All posts by Briantist
Below are all of Briantist's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
alan draper: Most do, but you will have to check that it can deal with the analogue format in Cyrpus (PAL-G), rather than the one used here (PAL-I).
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Jim Thomas: Please see Upgrading from Sky+HD to Freesat+HD | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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G. HOYLE: Please see What does "Full HD Ready" actually mean? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - you will need a Freeview HD box.
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Richard Hewitt: As you will have spare dish outputs, you can connect a Freesat or Freesat HD box directly to the other set. All you need is a box and a length of satellite-grade coaxial cable.
If you do this you can watch whatever you want on both sets.
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Strathearn: There are plenty of links to Freesat+HD boxes that are less than £300 in the article.
Picking one at random - GOODMANS GFSDTR500HD 500GB freesat+ HD Digital TV Recorder | Dixons | £199.99
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Ron: Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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john: That might be exactly what you have to do, but try "Method (2)" on What can my do when my Sky Digibox says 'No Signal' or 'Technical fault'? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice too.
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Dave: Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Steve Rowe: Either pay Sky £25 for a card, call 08442 411 602 with your credit card.
Or get a Freesat box for £30 and never need a card again, such as Buy Bush BFSAT02SD Freesat SD Digital Box - Black at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Freesat digital set top boxes.
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yorky: Try the three thing listed on What can my do when my Sky Digibox says 'No Signal' or 'Technical fault'? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Allan Gainer: Sorry, for any confusion, it shouldn't show itself 100m apart. It certainly is taller than 100m.
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RDD: "please provide a full (not partial) postcode (or preferably enter it in box at the top right)"
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Lian: Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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VIC POOLE: Due to the restrictions that Sky place on other broadcasters to be allowed into their EPG, it is not possible for UK TV to broadcast Dave (or Dave Ja Vu) on Freesat.
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Ken Richardson: 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 to your device.
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Peter: The digital power output from this transmitter will be higher than most, which is the same level as the analogue.
New transmitter are on this map - ITV HTV West map | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
There are no test transmissions. If you look above the digital services use the same frequencies as the analogue one use now.
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Kev: See How do I change the RF output channel on a Sky Digibox? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for help with that.
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RDD: I would not recommend it, your best signals are from Crystal Palace. You should raise the aerial up higher to get a better line of sight.
How about Freesat...?
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Pete: As it says above, local commercial radio in areas where there is no DAB multiplex.
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Strathearn: Freesat+HD has a full radio EPG, and interactive radio "red button" stuff the same as Freeview.
Yes, there are lots of other advantages to Freesat+HD, this page I created because lots of people have asked about how to change a Sky+HD box for a Freesat+HD one.
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bob: Yes. If you have Windows 7 you will have Windows Media Center - this you can use with any DVB-T device to turn your computer into a digtal TV "personal video recorder".
There are any number of single- and double-tuner DVB-T USB devices out there.
There only a few DVB-T2 devices at the moment (for Freeview HD), and you will need a more powerful computer to be able to show Full HD.
If you want to use FreeSAT you will need a dish and a DVB-S2 (satellite) USB device for your PC.
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wibble: Can you please check Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ? It might just the "loft aerial" problem.
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Dave Smith: The limit is the number of outputs from the LNB package. A single LNB, one, a quad LNB four and a oct-LNB eight.
Freesat+ recorder boxes, like all satellite recorders, take up two outputs.
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George Emmett: 10.773 Horizontal 22000 5/6 - Channel 5 in the clear is carried by the BBC.
Or, Upgrading from Sky+HD to Freesat+HD | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Jackie M: You would use an HDMI cable from the Freeview HD recorder to the TV.
Does the DVD player have HDMI output? If so use HDMI there.
That leaves your single SCART for the VCR.
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pu: Please see Upgrading from Sky+HD to Freesat+HD | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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ian, notts: There is no way the BBC would do that. Sounds like someone's ... pretending.
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Roger McDonald: No, the signals are not changed for any reason anywhere at all. I would see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice . I can't say more without a full postcode.
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Nedbod: The are also American godbotherers, where programme only has one m and no e.
