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Thread Author: zookeeper	Replies: 45

New Wed 7 Nov 12 13:48   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - zookeeper

hi gang... i re-tuned my freeview box as advised recently and now im stuck with BBC look north ? i dont live in yorkshire , i dont even like cricket...i live in the east midlands about 70 miles sarf of sheffield and im not really interested in knowing whether the humber bridge needs repainting is there any way i can re-tune to east midlands news ? i miss Anne Diamond :) Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 13:50   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - No FM2R

Which brand & model? Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 15:26   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - Dog

>>Which brand & model?<< As the man said, Diamond, and she's a 54 model I believe. :} Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 15:53   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - zookeeper

doggo your not wrong geezer, she still floats my boat... she does the wright show of a morning occasionally ...worth getting up for Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 17:00   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - Dog

>>worth getting up for<< = = = > :o) Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 19:19   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - Roger.

>> doggo your not wrong geezer, she still floats my boat... she does the wright show >> of a morning occasionally ...worth getting up for Can't compete with the mature totty on BBC Breakfast. In order:- (1)Carole Kirkwood, (2)Louise Minchin & (3) Susanna Reid, closely followed by a plainish lass whose looks and figure are growing on me - Sally Nugent, she of the endless legs! Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 13:50   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - Alanovich

You are not alone. BBC One HD on my Sky box receives local programmes (Inside Out) from the North West. And I'm in Reading. Most disconcerting. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 13:53   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - No FM2R

On the Sky Box, do you have your postcode entered ? Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 13:56   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - Zero

>> On the Sky Box, do you have your postcode entered ? hes not on Sky he is on Freeview. There is no postcode option on Freeview boxes. Where is your aerial pointing? its found and tuned the strongest BBC mux above others. What make is it you may have to manually tune in the weaker mux you want. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 13:57   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - No FM2R

Oi Dipstick... >>BBC One HD on my Sky box receives local programmes (Inside Out) from the North West Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 14:03   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - John H

>> Oi Dipstick... >> Be careful. There are some sensitive souls about. I used the term "dumbo" in jest recently, and a few people took offence on behalf of the intended "victim". ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 14:06   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - Zero

>> Oi Dipstick... >> >> >>BBC One HD on my Sky box receives local programmes (Inside Out) from the North >> West All right All right I admitted my boo boo, keep your hair on. Oh I forgot, too late,. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 13:57    help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - VxFan

>> hes not on Sky Alanović is, who asked a separate question, but is related to the OP's question. Last edited by: VxFan on Wed 7 Nov 12 at 13:57 Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 13:59    help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - Zero

>> >> hes not on Sky >> >> Alanović is, who asked a separate question, but is related to the OP's question. Ah, I stand corrected. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 13:57   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - zookeeper

its a chinese tinpot 12 quid effort made by ALBA ... maybe i just answered my own question ! Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 14:00   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - Zero

>> its a chinese tinpot 12 quid effort made by ALBA ... maybe i just answered >> my own question ! You have, Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 14:03   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - Alanovich

>> its a chinese tinpot 12 quid effort made by ALBA >> You sure you're not from Yorkshire? Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 14:03   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - Bromptonaut

Zookeper, Do you know which transmitter you normally receive signals from. East Midlands 70 miles S of Sheffield covers quite a swathe of country. The Belmont transmitter in Lincs, which probably also serves eastern extremity of Notts, certainly used to carry Leeds/Yorkshire local news. I'd guess your retune has 'latched' onto wrong transmitter, unless a local booster has been swapped from the East Midlands group to Belmont. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 14:35   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - zookeeper

good call brompto.. i forgot to add that i live in a high rise 15 floors so all the gubbins on the roof ( 20 plus cell phone arials and god knows how many other recievers up there) would that make a difference? Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 15:42   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - Bromptonaut

If you're on the NE side of Leicester I'd say there's an excellent chance of an aerial being able to see Belmont too from that height. Don't know about other gubbins but signals can be reflected. Altitude makes a differrence. As kids we lived near Menston in West Yorks. About 500' on a hawse between Airedale and Wharfe. Local terrain meant variable reception from Emley Moor and further down the Wharf side, in Otley, a local booster was justified. This was sited at Clifton. Worked well in Wharfedale but useless for us as it had same channels as Belmont. Signals arrived out of sync of course and generated lines and screen and a heterodyne whistle on the sound. You should be fine though, just manually tune to the Waltham frx. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 13:59   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - Alanovich

>> On the Sky Box, do you have your postcode entered ? >> I didn't know you could. So I don't know if I do. Or not. Ain't life complimicatered? Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 13:58   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - devonite

I sometimes get the opposite problem! - my local region is Granada, but every so often it (Sky-box) reverts to Central, which is neither use nor ornament to me! To get it back again, I remove the card, turn it off for a few mins, turn it back on again and it asks for the card. Insert card, turn it off for a minute or so, and when it comes on again, all is well! - may help? (I only get Sky free channels - no subscription) Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 13:56   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - VxFan

>> is there any way i can re-tune to east midlands news ? Try manually retuning it instead of letting it do it automatically. www.digitaluk.co.uk/postcodechecker/manual_retuning Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 14:01   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - zookeeper

thanks guys...eeh by eck looks like i will have to manually re-tune to the waltham transmitter 'appen before i turn fully eckythump............ Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 15:40   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - legacylad

