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[Taxi_Driver]

I imagine Newbury would be your closest?

Hhmmm so would I tbh  :-/

But if i have a look down the road everyones aerial is either pointing at the Mendip TX or 180 degrees at the Oxford one or they have 2 aerials and both

Mind you thinking about it Newbury TX might be closer, but White Horse Hill are probably in the way  :-/

[Taxi_Driver]

Just been having another play and noticed I can get UK History and it says its getting it from Oxford TX?

Very odd  :-/ As aerial points towards Mendip......unless its picking up a reflection  :-/

I guess I need to get aerial shop out and either add another aerial pointing towards oxford or have a wideband aerial fitted pointing towards Mendip or both  :-/

Either way i need to call Topuptv as Ive noticed my viewing card is giving the wrong number for the package I subscribe to so maybe why I carnt see some channels  :-/  

[Martin_1962]

So you want Mendip then, you need to find away to ignore Oxford.

Try using a variable attenuator to tune in then remove it.

My Pace Twin handles multiple TXs perfectly and I have just fitted a 100GB HDD to it

I think a REPUTABLE local aerial chap may be required

[Marks DTM Calib]

My recommendation would be to get a DAT45 aerial with MRD device (about 50 quid on ebay).

Its pretty selective so doesn't suffer so badly from side lobes picking up other transmitters and the MRD is the perfect amplifier as ts sat on the rear of teh main element and also matches it to the cable.

You need good screened cable as digital is very prone to errors due to multipath pickup.

[v6man54deg Geffd]

Get in touch with Zoltron - he did a great job of mine in return for a timing belt on his car - knows his stuff and is a great bloke.

My new toy arrived this morning  

A Thomson DV3 Digital TV recorder......anyone else bought one from TopupTV?

My old freeview box (with topuptv slot) gave up the ghost a few months back and i borrowed another freeview box (without topuptv slot) but used to work ok, sometimes use to freeze(or go 'blocky') sometimes on certain channels but then my tv aerial signal wasnt brilliant . You couldnt watch C5 on analogue, it was to 'noisey'

Plugged it in.....ran the setup and search for channels......it fails to find any topuptv channels (but i think this a software prob......and according to topuptv website this should be fixed by the morning, as it should download a software upgrade during the night)

It carnt find ITV C4 or C5 and has about 15 other channels missing  

Read in the manual about tuning probs that you need to have a good signal for C5 on analogue  

So decided to check the aerial connections....found a couple of them had corroded.....so bought a couple of new plugs and remade the connections.....this has made a definate improvement....so much so that BBC1, 2 ITV C4 are perfect on analogue C5 is slightly grainy but certainly watchable

However it still cannot find the missing channels  

According to the tuning info its getting BBC1/2 from the mendip transmitter.......but when i select for ie sky3......which it carnt get its trying to get it from the oxford transmitter......now not being that clever.....but they have to be in different directions!  

So......i'll leave it tonight to see if it downloads any updates tonight that sorts it out.......but im thinking im gonna get shafted by local tv aeriel shop to either put up a high gain aerial or have two aerials??  :-/

For those that dont know and i didnt till earlier.....the box has two aerial inputs but are at the mo connected together (it came with a box connecting the inputs together) and two seperate tuners

Any ideas?

Its also suppose to download a load of programmes tonight that i might want to watch....to fill up its 160GB hard disk.....i'll have to see what happens  :-/

[Martin_1962]

My recommendation would be to get a DAT45 aerial with MRD device (about 50 quid on ebay).

Its pretty selective so doesn't suffer so badly from side lobes picking up other transmitters and the MRD is the perfect amplifier as ts sat on the rear of teh main element and also matches it to the cable.

You need good screened cable as digital is very prone to errors due to multipath pickup.

Multipath is not a problem but signal swamping from analogue transmitters is.

We should have gone 8k and not 2k - my 1999 TV is 8k compliant

[Taxi_Driver]

Cheers the replies  

I think its aerial shop time......as even if i got the stuff Mark suggests, Im not going up on my roof to install it......i havent got a roof ladder, and im not good with heights   and aerial shop isnt going to want to fit summat ive bought.

I think best plan is to go for what they suggest......and make sure they change the cable as well.....its the brown type at the mo......this way if i still get probs then....and ive had fitted what they suggested then as far as i see its still their prob  

[Marks DTM Calib]

Multipath is not a problem but signal swamping from analogue transmitters is.

