Hi Val and everybody who is suffering from disappearing BBC channels:
It is obvious that there have been some changes to the BBC channels on the 28 East position. The new satellite, where they are on now, is weaker indeed in this region. But it appears that some receivers still give all the channels and some are not.
It is NOT a matter of size or readjusting the dish. According to calculations they should all be received with a 60 cm dish in this region. Only not properly pointed dishes need adjustments. And of course 80 cm will be better and will give you a better signal especially during bad weather conditions. Less than 60 cm gives problems.
But the main problem now is that some receivers don’t do an automatic update on the channels. So here some advices:
- The real SKY boxes should do an automatic update. If not, set it on a channel which you cannot receive anymore. Then take it completely off the mains. After some seconds plug it in again and start it up. Hopefully they will update then. Otherwise just wait…..
- Most of the freesat boxes (like Humax) also should do an automatic update. If not, try to put it in Factory Default situation. Sometimes also called (re)initialize. In that case it are not configured anymore. Follow the directions om your screen, including an English postcode for the regional channels. After a while everything should be there again.
Hopefully this solves the problems.
Regards, Hans Buijserd – VIDEPC St Antonin www.videpc.fr
Val says Malc has just tried this reinitializing with our humax box to no avail. Tomorrow we will try the TV in the gite which has a different box and dish. Perhaps our dish needs a bit of realigning here.
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