RTE switch to saorview!!

sandmanporto · 30-09-2011 4:27pm #1

I'm after switching to saorview here and the reception is brutal. all today no satellite signal and it has to do with the weather i think!
Anybody else having problems with it? I never had any problems with the old analogue system but having a rake of problems now!
Honestly why would RTE switch to an unreliable means of transmission!! I hope they sort this out

Biggins · 30-09-2011 4:29pm

Its RTE - enough said.

starbelgrade · 30-09-2011 4:29pm

sandmanporto wrote: »

Honestly why would anyone watch RTE ?

FYP

Eric Cartman · 30-09-2011 4:30pm

if your trying to get saorview through a satellite your doing it wrong

sandmanporto · 30-09-2011 4:30pm

Eric Cartman wrote: »

if your trying to get saorview through a satellite your doing it wrong

No we're using our antenna!

LaFlammeRouge · 30-09-2011 4:31pm

Satellite? All you need is an aerial for saorview. And a digital signal gives you perfect reception even in areas were analogue gave grainy images.

Killer Pigeon · 30-09-2011 4:31pm

sandmanporto wrote: »

I'm after switching to saorview here and the reception is brutal. all today no satellite signal

That's because you still need a terrestrial aerial to view saorview, it isn't satellite. It's working grand for me. Great picture in comparison to the old analogue.

sandmanporto · 30-09-2011 4:34pm

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

That's because you still need a terrestrial aerial to view saorview, it isn't satellite. It's working grand for me. Great picture in comparison to the old analogue.

sorry i made a mistake in saying satellite. We;re using our old aerial and getting problems. I don't know if its location or weather! most of the time its fine but its very frustrating when it is bad! one night it froze for an hour

Killer Pigeon · 30-09-2011 4:36pm

sandmanporto wrote: »

sorry i made a mistake in saying satellite. We;re using our old aerial and getting problems. I don't know if its location or weather! most of the time its fine but its very frustrating when it is bad! one night it froze for an hour

What digital receiver are you using?

The Internet Explorer · 30-09-2011 4:36pm

Ah yes, good old RTE.

FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU*********KKKKKKK YOOOOOOUUUUUUU RTE.

FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUU

sandmanporto · 30-09-2011 4:38pm

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

What digital receiver are you using?

Just the saorview box connected to the antenna outside the house if that helps?

Killer Pigeon · 30-09-2011 4:38pm

The Internet Explorer wrote: »

Ah yes, good old RTE.

FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU*********KKKKKKK YOOOOOOUUUUUUU RTE.

FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUU

Think about it. We now get to have a clearer, high def picture of those people who are a waste of taxpayers money.

vicwatson · 30-09-2011 4:40pm

Once it rains I lose Saorview reception (I'm using antenna not a dish).

Why the hell can't your digital signal go through rain RTE ??

mike65 · 30-09-2011 4:40pm

How is your RTE "HD"? The rest are SD and very soft pictures indeed.

sandmanporto · 30-09-2011 4:41pm

Its a TR112 receiver

sandmanporto · 30-09-2011 4:42pm

vicwatson wrote: »

Once it rains I lose Saorview reception (I'm using antenna not a dish).

Why the hell can't your digital signal go through rain RTE ??

It's still gone for me now. looks like the misses won't be watching eastenders tonite

Eric Cartman · 30-09-2011 4:42pm

sandmanporto wrote: »

sorry i made a mistake in saying satellite. We;re using our old aerial and getting problems. I don't know if its location or weather! most of the time its fine but its very frustrating when it is bad! one night it froze for an hour

is the antenna inside or roof mounted ? , if its roof mounted your masthead amp could be a VHF one or could be faulty , new antennas and UHF masthead amps are quite cheap and for less than 100 you could have the whole lot done including new cabling that would give a much better signal

breadmonster · 30-09-2011 4:43pm

ive noticed this aswell - during bad weather i lose the signal altogther also for some reason the signal gets jumpy at about 11pm every night.
is it related to the number of users or something - its almost like it cant handle the traffic during busy periods.

Eric Cartman · 30-09-2011 4:43pm

sandmanporto wrote: »

Its a TR112 receiver

its not the receiver then ,triax are excellent units

Killer Pigeon · 30-09-2011 4:45pm

sandmanporto wrote: »

Just the saorview box connected to the antenna outside the house if that helps?

Saorview is the service, not the digital receiver. Most digital receivers can tune into saorview. If you never had a problem with the aerial before, then it's probably the type of receiver you bought. I'm using a small cheap set top aerial connected to a Triax digital combi receiver and I have no problem getting saorview.