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Ian: You need to be using HDMI to get the pictures from the Freesat box and the DVD, but you will also have to interconnect them with a SCART as recording from HDMI is usually not possible.
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David: Sounds very odd, NICAM 728 is usually reliable for sound. And just on Channel 4?
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Pete: It is specifically funded from the Licence Fee, as an "add on", it does not come from BBC funds directly. TV tax on the TV tax | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice has details.
The service should never describe itself as being the BBC as it is legally and very specifically not so.
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Ian: Ofcom clearly have the right to tell Sky to do this, it written in primary legislation. See Ofcom Code of practice on electronic
programme guides .
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Andrew: If you lived in the area, you just pressed the RED BUTTON to access it on Freeview, and online - BBC - Local TV .
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John A. Collin: These channels are carried by the local commercial radio multiplex, which has not launched as yet.
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Lisa: 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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Trevor Chenery: How big is the dish to start with? You don't need a larger dish for a oct-LNB package.
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Peter: Yes, thus it being called "switchover".
If you have analogue reception you will get digital reception.
A rooftop aerial is still required for stable, reliable digital reception.
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Liam mc Kenna: Yes, Freeview reception is possible at your location.
You will need to use a rooftop aerial as the signals are not going to be at full levels until 2012.
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P Stonehouse: Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Darren Forster: Your only reasonable chance of digital reception will happen when the Ludlow transmitter becomes digital on Wednesdays 6th/20th April 2011.
The Ludlow transmitter is at 236 degrees, vertical.
Otherwise, you should go for Freesat.
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satandpcguy: Doing "Method (3)" above reverts the box to the free-to-air Channel 5.
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ChrisR: There is no Astra 2C. Most of the channels are on Astra 2D. Astra 2E has not yet launched.
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satandpcguy: Yes, Sky have an army of lawyers, they must be busy with something else.
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Mark A.: It was going to just be three sixes and then I realised that would be "666" which might not be appropriate.
It depends on who wins the bid as to the choice of graphic design and other branding elements.
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KMJ,Derby: It could very well be that there are three services, one each for Nottingham, Derby and Leicester.
MUX7 would probably be able to carry three SD local services if required.
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gerard mc morrow: Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Robert Harradine: Yes, that's right, the DRT389H has only a DVB-T tuner, so you can only record directly from Freeview or from your V+ box.
Use the V+ box to record the shows you want to watch later, and then use it transfer the programmes to the DVD later.
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Michael: Just keep the card, it is exactly what you would get by spending £25. It only provides access to Pick TV, Fiver and Five USA anyway, the other channels require no card.
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ChrisR: Have you got a large dish, as you will need a larger-than-normal dish if you are outside the UK and wish to watch Astra 2D channels.
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david beresford: Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Roisin: See What can my do when my Sky Digibox says 'No Signal' or 'Technical fault'? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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ChrisR: Can you see the "Where can I receive it?" section on the All about Freesat | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page?
This has details of the size of the dish required for Astra 2D.
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Les Nicol: I must get one of those to try out, I've got a spare 2TB external drive lying around not doing very much.
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Jason: Have you tried doing a "first time installation" or 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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Wibble: Signal boosters are usually unhelpful for digital reception, as they will boost the any interference more than the digital signal.
If you want a better signal, move the aerial to the roof. For digital reception is not the signal strength that is important, it is the quality of the signal.
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Lisa Wallace: You don't have to pay Sky to fit a dish, you can pay anyone you like. Even places like Argos will do such an install for £100, Twin Freesat Installation. Reviews, Twin Freesat Installation. Ratings at Argos .
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Declan: You use HDMI to connect an Sky+HD box to your HDTV. You then use a single SCART to connect the Sky+HD box (SCART socket marked DVD/VCR) to the DVD Recorder.
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Lisa2806: You can't pick up Freeview in Germany, it is only broadcast from terrestrial transmitters in the UK.
Your communal dish will not be pointing at the correct satellites to use FreeSAT.
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David: It could be a local interference problem, please see the list of things on the Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page (the problems are the same for NICAM as digital TV).
