Odd problem - aerial?

Moved mother in law into a residential home 3 weeks ago. Took her
bedroom TV along (Matsui(sorry) about 11 months old) Connected it to the
building aerial, all worked fine.
Went in during the week and it had lost all digital channels below 9.
retuned to no effect.
Today I have brought it home, run setup on my aerial and all is OK.
Given that we are only about 2 miles apart, East london, working off of
Crystal Palace, am I safe to blame the installation in the home??

TIA

John

On Mar 20, 3:06*pm, John Moppett wrote:
Moved mother in law into a residential home 3 weeks ago. Took her
bedroom TV along (Matsui(sorry) about 11 months old) Connected it to the
building aerial, all worked fine.
Went in during the week and it had lost all digital channels below 9.
retuned to no effect.
Today I have brought it home, run setup on my aerial and all is OK.
Given that we are only about 2 miles apart, East london, working off of
Crystal Palace, am I safe to *blame the installation in the home??

TIA

John

It's odd that channels from different muxes have disappeared, whilst
some other channels on those muxes have remained. My first thought if
this complaint came in from a residential home would be 'inaccurate
reporting'. I suggest you have a look at what channels are stored in
the positions below 1, (the 800s) then re-tune the telly with the
aerial disconnected, then re-tune with the aerial connected, and see
what happens. If all that fails try a different DTT receiver. Only
then would I lodge a complaint. It's worth asking the staff if anyone
else has a problem, and asking your m-in-law's neighbours along the
corridor.

Bill

wrote:
On Mar 20, 3:06 pm, John Moppett wrote:
Moved mother in law into a residential home 3 weeks ago. Took her
bedroom TV along (Matsui(sorry) about 11 months old) Connected it to the
building aerial, all worked fine.
Went in during the week and it had lost all digital channels below 9.
retuned to no effect.
Today I have brought it home, run setup on my aerial and all is OK.
Given that we are only about 2 miles apart, East london, working off of
Crystal Palace, am I safe to blame the installation in the home??

TIA

John

It's odd that channels from different muxes have disappeared, whilst
some other channels on those muxes have remained. My first thought if
this complaint came in from a residential home would be 'inaccurate
reporting'. I suggest you have a look at what channels are stored in
the positions below 1, (the 800s) then re-tune the telly with the
aerial disconnected, then re-tune with the aerial connected, and see
what happens. If all that fails try a different DTT receiver. Only
then would I lodge a complaint. It's worth asking the staff if anyone
else has a problem, and asking your m-in-law's neighbours along the
corridor.

Bill

Thanks Bill! Have given up now. Brought the unit home, tuned to my
aerial, it got the same channels as the resident TV. Tned without
aerial, went back to the home, retuned it, and it was all over the
place. Complaint going in!!

"Pikey Gob****e" wrote in message
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On Mar 20, 3:06 pm, John Moppett wrote:
Moved mother in law into a residential home 3 weeks ago. Took her
bedroom TV along (Matsui(sorry) about 11 months old) Connected it to the
building aerial, all worked fine.
Went in during the week and it had lost all digital channels below 9.
retuned to no effect.
Today I have brought it home, run setup on my aerial and all is OK.
Given that we are only about 2 miles apart, East london, working off of
Crystal Palace, am I safe to blame the installation in the home??

TIA

John

It's odd that channels from different muxes have disappeared, whilst
some other channels on those muxes have remained. My first thought if
this complaint came in from a residential home would be 'inaccurate
reporting'. I suggest you have a look at what channels are stored in
the positions below 1, (the 800s) then re-tune the telly with the
aerial disconnected, then re-tune with the aerial connected, and see
what happens. If all that fails try a different DTT receiver. Only
then would I lodge a complaint. It's worth asking the staff if anyone
else has a problem, and asking your m-in-law's neighbours along the
corridor.

Running that through the Gob****e--English translator gives:

"I haven't got a clue, but I still had to reply with something long-winded and
authoritative-sounding, because this thread has "aerials" in the title, and I
need to maintain my false image as 'Da Big Aerial and TV Expert', by dominating
every such thread.

