Rubbish reception on some channels Why?

cajef

tealady wrote: »

And I always thought Ariel was a fairy! Well you live and learn.

Well fair enough if that is what you want to believe, but there is more chance of seeing Ariel washing powder than a fairy.:rolleyes:

SouthCoast

Paul_R wrote: »

I've just had to sort out my parents house TV (they are in the Rowbridge service area) and this needed a higher gain aerial and a tweek to align with the transmitter. Still a little weak for odd flashes.

The Mulitplexes are not good for some channels etc, you need to check power levels to see what you might end up with.

I blagged the antenna from a large trade dealer in Southampton, it was under £30. Hiring the ladder cost that again.

I bet the aerial installers around Southampton are having a field day with all the commotion.

Stolen from another Forum:

Well, I just spoke to a very nice chap called Ricky at Digital UK, who couldn't do more to reassure me that there's nothing wrong with my kit or aerial and that they are very aware that there are issues across the Rowridge area. Couldn't give a timescale for fix (fair enough) but suggested that I keep retuning the boxes to see whether matters had improved. At which I suggested that the Digital UK website is a far better medium for reporting status than retuning my kit to see whether it's apparently working on a regular basis... If you call them, please reiterate the same: It's just appalling that there is no acknowledgement of the issues on their website, nor indication of when they feel they are resolved.

At least I get to go home to the warmth and comfort of the Crystal Palace transmitter tomorrow, from which I can get all the channels on a coathanger jammed in the back of the TV...

worldwheeler

vyle wrote: »

In some areas, they're doing work on the transmitters which involves powering them down and doing whatever they need to do, then powering them back up again. While powered down, people will lose channels.

I have lost channels now. After installing digital the reception was peaky, picture pixillating, breaking up, audio drop outs. The channels broadcasts were/are poor. I have watched many programmes and films where the automated broadcast cuts an ad break mid way through scenes and even midway through an characters sentence. (IS broadcasting really advancing? I'd prefer quality improvements rather than quantity{repeats & advertising})
I have phoned the signal supplier who told me that I need a mast head amplifier, already have one. They then reassured me that all will be well when the signal strength is ramped up, SOME TIME IN 2012!!!? Good job the space race is over or there would probably be people stranded on the moon with the level of competence in todays world!

Moneymaker

There's a lengthy Rowridge/Meridian discussion here:
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=1000054

howsaboutthis

I had the same problem. It was cured by changing the lead from the wall to the digibox. These leads usually deteriorate after a while if they are constantly moved and played about with.

MoP_2

I have not been able to get film 4 for several months now. Does anyone have a solution please?MoP

davet57

I have problems with Freeview in my caravan in Skegness most of the channels show c**p, it's fine if you want endless repeats of Top Gear, and
reality? shows. I have problems with my satellite signal at home it often freezes the picture for about ten seconds usually when the actors are saying something interesting towards the end of the show! Does anyone else have this problem/annoyance?

aitchykate

I find that all the ITV and channel 4 channels are so frozen and pixelated that they are unwatchable but the BBC channels are fine. I have retuned and retuned and retuned but they are either terrible or disappear all together.

Matty_B_3

Last December i bought a 19" Samsung tv (with built-in freeview) for the bedroom - worked fine, picked up all the freeview channels i could ever want. Seemed better than the Sony one in the lounge (also with built-in freeview).
Then a few weeks ago i was unable to get Radio 1 on the bedroom tv - but its fine in the lounge. So re-tuning the bedroom tv resulted in losing a lot of other channels that i originally had. I have found at varying times that re-tuning either gains or loses channels, but so far have not got the original quantity of channels that i had when the tv was first installed.
At times Channel 5 cannot be found, BBC4 is still a no-go, and some of +1 channels come and go when re-tuned.
I very much doubt that its the tv - why would it suddenly not pick up a channel, or find it on some occasions when re-tuned?
To my thinking it must be the transmitter, as this has happened in past years (before all this digital technology "advancement").
I am seriously considering converting to Sky now, especially as my son left his dish when he moved out, and i now find that my ISP is almost doubling the monthly broadband fee, Sky can include it in their service.
I live in Droitwich (home of the radio-staion masts in the good old days)! - the tv transmitters are in all directions from here, and over the years my aerials have picked up signals from most of them!

Digital is NOT the way forward - yet. As for HD ready, it really stands for Hopelessly Digital

And we will be one of the last areas to have the switchover - a blessing in disguise i think!

wt536

Inactive wrote: »

Only if you put it in to a gold plated socket on the TV, which almost all do not have.

And the connection behing the wall plate probably use screw terminals just like a 13A socket or a light switch.!!!