something been switched off lately??

Hi All

I seem to remember a few weeks ago reading a posting about something
being turned off and how it would affect a limited number of people,
can't for the lif of me think what it was and I can't see any obvious
subject lines.

Dads (very) old Labgear freeview box stopped working sometime this week
and claimed it had no signal and setting iot to rescan still produced
nothing. However, he still had bbc1,2, itv, c4, c5 via the tv tuner so
no problem with aerial cables.

So was the freeview box a casualty of whatever it was that was switched
off??



regards


Dudley

Dudley Simons wrote:
Hi All

I seem to remember a few weeks ago reading a posting about something
being turned off and how it would affect a limited number of people,
can't for the lif of me think what it was and I can't see any obvious
subject lines.


Reportedly "the light at the end of the tunnel" had been temporarily
switched off to change it to a compact florescent bulb, but when
switched back on again there were complaints it was a bit too dim. To
reduce the level of complaints the powers that be are considering
removing the bulb altogether...

Dads (very) old Labgear freeview box stopped working sometime this week
and claimed it had no signal and setting iot to rescan still produced
nothing. However, he still had bbc1,2, itv, c4, c5 via the tv tuner so
no problem with aerial cables.


Yup, your Dad now has a dead setpal box.

Check in this group for the thread "BBC Watchdog and dead Setpal set top
boxes" (5th November) or this URL

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/2008/11/freeview_owners_making_their_o.html


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Adrian C

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Dudley Simons wrote:
Hi All

I seem to remember a few weeks ago reading a posting about something
being turned off and how it would affect a limited number of people,
can't for the lif of me think what it was and I can't see any obvious
subject lines.

Dads (very) old Labgear freeview box stopped working sometime this week
and claimed it had no signal and setting iot to rescan still produced
nothing. However, he still had bbc1,2, itv, c4, c5 via the tv tuner so
no problem with aerial cables.

So was the freeview box a casualty of whatever it was that was switched
off??

Dunno if it depends on your area, but my OnDodgy Phillips box still works.
As well as it ever did. Ie not very well.



regards


Dudley

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Dunno if it depends on your area, but my OnDodgy Phillips box still works.
As well as it ever did. Ie not very well.


Think they going to murder all the pre-Freeview boxes at analogue switch off
time.

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Regards,
David

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Yup, your Dad now has a dead setpal box.

Check in this group for the thread "BBC Watchdog and dead Setpal set top
boxes" (5th November) or this URL

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/2008/11/freeview_owners_making_their_o.html


I rang the number of Labgear/Philex gave my CC number for £15 next day UPS
arrived with a brand new Freeview with all latest features a great little
box, rather glad about the change.

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Regards,
David

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Adrian C wrote:
Dudley Simons wrote:
Hi All

I seem to remember a few weeks ago reading a posting about something
being turned off and how it would affect a limited number of people,
can't for the lif of me think what it was and I can't see any obvious
subject lines.


Reportedly "the light at the end of the tunnel" had been temporarily
switched off to change it to a compact florescent bulb, but when
switched back on again there were complaints it was a bit too dim. To
reduce the level of complaints the powers that be are considering
removing the bulb altogether...

Dads (very) old Labgear freeview box stopped working sometime this
week and claimed it had no signal and setting iot to rescan still
produced nothing. However, he still had bbc1,2, itv, c4, c5 via the
tv tuner so no problem with aerial cables.


Yup, your Dad now has a dead setpal box.

Check in this group for the thread "BBC Watchdog and dead Setpal set top
boxes" (5th November) or this URL

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/2008/11/freeview_owners_making_their_o.html






well that explains everything.

Question is - is the Philex box actually any good or is it one of the
cheapo units that you can buy in Tesco and Asda for not much more than
15 quid anyway?

Don't know if I should get the Philex or stump up 20 quid and get one
with two scarts ??

Dudley Simons wrote:

So was the freeview box a casualty of whatever it was that was switched
off??

Nothing relevant has been switched off, but the NIT has been split, with
the result that the Novapal 'Setpal' boxes, of which the Labgear DTT100
is one example, will no longer work. There's no fix for this, it's time
for your dad to buy a new box.

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Andy

David wrote:
Think they going to murder all the pre-Freeview boxes at analogue switch
off time.

Yes. It's progress.

10-12 years is a pretty good innings for something that was given away
free to all but the earliest adopters. And the earliest adopters will
have moved on long ago.

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David wrote:
Think they going to murder all the pre-Freeview boxes at analogue switch
off time.

Yes. It's progress.

10-12 years is a pretty good innings for something that was given away
free to all but the earliest adopters. And the earliest adopters will have
moved on long ago.

still using three OnDigital boxes from 1998 and 1999. One I paid £199 for
in December 1998.

On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:43:17 +0000, Andy Wade wrote:

Nothing relevant has been switched off

That is rather an unfair criticism of the Selkirk transmitter and
associated relays.

I am sure that the residents of the Scottish Borders feel that it was
relevant to them.