NO DTT SIGNAL IN CARRICK-0N-SUIR TODAY-WHAT AREA COVERS IT?

swoofer · 24-03-2010 01:13PM #1

I set up a friend with DTT in Carrick a few weeks back and got all the channels, I know TV3 has been wiped by nice RTE but today he tells me he is getting " No signal" message! I dont know where the signal is transmited from for Carrick, I am on Maghera and thats ok.

He has tried the usual re-booting etc but no joy. Can anyone confirm it is off the air and the name of the transmission station or it may be still ok?

Thanks

gb--

24-03-2010 01:29PM

Ask him to do a manual tune on mt leinster ch 39

swoofer · 24-03-2010 02:26PM

Thank you, I got him to do that eventually but picture not stable. We are comunictaing by phone, Told him to leave it for a bit.

At least he got a signal. Asked him to check leads as well. He is hooked up to a Sanyo LCD and that is complex.

gb--

24-03-2010 03:12PM

Try ch 21 and 34 - mullaghanish

ch 40 north cork

ch 52 suir valley-that should be the local one.

No harm to leave them all tuned in.

swoofer · 24-03-2010 04:43PM

He actually did an auto scan, its a Sigmatek receiver but apparently the LCD is playing up as well so problems with seeing menu onscreen and I am trying to talk him through the sequences! over the phone, ie press menu, installation, then arrow down, but he pressed ok first and it went into auto mode so I left it at that. I think box then picks best signal and saves it. If he is still having trouble I'll use ch's you suggested.

Thank you.

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_John C · 24-03-2010 06:19PM

Carrick-On-Suir is served by the suir valley transmitter and the Mt. Leinster transmitter, At the moment there is no DTT from suir valley. Over the past few months it has been on and off; so I dont bother to tune to this transmitter. I use the Mt. Leinster transmitter Ch45. Where abouts in Carrick is he living?

galtee boy · 24-03-2010 10:49PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Try ch 21 and 34 - mullaghanish

ch 40 north cork

ch 52 suir valley-that should be the local one.

No harm to leave them all tuned in.

Channel 40 ( Mitchelstown Relay DTT, North Co.Cork ) is also off air since yesterday afternoon ( had been on for about two weeks ), so it could be possible that RTE NL have turned off the smaller relays at the moment. It would appear that there is a lot more switching on & off of the smaller relays, than there is of the main transmitters. Luckily, CH21 Mullaghanish, powers in here also.

swoofer · 24-03-2010 11:05PM

ballyrichard, and he is picking channels up on 39 with 60% signal and about same for quality but picture blocky.
no luck with all the others.

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_John C · 24-03-2010 11:29PM

It would be worth trying a group b (yellow spot) aerial horizontal pointing to Mt. Leinster. He probably has a group a (red spot) for tv3. But the tv3 aerial will be feed through a combiner 3537 which will kill all channels above ch35. So thats probably the reason for blocky pictures.

24-03-2010 11:31PM

where is Suir valley transmitter? in Piltown/Owning area?

_John C · 25-03-2010 11:35AM

The transmitter is close to Templeorum in Corbally wood about 3 miles NE of Piltown.

Dunnie1982 · 25-03-2010 01:41PM

For the last few days I've been having trouble receiving the digital channels. My tv3 aerial is pointed towards Piltown/Owning direction. Up until around Sunday the reception was perfect but then I got the no signal message so done a retune, I picked up all the stations on channel 39, but they are all blocky.

_John C · 25-03-2010 01:58PM

You were probably receiving from suir valley, but its turned off at the moment. So when you did a rescan ; you tuned to a Mt. Leinster signal which your aerials are not configured correctly to receive.So you have blocky reception now.

Ill post here when Suir valley is back on so you can rescan.

swoofer · 25-03-2010 03:32PM

Thanks all. They were using ch45 and pictures were perfect. I only took the DTT box with me to check if they could receive DTT and I noticed the aerials on chimney were skewy so Analogue signal has ghosting but when I showed them the difference they begged me to sell the DTT box. I agreed but forgot that DTT was only testing so when signal goes they blame the box.

Is there any good aerial installer in Carrick who could put in a proper set up that would allow them to pick up a few transmissions? ie adjust the 2 aerials at present so they get a good analogue on RTE and TV3? And would the same person be able to adjust sky dish so that they get film 24 perfectly? I put on a quad lnb and only after I had fitted it then he mention film 24 but I hasd no more time to adjust skew etc and it was tiiping down. I am in Clare and I used to travel back and forth to uk so would stop in Carrick and do a few bits but now it would mean a full day to go up and back.

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swoofer · 04-04-2010 11:45AM

any sign of suir valley back on??

gb-

_John C · 06-04-2010 10:50PM

Nothing yet. Ive been checking daily for you.

swoofer · 06-04-2010 11:14PM

thanks john, i'll leave you in peace.

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_John C · 27-04-2010 11:13PM

Suir valley back on, but only on Ch52 (722mhz). Which is a good idea, no need for them to be transmitting on 4 muxes

swoofer · 27-04-2010 11:26PM

thank you very much, fingers crossed they leave it on now, i'll pass oin the good news.

up tipp

gb--

icjzfmq7ewon1t · 29-04-2010 03:26PM

galtee boy wrote: »

Channel 40 ( Mitchelstown Relay DTT, North Co.Cork ) is also off air since yesterday afternoon ( had been on for about two weeks ), so it could be possible that RTE NL have turned off the smaller relays at the moment. It would appear that there is a lot more switching on & off of the smaller relays, than there is of the main transmitters. Luckily, CH21 Mullaghanish, powers in here also.

Would DTT be picked up in Cahir town from the Mitchelstown relay

galtee boy · 29-04-2010 10:38PM

Parker Rhythmic Tutorial wrote: »

Would DTT be picked up in Cahir town from the Mitchelstown relay

I got it in Ballyporeen from Mullaghanish for my sister ( Mitchelstown wasn't on that day ), so I don't see why not. Ballyporeen is 8 miles from here and Cahir is about 18, but it's worth a shot, as long as you're not down in Cahir town centre, which is very low lying.

iknorr · 29-04-2010 10:41PM

cork city was down for most of this morning/afternoon. back up again now

icjzfmq7ewon1t · 30-04-2010 10:11PM

galtee boy wrote: »

I got it in Ballyporeen from Mullaghanish for my sister ( Mitchelstown wasn't on that day ), so I don't see why not. Ballyporeen is 8 miles from here and Cahir is about 18, but it's worth a shot, as long as you're not down in Cahir town centre, which is very low lying.

Thanks for that galtee boy what group aerial did you use.

galtee boy · 01-05-2010 10:15AM

Parker Rhythmic Tutorial wrote: »

Thanks for that galtee boy what group aerial did you use.

This one :
http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/9239717/Trail/searchtext%3EAERIALS.htm

NO DTT SIGNAL IN CARRICK-0N-SUIR TODAY-WHAT AREA COVERS IT?

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