[mythtv-users] No reception or EIT for Channel 5 in Essex

Paul Clark battledean at gmail.com
Fri Aug 29 09:12:38 UTC 2008


My TV (Panasonic Viera TX-32LXD85) has an integrated digital tuner,
when I get home tonight I'll try plugging the aerial straight into it
and see if that can pick up C5 or not and report back.

Cheers, Paul

2008/8/29 Steven Ellis <steven at openmedia.co.nz>:
>
> On Fri, August 29, 2008 8:52 pm, Paul Clark wrote:
>> I get QVC but very blurred, unwatchable (a good thing :) and no EIT
>> data.  Looking in MythWeb all the channels on freqid 11 have no EIT
>> data and are either unwatchable or no signal.  I noticed that for QVC
>> my signal strength is 29% and S/N is 4.8db.
>>
>
> Have you tried with an official STB?
>
> Sounds like you are in a marginal area for CH 5 reception.
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2008/8/28 Mark Fraser <mythtv at mfraz.orangehome.co.uk>:
>>> On Thursday 28 August 2008 15:09:40 Paul Clark wrote:
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I live in Essex near Chelmsford and I can pick up all channels except
>>>> Channel 5.  On the TV in the kitchen (no myth, analogue TV reception)
>>>> it's fine but nothing via the Nova-T cards in my myth box.
>>>>
>>>> We would like to be able to record kiddies shows off C5 but with no
>>>> reception that's not possible.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions as to what I might need to tweak?  Am I pointing at
>>>> the wrong transmitter, I know C5 have a weak signal in some areas?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers, Paul
>>>
>>> Can you receive the other channels on the same multiplex (QVC, Five US,
>>> Fiver)?
>>>
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