Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Freeview
On 23/05/10 00:22, trotter wrote: At 11:18 22/05/2010, you wrote: On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 12:09:13PM +0100, Leo wrote: Freeview has been playing up recently on both my digibox and computer. Essentially I've lost about half the channels. Although they don't seem to be frequency specific: so I can still get BBC3, but not BBC4. BBC3 and BBC4 are on different frequencies, though... Have you had the analogue switch off yet in your area? In the NW we have had it switched off and bizarrely the signal strength of digital has gone down since then. Presumably as was mentioned to make room for the Freeview HD which BTW is ridiculously below 10mbps which means its standard def!? bloody BBC Martin N Running MorphOS v2.4 on Mac Mini, Moderator of MiniDisc,amithlonopen,bwfc Yahoogroups According to the various maps I've seen the switch over isn't until 2012 where I am. Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Freeview
On 22/05/10 12:18, Hugo Mills wrote: On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 12:09:13PM +0100, Leo wrote: Freeview has been playing up recently on both my digibox and computer. Essentially I've lost about half the channels. Although they don't seem to be frequency specific: so I can still get BBC3, but not BBC4. BBC3 and BBC4 are on different frequencies, though... Hugo. Oh yeah. Dunno where I got that idea from then?? Although I can get some channels and yet I also get the strangely named channels on the same frequencies as those for which I have working channels. Does anyone know if it's possible that the aerial/cabling could be causing this? Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Freeview
On 23 May 2010 01:36, trotter m.nutt...@ukonline.co.uk wrote: At 23:22 22/05/2010, you wrote: At 11:18 22/05/2010, you wrote: On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 12:09:13PM +0100, Leo wrote: Freeview has been playing up recently on both my digibox and computer. Essentially I've lost about half the channels. Although they don't seem to be frequency specific: so I can still get BBC3, but not BBC4. BBC3 and BBC4 are on different frequencies, though... Have you had the analogue switch off yet in your area? In the NW we have had it switched off and bizarrely the signal strength of digital has gone down since then. Presumably as was mentioned to make room for the Freeview HD which BTW is ridiculously below 10mbps which means its standard def!? Darn, I meant its widely speculated that the drop in Freesat from 15 to below 10 is to ensure freeview HD doesn't look poor in comparison. When you compare picture output between Sky and Freeview, I think Sky is better. Comparison: BBC1 Freeview - BBC1 over Sky. On Sky, BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4 are not encrypted. Strangely, FIVE is encrypted if you try to use a Sky box to receive it, but with a DVB-S card in a computer, FIVE is unencrypted. On further examination, it appears that FIVE transmit in both encrypted and unencrypted formno idea why!!! -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Freeview
On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 12:09:13PM +0100, Leo wrote: Freeview has been playing up recently on both my digibox and computer. Essentially I've lost about half the channels. Although they don't seem to be frequency specific: so I can still get BBC3, but not BBC4. BBC3 and BBC4 are on different frequencies, though... Hugo. -- === Hugo Mills: h...@... carfax.org.uk | darksatanic.net | lug.org.uk === PGP key: 515C238D from wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net or http://www.carfax.org.uk --- Are you the man who rules the Universe? Well, I --- try not to. signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Freeview
On 22/05/10 12:09, Leo wrote:
Freeview has been playing up recently on both my digibox and computer.
Essentially I've lost about half the channels. Although they don't seem
to be frequency specific: so I can still get BBC3, but not BBC4. After
numerous re-scans I'm getting lines like the following in my channels.conf:
[46c0]:52980:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_3_4:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:433:18112
So there's a bizarre channel name and there doesn't seem to be a video
component. I've read somewhere that things may have changed recently in
preparation for HD - could this be related? Any insight would be
appreciated.
Leo
I had to retune my telly and also my Mythtv box's DVB-T card after they
both started reporting 'no signal'.
Since then, I can't get the 706MHz multiplex ('Mux 1') that includes BBC
1 on the Hannington transmitter. The other 5 muxes are OK. (I'm not
too stressed, because I get BBC 1 etc. via satellite.)
cheers
Chris
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Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Freeview
At 11:18 22/05/2010, you wrote: On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 12:09:13PM +0100, Leo wrote: Freeview has been playing up recently on both my digibox and computer. Essentially I've lost about half the channels. Although they don't seem to be frequency specific: so I can still get BBC3, but not BBC4. BBC3 and BBC4 are on different frequencies, though... Have you had the analogue switch off yet in your area? In the NW we have had it switched off and bizarrely the signal strength of digital has gone down since then. Presumably as was mentioned to make room for the Freeview HD which BTW is ridiculously below 10mbps which means its standard def!? bloody BBC Martin N Running MorphOS v2.4 on Mac Mini, Moderator of MiniDisc,amithlonopen,bwfc Yahoogroups -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Freeview
At 23:22 22/05/2010, you wrote: At 11:18 22/05/2010, you wrote: On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 12:09:13PM +0100, Leo wrote: Freeview has been playing up recently on both my digibox and computer. Essentially I've lost about half the channels. Although they don't seem to be frequency specific: so I can still get BBC3, but not BBC4. BBC3 and BBC4 are on different frequencies, though... Have you had the analogue switch off yet in your area? In the NW we have had it switched off and bizarrely the signal strength of digital has gone down since then. Presumably as was mentioned to make room for the Freeview HD which BTW is ridiculously below 10mbps which means its standard def!? Darn, I meant its widely speculated that the drop in Freesat from 15 to below 10 is to ensure freeview HD doesn't look poor in comparison. Martin N Running MorphOS v2.4 on Mac Mini, Moderator of MiniDisc,amithlonopen,bwfc Yahoogroups -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
