Rte1 etc

sdrogerson · 03/04/15 - 21:59

Rte 1,2 and TG4 have appeared on my EPG on my Sony TV. I live in Lanarkshire. There is no video signal. I also notice a BT Sport Showcase channel again with no signal,

What's happening have I missed something?

ChocolateCheese · 03/04/15 - 22:45

sdrogerson wrote: »

Rte 1,2 and TG4 have appeared on my EPG on my Sony TV. I live in Lanarkshire. There is no video signal. I also notice a BT Sport Showcase channel again with no signal,

What's happening have I missed something?

The weather conditions are causing a lift effect which is why you are getting a signal from an Irish transmitter, and the reason why you aren't getting video but I'm guessing sound still is because Irish DTT uses DVB-T but with MPEG-4 whereas your TV can only decode MPEG-2, but if you had a TV or STB with a Freeview HD logo on it, then you'd get the channels with video too as Freeview HD devices can decode MPEG-4. Hope that helps.

egal · 03/04/15 - 22:47

TG4, RTE1 and RTE2 are available in parts of Northern Ireland on LCNs 51, 52 and 53, respectively. DX from Northern Ireland?

ChocolateCheese · 03/04/15 - 23:14

egal wrote: »

TG4, RTE1 and RTE2 are available in parts of Northern Ireland on LCNs 51, 52 and 53, respectively. DX from Northern Ireland?

If so, it would be in DVB-T2 format, and not received at all on his setup.

eladkse · 03/04/15 - 23:28

ChocolateCheese wrote: »

If so, it would be in DVB-T2 format, and not received at all on his setup.

He's getting BT Sport Showcase, which is broadcast on COM7 in DVB-T2, so it must be a capable box.

Per your original analysis, sounds like stray signal from NI. Lack of video is because he's miles away, not because of the type of box he has.

Peter_Jarai · 04/04/15 - 02:02

eladkse wrote: »

He's getting BT Sport Showcase, which is broadcast on COM7 in DVB-T2, so it must be a capable box.

Per your original analysis, sounds like stray signal from NI. Lack of video is because he's miles away, not because of the type of box he has.

i am also getting it from the Sutton coldfield transmitter from Birmingham west midlands is this UK wide is anyone else getting it on LCN 75 The UHF Channel is 33 DVB-T2 i hope this information helps others

eladkse · 04/04/15 - 10:36

Peter_Jarai wrote: »

i am also getting it from the Sutton coldfield transmitter from Birmingham west midlands is this UK wide is anyone else getting it on LCN 75 The UHF Channel is 33 DVB-T2 i hope this information helps others

BT Sport Showcase is UK-wide on COM7 - see this thread: http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2062695

The Irish channels in the OP are the ones which have come from a stray signal.

albertd · 04/04/15 - 11:49

I would think that the Irish entries resulted from a scan done during a very brief lift and that it had gone away again by the time that the OP noticed it. Another scan would probably remove them again.

sdrogerson · 04/04/15 - 14:49

No I've scanned again they are still there on a Brand new Sony Bravia Internet TV.

egal · 04/04/15 - 20:08

sdrogerson wrote: »

No I've scanned again they are still there on a Brand new Sony Bravia Internet TV.

Are they stored at 51, 52 and 53?

sdrogerson · 04/04/15 - 20:54

They are indeed

pburke90 · 10/04/15 - 09:47

You are picking up a signal from Divis in Belfast then, which is the closest NI transmitter to you that provides the Irish channels. They only broadcast RTÉ 1, RTÉ 2 and TG 4 on 51, 52 and 53. TV 3 is not broadcast in NI.

Have you tried leaving the TV tuned to those channels to see if you get any picture?

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