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Mark Fletcher
Wednesday 14 March 2012 9:47PM Halifax
If i may add briefly it is atmospherics/inversion at work not any faults from any transmitters as such !
JIM PATON
Sunday 25 March 2012 4:14PM
T.V.GET A LOT OF INTERFERENCE IF A PHONE IS USED OR SOMETIMES NOTHING IT COMES UP LIKE A JIGSAW ONLY SMALL SQUARES MAYBE 10 TIMES A PROGRAME HAD IT ON OLD T V GOT NEW ONE & NEW ARIEL NEW CABLES STILL THE SAME
Pat chittenden
Sunday 25 March 2012 4:27PM Ramsgate
I keep retuning my tv but am still getting mostly French stations
jb38
Sunday 25 March 2012 6:39PM
Pat chittenden: There is unfortunately nothing you can do about this as its basically caused by the atmospheric conditions that are presently applying, if you had refrained from carry out a re-tune it would have only have been a simple case of checking now and again to see if the situation had improved any, whereas now you have re-tuned you will have lost them, this meaning that you will now have to carry out frequent re-scans to pick the channels back up again.

To be quite honest about it, on checking your reception possibilities it doesn't appear that you will really have good reception from anywhere before June 27th, as then the transmitters that cover your area (Dover and Ramsgate's PSB only relay) will be switching over to higher powered operation.
MikeW
Monday 2 April 2012 4:57PM Bourne
Hello, Looking for help to solve a persistent interference problem on my Samsung D6530 set. Location is PE10 0AF. Aerial is 28 element DMX type aerial tuned to Waltham transmitter. Problem started about 6 weeks ago and is characterised by pixellation & loss of signal approx every 6.5 minutes. When problem is not present signal strength & bit error levels are 90% & 0 on Channels 29; 61 & 54: 74% & 0 on Channels 56 & 57 and 42% & <180 on the HD Channel-58. I have repeatedly auto-retuned all channels & three days ago manually tuned all six of the Waltham multiplexs, without any improvement to the problem.
I have also checked for any internal sources of electrical interference (c/h boiler, fridge, transformers etc) and still could not obtain any improvement. Any ideas on where to go next would be greatly appreciated?
Steve P
Monday 2 April 2012 6:19PM
MikeW - Is that an incessant and little varying 6.5 mins, or do you have periods of good reception?

Do you have neighbours to compare notes with?

Are you using an amp of any sort? Worth trying one if not - they are cheap, and you may be able to return of not needed.
Barrington Whalley
Monday 2 April 2012 7:45PM
For the last year or two we have suffered occasional blocking interference and 'No Signal'on channels 3,4,5,9,10 and others. This is now becoming very regular usually commencing about 8.30pm and clearing about 9.30/10.00pm. There does not appear to be any connection with the weather or time of the year - it is just very annoying and spoiling our evenings viewing. We have checked with other people tuned to the Hastings transmitter in our area (Hellingly East Sussex)and they have the same recurring problem. Will this improve after the switchover or will we have to make some other adjustments?
jb38
Monday 2 April 2012 11:07PM
MikeW: This type of problem can only really be caused by interference being picked up either via the aerial or alternatively from the mains supply, and this not necessarily being from within your own property.

A good way to test for the latter is if you have a small portable radio of the slightly older variety that has long and medium wavebands (particularly LW) is to switch the radio on and tune it away from radio 4 where no stations exist, then with the volume turned up slightly position the radio close to any mains socket or a cable coming from, then when you see the problem on the TV move the radio about as close to the socket as possible and listen if you can hear noises corresponding to the problems with the picture, if you do then its a mains borne problem.

Should though it prove as not being, then although its something that lots do not like doing, but you really have to know if anyone else locally (a neighbour) is suffering from similar problems, as the cause of this annoyance may well be totally outwith your control.

Although I am acquaint with your village by having passed through it on a number of occasions recently I cant remember if your electrical supply is via overhead cables or not? as should it be then these cables are great for picking up impulse interference along the way.

