Poor BBC2 reception

kwikbreaks

tronator wrote: »

My crystal ball is in repair atm...

You'll have to start a new thread if you want help with that one...

MiserlyMartin

Iconic wrote: »

Working Lunch is not on for the next two weeks because of Wimbledon and it stops for good at the end of July:eek:

You are going to need a digital recorder within the next two years so why not bite the bullet now?

You can get one for less then £100 if you shop around. Some of them are a little temperamental so make sure you get one with a good reputation.

They are axing working lunch? They can't!! What are people going to do for their financial daily news now?

Don't buy any new digital recorder until analogue has been switched off and HD freeview tuners are commonplace in all TV's and recorders. Otherwise you will need to update again soon after!

tronator

Another "solution", why not watching it on BBC iPlayer?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/search/?q=working%20lunch

That's where your license fee goes...

weegie.geek

penrhyn wrote: »

Could be a cabling problem or the aerial itself. If its happened recently then it may be the cable, if its always been like it then that would point to the aerial.

If it happened recently there's also a pretty good chance that the channel BBC2 is on is now being broadcast at a lower power, and will be turned off completely next.

If the OP wants to record the channels he can't get on analogue, a temporary solution would be to invest in a 20 quid freeview STB, and use it as a source for recording. I really wouldn't advise anyone to buy a new DVR, since DVB-T2 is coming soon.

Iconic

weegie.geek wrote: »

If the OP wants to record the channels he can't get on analogue, a temporary solution would be to invest in a 20 quid freeview STB, and use it as a source for recording.

Good idea I didn't think of that.

weegie.geek wrote: »

I really wouldn't advise anyone to buy a new DVR, since DVB-T2 is coming soon.

How long is soon? 5 years?

Surely the old ones will still work even after DVB-T2 is implemented

penrhyn

The BBC published the Freeview HD roll out progamme last year.
Existing freeview boxes will continue to work but won't be able to receive the HD transmissions.
I think the aim is to have everyone on it by the time the Olympics come in 2012:

From BBC website:

ENGLAND

Manchester Winter Hill - December 2, 2009
London Crystal Palace (advance network) - December 2, 2009
Newcastle and Tyneside Pontop Pike (advance network) - February 2010
Leeds / Bradford Emley Moor (advance network) - March 2010
Birmingham Lichfield (advance network) - March 2010
Liverpool, central Lancashire, Cheshire, north Staffordshire Winter Hill relays (retrofit) - March 2010
Exeter, parts of Devon, Somerset, Dorset Stockland Hill (retrofit) - April 2010
Bristol, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire Mendip - April 2010
Devon, Cornwall, and the Isles of Scilly Beacon Hill, Caradon Hill, Huntshaw Cross and Redruth (retrofit) - August 2010
Cumbria and the Lake District Caldbeck (retrofit) - October 2010

Following this schedule, Freeview HD will then be implemented in line with the rest of the switchover programme:

2011 - Bedfordshire, Berkshire (parts), Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire,
East Anglia, East Midlands, East Yorkshire, Gloucestershire,
Herefordshire, Humberside, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire,
Shropshire, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire (parts), Stoke-on-Trent, West
Midlands (remainder), and West Yorkshire (remainder).

2012 - Berkshire (remainder), County Durham, Greater London (remainder),
Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Northumberland, North Yorkshire, Surrey,
Sussex, Teesside, Tyneside.

WALES

Cardiff, Newport Wenvoe - March 2010
Swansea Kilvey Hill March (retrofit) - 2010
West and central Wales Blaenplwyf - March 2010
Carmarthenshire Carmel (retrofit) - April 2010
rest of Wales Long Mountain, Moel y Parc, Presely Mid (retrofit) - June 2010
Anglesey Llanddona (retrofit) - July 2010

SCOTLAND

Glasgow, central Scotland Black Hill (advance network) - February 2010
Shetland Bressay - May 2010
Orkney Keelylang Hill - May 2010
Caithness, North Sutherland Rumster Forest - June 2010
Lewis, Wester Ross, North West Sutherland, Western Isles Eitshal Skriaig - July 2010
Angus, Dundee, Perth, and parts of Fife Angus - August 2010
Aberdeenshire Durris - September 2010
Morayshire, Strathspey, and parts of Easter Ross Knockmore - October 2010
South West Scotland Caldbeck Scotland - October 2010
Inverness and the Great Glen Rosemarkie - October 2010
South West Highlands and Islands Torosay - October 2010
Scottish Borders Selkirk (retrofit) - November 2010 retrofit

Following this schedule, Freeview HD rolls out in line with the rest of the switchover programme until the whole of Scotland can receive the service by the end of Q2, 2011.

NORTHERN IRELAND

Freeview HD will rollout in line with the rest of the switchover programme so that the whole of Northern Ireland can receive the service by the end of 2012.

OTHER AREAS

Isle of Man Douglas (retrofit) - October 2010
Channel Islands Fremont Point - end 2010

wazza

Thanks for the replies. Plan to borrow my friend's internal aerial and see if i can get a strong signal for bbc2. It was working fine over 4 months ago and the aerial/cabling has not been disturbed.

When i bought the LCD tv over a year ago i could not get ITV, C4, and C5. After much searching i have put it down to the aeriel which is over 20 years old. Since i can get other freeview channels and have virgin cable i have not bothered to upgrade the aerial. Will decide what to do with the aerial after the digital switchover.

Richie-from-the-Boro

hey, crystal ball is in repair atm..., Attention group - this could be a whole new learning experience for me, where do I get one to [ 5 alive ] disassemble and learn from ?

internal digital loft Ariel

wazza

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

hey, crystal ball is in repair atm..., Attention group - this could be a whole new learning experience for me, where do I get one to [ 5 alive ] disassemble and learn from ?

internal digital loft Ariel

i am interested in one of these if it gives a cleaner picture for kids to watch. No swearing/filth etc etc

Richie-from-the-Boro

wazza wrote: »

i am interested in one of these if it gives a cleaner picture for kids to watch. No swearing/filth etc etc

you can also get an outside digital version :