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Ian Drummond: Is the aerial on the roof?
Generally speaking you should have perfect Freeview reception both now and after switchover.
If you don't have perfect reception, as you suggest, this is not likely to improve at switchover.
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KMJ,Derby: Sorry, are we looking at the same thing for Darren Forster?
All I can see for Ridge Hill is "Variable reception" getting worse and worse over the coming two years...
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Keith Walker: Yes, you have to point at the appropriate transmitter to get the local news service.
Freeview HD starts from Nottingham on Wednesday 13th April 2011.
See "Comparison of analogue and digital signal levels" for details of the signal strength - basically 40W increases to 400W per multiplex.
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le16 resident: Please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Mat: Please see Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Geoff: No, there isn't, as a general rule. You have not given very much to go on really. See Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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John Smith: Work is generally done during the daytime as natural light is a pre-requisite for working, and most people watch TV during the evenings.
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Michele Mc: No, please see Upgrading from Sky+HD to Freesat+HD | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Stuart O.: I have never understood the logic of "all Wales" services. There are distinct areas of the Principality, in particular the "England Overflow M4 corridor" area in the South is very different from the North, and of course there are some massive mountains between them.
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Tim: Please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - I note you are not going to be in the official Hannington reception area until late in 2012.
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pauline cope: Yes, from Wednesday, 20th April 2011, assuming you use The Wrekin. You did not provide a full postcode so I can't be sure.
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peter clark: Sky+HD boxes are not really suitable for use in this respect. It would be better to fit your motorised dish as a second dish and use another receiver with it.
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Tim: The non-engineering work is listed at the top of the page, and no reports of Inversion problems at the moment.
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Les Nicol: Thanks. The download is listed on the Freeview and Freesat set-top box updates | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.
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Karen Webster: Please see Digital Region Overlap | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Ian Drummond: I would suggest your have your equipment checked, as you should have perfect and stable Freeview reception.
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Mintz: I'm not usually inaccurate with my information. Quarndon - Google Maps is where I understand the transmitter is.
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Emma: Can I stop paying Sky and use my satellite receiver to get Freeview ? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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AlexG: What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
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Alan: Freeview HD is not broadcast from Ridge Hill until Wednesday 20th April 2011.
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Ian: No, the point is to provide a local TV channel using the Interleaved Frequencies, not an interactive service.
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Mike Dimmick: Yes, that's true.
Also Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Bournemouth, Cheltenham, Colchester, Crawley, Dudley, Eastbourne, Huddersfield, Ipswich, Luton, Middlesborough, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Oldham, Poole, Rotherham, Slough, Southend, St Helens, Stockport, Sutton Coldfield, Swindon, Telford, Walsall, Watford and
West Bromwich.
I'll look into extending the list.
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ideasman: After switchover there will be the Interleaved Frequencies for Local TV on Freeview.
2. Freeview HD already does this.
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Rose-Marie: Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Shaun Gibson: You head incorrectly. You can't record/play/pause without a subscription - see Upgrading from Sky+HD to Freesat+HD | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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ray dawson: Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Strathearn: The iPlayer is an internet service. That's what the "i" stands for "internet".
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Steve: I would guess that you are getting a poor signal from the back of your aerial from the Sailisbury transmitter, as Winterbourne Stickland is analogue only until 2012.
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Paul Wisniewski: You can change the LNB package to provide more outputs, you can't use a booster however. You must connect each Freesat box to the LNB package.
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Mike Dimmick: I have updated the table to include 80 cities now, including Reading.
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Ian: No, they won't see anything. The interleaved frequencies have tiny coverage areas.
They services will be on YouView, on cable and on satellite too, in addition to the limited Freeview coverage.
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Strathearn: I think you will find that there is an internet connection to the back of the cable box.
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ian: I would guess it's What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
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Rob Parkes: Your existing aerial, if it is pointing at Brierley Hill should provide all the Freeview services now and after switchover.
Why do you think you need a new aerial? You are 3km from a powerful transmitter, Freeview on Brierley Hill TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Strathearn: It is an internet connection. What else do you call a TCP/IP connection?
