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Milton Keynes analogue cable TV
N.Dean
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Hello.
Does anyone know the UHF channels on which Milton Keynes analogue cable TV operates?
Thanks.
Does anyone know the UHF channels on which Milton Keynes analogue cable TV operates?
Thanks.
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I do wonder what the situation is like now. There are some blocks of flats especially in Southampton that are under listed buildings.
Those places didn't have an Arial and as such used the free UHF channels on virgins network. I wonder now if those buildings now have either got permission to have a community arial / satellite or theres some agreement by virgin to supply boxes such as the V HD to access package M?
my old box had a special bypasser fitted to the back, it was connected to both cable in and UHF out and you plugged your cable in to it and your tv to it. it allowed all the free stuff to operate even if the box was off.
A resident was telling last week that he gets some channels through the cable connection, with his TV set to analogue. He gets some channels through the aerial, with the TV set to digital. When he combines the two inputs ( to avoid swapping cables ), the digital input does not work. I suspect that the analogue cable system uses at least one frequency which is also used by Sandy Heath freeview.
Perhaps a resident of MK could check the channel numbers.
Thank you.
However I don't know what the UHF channels are
it did, on analogue cable I think the main channels ran on a mixture of UHF / VHF, with local TV being 'fed' in.
Some IDTV's do have a DVB-C tuner, and it can scan in VM channels however this is entirely against any T&C's of virgin media
If anyone does find the frequencies sometime, I would be pleased to know them.
Cheers.
what network is that on?
The CATV system in MK uses PAL analogue signals on the UHF TV band to carry TV signals to viewers' houses.
What do you mean by "network"?
VIRGIN
An old analogue network build in the 60's. Originally owned by BT but operated under some sort of lease arrangement with VM.
Basically, it is outdated infrastructure with neither company having any incentive to fund an upgrade.
wat was the bt cable system like?
was it a good system?
how many channels was there?
was the picture and sound any good?
About as good as you could expect from an analogue cable system built in the 60s. Milton Keynes planning regulations did not allow residents to have rooftop aerials, the cable system was provided as an alternative.
ok,fair enough
was it still operating? you guys must have been the only ones left!
I guess southampton was lucky when they did our upgrades.