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[PaulOckenden]

More accurately, it's started.

Goes on until 21st.

http://www.digitaluk.../whitehawk_hill

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[richard]

Our tellys all retuned OK this morning.

[johnjohn]

PaulOckenden, on 07 March 2012 - 08:45 AM, said:

More accurately, it's started.

Goes on until 21st.

http://www.digitaluk.../whitehawk_hill

P.

Interesting....but is Whitehawk Hill a main transmitter? if so they say in the blurb that aerials should be in the horizontal configuration whereas we have had ours vertically polarised for yonks :!:

[Billium]

richard, on 07 March 2012 - 07:55 AM, said:

Our tellys all retuned OK this morning.

We have had it for ages down here, you will soon get used to the picture breaking up, "honest"

[green angel]

I had to re-tune this morning to get bbc 1&2 alive

I have a Panasonic flat screen

Menu, settings, OK, choose DVB, OK, it told me I will loose old settings, Press OK and it re-tuned and now works.

[ahmurray]

Does anyone else get dropouts on their freeview TVs? Ours is connected to the roof aerial which is less than 18 months old. We get a very good picture, but often after a few minutes of watching the signal goes completely and we get a "no signal" message for around 30 secs before it comes back. This can happen several times in any one program but usually tends to be worse at the beginning.

This is the only TV in the house which has an aerial connection (rather than Virgin Media) so I'm not sure if its normal. Maybe it will stop with the switchover, will have to wait and see.

[Nick]

I found the telly signal went off completely last night I was expecting it to come back after re tune but every scan I did showed no signals, gave up in the end, twitter was quite active with others in the same boat


tried again this morning and it was okay, just would have thought they could have told you , you'll lose your signal for about 5 hours

[PeterW]

Nick, on 07 March 2012 - 12:21 PM, said:

I found the telly signal went off completely last night I was expecting it to come back after re tune but every scan I did showed no signals, gave up in the end, twitter was quite active with others in the same boat


tried again this morning and it was okay, just would have thought they could have told you , you'll lose your signal for about 5 hours

BBC1 from Kent now on Freeview Ch800 Nice picture. BB1 from Southampton still on Freeview Ch 1, but kept breaking up this morning. Programme Guide was empty so couldn't record any of todays programmes. May have to sit and watch something live this evening

[Chavster]

Anyone getting any HD via freeview?

[adurguy]

I too thought that we would get HD as part of freeview. I don't have it so far either. Is that due after 21st March when the final phase is due? I wonder....

[ALT68]

the HD channels are in phase 2 so this phase 1 is a bit of a damp squib really

[thermo]

PeterW, on 07 March 2012 - 15:52 PM, said:

BBC1 from Kent now on Freeview Ch800 Nice picture. BB1 from Southampton still on Freeview Ch 1, but kept breaking up this morning. Programme Guide was empty so couldn't record any of todays programmes. May have to sit and watch something live this evening

cant stand southeast today. its all about murders or redundencies in the medway towns. Of course im intrested in that, its only about 60 miles and another planet away!
At least south today is all jolly hockey sticks and things in the country!

[oldbean]

thermo, on 07 March 2012 - 19:42 PM, said:

cant stand southeast today. its all about murders or redundencies in the medway towns. Of course im intrested in that, its only about 60 miles and another planet away!
At least south today is all jolly hockey sticks and things in the country!

I wish that Reading didn't get mentioned every five minutes though!

[Chavster]

retuned my telly last nite, was forced to, now I can get BBC1

Grrrrrr.

[Nick]

They kept plugging the fact you could still get south today s opposed to south east today, could not find this channel anywhere on my telly or sagem (freeview PVR) don't watch south today that much but there is a cler difference in he reporting style on he new one, does feel a bit like losing an old freind

[PaulOckenden]

Those of us with Sky have had BBC1 SE for years. It's actually the CORRECT BBC region for us, and you do get more local news on it than BBC1 S. The main reason we've all grown up with Sally & co on BBC1 S is because the Brighton transmitter at Whitehawk previously took a direct feed from Rowridge on the Isle Of Wight.

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[johnjohn]

On Sky its channel 984
Freesat 961
Freeview 801

[Nick]

johnjohn, on 08 March 2012 - 20:29 PM, said:

On Sky its channel 984
Freesat 961
Freeview 801

Thanks JJ but 801 sems to C beebies on my PVR and Asia net radio on the TV, very odd

[PaulOckenden]

Many/most Freeview receivers will put any duplicate channels they find (e.g. BBC1 but from a different transmitter) in the 800 range.

So what you have on 801 could well be different to your neighbour.

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