weak, as they used gaps left in the analogue frequency plan to prevent co-channel interference under "Inversion" conditions.
Therefore a selection of aerials were provided that performed better under these conditions, for people on the fringes of reception.
Remember in the ONdigital days, the output of most digital transmitters was at least half of what it was before switchover.
But the signal that comes of the dipole from any Yagi aerial is just a signal. Until you stick it into a receiver and try to decode it does it become digital.
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odgie: I'm not sure if an aerial would help, but I can't say for sure without a full postcode.
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Andy: If you can get Channel 5 on analogue, you should be able to get Freeview HD, but you are just on the edge of where this is possible.
Can you check the Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page to ensure you don't have a problem there. Freeview HD is on C34 on the Lichfield transmitter.
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william: Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice , and Wednesday 21st September 2011.
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Tom Fletcher: The joys of the "red dot".
ONdigital bought a enough pups on that one to fill the Battersea Home for them.
Which, as it happened, was just over the road.
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steve: I would say not, as it is the rest of the Yagi that induces the signal in the dipole, the aerial is not an aerial without them.
Whereas with a satellite receiver the dish only guides and focuses the signal on the LNB, it does not induce the signal as happens in a Yagi.
You could just point the LNB at the right bit of the sky and you would get a very weak signal.
Earthstation is what the original Goonhilly dish was called, and I suspect it probably also included the buildings and everything else.
You do see "dish antenna" but "aerial" is usually only used for non-dish receivers, even though "aerial" and "antenna" are technically the same thing.
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Tom Fletcher: All aerials are "digital compatible", that gets back to the original point about it being a 8MHz wide UHF modulated radiowave.
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David Haworth: If the BBC only have a stereo source then they send it out as 2.0 over the 5.1, ie left and right only, nothing in center, backleft, backright and sub (and also as stereo).
Not all programmes are available in 5.1, and the BBC rules forbid "messing" to create virtual 5.1.
There is no "hole in the middle" the sound is just stereo. I explained about about how to select your amp to change this if you don't like it by selecting the appropriate option.
A lot of programmes on ITV1 HD are not produced in 5.1, I don't know if they virtualize it, they have lower quality standards than the BBC.
It is not "wrong" in anyway to leave a stereo-sourced programme (or indeed a mono one) as 2.0.
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martin: On 11th/25th May 2011 the Kirkoswald transmitter will provide a digital service. You will need nothing more than your existing aerial. You may need to disconnect your booster at this time. See Kirkoswald VP digital switchover date | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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elizabeth: The transmitter has all the channels it will ever have. It is a public service transmitter and the commercial operators have declined to operate from it.
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paul: Not easily. The "add channels" feature on the Sky box is awful and not really suited for this. There is a limit of 20 channels.
If you want to view non-UK channels, you will find this easier with a "generic" satellite receiver.
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Edward: I'm not sure why Sky have removed their name from the channel, I guess it was probably dragging their reputation for quality television into the mud.
Oh yeah, sorry.
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David Haworth: Yes, and I have said already if you select the receiver to be in "stereo" mode rather than "dolby" mode then you will be able to process the stereo into whatever you want.
And as I have also already said PLII had to be selected by you as does not have either INBAND or OUTBAND signalling.
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N.Burrows: Please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Jennifer Whitehead: Please see the Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.
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Olivier: Dover transmits analogue at an ERP of 1kW, Crystal Palace at 1000kW.
The power you receive is the ERP divided by the distance (in meters) squared.
You are 100km from Dover, 200km from Crystal Palace.
This means you get, in Godewaersvelde, 250 times more powerful a signal from Crystal Palace (25mW) than from Dover (0.1mW).
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Olivier: There have been no changes to the transmitters.
I would see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for things to check.
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Clare Jones j: You can watch the "Freesat from Sky" channels (not Freeview), see All free-to-watch channels | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for the details.
You can always connect a Freesat box if you want a more modern box, or HD.
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Jean Acker: Please can you see Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for help with that.
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Geoff: Analogue Channel 5 is never on C34, it is the Freeview HD service that is on C34. Both it and C37 come from Lichfield Lichfield digital switchover date | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
I never said what you posted, I said that reception of Channel 5 on C37 is a guide to being able to receive Freeview HD, as they come from the same transmitter elements.
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Clare Jones j: Yes, see Upgrading from Sky to Freesat
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Brian: You would not be able to record from Freeview on a satellite recorder, nor vice-versa.
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jim: Please do this My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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John H: Sorry, but the information you have is correct. Only the main 81 Freeview transmitter have the commercial services. See Full service Freeview transmitters map | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
The commercial operators cannot be made to do anything. If you want more channels, use Freesat/Freesat+/Freesat+HD.
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S.Higgs: Please do this My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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odgie: As there is 118 degrees between the transmitters, it should be possible to align your aerial so it only picks up the Winter Hill transmitter.
No special aerial is required, or indeed available to do this, just the way it is aligned.
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Ian: I'm pleased you found out what was causing the problem, thank you for posting the details.
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Jordy: Thanks... But then they will start upgrading the whole network to DVB-T2 and providing the local TV services...
