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BBC Radio4 on FTA

  • 21-06-2007 7:03pm
    #1
    joeirish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 460 ✭✭


    Hi

    Up to yesterday I was receiving BBC Radio 4 of my Lidl FTA system. Then it stopped. Total silence.:confused:

    Now all the other radio and TV channels are working fine, no problems at all. So why have I just lost this one radio channel? Anybody got any ideas?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Ulsterman 1690
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭Ulsterman 1690


    Maybe they changed their PID or something

    Some broadcasters are constantly faffing around with their PID settings for some obscure reason

    Do a rescan or edit the PID and you should have it back
    Transponder is 11803 H 22000 5/6 or 11954 H 27500 2/3 or 12441 V 27500 2/3


  • #3
    DMC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    Recently discussed. The BBC have moved the radio stations.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055103688


  • #4
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,158 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    I have to wonder they they do change frequencies, or sometimes just change the APID, so you end up with a picture but no sound.

    This seems to happen less on Astra 1 (and when it does, there's usually a scrolling banner informing of the change), where most possibly use FTA receivers, and the channel would lose viewers by moving freq.

    Of course Sky receivers don't suffer when channels change.


  • #5
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,137 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    byte wrote:
    I have to wonder they they do change frequencies, or sometimes just change the APID, so you end up with a picture but no sound.

    This seems to happen less on Astra 1 (and when it does, there's usually a scrolling banner informing of the change), where most possibly use FTA receivers, and the channel would lose viewers by moving freq.

    Of course Sky receivers don't suffer when channels change.

    In this case, they've moved satellite! Were on 2D, and have moved to a pan-european craft (its 2A I think, but it might be 2B, I can't be bothered checking). Freeing up a few megabits for more TV services.


  • #6
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Hmm.. For a while BBC R4 Moved to 2D and then added on a Pan European beam as there was complaints about loss of service when BBC TV went FTA on 2D.

    It's more about that than TV space. One TV channel = Almost 50 radio channels


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  • #7
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,158 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    MYOB wrote:
    In this case, they've moved satellite! Were on 2D, and have moved to a pan-european craft (its 2A I think, but it might be 2B, I can't be bothered checking). Freeing up a few megabits for more TV services.
    Ah, I can understand that. I meant other channels, that might have less reason to move, or just change PID's.


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