Annoying Sound Problem
the_constructor
channels, there is a dip in sound of about 2 seconds.
Is this a fault of the SKY+ box or is it SKY themselves introducing this
problem to stop people enjoying the programmes.
I have just purchased a Freesat+ box made by Humax and am hoping that this
problem is not on there as well.
Jim
Paul Heslop
recall having the problem with one machine then when it was replaced the
problem was resolved.
can't guarantee that :O)
Pete Zahut
Never had that problem but on Bravo and Alibi we get a momentary loss of
sound, probably a second or less.
SS
"Pete Zahut" <no...@valid.com> wrote in message
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clips on my PC after around 2 seconds it pauses momentarily and then
restarts, then continues as normal.
We are using virgin cable but I have just thought it to be my PC.
ARWadsworth
I have noticed that. It only started in the last month or so ISTR.
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Adam
Andy Burns
> I have noticed when I watch BBC news video
> clips on my PC after around 2 seconds it pauses momentarily and then
> restarts, then continues as normal.
It has started doing that to me recently (Flash 10.1, FF3.6.13 on Linux,
ADSL connection ~2.6Mbps) doesn't happen on YouTube, just BBC.
Matty F
<the_construc...@freeukisp.co.uk> wrote:
> Ever since I have had SKY+ I have noticed that whilst watching certain
> channels, there is a dip in sound of about 2 seconds.
I discovered that my wireless broadband modem was interfering with
half a dozen Sky channels. I fixed it by moving the modem to the other
side of the room.
If you have broadband try turning it off and seeing if the problem
still occurs.
dennis@home
"Matty F" <matty...@yahoo.co.nz> wrote in message
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> I discovered that my wireless broadband modem was interfering with
> half a dozen Sky channels. I fixed it by moving the modem to the other
> side of the room.
> If you have broadband try turning it off and seeing if the problem
> still occurs.
>
I doubt if its the same SKY as its a satellite TV service which probably
doesn't reach NZ.
Adrian C
>
> I've noticed on Ch5 the sound drops for about half a second when the
> "What,s on next" DOG appears and again, several seconds later, when the
> DOG is removed again.
Either the gunshots and swearing involved in removing DOGs is seen as
possibly upsetting to viewers ... or the caption equipment is switching
in a microphone talkover circuit and no one is present in the sound booth.
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Adrian C
Brian Gaff
on? sometimes I gather if its left on, noise on the channel can duck the
sound as is the case with AD.
Brian
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Terry Casey
If you amend Matty's post to read "half a dozen satellite channels" you'll see that there
is no difference!
I'm sure I've seen it reported elsewhere that wi-fi can interfere with some transport
streams if sited close enough for ingress into the TV system to occur.
It doesn't matter whereabouts in the world you are or whose programmes are carried on the
satellite.
"Other satellite broadcasters are available"
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Terry
Dave Plowman (News)
MC <a...@any.any> wrote:
> the_constructor wrote:
> I've noticed on Ch5 the sound drops for about half a second when the
> "What,s on next" DOG appears and again, several seconds later, when the
> DOG is removed again.
I've noticed something like this at the start of the ad break on 5USA. But
not always.
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To e-mail, change noise into sound.
Peter Scott
I get a similar problem on freesat. My UPS has been noting some brief
drops in voltage during the cold weather and wind. I wonder if the
voltage drops are causing the boxes to lose signal briefly. I don't
think its rain fade. There doesn't appear to be any correlation betwenn
cloud cover and the dropping.
Peter Scott
Mr Pounder
"Brian Gaff" <Bri...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Do you have the narration channel sometimes used as audio description
> turned on? sometimes I gather if its left on, noise on the channel can
> duck the sound as is the case with AD.
>
> Brian
>
> --
> Brian Gaff - bri...@blueyonder.co.uk
> Note:- In order to reduce spam, any email without 'Brian Gaff'
> in the display name may be lost.
> Blind user, so no pictures please!
Are you the Brian Gaff that used to post in the Virgin Media support groups?
Mr Pounder
Matty F
wrote:
> "Matty F" <mattyf9...@yahoo.co.nz> wrote in message
I believe that there is a digital satellite television system called
Sky in the UK and Europe, as well as NZ. The transmission principle is
the same. Interference on some but not all channels is quite likely to
be caused by wi-fi.
