saorview integrated tv

Cath86

Hi,
i recently bought a bush 24" hd tv with integrated saorview, there is an aerial on my house and have been recieving analogue tv for a long time with zero problem, but when i plug in my new tv and connect the aerial all i can receive is rte1`, rte2 and tg4 on analogue, no digital saorview stations at all!! can someone please help me on this, as i have no idea what to do or wher im going wrong!!!

ardmacha

It would probably help if you gave a rough indication of where you were.

Cath86

Yeah sorry, im n mayo, checked up the coverage for my location and the signal shud b perfect

de Ville

You may need a digital aerial?

rurs

No such thing as a digital aerial, but maybe you have a VHF aerial, as you don't mention TV3?
It's possible the aerial you have may need to be changed for a UHF one.

If you could describe or post a photo of the aerial you have, someone with knowledge of the area might be able to advise.

Also, if you could give the exact model of the TV, that might help with tuning the Saorview channels.

Cath86

Why is it so complicated!!

de Ville

Unless I'm very much mistaken, an analogue aerial won't receive a digital/HD signal..

Cath86

And ive just Ben told there is no such thing as a digital aerial.....we have sky and analogue tv n the house, an integrated saorview tv, I am just havin problems setting it up. Unless u genuinely know something about this please do not waste time n replying to this post.

The Cush

Cath86

Not all analogue relay transmitters carrying the 3 channels - RTÉ/TG4 will be upgraded for Saorview. Your current analogue transmitter may be one of these. Can you identify your analogue transmitter or the UHF channels numbers for the TV channels you're receiving?

BTW there is no such thing as a digital aerial or an HD aerial - http://www.paras.org.uk/02-myths.shtml, http://www.goingdigital.ie/Info/Top+Questions/Do+I+need+an+aerial+to+receive+Saorview.htm.

Beware: There is no such thing as a ‘digital’ aerial, so beware someone telling you that you have to buy one.

http://www.rte.ie/news/money/consumer/saorview-how-to-switch-to-digital-tv-by-october.html

STB

de Ville wrote: »

Unless I'm very much mistaken, an analogue aerial won't receive a digital/HD signal..

Afraid you are very much mistaken.

Cath86 wrote: »

Hi,
i recently bought a bush 24" hd tv with integrated saorview, there is an aerial on my house and have been recieving analogue tv for a long time with zero problem, but when i plug in my new tv and connect the aerial all i can receive is rte1`, rte2 and tg4 on analogue, no digital saorview stations at all!! can someone please help me on this, as i have no idea what to do or wher im going wrong!!!

Are you sure you scanned the Digital stations in the scan options ? It is seperate to the analogue scan.

There might even be an option to scan the Saorview channels manually in the digital tuner menu. They are on Channels 48 and 22 in Mayo.

rurs

Just had a look at the frequencies etc on the RTENL site, and the coverage map on saorview.ie.

I think it's possible you're getting your analogue signal from a relay which isn't transmitting saorview. All the relays listed here have no TV3, and there are several in Mayo which aren't transmitting saorview, but are analogue.

If you could work out which relay you're currently on, and then turn your aerial to one which is in the same group (either Dooncarton, Achill or Castlebar, or possibly even the main station at Truskmore north of Sligo), you might have some joy.

The other possibility is that you need to do a manual digital scan on the TV. Can you find the menu for digital tuning? Try doing scans on either channel 53, 47, 22 or 27.

It's not always this complicated, just unfortunate with the relay situation:)

Edit: not quick enough!

steveon

What model no is your new BUSH TV?

I have countless problems with Argos branded tv that claim there tv's were Saorview compatible and which actually werent, they were Freeview compatible for the uk which is different to our service.

Also when tuning the tv make sure you have selected Ireland as the country as many tvs come preset to scan the uk and again will not pick up the Saorview as a result.

Cath86

Its bush 24" led24970hds,

Cantona's Collars

steveon wrote: »

What model no is your new BUSH TV?


Also when tuning the tv make sure you have selected Ireland as the country as many tvs come preset to scan the uk and again will not pick up the Saorview as a result.