Anyway, if at all possible try the radio test, and by the way this device is also excellent for sniffing out interference from all sorts of domestic appliances such as the types you have mentioned plus sewing machines / food mixers / electric bread knives / hair driers / vacuum cleaners and a multitude of other gadgets that use "brush" type motors.
jb38
Monday 2 April 2012 11:15PM
MikeW: Of course all that's been mentioned is not really taking into account that the fault "might" be originating from within the TV itself, but you can soon prove this (or not) by temporarily trying another set in the same position, or of course just asking a neighbour if they are having problems.
MikeW
Tuesday 3 April 2012 12:26AM Bourne
Steve P & jb38: Thank you for your prompt repies. Picture is perfect in between the periods of pixellation & signal loss which last approx. 5 - 10 secs. Problem seems to be present no matter what time of day (or night!)Willing to try masthead amp but multiplex signal strength & quality seems to be strong enough apart from during periods of interference.
jb38: Neighbour across the road does not experience similar problems. Have tried alternative Philips TV, from a bedroom, using same aerial & mains sockets for a couple of hours and some interference experienced but not at the same frequency as the main set- about the same level experienced when connected to its usual log periodic aerial, mounted in the loft & tuned to Belmont (this appeared to be Inversion interference, since only appears during clear air conditions) Main TV not tuned to Belmont by installation engineer due to large horse chestnut tree in sight line from its chimney mounting. I fitted the log periodic aerial. Hope this provides some further detail of problem. Will try radio test tomorrow, if I can find our old multiband transistor radio. Thank you both for your interest & suggestions. What is perplexing me is "what has changed?" Picture quality & stability consistant until late Feb!
jb38
Tuesday 3 April 2012 1:29PM
MikeW: Thanks for that update / explanation. The problem with reception in the whole of the Bourne to stretching past Morton areas is that signals received from either Waltham (@18mls / 272degrees) or Belmont (@ 39mls / 11 degrees) has to come over a forest at some point along the way, and as such vulnerable to suffering from elements of seasonal variation cause by vegetation (trees) as well as other naturally occurring reasons of an atmospheric nature, and with reception from Waltham being particularly affected by the somewhat closer location (and slight elevation) of the Bourne Woods range.

As far as having noticed a slight difference in the timing of these glitches when using the Philips TV is concerned, I would simply put this down to the fact that no two TV's / boxes have the same sensitivity of tuners, the one with the higher sensitivity always being more resistant to glitches in the signal, although this up to a point is only because as the signal (strength / quality) is running at a higher level it has further to drop before approaching the receivers cut off threshold and causing picture / audio problems.

However that said, you should try a test by observing the signal "quality" (not so much strength) over a few minutes or so to see if it dives up and down, as I suspect that it might be (unless too fast to be observed!) and also have a look outside during the test to see if any tree branches are blowing around, as if they are this can affect reception even if not directly in line between the aerial and the signal source.

With regards to the person across the street not experiencing any problem, this could be because they are positioned to be able to receive a slightly better signal than you are, and this possibly coupled to using a device with a more sensitive tuner such as found in Panasonic ranges. (plus some others of course)

But though, the test for possible interference using the LW/MW radio referred to is important (if only MW tune to 530khz end) as that will instantly reveal any impulse interference in the mains supply and is something which has to be eliminated as a possible reason for your problem, although if none is detected then about the only thing you can try is moving your aerial to a different position in the loft, this meaning in the horizontal plane and preferably done while being able to observe the signals quality changes, as this is more important than the strength and which is almost guaranteed to reveal sizeable variations during any experiments made.


Bill
Tuesday 10 April 2012 12:41AM
I have just bought a new Samsung tv to replace my old Samsung tv... Tuned it in to digital freeview and I'm getting interference on all BBC channels, I never had this problem with the other tv and am using the same aerial. All the other channels seem to be ok.
Briantist
Tuesday 10 April 2012 10:45AM
Bill: You didn't post a location (ie, a full postcode), so it is hard to be specific.

You may have the Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice problem.
MikeW
Wednesday 11 April 2012 8:38PM
jb38: Sorry for not responding to your last reply before now but have been away over most of the Easter period. However the situation changed last Tuesday (3rd April)p.m, almost totally in synch' with the change in weather conditions. Away from home Wednesday a.m to Sunday p.m but on return no interference problems experienced thus far. So situation OK for now. If interference returns what is the best longer term solution - different aerial, masthead amp or other? By the way, carried out 'radio test' but did not reveal any 'mains' problem. Many thanks for your informative responses.
jb38
Wednesday 11 April 2012 11:49PM
MikeW: No problem! as I realise that many people are liable to be away at this time. However as far as your interference is concerned there really isnt anything you can do that would help the situation if its caused by atmospheric conditions, but should it happen again make another posting and I will be able to verify if its local to yourself or not, or alternatively you could just enquire across the street to see if they are affected, making sure that they are on the same channel AND station as you, as otherwise whatever is found out will not be accurate.
john
Wednesday 18 April 2012 10:01AM
I live in cm35yx.............i get bbc channels with zero signal strength but no other channels. i did retune a week ago and all was fine. but today the problem started.
Steve P
Wednesday 18 April 2012 1:28PM
John - you are in the London region I think so will have to do a full retune today as the analogue has gone and the digital moved and got more poewerful

