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Changes to Soarview in Laois last couple of weeks?

  • 19-11-2012 5:24pm
    #1
    RangeR
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    Hey. I setup My mother in law with a set top box in mid October. All went fine. Was receiving all channels almost perfectly. There was the odd drop every hour or two but in the whole, it was fine.

    About two weeks ago, she said she can get no signal. I heard, through word of mouth, that RTE "changed something" on her mast. No idea what was changed. Wouldn't surprise me if they just turned it off.

    Anywho, the end result is that she now needs an external roof top aerial as the signal is too weak.

    Anyone know what happened a few weeks ago in Laois [Stradbally]? Not sure what mast she was/is hanging off.


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  • #2
    coylemj
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    RangeR wrote: »

    Anywho, the end result is that she now needs an external roof top aerial as the signal is too weak.

    Who told her she needed an external aerial? She has to be on Mt. Leinster if she lost the signal in the past week.

    Mount Leinster changed from ch. 45 to 23, there was an overlap period but the old digital signal on ch. 45 was switched off last week. All she had to do was retune and the TV or set top box would have found the new frequency. There was no change to the transmitter so if she was receiving an acceptable signal before, she did not need to change the aerial.

    Sounds like the cowboys are still milking it. I bet she was told she needed a new 'digital' aerial. However she's 50 kms from the transmitter so she was doing well to get a decent signal that far away using an indoor aerial, maybe she does need a rooftop aerial.


  • #3
    The Cush
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    RangeR wrote: »
    Anyone know what happened a few weeks ago in Laois [Stradbally]? Not sure what mast she was/is hanging off.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnUmSmrftr4


    http://www.rtenl.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/SAORVIEW-at-ASO-Rev-1.4.pdf

    The Kippure transmitter is recommended for Stradbally - http://www.saorview.ie/make-the-switch/coverage-map/


  • #4
    STB
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    coylemj wrote: »
    That's Clermont Carn in Co. Louth you're talking about, the TV in question (OP's mother in law) is in Stradbally Co. Laois. She's obviously receiving from Mt. Leinster if she had a digital signal and then it disappeared.

    Geography!:mad: and deleted...

    True. Same idea. Ch45 to Ch23 rescan.


  • #5
    RangeR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,265 ✭✭✭RangeR


    coylemj wrote: »
    Mount Leinster changed from ch. 45 to 23,

    This seems the best bet. Not sure if the STB auto tunes. I haven't been to her house since I set it up.

    The guy was a family friend. He may not be too technical, though. He only looked at the aerial [in the attic] and not the STB.

    I#ll drop over to her in a while and re-tune it.


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