I've got a Thompson DTI 2300 STB and a (newer) Samsung DVDR with 
built-in Freeview.

I did the obligatory re-set this morning on both and the DVDR is fine, 
but the STB (after re-setting twice) says No Signal for both BBC1 and 
BBC2.

As both are connected to the same aerial (communal thingy for all our 
flats) and one works fine, I'm thinking this might mean that the STB is 
too old to cope with what's going on.

Any techrat care to comment?  Please and thank you.
-- 
Jenny
"I always like to have the morning well-aired before I get up."
(Beau Brummel, 1778-1840)

Jenny M Benson wrote:
> I've got a Thompson DTI 2300 STB and a (newer) Samsung DVDR with 
> built-in Freeview.
> 
> I did the obligatory re-set this morning on both and the DVDR is fine, 
> but the STB (after re-setting twice) says No Signal for both BBC1 and BBC2.
> 
> As both are connected to the same aerial (communal thingy for all our 
> flats) and one works fine, I'm thinking this might mean that the STB is 
> too old to cope with what's going on.
> 
> Any techrat care to comment?  Please and thank you.

This is no help whatsoever, but since the changeover BBC1, BBC2 and the 
BBC 24-hour news have been either unobtainable or unwatchable since the 
changeover here. I have spent a lot of money getting a booster for my 
aerial, but this hasn't really helped. At the moment I am watching BBC 
on analogue. I am told that my aerial, which is only two years old, 
needs to be replace at yet more expense, or I should get a freesat box 
(I have an unused Sky dish on the wall outside). I get my TV signal from 
the Isle of Wight, and apparently they have moved the stations in some 
way, and this is why I have the problem.

Having said all that, if one of your TVs is working fine, then your 
problem seems to be with your receiver.

-- 
al
LSM
Licensed to flame

"Jenny M Benson"  wrote in message 
news:i3UjVoDSzW8KFw13@virgin.net...
> I've got a Thompson DTI 2300 STB and a (newer) Samsung DVDR with built-in 
> Freeview.
>
> I did the obligatory re-set this morning on both and the DVDR is fine, but 
> the STB (after re-setting twice) says No Signal for both BBC1 and BBC2.
>
> As both are connected to the same aerial (communal thingy for all our 
> flats) and one works fine, I'm thinking this might mean that the STB is 
> too old to cope with what's going on.
>
> Any techrat care to comment?  Please and thank you.


I had exactly the same problem with one of my STBs.
A trip to ASDA and  £20 soon sorted it out.

David

Jenny M Benson wrote:
> I've got a Thompson DTI 2300 STB and a (newer) Samsung DVDR with 
> built-in Freeview.
> 
> I did the obligatory re-set this morning on both and the DVDR is fine, 
> but the STB (after re-setting twice) says No Signal for both BBC1 and BBC2.
> 
> As both are connected to the same aerial (communal thingy for all our 
> flats) and one works fine, I'm thinking this might mean that the STB is 
> too old to cope with what's going on.
> 
> Any techrat care to comment?  Please and thank you.




Make sure you do an install from new if you have that option. Sometimes
fooling the stb into thinking it's brand new works. You do that by retuning
with no aerial connected, then reconnect the aerial and use the new 
installation option. Good luck.
Steve Hague

In message <LlgIm.1671$Ym4.0@text.news.virginmedia.com>, Steve Hague 
 writes
>Make sure you do an install from new if you have that option.

Thanks, Steve, that sort of worked!  I did factory reset and install and 
got reception on Channel 1, but AAAAGGGGHHHH!  It's BBC Wales which I DO 
NOT WANT with a vengeance.

However, a bit of recceing shows that I can get BBC Good Old North of 
England by selecting channel 800-and-something.

Funnily enough, the DVDR has BBC North in the "proper places" at 1 and 2 
and the Welsh stuff at about channel 190-something or something. 
Luckily the Thompson STB is quite nifty with Favourites lists so I think 
I'll be able to set it up so I can press 1 and 2 to the get the BBCs I 
want.  I still get Granada on 3 which would be a Good Thing except that 
ITV have been putting out such crud programmes that I've hardly ever 
watched it in the last year or so.
-- 
Jenny
"I always like to have the morning well-aired before I get up."
(Beau Brummel, 1778-1840)

On 04/11/2009 15:27, Jenny M Benson wrote:
> In message <LlgIm.1671$Ym4.0@text.news.virginmedia.com>, Steve Hague
>  writes
>> Make sure you do an install from new if you have that option.
>
> Thanks, Steve, that sort of worked! I did factory reset and install and
> got reception on Channel 1, but AAAAGGGGHHHH! It's BBC Wales which I DO
> NOT WANT with a vengeance.
>
>
Hi,
As an inhabitant of Cumbria (as are other UMRATS) we have already been 
subjected to this... We ended up with BBC (Scotland) on Ch 1 ... until 
another retune a couple of days later fixed the (ahem.. C*ck-up at the 
transmitter) problem...
They seemed to take a couple of goes at getting the various bits of the 
signal in the "right order" .....
So another retune in a couple of days may be beneficial.... and never 
does any harm to my mind....
HTH
Cheers,
MalJ (sort of semi-delurkred....!)