Let us know if it works
John Robert Size
Wednesday 18 April 2012 10:18PM Hemel Hempstead
Steve P:
My computer man retuned my digital tv in the first digital retune and it worked well today when he retuned it all of the channels that derive from Channel 3,Channel 4 and Channel 5 were lost.

I live in HP 1HP

So tomorrow I phone up some local aerial companies even though a few months ago I was told that my TV aerial was good enough.

John Robert Size
Steve P
Wednesday 18 April 2012 11:27PM
... UK digital TV reception predictor

JRS - Have you retuned today? You will need to.

Looke as if there are local issues in HH which I do not know. Which are you using? The main CPal, or one of the HH relays, which do not do all multiplexes?
s gladman
Friday 20 April 2012 2:31PM Worthing
I live bn14 8ph . the tv is constantly having interference and its been like it all day today. Its so annoying and so bad that i cant watch any programs. This digital tv is not very good at all in my opinion. wish it was still the old way.At least i could watch the programmes i chose.
Stephen P
Friday 20 April 2012 4:41PM
s not-gladman - you seem to have a choice of main transmitters and relays, which implies a "difficult" reception area.

UK digital TV reception predictor

Do you know which you are using?

Might be worth getting a local aerial man who will know - or comparing notes with neighbours.
Ian P
Monday 7 May 2012 9:39AM London
My builtin Freeview (Sharp Aquos TV) worked pretty much perfectly before the switch over. Now i can't get every channel i had before, every plane or helicopter that goes over pixilates the image, unable to get some channels at various times (no signal error). I've not changed my aerial (it is about 15 years old). I'm pretty much 2 miles from Crystal Palace transmitter (SE27 0LZ)
Stephen P
Monday 7 May 2012 11:12AM
Ian P - is that an external aerial?

You may not need it. Try with juds the fly lead, or aany wire in the inner coax connection.

Digital signals can be too STROING for the box to cope with!

What is "The Tonge House" ?
Ian P
Monday 7 May 2012 12:44PM
Stephen P & Dave Lindsay:
THanks for your responses. I've checked the signal strength and quality meters as shown by the menus and the Quality is almost 100% and the Strength is about 50%. The error rate is "<E-8"
I unplugged the aerial cable from the wall socket and the Quality and Strength dropped to about 10%
Ian P
Monday 7 May 2012 12:57PM
Stephen P & Dave Lindsay: Some additional info:
Aerial is external, Signal Info: Network:London, Frequency: C28(530MHz), Modulation: 8K64QAM R3/4 G1/32
The signal strength is indicated by red/yellow/green bar and its just less than halfway along the yellow band hence my guess of 50%.
Dave Lindsay
Monday 7 May 2012 1:32PM
Ian P: What you have said subsequently adds weight to the suggestion that the problem is too high a signal level.

As the tuner gets more overloaded, the signal strength meter is of less and less value as they usually start to indicate lower levels being present until such a point where it will say no signal is present when in fact the opposite is true, being that the signal is extremely OTT.
Stephen P
Monday 7 May 2012 2:45PM
Ian - have you compared notes with neighbours?

Did you use Freeview before the analogue closedown?

Are you in sight of C Pal or is there a hill in the way? This shows a HUGE signal

UK digital TV reception predictor

Are you getting a picture without the aerial plugged in? You may need a wire lifted up a bit - esp on ground floor. And caox is not ideal - but hust a flylead lead up to a windowframe works fine for me in Herne Hill.
Ian P
Monday 7 May 2012 4:06PM
Dave Lindsay: thanks for the explanation.

Stephen P: Freeview was pretty much perfect before the analogue switch off.
I've removed the coax from the floor socket thats connected to the aerial and wedged it into a coat hanger (as a temp. measure) so i could hang it on the window.
I did a re-scan and an update scan and now i've got all my channels back i had before switch off. I'll try removing the aerial from the outside so just the coax is showing so i can plug the TV back into the wall socket so it looks neat.