Bill."

jamie powell wrote:
"Pikey Gob****e" wrote in message
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On Mar 20, 3:06 pm, John Moppett wrote:
Moved mother in law into a residential home 3 weeks ago. Took her
bedroom TV along (Matsui(sorry) about 11 months old) Connected it to the
building aerial, all worked fine.
Went in during the week and it had lost all digital channels below 9.
retuned to no effect.
Today I have brought it home, run setup on my aerial and all is OK.
Given that we are only about 2 miles apart, East london, working off of
Crystal Palace, am I safe to blame the installation in the home??

TIA

John
It's odd that channels from different muxes have disappeared, whilst
some other channels on those muxes have remained. My first thought if
this complaint came in from a residential home would be 'inaccurate
reporting'. I suggest you have a look at what channels are stored in
the positions below 1, (the 800s) then re-tune the telly with the
aerial disconnected, then re-tune with the aerial connected, and see
what happens. If all that fails try a different DTT receiver. Only
then would I lodge a complaint. It's worth asking the staff if anyone
else has a problem, and asking your m-in-law's neighbours along the
corridor.

Running that through the Gob****e--English translator gives:

"I haven't got a clue, but I still had to reply with something long-winded and
authoritative-sounding, because this thread has "aerials" in the title, and I
need to maintain my false image as 'Da Big Aerial and TV Expert', by dominating
every such thread.

Bill."



Actuslly NO!! For somone like myself, who has an outline knowledge of TV
transmission/reception, but very little detailed knowlegde, particularly
of DTT, it was very helpful!!

THANKS AGAIN BILL

"John Moppett" wrote in message
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jamie powell wrote:
"Pikey Gob****e" wrote in message
...
On Mar 20, 3:06 pm, John Moppett wrote:
Moved mother in law into a residential home 3 weeks ago. Took her
bedroom TV along (Matsui(sorry) about 11 months old) Connected it to the
building aerial, all worked fine.
Went in during the week and it had lost all digital channels below 9.
retuned to no effect.
Today I have brought it home, run setup on my aerial and all is OK.
Given that we are only about 2 miles apart, East london, working off of
Crystal Palace, am I safe to blame the installation in the home??

TIA

John
It's odd that channels from different muxes have disappeared, whilst
some other channels on those muxes have remained. My first thought if
this complaint came in from a residential home would be 'inaccurate
reporting'. I suggest you have a look at what channels are stored in
the positions below 1, (the 800s) then re-tune the telly with the
aerial disconnected, then re-tune with the aerial connected, and see
what happens. If all that fails try a different DTT receiver. Only
then would I lodge a complaint. It's worth asking the staff if anyone
else has a problem, and asking your m-in-law's neighbours along the
corridor.

Running that through the Gob****e--English translator gives:

"I haven't got a clue, but I still had to reply with something long-winded
and authoritative-sounding, because this thread has "aerials" in the title,
and I need to maintain my false image as 'Da Big Aerial and TV Expert', by
dominating every such thread.

Bill."



Actuslly NO!! For somone like myself, who has an outline knowledge of TV
transmission/reception, but very little detailed knowlegde, particularly of
DTT, it was very helpful!!

THANKS AGAIN BILL

He gave you duff advice though. I don't blame you for failing to realise this,
of course.

jamie powell wrote:

He gave you duff advice though. I don't blame you for failing to realise this,
of course.


And your advice is ?????

John Moppett wrote:

Actuslly NO!! For somone like myself, who has an outline knowledge of TV
transmission/reception, but very little detailed knowlegde, particularly
of DTT, it was very helpful!!

THANKS AGAIN BILL

Yes, don't worry about Jamie. Unfortunately, the poor guy has personality
issues caused by past problems that he's mentioned. He rebuffs any attempt
to help him, so really all that can be done is to put him in the killfile.

Andy Cap wrote:
jamie powell wrote:

He gave you duff advice though. I don't blame you for failing to
realise this, of course.


And your advice is ?????
If you don't understand it, slag it off?

"Mike Thomas" wrote in message
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John Moppett wrote:

Actuslly NO!! For somone like myself, who has an outline knowledge of TV
transmission/reception, but very little detailed knowlegde, particularly
of DTT, it was very helpful!!

THANKS AGAIN BILL

Yes, don't worry about Jamie. Unfortunately, the poor guy has personality
issues caused by past problems that he's mentioned. He rebuffs any attempt
to help him, so really all that can be done is to put him in the killfile.

It's funny how the three biggest ****s in this group are all call themselves
'Mike'.
'Mike Thomas', 'Mike' and 'Mikeapollo'.

Just a coincidence I guess.