RE: Re: OnDigital Boxes - ?49.99+VAT in Makro again

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Nik

That doesnt sound like a "true" cable feed.

It sounds more like a bog standard SMATV system (Satellite Master
Antenna
TeleVision)

The "extra" channels you are getting are all free to air
satellite channels
so my guess is that there is a single TV aerial on the roof and a
satellite
dish feeding a bank of satellite receivers which are in the RF
loopthrough.

Because the FreeView Digital channels actually use the Taboo channels
that
are rendered useless by the 5 terrestrial ones they would find it
extremely
difficult and expensive to actually block them. I bet the digital
signals
are getting through OK.

I think you will find that if you can borrow a box it will work fine
:-)

Keith

-----Original Message-----
From: Nikola Kasic [mailto:nikola@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 22 November 2002 17:00
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: OnDigital Boxes - ?49.99+VAT in Makro again


Keith,
My only feed is from a cable supplier (Sentryscan). I'm living in a block
of
buildings managed by managing agency and acording to our leasehold
agreement
we are not allowed to put any aerials or dishes and that's why they
supply
the signal through the cable (and we pay for it through service charge).
We
don't have settop boxes, chanels are already modulated in the 75 Ohm
coaxial.
We are getting these channels:
23    ITV
26    BBC1
30    CH4
33    BBC2
37    CH5
50    TCM (Turner Classic Movies)
52    BBC Choice
54    Sky News
56    CNN
58    Al Jazeera
69    CCTV (Chinese Channel)

So it seems like mix of communal terrestrial with some extra channels
added
in. I can try to tune to those, but I reckon, that they filtered out
everything except their channels, to avoid interference.
I'll try tonight.

Cheers,
Nik
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Keith Doxey [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx]
  Sent: 22 November 2002 15:23
  To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
  Subject: [ukha_d] Re: OnDigital Boxes - ?49.99+VAT in Makro
again


  Hi Nik,

  Is your only TV feed from a cable supplier or is there a
communal
  terrestrial aerial feed as well. ?

  What UHF channels numbers do you receive the 5 terrestrial
channels
  on ?

  If its

  BBC1 26
  BBC2 33
  ITV 23
  CH4 30
  CH5 37

  then they are coming from the terrestrial channels on Crystal
Palace

  Try tuning into 22,25,28,29,32,34 to see if you get funny way
lines
  and block on the screen. If you do you are picking up the
digital
  signals from Crystal palace and there is a good chance that an
  onDodgy box would work. you then need to borrow one froma
freindly
  London based UKHA'er to check the reception before parting with
your
  dosh.

  HTH

  Keith

  --- In ukha_d@y..., "Nikola Kasic" <nikola@k...>
wrote:
  > I am living in West London in a block of flats, and I can't
put
  external
  > aerial. Does anyone know if I'll be able to receive
anything
  without aerial,
  > or with internal one only?
  > I am still waiting for TiVo (3 weeks now) to put my channel
  definitions in
  > setup because my cable provider doesn't exist there at the
moment.
  This
  > could be a quick solution.
  > Nik
  >



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