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Humax FVP 4000T Mocha losing epg population

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  1. grahamlthompson

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    poisondwarf - 2 hours ago  » 

    KayCS - 7 minutes ago  » 
    Member GLT pointed this one out to me yesterday, thanks Graham.
    http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p86843?searchstr=variable
    I made a journey to my local Toolstation and bought one, not fitted yet but hope to get around to it the next few days.

    It looks like the one that you have purchased is for sky type connectors.
    I ve already ordered one from ebay for normal freeview type connections, but i do thank you for you help.

    F to Belling Lee male and female converters are available. But F type connectors are actually easier to fit properly than Belling Lee ones and don't fall out of the sockets either nor require soldering for long term reliability. Most quality ancillary kit including quality aerials, splitters amplifiers and attenuators use them these days.

    Belling Lee is a very old design (long before we used frequencies as high as UHF and above)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belling-Lee_connector

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_connector

    | Sun 16 Apr 2017 16:53:58 #11 |
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    Hi there,
    I can confirm that I fitted the attenuator just last week.
    I turned it right down so that my signal strength is now 72%, and the signal quality is still around the 99% to 100% mark. I cannot change or have any affect on that
    Unfortunately, it hasn't worked.

    I still have programme information missing across different channels.
    Currently there is no channel information available on BBC1 HD from 16.00 hours today until 19.00 hours tomorrow (Tuesday).
    The One Show tomorrow is the first one that appears, and it looks like everything moving forward from then is displayed. (for BBC1 at least).

    Any other suggestions will be appreciated.

    The box itself hasnt missed a beat (or a recording) so it isnt going back, and apart from the missing epg i am happy enough...for now!

    | Mon 1 May 2017 20:01:08 #12 |
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    Which transmitter are you on?

    | Tue 2 May 2017 8:20:03 #13 |
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    BlackGhost - 26 minutes ago  » 
    Which transmitter are you on?

    I m on winter hill...Well not exactly on it, but my aerial looks directly at winter hill.
    I am about 5 ish miles maybe as the crow flies from that transmitter.

    | Tue 2 May 2017 8:46:30 #14 |
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    Ok, different transmitter but I've had the same issue for nearly a year since owning the box and haven't found an answer. As hardly anyone else seems to have the issue I'm probably going to have to get a replacement from Humax. I have another issue that I can't remember anyone else on here having - the subtitles come on randomly fairly frequently, including when switching inputs.

    The last update has fixed a couple of other issues, but not these.

    | Tue 2 May 2017 9:02:56 #15 |
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    BlackGhost - 26 minutes ago  » 
    Ok, different transmitter but I've had the same issue for nearly a year since owning the box and haven't found an answer. As hardly anyone else seems to have the issue I'm probably going to have to get a replacement from Humax. I have another issue that I can't remember anyone else on here having - the subtitles come on randomly fairly frequently, including when switching inputs.
    The last update has fixed a couple of other issues, but not these.

    I've not seen the subtitle issue at all...At least not yet!

    | Tue 2 May 2017 9:30:36 #16 |
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    I'm having the same problem. No EPG info on BBC1, 2 and 4 at the moment although it is available on the HD BBC channels and was available a couple of hours ago. I'm on the vertically polarized Rowridge transmitter.

    | Thu 4 May 2017 18:28:36 #17 |
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    g4rth - 18 minutes ago  » 
    I'm having the same problem. No EPG info on BBC1, 2 and 4 at the moment although it is available on the HD BBC channels and was available a couple of hours ago. I'm on the vertically polarized Rowridge transmitter.

    As I mentioned I look at Winter Hill.
    I have no idea if it is vertically polarised or not.
    Best part is....I have no idea what vertical polarisation is lol

    | Thu 4 May 2017 18:48:58 #18 |
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    poisondwarf - 2 hours ago  » 
    I have no idea if it is vertically polarised or not.
    Best part is....I have no idea what vertical polarisation is

    If you look at the aerial are the elements in a vertical plane or a horizontal plane.

    | Thu 4 May 2017 21:36:38 #19 |
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    poisondwarf - 2 hours ago  » 

    g4rth - 18 minutes ago  » 
    I'm having the same problem. No EPG info on BBC1, 2 and 4 at the moment although it is available on the HD BBC channels and was available a couple of hours ago. I'm on the vertically polarized Rowridge transmitter.

    As I mentioned I look at Winter Hill.
    I have no idea if it is vertically polarised or not.
    Best part is....I have no idea what vertical polarisation is lol

    It won't actually matter to you. As far as I know Rowridge is the only "main" transmission mast that has both horizontal and vertically polarized transmitters. Main transmitters are usually horizontally polarized and relays are usually vertically polarized. I just mentioned the polarization to differentiate which transmitter I was talking about. Interestingly my guide is now complete.

    | Thu 4 May 2017 21:44:46 #20 |

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