We should have gone 8k and not 2k - my 1999 TV is 8k compliant

Unfortunately, multipath is a problem, being digital its to easy to cancel the signal out using a slightly delayed path mixed (via coax or similar)....hence the screend cable and/or MRD or mast head amp (to significantly increase the coax siganl amplitude).

On analouge this often shows as a ghost (normaly a pretty big one).

[Martin_1962]

Multipath is not a problem but signal swamping from analogue transmitters is.

We should have gone 8k and not 2k - my 1999 TV is 8k compliant

Unfortunately, multipath is a problem, being digital its to easy to cancel the signal out using a slightly delayed path mixed (via coax or similar)....hence the screend cable and/or MRD or mast head amp (to significantly increase the coax siganl amplitude).

On analouge this often shows as a ghost (normaly a pretty big one).

I've seen digital survive MPI but if we had gone 8K it would not be a problem - oh for single frequency networks.

That said I am all for cutting analogue off now, and getting some HTDV muxes - this will affect how I vote next election

Careful with the beer (analouge)

[TheBoy]

Multipath is not a problem but signal swamping from analogue transmitters is.

We should have gone 8k and not 2k - my 1999 TV is 8k compliant

Unfortunately, multipath is a problem, being digital its to easy to cancel the signal out using a slightly delayed path mixed (via coax or similar)....hence the screend cable and/or MRD or mast head amp (to significantly increase the coax siganl amplitude).

On analouge this often shows as a ghost (normaly a pretty big one).

I've seen digital survive MPI but if we had gone 8K it would not be a problem - oh for single frequency networks.

That said I am all for cutting analogue off now, and getting some HTDV muxes - this will affect how I vote next election

no government will support stopping analogue before proposed date - that would be suicide....

[Martin_1962]

Multipath is not a problem but signal swamping from analogue transmitters is.

We should have gone 8k and not 2k - my 1999 TV is 8k compliant

Unfortunately, multipath is a problem, being digital its to easy to cancel the signal out using a slightly delayed path mixed (via coax or similar)....hence the screend cable and/or MRD or mast head amp (to significantly increase the coax siganl amplitude).

On analouge this often shows as a ghost (normaly a pretty big one).

I've seen digital survive MPI but if we had gone 8K it would not be a problem - oh for single frequency networks.

That said I am all for cutting analogue off now, and getting some HTDV muxes - this will affect how I vote next election

no government will support stopping analogue before proposed date - that would be suicide....

Not now it isn't more people rely on digital now than analogue, promise them more TV they will go for it!

I don't know anyone on analogue now, my only fully working VCRs are by the PC the one still under the TV requires a motor repair, I will do that sometime as I need to copy some SuperBeta mode tapes

[TheBoy]

Not now it isn't more people rely on digital now than analogue, promise them more TV they will go for it!

I don't know anyone on analogue now, my only fully working VCRs are by the PC the one still under the TV requires a motor repair, I will do that sometime as I need to copy some SuperBeta mode tapes

For main TV perhaps, but I bet all those portables in kitchen and kids rooms are analogue...

As are many TVs of the older generation. And people who can't afford digital. And everyone else those silly surveys miss out...

[Martin_1962]

Not now it isn't more people rely on digital now than analogue, promise them more TV they will go for it!

I don't know anyone on analogue now, my only fully working VCRs are by the PC the one still under the TV requires a motor repair, I will do that sometime as I need to copy some SuperBeta mode tapes

For main TV perhaps, but I bet all those portables in kitchen and kids rooms are analogue...

As are many TVs of the older generation. And people who can't afford digital. And everyone else those silly surveys miss out...

Hmm bedroom has a DTVA on it - all the wrinklies I know now have Freeview boxes, the MIL has an IDTV, my parents have an IDTV and a FV VCR/DVD recorder.

If they can afford a licence a one off £25 for a basic box is not too painfull

[TheBoy]

If they can afford a licence a one off £25 for a basic box is not too painfull

Its the complexity that puts many off.

Also, there is a benefit so you don't have to pay tv licence....

[Taxi_Driver]

Not now it isn't more people rely on digital now than analogue, promise them more TV they will go for it!

I don't know anyone on analogue now, my only fully working VCRs are by the PC the one still under the TV requires a motor repair, I will do that sometime as I need to copy some SuperBeta mode tapes

For main TV perhaps, but I bet all those portables in kitchen and kids rooms are analogue...

As are many TVs of the older generation. And people who can't afford digital. And everyone else those silly surveys miss out...

My tv in the kitchen is on analogue.....what will i happen if i have to cook without the tv on  :-/

PS just happens to be a Sony