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TonyB: There are no faults with the transmitter, so I would see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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J/P: Yes, you do need an awful lot of patience.
As for Mr Robert Feal-Martinez, I would suggest you visit Carpenters Arms Motel for the night and don't pay the bill on some spurious grounds and see how HE likes it. People like that, given that they own a business and charge people for their services should know better.
I'm really sorry you were abused, I do try and ensure that abusive posts are deleted.
There is a facility for blocking people by IP, it does allow them to view the site, but does not allow them to post.
Your comments about "Freeview reception has changed" and the postcode is a good idea, I can't think how many times I redirect people to Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice and ask them for their postcode.
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Les Nicol: Yes, I saw something about that earlier. It should be good news for Freesat.
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Rex: Yes, you just change them over, such as Buy Quad Output Universal LNB at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Free to air satellite.
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You will also need a Freesat or Sky satellite receiver box for each device.
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Ron: No, you can't connect satellite equipment to an aerial or Freeview equipment to a dish.
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Jason Stone: Yes, you can do it yourself.
Yes, you need a subscription to record with a Sky+ or Sky+ box.
Yes, as I already said you can use Freesat+HD to record without a subscription.
If you would be kind enough to actually read what I posted above.
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yenal: Please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - I can't really help any more without your postcode.
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woodface: I quite quite work out if I find a "digital aerial" or a "gold HDMI lead" the most objectionable.
I guess it proves P. T. Barnum was right.
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WILLIAM MORTON: It is not usually possible to "record from a TV set", if you have a digital recorder, the tuner is in the recording device, not the TV.
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Elizabeth FB: It is a bit hard to say with the information you have provided. You would normally expect to put the recording device into an "external record" mode, but without any documentation it is quite hard to even guess how this might be done.
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Helen: Either your dish has become misaligned, or either the box or LNB on the dish is starting to fail.
It is a bit hard to know which of the three it might be.
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Andy Le Pla: I would see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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anthony chaffe: The TV Licence pays for BBC services, and you have all these.
The commercial multiplex operators do not regard this relay transmitters as profitable, so this is a public service transmitter and only carries the services detailed above.
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michael: It still remains that some unscrupulous operators are trying to delude and hoodwink both domestic and commercial customers into taking down perfectly good aerials because they are "not digital".
I was there at the launch of ONdigital, and even then the advise was that a new aerial was not required for digital, the only change was to wideband for those transmitters where the "menu" (as they called it) required it.
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Jason Stone: I shall be making a new page today to ensure that this information is as clear as possible.
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Mark Aberfan Aerials: Apolgies, I should have linked to this one Buy Quad Output Sky/Sky+ LNB at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Free to air satellite.
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Stephen: Please see Digital Region Overlap | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for help with that.
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Stephen: The 800-899 channel range is not for "fith", that is 90-99.
800-899 is for dupliate regional versions of channels.
If you want, you can delete all the channels and add in the five/six/seven multiplexes yourself.
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Mike Dimmick: Oh yes, our old friend Digital
Dividend - changes to the 800MHz band | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice . I'm not sure that is going to be the most popular of events.
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Mark. H: You can just swap the Sky+HD box for a Freesat+HD box. The price is generally determined by the capacity of the hard drive.
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Peter Dent: You should put your TV into analogue mode, and then use the tune or autotune in the TV menus.
See the above instructions for finding out the RF channel in use by your Sky+HD box.
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charles: I would phone Samsung and ask them to explain how your other TV is fine with exactly the same aerial and cables.
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Allan Gainer: Yes, you will get your digital services from The Wrekin after switchover, Wednesday 20th April 2011.
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JOHNNY: Please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - Freeview HD start Wednesday 31st August 2011.
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yenal: You do not officially have Freeview reception until 21st September 2011,.
There is no transmitter work. Did you see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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astley blake: Please see Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for help.
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Mark Aberfan Aerials: I'll change the note. I presume they will go to 50kW.
Also, Ofcom have it listed as C42+ for COM4.
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blackfish: Still worth seeing Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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ian, notts: In most places, the grouped aerials will provide the PSB services, in others all services, in others a wideband is required.
There is no requirement to stop using a wideband aerial.
The Digital Help Scheme is FUNDED by the BBC, not run by them.
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Chris: Please see Two frequency interference
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Catherine: You just need to run in a satellite-grade coaxial cable from the Freesat box to the dish.
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Nathan Hartley: Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for help.
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Jason Stone: You are not "getting on my nerves", I am, as Mark Aberfan Aerials says, trying to stop you being ripped off.
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David: See Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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BIG D: Yes, the dish is your you can do as you like with it and there is no requirement to inform Sky.
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Grumps: If you have poor reception on analogue Channel 5, you won't be able to get Freeview HD. Use the analogue Channel 5 as a guide to getting a perfect signal and Freeview HD will work.
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Peter Barker: You can use Freesat with any TV, just use an external Freesat box for each set.
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Robert: Thanks. There is a new Radio Transmitters section under development that will have the correct local radio information.
