It is DECT interference
 

In article , Bill Wright
scribeth thus
tony sayer wrote:
In article , Nick Le Lievre nicklelievr
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Geo wrote:
On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 02:24:23 +0000, Bill Wright wrote:


It's funny how some things bother you isn't it? I was really mad with
myself for forgetting about DECT phones.
Never mind - you'll forget about it soon...
Oh dear..
I just want to say thanks for the heads up about DECT phones. My mother has
a cordless phone on top of the TV stand in close proximity to the Satellite
receiver and today I finally got round to testing whether this was causing
the breakup on the channels listed. Essentially it was, I unplugged it and
the picture was clear, plugged it back in and it began breaking up.

So this wasn't actually in use making a call then?..

My understanding is that some DECT bases transmit all the time.

Bill

All of the time?. Whatever for?..
--
Tony Sayer

It is DECT interference
 

In article , Nick Le Lievre nicklelievr
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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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So this wasn't actually in use making a call then?..

My understanding is that some DECT bases transmit all the time.

To confirm, yes the phone/base station was not actually in use just plugged
in and switched on. Switched off at the mains the picture immediately
cleared up.


Must be something very naff with that!..

I'll ask someone I know in Ofcom for their take on those devices...
--
Tony Sayer

It is DECT interference
 

Could it be the psu for the phone though. I have one of those combined
cordless answering machine fixed phones and had to buy a new analogue psu
for it as the tiny one supplied was a wide band noise transmitter
interfering with everything on the same supply. Chinese psu of course. I did
inform the German manufacturer who never bothered to send more than an auto
reply.
Brian

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Geo wrote:
On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 02:24:23 +0000, Bill Wright
wrote:


It's funny how some things bother you isn't it? I was really mad with
myself for forgetting about DECT phones.

Never mind - you'll forget about it soon...
Oh dear..

I just want to say thanks for the heads up about DECT phones. My mother
has
a cordless phone on top of the TV stand in close proximity to the
Satellite
receiver and today I finally got round to testing whether this was causing
the breakup on the channels listed. Essentially it was, I unplugged it and
the picture was clear, plugged it back in and it began breaking up.

So this wasn't actually in use making a call then?..


We are
going to leave the phone there as we do not watch the few channels which
it
affects but it seems to affect all types of Satellite receiver as I
remember
having the problem with a normal Sky box, a Freesat HD box and the current
Samsung Sky + HD Box.

Once again thanks, saved a call out to the Satellite engineers responsible
for the maintenance of the system and have finally got to the bottom of
the
problem. I had never heard of DECT interference before and did not even
know
my mothers phone was a DECT phone.


--
Tony Sayer

It is DECT interference
 

Well to keep hold of the frequency maybe? I know some are expandable so
maybe this has something to do with it.
Brian

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In article , Bill Wright
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tony sayer wrote:
In article , Nick Le Lievre nicklelievr
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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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Geo wrote:
On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 02:24:23 +0000, Bill Wright
wrote:


It's funny how some things bother you isn't it? I was really mad
with
myself for forgetting about DECT phones.
Never mind - you'll forget about it soon...
Oh dear..
I just want to say thanks for the heads up about DECT phones. My mother
has
a cordless phone on top of the TV stand in close proximity to the
Satellite
receiver and today I finally got round to testing whether this was
causing
the breakup on the channels listed. Essentially it was, I unplugged it
and
the picture was clear, plugged it back in and it began breaking up.

So this wasn't actually in use making a call then?..

My understanding is that some DECT bases transmit all the time.

Bill

All of the time?. Whatever for?..
--
Tony Sayer

It is DECT interference
 

tony sayer wrote:
In article , Bill Wright
scribeth thus
tony sayer wrote:
In article , Nick Le Lievre nicklelievr
lid scribeth thus
"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
Geo wrote:
On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 02:24:23 +0000, Bill Wright wrote:


It's funny how some things bother you isn't it? I was really mad with
myself for forgetting about DECT phones.
Never mind - you'll forget about it soon...
Oh dear..
I just want to say thanks for the heads up about DECT phones. My mother has
a cordless phone on top of the TV stand in close proximity to the Satellite
receiver and today I finally got round to testing whether this was causing
the breakup on the channels listed. Essentially it was, I unplugged it and
the picture was clear, plugged it back in and it began breaking up.
So this wasn't actually in use making a call then?..
My understanding is that some DECT bases transmit all the time.

Bill

All of the time?. Whatever for?..
I don't know. I must find out.

Bill

It is DECT interference
 

On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:33:47 +0000, Bill Wright
wrote:

tony sayer wrote:
In article , Bill Wright
scribeth thus
tony sayer wrote:
In article , Nick Le Lievre nicklelievr
lid scribeth thus
"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
Geo wrote:
On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 02:24:23 +0000, Bill Wright wrote:


It's funny how some things bother you isn't it? I was really mad with
myself for forgetting about DECT phones.
Never mind - you'll forget about it soon...
Oh dear..
I just want to say thanks for the heads up about DECT phones. My mother has
a cordless phone on top of the TV stand in close proximity to the Satellite
receiver and today I finally got round to testing whether this was causing
the breakup on the channels listed. Essentially it was, I unplugged it and
the picture was clear, plugged it back in and it began breaking up.
So this wasn't actually in use making a call then?..
My understanding is that some DECT bases transmit all the time.

Bill

All of the time?. Whatever for?..
I don't know. I must find out.

I've just experimented with my DECT base station and cordless handset.
The handset is registered with the base as HS1 and displays how many
messages are stored in the base's answering machine. I powered off the
base station. The handset detected this within 2 seconds and started
bleeping. The handset then "immediately" detected when I powered on the
base again.

It seems likely that there is frequent handshaking between the base and
the handsets registered with it.


--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

It is DECT interference
 

Peter Duncanson wrote:

It seems likely that there is frequent handshaking between the base and
the handsets registered with it.


Ah!

Bill

It is DECT interference
 

On 29/11/2010 11:20, tony sayer wrote:
In , Nick Le Lievrenicklelievr
lid scribeth thus
"Bill wrote in message
...

So this wasn't actually in use making a call then?..

My understanding is that some DECT bases transmit all the time.

To confirm, yes the phone/base station was not actually in use just plugged
in and switched on. Switched off at the mains the picture immediately
cleared up

Must be something very naff with that!..

Nevermind we have now moved the base station into the kitchen and the
picture is fine now, not that we really needed a clear picture on those
particular channels but its fixed all the same.