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"Brian McIlwrath" wrote in message
...
Cheeky wrote:

: All academic for me, anyway. Seems the arses have decided it's only
: going to be available on satellite to those who cough up for Rupert's
: 200 channels of ****e... Anyone know of a Freeview box which is happy
: on communal aerials?

That isn't a problem with an easy answer! Many communal aerial systems
have
notch filters to minimise potenntial interference. You have to check that
yours does *NOT* to have any hope with a Freeview box!

Or he could wait patiently for the BBC/ITV Sat box arriving...Could be a
long wait yet though.

T.W.

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 23:08:17 +0000 (UTC), Brian McIlwrath
wrote:

Cheeky wrote:

: All academic for me, anyway. Seems the arses have decided it's only
: going to be available on satellite to those who cough up for Rupert's
: 200 channels of ****e... Anyone know of a Freeview box which is happy
: on communal aerials?

That isn't a problem with an easy answer! Many communal aerial systems have
notch filters to minimise potenntial interference. You have to check that
yours does *NOT* to have any hope with a Freeview box!

I've used a freeview box on it before but couldn't get all the muxs
(e.g. the one with Sky Sports News). As it was an ancient ondigital
box I presumed this could have been something to do with it and was
thinking that newer boxes might be better at picking up the signal...

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:04:27 GMT, "The Wizard"
wrote:


"Brian McIlwrath" wrote in message
...
Cheeky wrote:

: All academic for me, anyway. Seems the arses have decided it's only
: going to be available on satellite to those who cough up for Rupert's
: 200 channels of ****e... Anyone know of a Freeview box which is happy
: on communal aerials?

That isn't a problem with an easy answer! Many communal aerial systems
have
notch filters to minimise potenntial interference. You have to check that
yours does *NOT* to have any hope with a Freeview box!

Or he could wait patiently for the BBC/ITV Sat box arriving...Could be a
long wait yet though.

T.W.


What's the latest ETA? It always seems to be 6 months away!

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 18:01:56 +0100,
lid (Alan Pemberton) wrote:

Cheeky wrote:

I've used a freeview box on it before but couldn't get all the muxs
(e.g. the one with Sky Sports News). As it was an ancient ondigital
box I presumed this could have been something to do with it and was
thinking that newer boxes might be better at picking up the signal...

Not really. With a borderline signal the choice of box might result in
decent reception for none, some, most or all of the time, but really the
solution is to obtain a good signal which will then satisfy almost every
make of box. Certainly many old ONdodgiboxes are still giving sterling
service.

Hmmm. The signal certainly shouldn't be borderline - it was fine in
the old house I lived in (I'm in south Manchester). I guess I need to
borrow a box off a friend and try it out!!

Thanks for the tips.