It's got an IP address and everything. If you attach to the back of the box you can do all the usual TCP/IP things.
Do you think it's "magic" or something?
I've only been an networking expert for what .. a couple of decades. You'd think I would know by now.
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Adrian Longwood: Not at all. You should have phoned the police if they were extremely threatening.
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Adrian Longwood: It depends on what has happened. You are unlikely to give yourself a mains shock, unless there is water in there too.
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Adrian: UHF IN should connect to the aerial.
I presume you have several outputs on the box.
Has the box been bypassed?
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mark hawes: Like any other DVB-T device, you just rescan. No software upgrades will make it work with the DVB-T2 Freeview HD transmissions.
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Ash: As above, they are from Ofcom, provided to them by NGW, now part of Arqiva.
The transmission companies employ a "standard model" which they use, it it isn't a package you can buy.
You can always write your own, as I have done.
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Andy: OK, three points:
1. There is no work going on the Hannington transmitter.
2. You are not predicted to get a Freeview service from Hannington until switchover in 2012.
3. Your best service for Freeview before switchover is the Crystal Palace transmitter
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Jim Corbett: The process starts at midnight and can take six to eight hours, depending on the transmitter.
The digital services continue to broadcast on the same frequencies until the final date, with the exception of PSB1 which broadcasts on the new frequency.
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andy: Southern? That hasn't existed for several decades!
Please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for help.
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TonyB: See Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice and 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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Jordy: I've changed the top article to reflect the information provided by Ofcom.
The radiation patterns are intentionality restricted, that's why they are "Interleaved Frequencies". I've posted the example of the Crystal Palace at the top of the article too.
BROUGHER MOUNTAIN and DIVIS - Max ERP: 40 dBW
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woodface: It's not the hill, these are Interleaved Frequencies so the restrictions are to prevent interference with UK and Continental transmitters using the same frequencies.
Do not confuse these with the normal multiplex radiation patterns.
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Mike Dimmick: I wish that was the reason I missed it off the original list, but that was in fact an error.
As the Interleaved Frequencies are just the "sweepings up" after the allocations are complete, it is somewhat random which places get covered and which do not.
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Ian: No, it makes no sense whatsoever. Please look at the coverage maps on Interleaved Frequencies maps | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
The coverage is local, not part of a "normal" multiplex with wide area coverage. This is not a "regional opt out", it is a local transmission.
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patrick: No, the transmitter has been in this state since 2003. Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Stephen Worthington: No, it isn't true. You should be using the Ludlow transmitter for Freeview, but this only starts on 6th April 2011, with the other TWO multiplexes from there on 20th April.
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Tim: Or, even more clearly What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
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Kim: Your position makes it hard to receive a signal from both Sutton Coldfield and Lichfield (where Freeview HD transmits from), especially if you have a "large" area as they are very directional.
A general guide is to see how good the Channel 5 analogue signal is.
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Nik: You don't have a wideband aerial.
All transmitters carry Freeview HD after switchover.
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bobby b: No, you must use a FreeSAT box to connect to a dish. Upgrading from Sky to Freesat
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ben page: Yes, ITV4+1 is exclusive to Freesat. See All free-to-watch channels | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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NottsUK: I thought that we already know where Channel 4 HD will broadcast from, 12607 vertical on Eurobird 1.
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Scott Andrews: Yes, the Video HOME system was, many years after the professionals started using videotape.
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Phil Wedgwood: Please see Upgrading from Sky+HD to Freesat+HD | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Jamlid: Yes and yes, but see Upgrading from Sky+HD to Freesat+HD | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Kelly Brady: You can't use a Sky box with an aerial, only with a dish.
If you want to do the same with an aerial, you need a Freeview+ or Freeview+HD box.
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Kelly Brady: You must have attached the box to a dish then! If so, Method (3) is what you need to do.
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don: It is clearly listed on Watch live UK TV channels and listen to live radio now | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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w sanders: "Digital services - Freeview HD will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:30 and 16:30." ?
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Katy: Virgin One has closed.
Also please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Paul Wisniewski: No, you cannot use your existing cable, it is not of the correct type.
