Saorview signal dropping out.

limerickred

Hi all,just looking for a bit of advice here.I'm receiving saorview via a rooftop aerial,and normally get a signal of 90-95%.However,the signal usually drops once or twice a day,down to 0% for no reason and then comes back to normal again after anything from 5 minutes to an hour.Anyone know why this happens,or is it something as simple as a loose connection up on the roof.Thanks.

paultf

Don't know much about this so not sure about this response.

At the start I got a TV aerial installed attached to the chimney - the reception was good for a while but then disappeared. I then got Sky so gave up on the aerial.

Recently I got Saorview installed. The installer checked the Saorview signal in the attic and it was good. Got to the TV and it was gone.

Turns out in the attic there are 3 cables going to 3 TV points and an amplifier was used. This turned out to be dodgy and that fixed the Saorview.

So could be something like that not working in your attic?

Machinehead

Ive noticed for the past few weeks the signal quality on ch 48 from Maghera has dropped back 10/20% from a regular high of 100%.
Anyone else having similar issues from the same.tx site?

Machinehead

Anyone watching the rugby on Saorview from ch. 48 Maghera? Massive picture breakup, quality intermittently jumping from 100% back to 10/20%. Now stable for the last 5mins.

trevk

Hi all

i just got a new tv with saorview , i am getting all the irish channels , but with the bbc , itv , e4 and the rest of the english channels it keeps freezing and says weak or no signal and then it works again. i have ran a new cablefrom the tv to the amp with still no joy . any one got any ideas
thanks

Ronnie Raygun

What part of the country are you in? Did you previously have good reception of the UK Freeview channels?

The Cush

trevk wrote: »

i just got a new tv with saorview , i am getting all the irish channels , but with the bbc , itv , e4 and the rest of the english channels it keeps freezing and says weak or no signal and then it works again. i have ran a new cablefrom the tv to the amp with still no joy . any one got any ideas
thanks

Where are you located and how many aerials do you have to receive the Irish and UK channels?

If you are receiving the UK freeview channels from NI not all the transmitters are switched to digital and those that are won't go full power until Oct 24th.

trevk

in mullingar . on the normal anologe tv the reception was not great. but i had sky as well

Ronnie Raygun

Best thing would be to wait until after switchover on October 24th, the full power Freeview transmissions might sort you out or at least give you a better signal to work with.

trevk

i have one aerial

trevk

could my aerial be facing the wrong way
my nearest transmiter is to the north west my aerial is facing south west

Ronnie Raygun

trevk wrote: »

i have one aerial

It's probably optimised for Brougher Mountain in Tyrone & also takes in the much more powerful & nearby Cairn hill transmitter in Longford.

Peter Rhea

trevk wrote: »

. . . my nearest transmiter is to the north west my aerial is facing south west

It's probably actually facing north east towards the Divis mast near Belfast.

slicedpanman

limerickred wrote: »

Hi all,just looking for a bit of advice here.I'm receiving saorview via a rooftop aerial,and normally get a signal of 90-95%.However,the signal usually drops once or twice a day,down to 0% for no reason and then comes back to normal again after anything from 5 minutes to an hour.Anyone know why this happens,or is it something as simple as a loose connection up on the roof.Thanks.

I'm guessing from the name you're in Limerick and getting reception from woodcock hill - me too and I'm experiencing the exact same thing.

Anyone else getting reception from woodcock hill notice the same?

I've got a rood top aerial connected to a multiswitch - usually quality is about 90% but does on occasion drop to 0% for a second or two and then back to 90% - very distracting/annoying :mad:

Ronnie Raygun

Could be local interference or even overload if the aerial system has enough gain. Or maybe just poor installation.

The Cush

If reception was OK up until now it could be a transmitter problem/maintenance or possibily the weather.

Give Saorview/RTÉNL a call - http://www.saorview.ie/contact/

paulcdub85

Ronnie Raygun wrote: »

Could be local interference or even overload if the aerial system has enough gain. Or maybe just poor installation.

So if an aerial is getting "too good" a signal this can cause problems?

maggienx

Getting a bit fed up with saorview. Can go from perfect reception to freezing, breaking up , "no signal", poor sound , "no video"........maybe not all together but some of these are a regular occurrence. We cannot look at even a short programme without some of these issues, and have given up on trying to look at films. Too many interruptions.

We think our aerial is ok, because rte1/2, tv3,tg4 work perfectly on analogue, as well as being able to pick up the northern Ireland uk channels, albeit not with perfect reception.

Peter Rhea

If you're receiving Saorview from Clermont Carn, it won't be at its best until after switchover in October.

Good analogue reception from there is no guarantee of reliable Saorview.

Ronnie Raygun

paulcdub85 wrote: »

So if an aerial is getting "too good" a signal this can cause problems?

Yes, receivers or amplifiers can be overloaded by an overly strong signal.

maggienx

Peter Rhea wrote: »

If you're receiving Saorview from Clermont Carn, it won't be at its best until after switchover in October.

Good analogue reception from there is no guarantee of reliable Saorview.

Problem(seems to be) solved now. We retuned the tv and it is now showing CH53 where it used to show CH54. So I guess it picked up a different and better mast or something changed on the existing mast.

Peter Rhea

Channel 53 is used by Clermont Carn, 54 by Kippure & Three Rock. I wouldn't count on your reception remaining good until after switchover.

maggienx

Peter Rhea wrote: »

Channel 53 is used by Clermont Carn, 54 by Kippure & Three Rock. I wouldn't count on your reception remaining good until after switchover.

Clermont Carn would seem to be the more appropriate as we live on the North side of Drogheda....surprised to see that we were getting a signal from Kippure/Three Rock. Aren't they in the Dublin/Wicklow mountains general area?