Lucky you. I live in rural N Yorks and I cannot get YTV on my Freeview telly. Nor can anyone else in my part of the world. We're stuck with Granada, as if we give a stuff about the Mersey Tunnel and goings on in Lancashire. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 15:44   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - Bromptonaut

>> Lucky you. I live in rural N Yorks and I cannot get YTV on my >> Freeview telly. Nor can anyone else in my part of the world. We're stuck with >> Granada, as if we give a stuff about the Mersey Tunnel and goings on in >> Lancashire. Others up there years ago used to get Tyne-Tees from Bilsdale mast. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 15:55   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - zookeeper

even so if i tune in to itv regional they spew nonsence about birmingham and telford you cant win Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 16:01   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - Bromptonaut

>> even so if i tune in to itv regional they spew nonsence about birmingham and >> telford you cant win It's like that here too. We're in South Northants but get Anglia TV/BBC East from Sandy Heath. It does cover Northampton news but mostly Essex and Suffolk. Alternative would be West Midlands from Sutton Coldfield or whatever Oxford has. Last edited by: Bromptonaut on Wed 7 Nov 12 at 16:02 Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 16:12   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - Zero

>> >> even so if i tune in to itv regional they spew nonsence about birmingham >> and >> >> telford you cant win >> >> >> It's like that here too. We're in South Northants but get Anglia TV/BBC East from >> Sandy Heath. It does cover Northampton news but mostly Essex and Suffolk. Alternative would be >> West Midlands from Sutton Coldfield or whatever Oxford has. The days when you could multiplex aerials pointing different directions and easily tune in a choice of regional programes to suit are long gone. Freesat is good tho, you get all the regionals at the end of the channel band numbering. Take your pick. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 16:57   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - Dave_

>> by eck looks like i will have to manually re-tune to the waltham transmitter I wish I could get Waltham, but I'm positioned directly behind Bardon Hill so have to use with Sutton Coldfield and all get the news from Brum! Some useful info here regarding transmitters, with frequencies and bearings etc: www.digitaluk.co.uk/postcodechecker/ Enter your postcode and tick the "detailed view" box, which gives extra info for aerial installers. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 16:11   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - SteelSpark

>> hi gang... i re-tuned my freeview box as advised recently and now im stuck with >> BBC look north ? i dont live in yorkshire , i dont even like cricket...i >> live in the east midlands about 70 miles sarf of sheffield and im not really >> interested in knowing whether the humber bridge needs repainting >> is there any way i can re-tune to east midlands news ? i miss Anne >> Diamond :) Either move to Hull, and/or kidnap Anne Diamond and keep her in your garage...either of those options is probably easier than trying to fix your Freeview box. Last edited by: SteelSpark on Wed 7 Nov 12 at 16:14 Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 16:23   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - No FM2R

Dave's link above re: manual returning will solve most issues. Last edited by: No FM2R on Wed 7 Nov 12 at 16:23 Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 16:47   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - zookeeper

actually i think i will just kidnap anne , theres not a lot on telly tonight Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 17:07   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - L'escargot

Check what direction your aerial needs to point in order to receive signals from your required transmitter. www.wolfbane.com/cgi-bin/tvd.exe? Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 17:30   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - Dog

Ave vous considered Freesat, beekeeper: www.freesat.co.uk/ Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 19:21   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - Roger.

My blooming freesat receiver (an old PACE SKY box) defaults to ITV London. Who cares about London, that cesspit? Not I. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 19:27   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - Zero

>> My blooming freesat receiver (an old PACE SKY box) defaults to ITV London. Who cares >> about London, that cesspit? Not I. That's ok, it doesn't give a ? about you either. Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Wed 7 Nov 12 19:30   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - Roger.

Fine by me! Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 20:23   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - legacylad

In my first home, many years ago, on the crest of a high hill in Bradford, overlooking the Aire valley, I had a choice of YTV, Granada, Tyne Tees and a couple of Midlands channels. And snow.And wind.Lots of ice. Bracing tha knows it were. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 21:28   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - No FM2R

>>Who cares about London, that cesspit And which fine city do you live next to or in? Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Wed 7 Nov 12 21:34   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - legacylad

Despite living oop North, I really enjoy visiting London. The hustle & bustle, world class museums and exhibitions, people watching, architecture. Two long weekends a year are most enjoyable, although a cheap Keighley curry and proper Timmy Taylors at £2.30 a pint are welcome retreat. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Nov 12 22:20   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - Roger.

Nearest city is Sheffield - not too bad a place, but most cities are places to avoid if possible. I shall, however, be travelling there tomorrow to have my 6 week check-up from the back cutter! Afterwards no doubt, we will (by command of SWMBO) visit another awful place , Meadowhall, or Meadowhell, as most men know it! At least the parking is free! Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 8 Nov 12 21:55   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - zookeeper

i did a re tune earlier .. back on east mids again.. the news is still rubbish wish i had kept it up north. ive just bought some cloggs and a whippit appen i heard that pardon? Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 8 Nov 12 23:01   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - Bill Payer

>> ive just bought some cloggs and >> a whippit appen i heard that pardon? >> I trust you bought them off Yorkshire eBay? farm3.static.flickr.com/2533/4133680568_25c866e5e3.jpg Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 9 Nov 12 18:54   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - zookeeper

i liked the item 'grimmness' classic Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 9 Nov 12 20:02   help..my freeview box is from yorkshire - Dog

Very good, Bill, I didn't look at it properly yesterday - I like the Slag Heaps and the Soft Southern Shi'ites. Reply to this message | Report message