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Georgina: Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Colin: Please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Andy Ellis: Move the aerial to the roof. Loft aerials are not suitable for reliable Freeview reception.
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Wimpy: It isn't the transmitter. Please see Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Martin Jones: No, the date has been fixed for many years - Wednesday, 20th April 2011.
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Irene: Do a "first time installation" on your box, it should have picked up the channel's frequency change for you.
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Stephen Worthington: You will be able to use YouView next year.
You won't get a decent service from The Wrekin after switchover.
I would use Freesat HD as you will get a perfect service.
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adrian: You need to point your aerial at the transmitter with the regional services you wish to view.
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Phil: It was supplied by Virgin Media. I have not used it to compile the above table, which I used the Virgin Media Postcode checker system to check.
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adrian: Find out how to receive Freeview and Freeview HD | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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Phil: That makes no sense at all. Cable services are fed from head-ends, not "via" streets in other towns.
I can't understand why Cable and Wireless would put in all the street ducts and then not use them to provide a service.
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Phil: They don't actually lay "cable" when they dig the roads up, they dig ducts that cables can be fitted into.
In the jargon these become "homes passed". The actual cable only gets installed when a customer requests service, usually this is dual cable - half coaxial for the TV and broadband services and half twisted pair for a phone line.
The cables go to the nearest "headend" which is usually a box in the street, sometimes a box in the ground.
The networks are "star networks" from the headend to the homes. The headends are connected back to the "central office" in the town using fibre-optic.
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DAS TV: There is the small matter of being able to play/pause/record with Freesat+HD without a subscription, which makes quite a lot of difference.
You get a radio EPG (including record) with Freesat and radio stations have the MEHG5 interactive services.
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Phil: I think when the companies consolidated they decided not to extend their network any more.
It could be that the work was incomplete and was abandoned at a point where the capital costs to provide customer service were more than the possible profits.
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ken: Yes, assuming you are using the Sutton Coldfield transmitter, you will have all the services on 21st September 2011.
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Phil: The cable companies didn't do themselves any favours when they did their installations. They dug up pavements, killed trees and blowing up the odd old lady's house.
Having local cable companies against a national satellite provider was never really going to work, and the rise of mobiles undid the ideas of profit from telephony.
Even in cities that "have cable" there are huge holes in the provision to this day.
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krups: No, it is because you have not selected 16:9 in the Pictures Settings Menu. Why has my widescreen TV just made everyone look fat? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Mike Dimmick: Good point, I've never rewritten it to take that into account. Let me take a look at it.
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Mike Dimmick: Try it now - Find a Freeview transmitter by frequency | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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david: The comparisons made were not specifically about the US market, it was just the rather pleasing election rhetoric of "Birmingham Alabama 8, Birmingham UK 1".
There are any number of comparisons that can be made around the EU.
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DAS TV: Yes, the point of this page was to answer the "what happens when I stop subscribing to Sky+/Sky+HD" question that comes up every five minutes.
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woodface: I've updated the map with a larger image - it is from Ofcom DDR Annexes page 183.
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Mike Dimmick: I've fixed the link bug.
Yes, the code has to look at two different types of list for pre- and post-switchover lists.
You can see the maps by clicking on the channel numbers in the list.
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Tom latham: The local TV you get depends on where your aerial points: Find out how to receive Freeview and Freeview HD | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Steve: No, the dates were incorrect. I have no idea why, the database was updated for the whole region, for some reason this transmitter had the wrong information.
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Frank Beckwith: Yes, thus "all three multiplexes adopt their final frequencies and powers during September 2011".
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george mackay: It is not likley to be the weather - please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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ideasman: The BBC Trust has banned any breakdown the the existing BBC regions, and the BBC hardly has the budget now.
The Television Without Frontiers EU Directive puts a ban on public service broadcasters from preventing rebroadcast of their content.
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Joe: I must admit I mainly listen to the comedy, via the iPlayer.
I can't say I've ever had any problems with the podcasts. How are you listening to them?
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Friday 4 March 2011 3:25PM
brian: No, you must connect a Freeview TV to a rooftop aerial.