Thanks a lot for your help. Its most appreciated and it saved me money as i was thinking that i needed to either get a new aerial or re-locate the existing one.

all the best.

Ian
Stephen P
Monday 7 May 2012 4:35PM
Ian you can get attenuators to reduce the strength of the signal from the aerial.

www.aerialshack.com link icon Variable Attenuator 20dB from Aerial Shack by: Konig - Aerial Shack -



Stephen P
Monday 7 May 2012 4:39PM
Incidentally if you can stick the wire coat hanger into the centre of the coax socket it will probably do the job. Known technically as a "Sketchley Loop Antenna"

Or an unpowered indoor aerial

www.aerialshack.com link icon Indoor Aerials from Aerial Shack

Or experiment with a bit of unshielded wire connected to the inner bit of a coax plug.
andrew watson
Friday 11 May 2012 4:46PM Tonbridge
i have just installed freeview but when scanning i get repeated no cnannels found?

is this atmospherics?

i am about 10 miles from the tunbridge wells transmitter

any comments welcome
KMJ,Derby
Friday 11 May 2012 5:37PM
andrew watson: It is unlikely that atmospherics are affecting your reception this afternoon- there was a slight possibility of tropospheric ducting this morning, but this has now subsided. If youre aerial is pointing to the Tunbridge Wells transmitter you are not currently expected to receive any usable signal, due to the low power transmission and frequencies shared with Bluebell Hill. On 30th May 2012 Mux BBCA starts at 4kW from Tunbridge Wells, with the remaining muxes available from 13th June 2012. At present you could possibly receive a full service from Crystal Palace and a selection of muxes from other transmitters when using a suitable aerial, however with switchover commencing at the end of the month you might decide that it is best just to wait for the full power transmissions to begin.
Dave Lindsay
Friday 11 May 2012 5:43PM
andrew watson: I don't think that you are going to get anything from Tunbridge Wells until switchover.

One of the main issues you have to contend with is that it shares some digital channels with Bluebell Hill before switchover. The Digital UK Tradeview predictor (click the link next to your posting) thinks that Bluebell will be good where you are. Plus TW is on very low power to avoid interference.

After switchover, the situation will be different and Tunbridge Wells is expected to be excellent for you.

If you have a set-top aerial, you "may" find that you are able to receive some level of service from Bluebell now, until TW completes switchover on 13th June.
Robert
Wednesday 30 May 2012 10:31AM London
Was any engineering work logged against the Crystal Palace transmitter on 29th May 2012. Ariva Spend the day removing and rebuilding the Digital Pods from the top down. I will continue to watch with interest. Since 4th April 2012 my pervously 'Digitally perfect' Freeview reception stopped. It can become unwatchable when it rains (In Crystal Palace) with 20-30 error pixels splatters and the sound chopping half words. Boosting from 20MW to 200MW did not work.
Stephen P
Wednesday 30 May 2012 11:38AM
Robert what if anything are you using as an aerial? Digital can be TOO strong, and as you are at the bottom of the tower that may well be the problem.

Try nothing at all or just a fly lead in the ae socket.

How's the Sweet Lass?
Robert
Thursday 31 May 2012 5:43PM
I bougth a new 'HD' indoor aerial and run it though a 6dB attenuator. But got no improvement over the original indoor UHF aerial which served me well for years. My last changed was Oct 2011 when I went HD and have recorded over 700 hours of perfect freeview up until 10th April when a BBC4 program demonstrated error bursts of 20-30 pixels every few seconds. Unwatchable TV the sound cuts out on half words and you get a digital kiss every so often. I have been monitoring at the quality and power indicators on the muxes and channels and this was a first clue that Arqiva were adjusting the transmitter (some days before). The pods going up and down attached to a guide wire and a man in a cage was a bit of a clue. My Freeview is 'digitally perfect' at the moment the problem is intermittant and linked to rain at Crystal Palace. I also bought a UHF signal finder and was looking for an alternative signal but no luck. The pattern of errors suggest it is co-channel interfence and the corruption to the data is so massive that the built in error correction is totally overwhelmed yet the quality signal can stay in the green. I have enough spare equipment to confirm my belief it is the transmitter at fault. I did a local survey and no one who uses broadcast Freeview had not noticed a decline in reception quality.
Stephen P
Thursday 31 May 2012 9:59PM
Robert - IIUC you are about 100 yards from the TX ?