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Stuart O.: You seem to be confused. ITV2 +1 is carried on COM4, so it not transmitted from here. It is impossible to remove ITV1 HD and ITV2 from multiplexes PSB3 and PSB2.
The commercial multiplex operators declined to operate from this transmitter because it would be unprofitable to do, and are not under any obligation to do so.
Due to this there are no allocated frequencies so they will not be able to add them in future.
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Richard P: Yes, there is high pressure and your loft mounted aerial is, as I am sure you know, especially susceptible to this kind of problem.
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Eddie Rock: OK. I would have thought the best thing you can do is to remove the cable entierly and replace it with a new one.
Satellite-grade cable would offer the best quality signal.
I would suspect that all the messing around has damaged the cable internally.
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ALL: Please see What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
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lisa goodman: It is probably worth doing this now My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Hshez: Please see What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
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Esther: It will still work, but you need two connections to the dish (and a quad-LNB) if you want to record one thing whilst watching another, or record two things whilst watching a recording.
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Esther: it's a little tricky, but not complicated.you have to take care not to move the dish.
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wendy smith: Please see What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
| ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - this will not happen as often after switchover is completed in the whole of the UK.
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Stephen: Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Mark Aberfan Aerials: The biggest problem is not really news, as no one really watches Sky News, but financial trickery used to keep a grip on sports and movie channels.
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Des: Try "Method (2)" above, if that doesn't fix it then yes, the box probably has a fault.
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adrenalize: No, switchover is Wednesday 21st September 2011, the changes are caused by other transmitters analogue services being closed down.
Please see What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
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ChrisR: You can use either a "generic" receiver or a Freesat box. "Generic" boxes will not have the right channel numbers, the full EPG or MHEG5 text services.
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simon: Please see How do I change the RF output channel on a Sky Digibox? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for details of changing the RF output value. The channel to use are in the box at the top right of each page as "Spare RF".
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Hertfordshaz: There is no need to change transmitters at Sandy Heath switchover, Wednesday 13th April 2011. This transmitter will only have a limited service and not until 2012.
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Josh: I suppose they say "never say never", but no one has ever offered so I have never had to consider it.
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Tony Jarvis: There is usually ONE test, over two nights, and this happens several months before switchover and is clearly announced - see The Wrekin overnight 18th-20th January tests will affect Sutton Coldfield | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
If you have reception problems last night, that was What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
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J/P: To be honest, sometimes people just expect you to agree with whatever bit of misinformation they have got into their head "the transmitter is broken" or even more laughably "the satellite must be broken" and get abusive because you point out that reception is the responsibility of the receiver.
On the other hand, when people say thank you, it does make it all seem worthwhile.
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Rhoda Dendron: As above, see What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
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Josh: It would be easier if Ofcom didn't publish it all in PDF formats that I can't important and have to check line by line, box by box.
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Eddie Rock: It depends on how long a cable you need, if you are doing it yourself it might cost £10-£30.
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John: Nothing is happening with the transmitter, people are having problems in some places due to Inversion, see What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
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John Eddom: Do this please My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice to the TV set.
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Eddie Rock: I would have thought you should be able to find a reputable installer who will do it for that price.
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M Jervis: Mendip is in now way a "sub-transmitter", it is the main transmitter for the West of England.
I would do this My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice and if that doesn't fix it see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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aaron: Yes, as it clearly says above in some considerable detail on 17th/31st August 2011.
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Satfix Belfast: See What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
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Peter Henderson: Yes, the COFDM-only networks are be much more capable of rejecting stray signals.
You can see this in that the switched regions have had no problems where unswitched regions have over the last few years.
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Peter: Yes, on 9th/23rd November 2011 the details are at the top of the page.
No transmitter anywhere in the UK is being "shutdown completely". Indeed in this region there are several NEW transmitters.
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Tony Jarvis: Not sure how many times I have to say this
THERE ARE NO OVERNIGHT TESTS ON THIS OR ANY OTHER TRANSMITTER
The problems you have experienced are down to Inversion. Again, the link is What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
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Please stop 'making things up in your own head'.
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Roland: Please see What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
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Allan Gainer: None. The "B" elements are on the same mast, look - 52.6702,-2.55155 - Google Maps .
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jane: Again, see What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
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Matt: Please see What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
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gavid hicks: Dave is only on Freeview, not on Freesat or fSfS. Watch and The History Channel are subscription channels.
You will need to subscribe to Sky to get those channels.
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jane: No, you can't have Freesat without a dish.
However, you should be able to ask the housing assocation to fit you another satellite point. They will charge for this.
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Mr Si: Over the last few days see What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
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Des: It would seem to. You will need a Sky+HD box for Sky, but you can always use a Freesat+HD box if you want to come off subscription.
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Dave: Please do this - My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Tony Jarvis: There nature is that there they don't exist. They can't, as they would have to take the analogue channels that use the frequencies off air.
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Sunday 27 February 2011 5:33PM
Neil: Maplins told you utter rubbish. Freesat and Sky are the same transmissions on the same satellites.
Just grab a box and plug it in and go.