TheChief wrote:
Why when I do an Autotune on my freeview TV does it scatter the
regular channels across the range?

Because you're picking up more than one transmitter. Auto-tune is very
undiscriminating. Better to do a manual tune on just the channels you
need. Look at the digitaluk website to determine what these are for you.

Tim

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Why when I do an Autotune on my freeview TV does it scatter the
regular channels across the range?

In other words, it puts BBC1 one channel 1, then BBC2 on channel
2. But then ITV ends up on channel 829!

I'm only using this cos the dish can't handle heavy rain.

Phil
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Tim+ wrote:
TheChief wrote:
Why when I do an Autotune on my freeview TV does it scatter the
regular channels across the range?

Because you're picking up more than one transmitter. Auto-tune is very
undiscriminating. Better to do a manual tune on just the channels you
need. Look at the digitaluk website to determine what these are for you.

Some TVs also allow you to sort channels by region.

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On 25/08/2016 22:35, TheChief wrote:

Why when I do an Autotune on my freeview TV does it scatter the
regular channels across the range?

In other words, it puts BBC1 one channel 1, then BBC2 on channel
2. But then ITV ends up on channel 829!

What did it put in channel 3 then? STV, UTV or WTV

On most sets you can set up sorted favourites but they may or may not
persist across full retunes.

Usually this sort of thing happens when a weaker signal at a lower
frequency gets found by a freeview tuner as it scans TDTV. Unplugging
the aerial until it gets past the unwanted transmitter is a fix.

Manchester has this problem in spades since digital D-day when aerials
pointed at Winterhill have a Welsh transmitter in a sidelobe. The latter
being found first and usurping ITV and Channel4 with the Wlesh versions
most times it is retuned. I disabled retune reminders on my parents set
because it caused so much trouble. No Countdown = disaster!

I'm only using this cos the dish can't handle heavy rain.

Dish implies Freesat which is different again - a better dish or LNB
might be a better solution. You should have a very large number of
regional versions of every programme.

Older Panasonic sets will not decode ITV HD correctly any more.

Regards,
Martin Brown

Tim+ presented the following explanation :
TheChief wrote:
Why when I do an Autotune on my freeview TV does it scatter the
regular channels across the range?

Because you're picking up more than one transmitter. Auto-tune is very
undiscriminating. Better to do a manual tune on just the channels you
need. Look at the digitaluk website to determine what these are for you.

Tim

All of my TV's receive more than one transmitter, from two regions, but
all of them manage to work out which is the stronger signal and put
those in the correct numbering order. I note that some TV's offer an
option to autonumber whilst tuning, maybe that is the cause of the OP's
problem?

Well it is probably due to you getting signals from more than one
transmitter and the whole thing is totally confused.
Mind you they change the system so often its hard to keep up with what is a
fault and what is a feature!
Brian

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Why when I do an Autotune on my freeview TV does it scatter the
regular channels across the range?

In other words, it puts BBC1 one channel 1, then BBC2 on channel
2. But then ITV ends up on channel 829!

I'm only using this cos the dish can't handle heavy rain.

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Yes it sounds to me like the main fix here is to improve the freesat
installation first and this will mean less use of Freeview is needed.

On my freeview box if you unplug the aerial before you tdo a retune it spots
this and askeds if you want to do a restart from factory defaults, ie all
existing stations are removed. Then when you plug the aerial back in it
normally puts the right stuff in the right place assuming no lift conditions
on the day you do it of course.
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On 25/08/2016 22:35, TheChief wrote:

Why when I do an Autotune on my freeview TV does it scatter the
regular channels across the range?

In other words, it puts BBC1 one channel 1, then BBC2 on channel
2. But then ITV ends up on channel 829!

What did it put in channel 3 then? STV, UTV or WTV

On most sets you can set up sorted favourites but they may or may not
persist across full retunes.

Usually this sort of thing happens when a weaker signal at a lower
frequency gets found by a freeview tuner as it scans TDTV. Unplugging the
aerial until it gets past the unwanted transmitter is a fix.

Manchester has this problem in spades since digital D-day when aerials
pointed at Winterhill have a Welsh transmitter in a sidelobe. The latter
being found first and usurping ITV and Channel4 with the Wlesh versions
most times it is retuned. I disabled retune reminders on my parents set
because it caused so much trouble. No Countdown = disaster!

I'm only using this cos the dish can't handle heavy rain.

Dish implies Freesat which is different again - a better dish or LNB might
be a better solution. You should have a very large number of regional
versions of every programme.

Older Panasonic sets will not decode ITV HD correctly any more.

Regards,
Martin Brown

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Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Tim+ presented the following explanation :
TheChief wrote:
Why when I do an Autotune on my freeview TV does it scatter the
regular channels across the range?

Because you're picking up more than one transmitter. Auto-tune is very
undiscriminating. Better to do a manual tune on just the channels you
need. Look at the digitaluk website to determine what these are for you.

Tim

All of my TV's receive more than one transmitter, from two regions, but
all of them manage to work out which is the stronger signal and put
those in the correct numbering order. I note that some TV's offer an
option to autonumber whilst tuning, maybe that is the cause of the OP's
problem?

My Panny offers sorting by region. Which allows you to only have the
channels from your transmitter of choice. I use my satellite receiver on
the odd occasion I want out of region stuff.

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