That close, with that much power, all sorts of things could be happenning. I suggest you contact whoever runs XPal and ask them to check it out!
jb38
Thursday 31 May 2012 11:27PM
Robert: May I thank you for alerting me to another piece of total tripe regarding the advertising of aerials, I thought it was bad enough when I started to see aerials being advertised as "digital" when in reality no such thing exists, but now this has been taken a stage further by the manufacturers of such devices further misleading the general public by inferring that an aerial can magically differentiate between different modes of transmissions being picked up, then I feel that its a step too far and requiring it to be brought to the attention of the so called "trading standards" as such that operates in the UK.
Robert
Friday 1 June 2012 7:23AM
JB38 I'm not sure if your comments were aimed at my question about what Arqiva were doing to the Crystal Place transmitter or not but let me clarify. The transmitter has, at the very top the aerials which were used to transmit the 4 channel analogue TV service below are the array of ‘digital pods’, These are aerials which transmit the Freeview digital TV signals. These were taken off the mast (not all at once as Freeview did not go off the air). The array was then rebuilt. In the Victorian age, a lot of devices were described as ‘electric’ despite NOT using electrical power. ‘Digital’ has the same fait in marketing speak today. My Electro Magnetic Transmission Theory dates back to 1981 but am reasonably confident that a UHF modulated wave for analogue TV would look very different to a UHF modulated wave for digital TV even if both wave are analogue is nature. ‘Optimised for the reception of UHF modulated waves used for digital TV’ would be a better description. Although I don’t know enough to be sure such optimisation is possible. DigitalUK say any outdoor TV aerial over 30 years old probably will need to be replaced for Freeview but it is hidden in the section about communal aerial systems used in flats. In my quest to get my ‘digitally’ perfect reception (Interference and nose within the ability of error correction to correct ) post 4th April (BBC) and18th April (all the rest) I bought a new indoor aerial (made no difference). It was ‘HD compatible’ and ‘3x Noise Filter’ which I cannot check on the accuracy of those statements. However I can shot holes in ‘Amplifies terrestrial HD TV signals’ and ‘active triple noise reduction filters’ because to amplify you need active electronic components like transistors (unlike passive electronic components like capacitors and resistors) and active devices need electrical power to work. As this aerial does not have batteries or plug into the mains it cannot have active components inside. Trading standards might have a go on this one. I’m having a go at ‘Total tripe’ I fail to see where cows stomachs come into this.
Stephen P
Friday 1 June 2012 10:21AM
<< Optimised for the reception of UHF modulated waves used for digital TV’ would be a better description. Although I don’t know enough to be sure such optimisation is possible >>

Can't see how it could be.

Incidentally your indoor HD Ae might be powered by the TV up the coax. But more likely they use amp for gain.
Briantist
Friday 1 June 2012 11:12AM
Robert: Just noting in passing you wrote

"The transmitter has, at the very top the aerials which were used to transmit the 4 channel analogue TV service below are the array of ‘digital pods’,"

Your tense is incorrect. The top of the mast WAS used for digital services, but this part of the transmitter was upgraded about a year ago for DSO and then was used for the analogue four until DSO happened. Since DSO the new equipment at the top of the mast is used for digital output.

The "pods" as you call them - the usual name is "panels" are no longer in use. On some site they are being retained in case the main stuff fails, on others the equipment is being stripped.
Robert
Saturday 2 June 2012 1:51PM
Braintist & Stephen P.

Thanks very much for comments and it's a good case in point of trusting the web for information. The Radio & Televison Interfence Service will not touch this one with a barge pole as it is an indoor aerial. Since the 4th of April I have been clutching at straws trying to cure an intermitent reception problem. The signal quality and strength monitor is too much of a blunt tool, I've had quality of 1 (Red) and perfect picture & Sound and unwatchable TV on 10 Green both times the reading was constant. The 29th looks like a red herring coupled with what you have said above about the transmitter configuration, I've still got an intermitent probelm that can degrade into unwatchable TV. Logan's Run on CH4 HD had 2 small glitches until the last segment when the action climax became unwatchable, 2 hrs into the flim! I upgraded in October 2011 and the system ran for well over 700 hours of perfect glitch free video until 4th April. It has got thought some very long records glitch free since but it is still too unstable and unreliable. I stopped moving the aerial about two weeks ago and had concluded it was a transmitter problem. After a decade of perfect reception I might have to move to cable. I have not found anyone yet around here who has not thought Freeview reception had degraded since DSO. I have a degree in Physical Electronic and in 1981 knew the theory of how Yagi aerials worked, the cleaning up of digital signal down fiber optics cables and Electro Magnetic wave transmission theory. Unlike 405/625 changeover, I thought Freeview was all about using the same UHF aerial configurations but diggin deep into the DigitalUK website paints a much darker picture.
Dave Lindsay
Saturday 2 June 2012 2:14PM
Robert: As a non-professional like yourself, I wonder if 6dB attenuation is way too low for your location. Have you tried a higher level such as 24dB?

