Saorview no channels found

limnam

Hey all,


We recently moved into a house it has a roof aerial and according to coverage site we should be covered by a transmitter 20km away.


With a soariew box and a TV with built in FTA I don't seem to be able to tune in any stations tv or radio


Much I can do to test the aerial is setup correctly etc ?

Thurston?

Can you post a pic. of the aerial, or even just a description? What part of the country are you in?

limnam

Thurston? wrote: »

Can you post a pic. of the aerial, or even just a description? What part of the country are you in?

Sure, this is the aerial, sorry about the quality.


We're in Cork near inishannon

CeilingFly

it may sound obvious, but have you selected the correct "input" on the TV remote.

I use FTA and to switch to saorview I need to change from HDMI input to Aerial input

limnam

CeilingFly wrote: »

it may sound obvious, but have you selected the correct "input" on the TV remote.

I use FTA and to switch to saorview I need to change from HDMI input to Aerial input

Yeah seems fine.


I'm unable to tune on a stand alone saorrview box and the TV is unable to tune on it's inbuilt tuner.

Thurston?

limnam wrote: »

Sure, this is the aerial, sorry about the quality.


We're in Cork near inishannon ...

Well, it's a UHF TV aerial of some description anyway.

Have you traced the path of the cable between TV point & aerial, to make sure there are no gaps, say from a missing amplifier or power supply?

Which transmitter do you reckon you're covered by? I assume the aerial is pointing that direction?

limnam

Thurston? wrote: »

Have you traced the path of the cable between TV point & aerial, to make sure there are no gaps, say from a missing amplifier or power supply?

A lot of the cable is not accessible to me or at least I haven't figured out a way to get at it

There's multiple tv points and I've tried them all

Thurston? wrote: »

Which transmitter do you reckon you're covered by? I assume the aerial is pointing that direction?

The website states I should be coverd by



Crosshaven which is 20km away



SITEINFORMATION
Site:CrosshavenSite On-Air:Yes

The Aerial seems to be pointing at a "closer" transmitter in Bandon which is about 10km away



SITEINFORMATION
Site:Crosshaven
Site On-Air:Yes

Thurston?

limnam wrote: »

A lot of the cable is not accessible to me or at least I haven't figured out a way to get at it

There's multiple tv points and I've tried them all ...

Multiple TV points might imply that there's amplification somewhere: amplifier could be powered off or missing.

Are there FM radio sockets too, as there's an FM aerial? I assume anything you're connecting to is marked 'TV'?

Outside on the aerial mast, do the cables run into any little plastic boxes?
Probably one at least for combining signal from the aerials: this would have 3 cables (2 in, 1 out). A box with 2 cables would most likely be an amplifier.

limnam

Thurston? wrote: »

Are there FM radio sockets too, as there's an FM aerial? I assume anything you're connecting to is marked 'TV'?

There's TV/FM as a single point and a SAT point, this is a feed coming from a dish that seems to be working

Thurston? wrote: »

Outside on the aerial mast, do the cables run into any little plastic boxes?
Probably one at least for combining signal from the aerials: this would have 3 cables (2 in, 1 out). A box with 2 cables would most likely be an amplifier.

To my untrained eye there's two "boxes" i tried to take the best pic i could of it

Thurston?

limnam wrote: »

... To my untrained eye there's two "boxes"

And a 3rd aerial, so that would account for the 2nd box. This aerial is also for UHF TV, though for vertically polarised signals.

The only reason I can think of for there being 2 aerials like this (apart from a local 'deflector' broadcasting UK TV), is that the top one is actually pointing at Mullaghanish, originally for TV3 analogue reception, & the bottom at a now defunct local site offering better reception for the other 3 channels: maybe Crossbarry? (Bandon is HP, & Crosshaven the other direction to Mulla.)

limnam

Thurston? wrote: »

And a 3rd aerial, so that would account for the 2nd box. This aerial is also for UHF TV, though for vertically polarised signals.

The only reason I can think of for there being 2 aerials like this (apart from a local 'deflector' broadcasting UK TV), is that the top one is actually pointing at Mullaghanish, originally for TV3 analogue reception, & the bottom at a now defunct local site offering better reception for the other 3 channels: maybe Crossbarry? (Bandon is HP, & Crosshaven the other direction to Mulla.)

So you think the problem at the moment is the aerial pointing at the wrong transmitter?

Thurston?

You're probably alright for reception from Mullaghanish.

I'd still be looking for missing/unpowered amplifiers or power supplies. (Possible outdoor 'masthead' amplifier, in 1 of those boxes, receives power on the aerial cable from an indoor PSU.)