[DTT] Testcard Discussion. Where/When/What Channel?

bassy

just noticed a testcard on tg4 from mt.leinster

Antenna

Are you talking about analogue or DTT?

Galway

Same on Cairn Hill now too.

dxhound2005

And on Clermont Cairn DTT.

bassy

DTT

Antenna wrote: »

Are you talking about analogue or DTT?

pa990

Ditto Spur Hill

Antenna

Antenna wrote: »

Are you talking about analogue or DTT?

the thread title was changed to make the situation clear AFTER I had posted the above:)

bassy

made clear for the numnuts;)

Antenna wrote: »

the thread title was changed to make the situation clear AFTER I had posted the above:)

bassy

tg4 back now on dtt from mt.leinster:)

patrick whitty

signal only 25% in carrick on suir from mt.leinster

patrick whitty

bassy what area are receiving test card from

bassy

i,m in kilkenny and receiving dtt from mt.leinster,test card is gone now and tg4 is back.

patrick whitty wrote: »

bassy what area are receiving test card from

patrick whitty

what degree signal are you receiving. is it ver or hor.
patrick

bassy

75% signal vertical.

patrick whitty wrote: »

what degree signal are you receiving. is it ver or hor.
patrick

SRB

I'm getting bars and a "DTT Test Message" in place of TV3 this morning - given Three Rock has been on-air for quite a long time - seems a bit strange. Is TV 3 off DTT elsewhere too ?

fat-tony

TV3 and TG4 have been replaced by test cards off and on on various transmitters over the past number of weeks - see the postings.
The service is in test and is subject to interruption!

SRB

I noticed the postings for the other TX's but can't say I've seen any Bars in place of a "live" channel from Three Rock before - not even during the previous "trial". I was hoping it may have been a test from Kippure ! Aw well.

Mossy Monk

Should we have a thread where people can post if they see that screen and on what channel.

byte

This thread merged with an existing thread, and title changed (again).

I'd appreciate if Testcard discussion can be kept within this thread.

I'd also like DTT tests discussion specific to transmitters to go within their own thread (eg. "[DTT] Tests @ Cairn Hill") in an effort to keep things easy.

For reasons of tidyness, I'd prefer not stickying each thread (many don't bother reading stickys anyway, and the Search feature works well!).

patrick whitty

thanks bassy
sorry late with reply i was on holiday
patrick

patrick whitty

signal gone from mt. leinster in carrick on suir
patrick

slegs

Mt Leinster is still on air - viewing it at the moment. I have noticed that the power is down on what it was. That might explain why you have no signal.

patrick whitty

thank you slegs signal only 20%.

bugfreebob

TV3 has gone off air again the last couple of nights and has been replaced with a test-card(3 Rock-maybe others also). When this happened the first time, there were lots of posts on Boards.

There have been no recent posts about this on Boards. Clearly nobody cares any more if TV3 goes off air. Is it any wonder they are in trouble financially. If nobody is watching them, why would advertisers pay to use them? Most of their content is available on free-to-air satellite from UK.

It seems they don't bother to take DTT Public Service Broadcasting seriously and they must have been waiting for Boxer to support their launch on DTT.

I for one won't be bothering to hook up my analogue aerial connection just to receive TV3.

celticfc

Hold your horses there...

This is a test, not a trial!

The channels can come and go as much as they please. The current DTT tests are by no means an up and running service.

Expect a lot of this for the foreseeable.

The Cush

From RTENL

Digital Roll Out

RTÉNL is undertaking DTT technical test transmissions in a number of areas. This is being done to verify the engineering integrity of the systems and to confirm coverage.

These test transmissions will operate for varying durations and are subject to regular variations and prolonged interruptions. The test transmissions will cease in the majority of areas once testing is complete and permanent transmissions will not commence until the service is formally launched by the broadcasters.

Under no circumstances should the test transmissions be considered an operational service.

byte

bugfreebob's thread merged with existing testcard thread.

parasite

tv3 testcard now has a bonus hexadecimal sequence, ooooh

bugfreebob

parasite wrote: »

tv3 testcard now has a bonus hexadecimal sequence, ooooh

The hexadecimal test-card is much more interesting to watch than the normal TV3 programme content

Mossy Monk

bugfreebob wrote: »

I for one won't be bothering to hook up my analogue aerial connection just to receive TV3.

You seemed to be pretty disppointed that it is gone from DTT so I think you should.

CrowdedHouse

bugfreebob wrote: »

The hexadecimal test-card is much more interesting to watch than the normal TV3 programme content

QFT !....a major improvement

patrickmooney

I like to watch DTT on the MacBook using eyetv. Was wondering why/where TV3 had disappeared, this explains. Having to revert back to analogue

celticfc

celticfc wrote: »

Hold your horses there...

This is a test, not a trial!

The channels can come and go as much as they please. The current DTT tests are by no means an up and running service.

Expect a lot of this for the foreseeable.

Agreed. There's no reason why they even need to carry live broadcasting at all. They could easily have test cards on all four channels permanently. Since it's a test they can do as they please.

Rambo

just a question?
what tests do they do ,when transmitting the testcard Tv3

Rippy

TV3 back on from Mullaganish this evening.
Just treat ANY live channels received as a bonus during the test period.

Rippy

Rambo wrote: »

just a question?
what tests do they do ,when transmitting the testcard Tv3

Not 100% certain, but my guess is the average bit rate and BER (Bit Error Rate) is being tested when a testcard is on.
Should be more consistent with a continuous picture.

byte

Rippy wrote: »

TV3 back on from Mullaganish this evening.
Just treat ANY live channels received as a bonus during the test period.

Back on from Truskmore too.

coffee to go

Back on from Kippure as well.

channelsurfer

back on from cairn hill too. with such wonderful programming as first time buyers from hell....... tv3 where we just re-broadcast itv programming and whine all day about rte.....