Astra 2F: Canaries & Africa Discussion

[gx6000]

Same for me. Sky Sports News HD. F1 HD too.

Sorry. Not HD

 

[gx6000]

Its strange 12110 H and 12148 H now have good signal.

 

[milestone 11]

Not here.

 

[milestone 11]

Thanks to Trev, (Radioagogo) C4 mosaic, C4, +1, E4, +1, Kiss, Kerrang, 4Music etc etc availabe on other channels 12480V 27500 2/3. It is suggested in another thread that these are from 2A North, this cannot be correct surely.

 

[FRINGE]

Its strange 12110 H and 12148 H now have good signal.

Not here.

 

[milestone 11]

Its strange 12110 H and 12148 H now have good signal.

Is this still the case, If so what is the rest of the frequency?

 

[Deso]

Is this still the case, If so what is the rest of the frequency?

12110 H 27500-2/3

12148 H 27500-2/3

Supposedly on 1N PE1. Bear in mind gx6000 has a 3m dish whereas Fringe has a 2.7m and no strong signal.

 

[gx6000]

Is this still the case, If so what is the rest of the frequency?

Still the same here. These channels have good signal all day. 12207v 2/3 27500 ok during day. Breaks up at night.

 

[milestone 11]

Thanks guys. Tried again, not a sniff. Looks like the only F1 I'll get will be the 3D testing and the racing on Spanish. I'll be a homicidal psychopath by the time we get to Monaco having to put up with that bloody idiot Lobotomy.
To confirm, Radioagogo who is just up the road from me is getting nothing on a 2.4m.

 

[milestone 11]

Can someone whose technical knowledge of this far exceeds mine, explain what these mean,
Signal test on F1 HD
Input 1 Signal Strength 100%
Input 1 Signal Quality 30-35%
Input 1 Lock Indicator OK
Input 1 Network ID 0002
Input 1 Transport Stream 07d4
Input 2 Signal Strength 0%
Input 2 Signal Quality 0%
Input 2 Lock Indicator Not locked

Signal test on F1 SD
Exactly as above

Signal test on Sky News HD (Excellent picture 24/7)
As F1 HD on all Input 1's but
Input 2 Signal Strength 60%
Input 2 Signal Quality 40%
Input 2 Lock Indicator OK

Does this suggest, or am I talking out of the back of my head, not unusual, that an ordinary SD box would work.
Also, if I were to buy a Neet VGA to HDMI convertor and also, cough cough, get hold of Sky Go, could this be watchable on my television, Samsung HD and 3D

 

[Deso]

Can someone whose technical knowledge of this far exceeds mine, explain what these mean,
Signal test on F1 HD
Input 1 Signal Strength 100%
Input 1 Signal Quality 30-35%
Input 1 Lock Indicator OK
Input 1 Network ID 0002
Input 1 Transport Stream 07d4
Input 2 Signal Strength 0%
Input 2 Signal Quality 0%
Input 2 Lock Indicator Not locked

Signal test on F1 SD
Exactly as above

Signal test on Sky News HD (Excellent picture 24/7)
As F1 HD on all Input 1's but
Input 2 Signal Strength 60%
Input 2 Signal Quality 40%
Input 2 Lock Indicator OK

Does this suggest, or am I talking out of the back of my head, not unusual, that an ordinary SD box would work.
Also, if I were to buy a Neet VGA to HDMI convertor and also, cough cough, get hold of Sky Go, could this be watchable on my television, Samsung HD and 3D

You could use one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1080P-PC-Laptop-VGA-3-5mm-Audio-Analog-To-HDMI-HD-HDTV-Video-Converter-Adapter-/320884788000?pt=UK_Computing_Sound_Vision_Video_Cables_Adapters&hash=item4ab6394b20
to connect your laptop to the TV. You would then need an HDMI lead to the TV and a VGA lead and 3.5mm stereo jack lead from your sound output on laptop to this box. You may not have a 3.5mm sound input on your TV.

I assume you have 2 cables coming from your LNB to your Sly Box. I am puzzled by the signal/quality strength on your input one.
In theory they should be the same on both inputs although in practice, one is usually slightly different to the other. My second input reads a bit lower than my first, sometimes it is the other way round. You seem to have something giving a rogue signal to input 1 if it shows 100%/30-35% even when input 2 is on zero.
Try swapping your cables over, turn box off first, and see what happens then. :-cheers

If you need one of the aforementioned boxes then Deso's courier service can be used, coming over to Caleta 16th March. :-thumb1

 

[satelliteman]

Not sure of the accuracy but I'm told ITV is back on the smaller 1.35cm dishes; possibly Tp 54.
Haven't had the time to check the details.

 

[milestone 11]

You could use one of these...
If you need one of the aforementioned boxes then Deso's courier service can be used, coming over to Caleta 16th March. :-thumb1

Thanks Deso. I actually ordered one of the Neet boxes yesterday then saw yours which was £13 cheaper, oh well.
will try a cable swap just to see what happens, mighty strange though the readings that I'm getting.

 

[oldfart]

ITV Granada HD - 10993 H
CH 5 (SD) - 10964 H

both a bit flaky, random break-ups espcially at night, but CH5 was shite this afternoon!!
no idea what's going on!

 

[hairybadger]

both a bit flaky, random break-ups espcially at night, but CH5 was shite this afternoon!!
no idea what's going on!

I find it unwatchable at the best of times, but this is due to the heavy advert content rather than any signal problems

 

[FRINGE]

ITV Granada HD - 10993 H
CH 5 (SD) - 10964 H

both a bit flaky, random break-ups espcially at night, but CH5 was shite this afternoon!!
no idea what's going on!

Seeing your post thought I would recheck CH5 (SD) again - don't regulary watch it myself. Few minutes ago was getting 50% quality and 75% strength and good clear picture with no pixelation.

 

[oldfart]

signal breakup from 1800 to 2000hrs on
12110.00 H fox
11856.00 V fox hd
10994.00 H itv hd granada

 

[oldfart]

Now loosing all the film channels for about an hour - between 1930 - 2030
as well as the Fox channels above.
wierd.

 

[Wiglet]

Why????
No sky sports 1 SD until around 13.00hrs then ok until 16.15hrs then starts to break up it will go off around 17.00hrs completely, do not understand it.

 

[oldfart]

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