> Cheers,
> MalJ (sort of semi-delurkred....!)

... delurkred...... Whoops...
and below is my missing sig....
MalJ
-- 
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On Wed, 4 Nov 2009, Malj wrote
>On 04/11/2009 15:27, Jenny M Benson wrote:
>> In message <LlgIm.1671$Ym4.0@text.news.virginmedia.com>, Steve Hague
>>  writes
>>> Make sure you do an install from new if you have that option.
>>
>> Thanks, Steve, that sort of worked! I did factory reset and install and
>> got reception on Channel 1, but AAAAGGGGHHHH! It's BBC Wales which I DO
>> NOT WANT with a vengeance.
>>
>>
>Hi,
>As an inhabitant of Cumbria (as are other UMRATS) we have already been 
>subjected to this... We ended up with BBC (Scotland) on Ch 1 ... until 
>another retune a couple of days later fixed the (ahem.. C*ck-up at the 
>transmitter) problem...
>They seemed to take a couple of goes at getting the various bits of the 
>signal in the "right order" .....
>So another retune in a couple of days may be beneficial.... and never 
>does any harm to my mind....
>HTH
>Cheers,
>MalJ (sort of semi-delurkred....!)

(you're not allowed to unsemidelurk now!)

Even in London, with only one signal from Crystal Palace which is within 
line of sight, it took three retunings to get all the channels in 
reasonable places (ie not in the 800's, which are apparently Not Good 
Places To Be).

-- 
Kate B

PS 'elvira' is spamtrapped - please reply to 'elviraspam' at cockaigne dot org dot uk if you
want to reply personally

In article , 
elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk says...
> 
> (ie not in the 800's, which are apparently Not Good Places To Be).

Quite.  Viking raids and all sorts of nasty things going on.

-- 
Sam

Kate Brown  wrote in news:b2HlojCAKc8KFwy9
@nospam.demon.co.uk:
> 
> Even in London, with only one signal from Crystal Palace which is within 
> line of sight, it took three retunings to get all the channels in 
> reasonable places (ie not in the 800's, which are apparently Not Good 
> Places To Be).

A colleague tells me that CP has been running at reduced power on the BBC 
DTT muxes this week.
-- 
Jim                             <http://www.jim-easterbrook.me.uk/>
1959/1985? M B+ G+ A L I- S- P-- CH0(p) Ar++ T+ H0 Q--- Sh0

In message , Kate Brown 
 writes
>Even in London, with only one signal from Crystal Palace which is 
>within line of sight, it took three retunings to get all the channels 
>in reasonable places (ie not in the 800's, which are apparently Not 
>Good Places To Be).

Having managed to track down "proper" BBC1, I happened to have it on for 
the local news at 6-ish (which is unusual for me) and they said tht 
they'd been getting e-mails all day from people complaining about 
getting Wales or Midlands when they used to have North West and wanted 
it back.

We were told to do just what I had already done - tune in to the 
high-numbered one and then fiddle with Channels and/or Favourites to get 
it back to where it ought to be.

Still don't understand why the DVDR got BBC North West channels and put 
them at 1 and 2 as usual, but not complaining!
-- 
Jenny
"I always like to have the morning well-aired before I get up."
(Beau Brummel, 1778-1840)

In message , Jim 
Easterbrook  writes
>
>A colleague tells me that CP has been running at reduced power on the BBC
>DTT muxes this week.

The filthy beast!

I should complain, were I you.

-- 
Profoundly Misopogonistophobic since 1982

Nigel Eaton

Jenny M Benson wrote:

>Still don't understand why the DVDR got BBC North West channels and put 
>them at 1 and 2 as usual, but not complaining!

It all has to do with the threshold for detecting an acceptable
signal, when there are two transmitters within range, which will
be different for each bit of hardware. I gather that there are
tricks involving temporarily inserting an attenuator during the
tuning process to help ignore the more distant transmitter.

Chris
-- 
Chris J Dixon  Nottingham    
'48/29 M B+ G+ A L(-) I S-- CH0(--)(p) Ar+ T+ H0 ?Q 
chris@cdixon.me.uk
Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.