Perhaps the aerial cable is picking up more signal, particularly if it is not low loss and if it is the thin flimsy stuff you get on set-top aerials.
Mazbar
Saturday 2 June 2012 3:13PM
Robert a simple question why carn't you have an outdoor aerial instead of an indoor aerial. Your problems proberly have nothing to do with too much signal as the signal has to travel through your walls befor it gets to the aerial if it is amplified all it will do is increase the signal strenght but not the signal quality. Indoor aerials are poor and they can work in sime bedrooms ie upstairs downstairs they have more things for the signal to get through. people on this site seem quiet happy to tell people to get antenuators but in most cases they arn't needed an un amplified aerial giving signal over 75dbuv will give perfect pictuers but an aerial with 35dbuv and a 30db amp = 65 dbuv and break up of signal. so robert if you can have an outside aerial fitted for yourself if you are scared of hights and want the job done right.
jb38
Saturday 2 June 2012 5:27PM
Mazbar: There is a factor concerning Roberts location which I feel that you might not be aware of, that of him residing in an apartment block that appears to situated at only just over a hundred yards or so from the mast, the type of area where high levels of RF mush can generally be found that can cause problems in some receivers.

jb38
Saturday 2 June 2012 5:42PM
Robert: You may have already mentioned this within the depth of your postings, but what kind of reception do you get when using nothing more than a piece of wire of about 12" or so in the aerial socket?

Another interesting test would by to know what kind of reception you would get if using one of these older fashioned loop aerials that were always supplied with small analogue TV's, the loop on these aerials usually terminated straight into a coax plug.

Finally, does the room where your TV is located face directly towards the mast?
Mazbar
Saturday 2 June 2012 5:54PM
Didnt know there could be other problems is the apartment made of lots of steel or is the insulation in the walls foil or foil backed plasterboard if so the signal will allways be poor. One other factor if you are very close to the transmitter the signal will just go straight over head and no type of aerial will pick it up .
Stephen P
Saturday 2 June 2012 6:23PM
To put jb38's comment in context, in Herne Hill - 2-3 miles away - I get GOOD reception with just a fly lead, and usable with nothing at all - as we did for analogue.

Rob have you tried nothing?
jb38
Saturday 2 June 2012 7:47PM
Mazbar: Yes, as anyone situated too close to a transmitter mast can suffer from what's generally known as the "umbrella" effect, this demonstrated perfectly by the fact that if in a mobile situation (with passenger to monitor the meter) and using a mast of a reasonable height (main station mast) as the target, that if a test signal strength reading is taken from roughly five miles or so away from the mast and you then start driving towards it taking readings along the way, it will be found that although the signal level "might" (depending on starting distance) initially be observed to increase, that at certain point along the route towards the mast the situation will reverse whereby the signal will stabilise then slowly start to decrease the closer you get to the target, and of course caused by what you have mentioned.

Robert
Saturday 2 June 2012 9:19PM
JB38: You make some very interesting observations. All my poratble TV's use a straight radio type aerial so a loop aerial is not to hand. My main TV is in the living room which has large windows from which I can see the trasnmitter mast at the top of the hill. I have had a decade of perfect Freeview reception and made he last change to the coniguration of my AV equipemnt in Oct 2011. Everthing worked and was 'rock solid' until April 4th. I will follow your suggestions when I have some 'I/O' time or 'downtime' with he system as I watch TV in timeslip with the HDR set to record everything I might want to watch days ahead. I've manage to get though 2 of the 3 Lord of the Rings films on CH4 HD without error. My professional background is trouble shooting Mini computer errors especially disc drives. Although I later switched to Oracle databases. Your help is appreciated.
Stephen P
Sunday 3 June 2012 1:41AM
My professional background is trouble shooting Mini computer errors especially disc drives.

Does that mean you can mend my PVR ?



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