Biggins · 30-09-2011 4:45pm

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Think about it. We now get to have a clearer, high def picture of those people who are a waste of taxpayers money.

Why in gods name would you be watching the Dail live!

Eric Cartman · 30-09-2011 4:45pm

breadmonster wrote: »

ive noticed this aswell - during bad weather i lose the signal altogther also for some reason the signal gets jumpy at about 11pm every night.
is it related to the number of users or something - its almost like it cant handle the traffic during busy periods.

the antenna is probably set up incorrectly , during clear weather getting a signal is easy enough but with rain and clouds it becomes harder for radio waves to reach every direction , a decent multi element UHF antenna on your roof and a masthead amp in the attic aswell as propper cabling (CT100) would see you right

Riskymove · 30-09-2011 4:45pm

what was your reception like with analogue?

Killer Pigeon · 30-09-2011 4:46pm

Biggins wrote: »

Why in gods name would you be watching the Dail live!

*cough* RTÉ funded by taxpayers money.

Eric Cartman · 30-09-2011 4:46pm

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Saorview is the service, not the digital receiver. Most digital receivers can tune into saorview. If you never had a problem with the aerial before, then it's probably the type of receiver you bought. I'm using a small cheap set top aerial with a Triax digital combi receiver and I have no problem getting saorview.

depends where you live ,

actually OP , what county / town are you in ?

ejmaztec · 30-09-2011 4:47pm

sandmanporto wrote: »

sorry i made a mistake in saying satellite. We;re using our old aerial and getting problems. I don't know if its location or weather! most of the time its fine but its very frustrating when it is bad! one night it froze for an hour

Are you sure you weren't looking at a family portrait by mistake?

Killer Pigeon · 30-09-2011 4:50pm

Eric Cartman wrote: »

its not the receiver then ,triax are excellent units

Triax's digital receivers and combi receivers aren't the best really. They get the job done, but barely. Crap menu and very slow.

sandmanporto · 30-09-2011 4:50pm

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

*cough* RTÉ funded by taxpayers money.

Reception was great and consistent with analogue.
to the other replies you could be right. it could be the aerial. Must check it out

sandmanporto · 30-09-2011 4:52pm

Why the f*ck are they putting up the tv licence if this is what I receive. Looking at steve wilkos head frozen on my tv screen!! Jesus christ!

sandmanporto · 30-09-2011 4:53pm

ejmaztec wrote: »

Are you sure you weren't looking at a family portrait by mistake?

I'm not with eircom but my gf keeps freezing on me :P

breadmonster · 30-09-2011 5:00pm

Eric Cartman wrote: »

the antenna is probably set up incorrectly , during clear weather getting a signal is easy enough but with rain and clouds it becomes harder for radio waves to reach every direction , a decent multi element UHF antenna on your roof and a masthead amp in the attic aswell as propper cabling (CT100) would see you right

ok thanks thats probably what it is then - im in an appartment block so cant stick an antenna outside. i got one sitting on my floor pointing out the window instead :pac: saves on getting upc anyways i switch over to freesat when it dies.

Eric Cartman · 30-09-2011 5:01pm

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Triax's digital receivers and combi receivers aren't the best really. They get the job done, but barely. Crap menu and very slow.

they arent the best but they are excellent receivers for the price , they have nice functionality and arent layed out too badly, the software was at a loss for a while, but the new combi DVB-T / Sat receiver is an indicator of the direction their going and the software on those is much improved

Eric Cartman · 30-09-2011 5:04pm

breadmonster wrote: »

ok thanks thats probably what it is then - im in an appartment block so cant stick an antenna outside. i got one sitting on my floor pointing out the window instead :pac: saves on getting upc anyways i switch over to freesat when it dies.

look at other antennas on nearby roofs and see where they are pointing , get a small UHF antenna and make up a bracket to hang it just outside the window and face it the same way

ejmaztec · 30-09-2011 5:04pm

sandmanporto wrote: »

I'm not with eircom but my gf keeps freezing on me :P

You should let her back in the igloo.

sandmanporto · 30-09-2011 5:06pm

ejmaztec wrote: »

You should let her back in the igloo.

as long as she doesn't freeze in the kitchen all is well:D

30-09-2011 5:06pm

sandmanporto wrote: »

sorry i made a mistake in saying satellite. We;re using our old aerial and getting problems.

