UK Digital Switch Over Winter Hill Changes (1 Viewer)

[simon169]

I got the original info from this page

Freeview on Winter Hill TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - independent digital TV + switchover advice, since 2002

Don't know why but it says the 746 mhz channels are broadcast at low power I thought the whole point of switchover was to boost power for all the digi channels. Anyway I have a freeview box in my bedroom (for watching Babestation LOL not) which since switch over picks up the channels but keeps going on and off grrr, might have to invest in a better quality box.

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

porky996t

You are right on top of Winter Hill, so a good aerial installer, may be able to confirm the exact problem you have got, but I do suspect aerial\cable corrosion or need attenuator.

746000 come through here with a excellent signal here in the Chester\Wirral region, so would expect you to be possibly in a over strong signal area, which can be as bad as low signal, good luck with solving this.

Whats with the Peak Dual vs Hauppauge T500, the peak should win hands down, as no known standby problems with that card and really good value for money

 

[porky996t]

Hi Ray,

Winter Hill is about 4 miles away as the crow flies, (I can see it lit up now as I look out of the front window!) I have tried an attenuator, but this just makes the signal worse. I have even removed the amp and made a direct connection, and I still get breakup of the channels on 746000.

With the cards, I got the Peak one when I finally got around to building this HTPC (I've been lurking on the MP site for about 3 years) a couple of months back. The first card I got only had one tuner working so I sent it back to the supplier, the replacement worked fine. With the tuning issues I'd been having since DSO I thought that perhaps the card had buggered up, so I got the Hauppauge one as a back up. The Peak card does seem to be more sensitive, and perhaps more accepting of a poor signal.

I'm trying to get my mate around who is an aerial and satellite installer who has some really great bits of kits for checking signals - but, as happens with pals they put prioroty on paying customers and not mates who will buy them several pints in lieu of time spent

 

[Owlsroost]

It might be worth trying some different types/lengths/layout of cables into the tuner card - I had weird problems with a USB tuner where just one mux was poor quality, which I eventually discovered was due to cable length and how it was routed around the equipment rack before reaching the tuner input. (Like you, other devices connected to the same aerial feed were fine....)

Tony

 

[porky996t]

Hmmm, that's interesting Tony - maybe a bit like the getting the aerial length to suit the halfwave of a transmitter for it to work effectively.

I set all the TV cables into the walls when I built the house and they all run from the loft amp. I'm hoping (with my aerial fitter pal) to run a 'test' cable from the aerial straight down the roof and in through the window - I need his ladders to get on the roof.

 

[Owlsroost]

In my case I suspect that the impedance matching of the tuner input wasn't all it should be - putting a UHF bandpass filter or attenuator directly on the tuner input fixed the problem for me (presumably by isolating the tuner from the cable to some degree).

Tony

 

[birkenhead]

Can anyone confirm they have picked up BBC HD with the Peak card? I've got this card but not picking up a signal on 737800 winterhill?

 

[Owlsroost]

The Freeview terrestial HD services use the new DVB-T2 transmission standard (first in the world to use it) - AFAIK there are currently no compatible PC tuner cards available....

Tony

 

[birkenhead]

The Freeview terrestial HD services use the new DVB-T2 transmission standard (first in the world to use it) - AFAIK there are currently no compatible PC tuner cards available....

Tony

Hi,

Tony, i thought the Peak & Kworld PC-160-2T cards are HD compatible cards (same card)? I also have a DD4 (FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Digital 4) although untested in the UK, is also a full HD card.

Any further help on this would be grateful

thanks

PS: do you know the full transmission specs?

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Hi birkenhead

As Tony said there are no dvb-t2 standard cards (this is a format exclusive to the transmission\reception, so no decoding as such), this is totally seperate from cards capable of dvb-t HD which is only decoding what is received on a normal dvb signal.

Chances are you will see FreeviewHD settop boxes, well before any pc dvb-t2 card is available, I would imagine all T2 chips being made, will quickly be absorbed by the top manufacturers