Some people just scan for the analogue channels and don't realise that they need to scan for the digital ones aswell.Had a friend of mine complaining about his new tv & that the saorview picture was rubbish-turns out he just tuned in the analogue channels as he didn't know what DTV on the tuning menu meant.

Read the manuals folks.

reaper180

@ cath
im in mayo too. receiving saorview, just one thing we need to know is are you receiving tv3 through yor anologue signal,

Cath86

In fairness I

zerks wrote: »

steveon wrote: »

What model no is your new BUSH TV?


Also when tuning the tv make sure you have selected Ireland as the country as many tvs come preset to scan the uk and again will not pick up the Saorview as a result.

Some people just scan for the analogue channels and don't realise that they need to scan for the digital ones aswell.Had a friend of mine complaining about his new tv & that the saorview picture was rubbish-turns out he just tuned in the analogue channels as he didn't know what DTV on the tuning menu meant.

Read the manuals folks.

I scanned for the digital channels before analogue, I do kno the difference!!!

Cath86

reaper180 wrote: »

@ cath
im in mayo too. receiving saorview, just one thing we need to know is are you receiving tv3 through yor anologue signal,

I just tried using an indoor aerial on it now and it works, thanks for the replys :-) much appreciated

Cantona's Collars

Cath86 wrote: »

I just tried using an indoor aerial on it now and it works, thanks for the replys :-) much appreciated

Meant no offence on the channel scanning,it's just that lots make that mistake,glad to see you're sorted.

Cath86

Ok, thanks.

zerks wrote: »

Cath86 wrote: »

I just tried using an indoor aerial on it now and it works, thanks for the replys :-) much appreciated

Meant no offence on the channel scanning,it's just that lots make that mistake,glad to see you're sorted.

counterlock

reaper180 wrote: »

@ cath
im in mayo too. receiving saorview, just one thing we need to know is are you receiving tv3 through yor anologue signal,

Hi reaper, I'm having a similar problem and not getting TV3 through analogue. When I scan for digital channels on the TV it doesn't pick up anything.

Do I need to change the aerial for UHF one?

reaper180

yes you need to change your aerial(which i presume the one you have is vhf)to a uhf, as this is how saorview is received

The Cush

counterlock wrote: »

Hi reaper, I'm having a similar problem and not getting TV3 through analogue. When I scan for digital channels on the TV it doesn't pick up anything.

Do I need to change the aerial for UHF one?

Are you receiving analogue TG4?

If so you may have a UHF aerial (can you post a pic) but receiving your analogue TV from a relay that will not be upgraded for Saorview? Only 51 sites will be transmitting Saorview, approx 170 sites carry analogue RTÉ/TG4 and only 12 sites carry TV3. All 51 Saorview sites are live, use the Saorview coverage checker to find your nearest recommended Saorview transmitter - http://www.saorview.ie/make-the-switch/coverage-checker/coverage-map/.

Do you know which transmitter you're receiving analogue TV from or the frequency/UHF channel number of the analogue channels?

http://www.saorview.ie/make-the-switch/aerial/

counterlock

Thanks guys.

I'm not getting TG4 either but I do pick up very weak signals that the TV doesn't lock onto. I'm getting RTE one on channel 5, Band is V/UHF. Two is channel 8, and the quality is garbage on the two of them.

Im receiving it off the Maghera site in Clare judging by that website, I've just moved here so I'll try to get a pic of the aerial tomorrow

The Cush

counterlock wrote: »

I'm not getting TG4 either but I do pick up very weak signals that the TV doesn't lock onto. I'm getting RTE one on channel 5, Band is V/UHF. Two is channel 8, and the quality is garbage on the two of them.

Im receiving it off the Maghera site in Clare judging by that website, I've just moved here so I'll try to get a pic of the aerial tomorrow

Could be Mullaghanish VHF Chs D & G or Maghera VHF E & H. Looks like you have a VHF aerial only.

If the Saorview coverage checker is recommending Maghera for Saorview you will require a UHF Group C/D aerial.

counterlock

Thanks for your help