Maybe you're using a VHF aerial or else it's facing towards the wrong transmitter. Not every analogue site carries Saorview and some Saorview sites never carried analogue (e.g. Kilduff and Knockanore).

hdowney · 30-09-2011 5:07pm

sandmanporto wrote: »

Why the f*ck are they putting up the tv licence if this is what I receive. Looking at steve wilkos head frozen on my tv screen!! Jesus christ!

sorry to stick my oar in and quote this (am interested in peoples perseption of saorview which is why i clicked into the thing) but EH? when did they said they were putting up the telly licence?

sandmanporto · 30-09-2011 5:14pm

hdowney wrote: »

sorry to stick my oar in and quote this (am interested in peoples perseption of saorview which is why i clicked into the thing) but EH? when did they said they were putting up the telly licence?

I thought I heard someone say it was goin up

maybe im wrong.

CoolHat · 30-09-2011 5:16pm

sandmanporto wrote: »

I'm after switching to saorview here and the reception is brutal. all today no satellite signal and it has to do with the weather i think!
Anybody else having problems with it? I never had any problems with the old analogue system but having a rake of problems now!
Honestly why would RTE switch to an unreliable means of transmission!! I hope they sort this out

Op, did you install soarview yourself? or get an installer to do it?

hdowney · 30-09-2011 5:17pm

sandmanporto wrote: »

I thought I heard someone say it was goin up maybe im wrong.

googling now!

sandmanporto · 30-09-2011 5:19pm

CoolHat wrote: »

Op, did you install soarview yourself? or get an installer to do it?

done it myself i must have fooked up somewhere

calf · 30-09-2011 5:30pm

If you got a good reception on tv3 with the old analogue system then the aerial is okay

galah · 30-09-2011 5:41pm

while we're at it...: if I don't get a saorview box and thusly cannot receive any of the Irish channels, do I still have to pay for a tele license?

Does RTE have any plans to provide their offerings through satellite at any point? (already have a dish anyway, and am not keen to get another box just for the craic of it...)

PogMoThoin · 30-09-2011 5:44pm

galah wrote: »

while we're at it...: if I don't get a saorview box and thusly cannot receive any of the Irish channels, do I still have to pay for a tele license?

Yes, the licence is for the tv, if you have one you need one

galah wrote: »

Does RTE have any plans to provide their offerings through satellite at any point? (already have a dish anyway, and am not keen to get another box just for the craic of it...)

Yes, but not on the same satellite as Sky and the other free to air channels. You would need to re-allign your dish or get a second

byte · 30-09-2011 5:54pm

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Yes, the licence is for the tv, if you have one you need one

Yes, but not on the same satellite as Sky and the other free to air channels. You would need to re-allign your dish or get a second

And of course a different LNB for Ka-band (and possibly a new dish as Ka-band may not work the best on the perforated Sky Minidish). The satellite service, Saorsat, will be primarily to service the few percent of the population that cannot receive it by terrestrial transmitters.

galah · 30-09-2011 5:58pm

that'll be us then...(can only get one Irish channel at the moment, and not even TG4 even though I can pretty much SEE the station from here...njarg).

Thanks for that.

However, I always thought that license was to fund the Irish channels - but if I can't even 'enjoy' them, it's a bit mean to make me pay, isn't it?

zilog_jones · 30-09-2011 6:03pm

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Yes, the licence is for the tv, if you have one you need one

Isn't a TV defined as something capable of receiving RTÉ? Surely after analogue switch-off, a TV set with only an analogue tuner could no longer be considered as such?

PogMoThoin · 30-09-2011 6:15pm

zilog_jones wrote: »

Isn't a TV defined as something capable of receiving RTÉ? Surely after analogue switch-off, a TV set with only an analogue tuner could no longer be considered as such?

Possibly.

Tesco are still selling them to the un-suspecting. I was in there the other day and lots were advertised as Freeview compatible, meaning they're not at all Saorview compatible

CoolHat · 30-09-2011 6:29pm

sandmanporto wrote: »

done it myself i must have fooked up somewhere

Sadly it sounds like you are living in a weak signal area and its directed in the wrong direction. But dont worry can easily be fixed

You could easily buy a chaep UHF meter finder to help you out but they are crap and useless. But best to take a look at tvtrade.ie's image here I assume you live in Dublin. So anyone in Dublin will point towards three rock. I live in North Dublin. And I get an amazing signal strenth pointed at it. If you are unsure where three rock is ... its pretty much the tallaght/wicklow mountains.

Is it installed high up / roof level? or ground level?

snickerpuss · 30-09-2011 6:32pm

I just have a small plastic aerial I got for €10 and the channels are all perfect digital quality reception. Love it. Best tenner I ever spent. (Wish I had Sky) :-p

Minstrel27 · 30-09-2011 8:03pm

Saorview working perfectly for me.

RTE switch to saorview!!

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