TV problems

Dave, since Wednesday we have had the Llandonna transmitter for Digital.I had to retune ITV in on Wed.Actually getting a chap to look at aerial Monday let you know.The signal strength is not good we are along way from Ynys Mon

had crap reception all week

Sky has been fine

We have had to reset our freeview recorder back to the factory default settings, and then retune it. Only then did we get all the channels back, although some of them seem to be a bit blocky at times according to SWMBO. Not sure if it is weather related, or switchover related though....

Andy

Dave I've used the help line

08456 50 50 50 or teletext page 284

That is a genius idea for whoever thought of that "I know, we'll put the helpline information for people who can't get a good TV signal, on Teletext"!! heh heh

Dave, if you do need someone to sort your aerial out, we had a huge amplified one fitted by some chaps last year. I'll dig out their details if you still need them?

Andy

I Use sky+ but have new digital tele with freeview so had a proper aerial fitted.
Liked the job done down the road so asked him.
Philcol Aerials www.philcolaerials.co.uk
3 Maes y Gog
Rhyl, LL18 4QA
01244 319152
He said
Aha for where you live you need high pole to view Winter Hill
Excellent job works well. Not blown away ...yet

I've been helping out several retired people in the area and they are all on different transmitters with various freeview boxes
Llandonna (Anglesey)is now complete (they say) but it is still got hickups and losing even BBC1 etc with no explanation.
Moel y Parc (serves most of Rhyl but invisible to Prestatyn) is still at stage 1 and changes to stage 2 (more power on ITV etc 250 watts > 20,000 watts) on 25 Nov. Then retune required again 2nd Dec.
Winter Hill (Bolton) serves all NW england and parts of North Wales
Good nearly complete now at stage 2 final tuning needed 2nd Dec

It is most important in each retune that in getting the correct new multiplexed channels, the freeview tuner is set to scan from as new condition and has to be made to abandon all previously tuned channels.
Even then, other weaker stations will be picked up and these should be deleted from the list you finish up with. The tuner, which is stupid, has no idea which is the correct one for you, but you might want to have "Welsh News" as well as "English" and let that one stay.

David Sargent wrote:Hi John, up until Tuesday of last week I was getting all the group 1 stations BBCs 1 and 2 etc with no problem. When I got back Thursday I retuned looking for the group 2 channels ITV etc only to find I had lost the lot Group 1 came back briefly on Friday but has vanished again. I am wondering if the weather is causing problems at the Conwy transmitter which is a satelite of Llandona

Annoying to say the least

DaveS

have a look at http://www.ukfree.tv/txdetail.php?a=SH583810

A major change to Llandonna channels occured
One of my pensioners is still able to use the existing aerial with the new changed channels. She has a direct view of Llandonna from near top of hill behind prestatyn
The message was
After Wednesday 18th November 2009
C43* C46* C50 C51 C53 C57 C60
The system has since been interrupted without explanation but the site does comment about "there will be interuptions for engineering work"

well my aeriel engineer came at last this is the 7 th appoinment guess what ?his ladder is not long enough to get to the top of the roof.So waiting another engineer with a longer ladder

Didn't he offer to help you move to a lower house ?

Well up here at the back of Abergele I have no problems (he said smugly) and I've only got an aerial in the loft pointed at Winter Hill . You may find this a useful site http://www.aerialsandtv.com/index.html

Looks like the link does not work from this site. MARK, from the message I got I think you may have to do something.

Try that one Allan, should work now

Andy

Thanks Andy. BTW if you want a good laugh have a look at the 'Cowboys Locker' at the bottom of the sites menue. There's some cracking installations.

Allan Warner wrote:Thanks Andy. BTW if you want a good laugh have a look at the 'Cowboys Locker' at the bottom of the sites menue. There's some cracking installations.

Great stuff there Allan. Amazing how wrong they got some of them...and they still worked.

Thats the end of any aeromodelling then . If the nighttime X rated channels dont get you then the daytime TV brain rot will

Allen what are the nightime 10 rated channels

Personally, I don't rate any of them . But. I'm sure you know (bet you've had a peek ) I was refering to the naughty ones .

thanks Allen usually in bed early anyway.I'm a good Chapel going sort of guy.

In Rhuddlan we get our signal from Moel y Parc which went fully digital yesterday. The signal is now 20 times more powerful than before the switchover. At last we can get all the ITV channels without pixellating.

Gosh I bet your happy . No more going around with a long pointy nose, long pointy ears, long pointy shoes and a long pointy hat with a bell on the top . Still, I supose it was better than looking like a trol or a hobgoblin

It's official, the Welsh pixy is extinct