Saorview "No Channels Found"

macgrub

Hi all,
I have a TV Star T1020 box with an aerial on my roof in a rural location. I am within 23km of one transmitter and 28km of another but I have no channels. It's no better with an indoor aerial (the exact problem is no channels found). Although the names of the channels are picked up, there is no picture or sound. Is there any remedy for this issue?

Peter Rhea

Did you previously view the analogue versions of the 4 Irish channels with this aerial setup?

If you could post a pic of the aerial, it might help clear things up.

macgrub

Previously we only received TV3 through the aerial (my Dad said he has a VHF for RTE). We picked up TV3 fine. We bought a new aerial (I don't have a picture right now, but this is the exact one: http://www.tvtrade.ie/yellow-group-b-uhf-aerial.html) for Saorview and no joy. We then retried the old TV3 aerial and still no joy.
We now have the tv trade.ie bought aerial up on the roof.

Thanks for the help

donegal.

you could take the box to someone who has functioning saorview and test if the box is faulty.
also check the saorview website and check on the map to make sure you can get saorview.

http://www.saorview.ie/what-is-saorview/make-the-switch/coverage-map/

macgrub

Hi, The box is fine. We checked.
There is another issue: our neighbour has trees that are substantially high. They are blocking the line of sight from our aerial to transmitter. Would this affect it?

Peter Rhea

Are you having this problem in Kildare?

Was the new aerial bought before digital switchover last October? Maybe for the Mt. Leinster transmitter when it was broacasting Saorview in a different frequency group to the UHF analogue channels?

macgrub

Sorry for not clarifying it Peter.
This is in Tipperary. And the aerial was bought a month ago.

swoofer

did you set it up for ireland etc? have a look at this video.

http://www.tvtrade.ie/tv-star-t1020-digital-tv-receiver-user-manual.html

and yes trees may block it but as you got tv3 it should be ok. i#d say its on the wrong country.

The Cush

macgrub wrote: »

I am within 23km of one transmitter and 28km of another but I have no channels.

Which transmitters?

macgrub

I've set the box up for 'Ireland'
The transmitters I am near are 'Kilduff' and 'Cahir'.

Peter Rhea

And that group B aerial is definitely the actual one you have?

macgrub

Peter Rhea wrote: »

Is that group B aerial the actual one you have, or did you just give it as an example of what the one you have looks like?

Yes. That is the exact aerial, Yellow Tip Group B, that we have.

Peter Rhea

Which transmitter is recommended by the coverage checker (link above)? Kilduff mux. 1 is just within the overlap of group B & C/D. Cahir is a low powered site covering a small area.

macgrub

We are recommended to point to Kilduff.

The Cush

macgrub wrote: »

I've set the box up for 'Ireland'
The transmitters I am near are 'Kilduff' and 'Cahir'.

Neither of those transmitters carried analogue TV3, so I assume you were receiving it from Mt Leinster previously. Maybe a new UHF Group A aerial pointing at the high power (160kW) Mt Leinster transmitter might work?

Kilduff (25kW) and Cahir (0.06kW) transmitters are lower power.

macgrub

Should I buy another specific band aerial or is there an aerial that would cover many bands?

Peter Rhea

macgrub wrote: »

We are recommended to point to Kilduff.

There's always the possibility that you just didn't connect cables properly etc. Did the original 'TV3' aerial not get Saorview at all?

macgrub

It didn't. But I'll try again.

Peter Rhea

When did you 1st try for Saorview at this location? Did you try with the already existing 'analogue' aerial setup before changing anything?

The Cush

macgrub wrote: »

Should I buy another specific band aerial or is there an aerial that would cover many bands?

What group was the old aerial?

A wideband aerial will cover the full range of UHF frequencies but with lower gain at the lower frequencies, where the Mt Leinster Saorview mux is located, than a specific Group A aerial.

http://www.aerialsandtv.com/aerials.html#AerialGainCurves

http://www.2rn.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/SAORVIEW-Frequencies-Rev-2.5.pdf

Ronnie Raygun

macgrub wrote: »

... And the aerial was bought a month ago.

Has your dad been without tv since 24th October last? (Irish channels anyway.)

The "TV3" aerial would have gotten TG4 as well btw, unless TV3 was being carried by some local self-help or "deflector" system.

macgrub

Ronnie Raygun wrote: »

Has your dad been without tv since 24th October last? (Irish channels anyway.)

The "TV3" aerial would have gotten TG4 as well btw, unless TV3 was being carried by some local self-help or "deflector" system.

I'll have to double check if the old UHF aerial picked up TG4.
But we did have channels since October but we always relied on Sky previously.

Hotblack Desiato

The Cush wrote: »

Neither of those transmitters carried analogue TV3, so I assume you were receiving it from Mt Leinster previously.

...which was undergoing maintenance work on Monday and Tuesday.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=84947019&postcount=641

OP, try a full scan again. Are there any splitters or amps between the aerial and your TV?

macgrub

Issue resolved.
It was the aerial. We got a wideband UHF aerial, tried it and bob's your uncle!

Sound all.

Ronnie Raygun

I'm surprised the group B aerial didn't work for Kilduff, even if it was down a bit on gain at that frequency compared to whatever wideband you have.