31 October 2010

ABC TV Signal

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Since Friday we have not been able to get a signal on any of the ABC channels.

Anyone else having the same problem or do we need to get the TV mechanic out?

All other channels fine.

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tommy said :

However, in fact ABC had a “codec fault” for ABC3 – a fact only found by ringing the Reception group at ABC and pushing past the “reset to factory defaults” straw grasp – something to be resolved “soon”.

Thats exactly what the symptoms I am seeing are. ABC news is fine, then as soon as they flick over to 7:30 report it goes all blocky. That was the case on Thursday night, and tonight it went blocky once Four Corners came on.

I had this problem too and rang the ABC reception who knew nothing. However i rang a mate in teh broadcasting authority who said move the aerial and do a re-scan – and it picked them up again fine.

excession: You should have picked up ABC24, too.

The links on this page tells you all you need to know http://www.abc.net.au/reception/freq/act.htm

I lost ABC for a while a few months ago when they did a slight frequency change for some reason that I can’t remember. Was quite simple to do a manual tune on my TV to tweak the signal to the new frequency and has worked perfectly since. The default factory tuning settings on my TV only search for ABC on the old frequency.

Coincidentally our digital TV lost all references to channel 10 (SC 10, SC 10 Canberra, SC One HD etc).

That forced me to do a rescan, which I needed to do anyway.

Channel 10 channels came back, and I picked up Gem, Go and 7-Mate as well.

Now we have at least 10 channels with “nothing on”. 😉

(down near the base of Mt Taylor with Line of Sight to Black Mountain Tower.)

The cat did it9:55 pm 31 Oct 10

Remember that ABC Black Mountain is not the frequency you might expect. Auto-tuners that work on a standard 7MHz spacing for channels would expect to find the ABC channel at 205.5 MHz, but it’s not there- it’s at 205.625 MHz.

ABC Radio National disappeared from its usual place on the dial (846) in the middle of the night a few nights ago – they must have been doing some work on ABC aerials … it was back on in the early morning.

If it’s digital TV, then it’s best to contact the ABC (http://www.abc.net.au/reception/contact/) via phone. Recently ABC3 stopped working – audio only. Being a compliant citizen I followed ABC’s advice by resetting my TV to factory defaults etc etc.

However, in fact ABC had a “codec fault” for ABC3 – a fact only found by ringing the Reception group at ABC and pushing past the “reset to factory defaults” straw grasp – something to be resolved “soon”.

When I attempted to “mentor” the contact centre about having the information on their website to avoid uneccessary calls [to them] and to avoid consumers having “reset their TVs to factory default” they said “only PLANNED maintenance is on the website” – ie if it’s a UNPLANNED fault then it’s not on the website.

As a taxpayer I attempted to escalate this beyond the service centre monkeys to save other taxpayers from needless waste – I was directed into circles (back to their website… etc).

If any ABC board members or executive read this – time for a complete gutting of your service centre team leadership right up to and including their executive team representative.

JessicaNumber6:23 pm 31 Oct 10

At least there’s always iview!

Ours has been mucking up too. We’re northside.

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Check the antenna connections at your wall and your TV. A loose connection caused me to lose all ABC channels earlier this year. I’m still mystified as to why I didn’t lose the other channels too, but that’s what fixed my problem.

Have you tried a rescan?

First, look at your signal strength for the channels. This info might be hidden in a sub-menu somewhere.

If you see something non-zero, then double check the reception with rabbit ears if you can. This might suggest the antenna/cabling is at fault.

Non-zero? Then try a Re-scan. Perhaps your TV got confused.

You might get a more knowledgable response from dtvforum.info or whirlpool.net.au

Working fine in Dunlop. Tried re-tuning?

We’re in Woden close to Mt Taylor.

A Noisy Noise Annoys An Oyster11:54 am 31 Oct 10

Not being able to watch the socialist propaganda megaphone? A stroke of luck, eh?

ABC’s been working fine on my TV.

No problems with ABC – but Channel 9 is constantly breaking down. May have something to do with the weather this weekend though.

Rawhide Kid Part311:27 am 31 Oct 10

I’v been loosing full strength signal from SBS. All others are fine on the North side.

ABC 1,2 @ 3 working in Belco as normal.

What part of Canberra are you in? (ie. where do you get your broadcasts from?) It may help posters to help you.

We’re getting perfect signals from Mount Tuggeranong. I’ve been reprogramming our set top boxes and new TV since Friday, and we have all four ABC channels coming in crystal clear.

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