My way of solving problems quickly is to try the easy solutions first,
e.g. switching off the wi-fi.
the_constructor
"Peter Scott" <pe...@peter-scott.org.uk> wrote in message
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Following on from my original post. On Christmas Day I was talking to my
daughters partner, they live in Cumbria and I live in County Durham, who
confirmed that he suffers exactly the same problems as I do. Hearing this, I
contacted a few more people to wish them compliments of the season and asked
them about their SKY boxes as well and surprise surprise, they also
confirmed the same problem.
I have done some recording on the new Freesat Humax box and there was
absolutely no trouble whatsoever. Piocture and sound as clear as anything.
My router, is on the other side of the house upstairs so no problems with
that causing the bother and it is also on a separate ring main.
Have phoned SKY and cancelled my subscription so Mr Murdoch will bnot be
getting anymore of my monies.
Jim
R. Mark Clayton
"the_constructor" <the_con...@freeukisp.co.uk> wrote in message
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If you are using the digital sound this may occur when the sound system
switches, for example from Dobly Digital to 48k PCM, your AV amp (or even
the TV) may suppress output for a second or two while it adjusts to the new
stream.
This is most likely to occur on program changes or at the start / end /
between adverts. It may happen between items in live programs - e.g. the
news.
Adrian
>
> Following on from my original post. On Christmas Day I was talking to my
> daughters partner, they live in Cumbria and I live in County Durham, who
> confirmed that he suffers exactly the same problems as I do. Hearing this, I
> contacted a few more people to wish them compliments of the season and asked
> them about their SKY boxes as well and surprise surprise, they also
> confirmed the same problem.
> I have done some recording on the new Freesat Humax box and there was
> absolutely no trouble whatsoever. Piocture and sound as clear as anything.
> My router, is on the other side of the house upstairs so no problems with
> that causing the bother and it is also on a separate ring main.
> Have phoned SKY and cancelled my subscription so Mr Murdoch will bnot be
> getting anymore of my monies.
> Jim
>
>
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Adrian
mike
I had sky here in the UK and wifi for five+ yrs with no problems. The
sky box and router where approx 10ft away from each other with a brick
wall between though laptop and mobiles registered a strong signal in the
room where the sky was installed.
Mike
the_constructor
"Walt Davidson" <g3...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:59:29 +0000, Adrian <an...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>
>>> Have phoned SKY and cancelled my subscription so Mr Murdoch will not be
>>> getting anymore of my monies.
>
> your cancellation? I believe they require 30 days' notice (paid for)
> of cancellation!
>
> --
> Walt Davidson
Oh yes Walt, too true I did. I finished up telling the lad to stop giving me
the third degree, shut his mouth, open his ears and listen...... I JUST WANT
TO CANCEL MY SUBSCRIPTION....
He gave me all the bumf that he was only asking and not pressuring me in any
way, funny, I thought he was trying to bully me into putting the sky in
another room..... I just told him that I had SKY Freesat in every room bar
the lounge, which I have, that shut him up.
I know the poor sod is only trying to do his job as per SKY protocol.
Jim G1SSO
mike
> On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 19:51:13 -0000, "the_constructor"
> <the_con...@freeukisp.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>> Did you have a protracted argument with them before they would accept
>>> your cancellation? I believe they require 30 days' notice (paid for)
>>> of cancellation!
>>
>> the third degree, shut his mouth, open his ears and listen...... I JUST WANT
>> TO CANCEL MY SUBSCRIPTION....
>> He gave me all the bumf that he was only asking and not pressuring me in any
>> way, funny, I thought he was trying to bully me into putting the sky in
>> another room..... I just told him that I had SKY Freesat in every room bar
>> the lounge, which I have, that shut him up.
>> I know the poor sod is only trying to do his job as per SKY protocol.
>> Jim G1SSO
>
> before, in 1999, and even then they gave me the third degree! I told
> them I was going to university for three years and would not have a
> television set. They had no answer to that!
>
> Now I am seriously considering cancelling again. At the moment I have
> the full programme package (including HD but not 3D), and they have
> very recently increased the monthly subscription to about �64 which is
> more than I am content to pay. Freesat would suit me fine ... except
> that I would be rather sorry to lose the 40 or so subscription HD
> channels.
>
> Walt (G3NYY)
>
I've left sky twice and I just told them I've just had an alternative
installed and they are too late to make offers.
With mobile companies I tell them I've just got one from work and they
are fine with me using it for personal calls. They offer me PAYG cards
and on two occasions FREE line rental with plenty of mins and texts,
which I've taken advantage of.
You just have to be very firm bordering on rude to leave a utility
company these days.
Mike
Skipweasel
mikelovescham...@googlemail.com says...
> You just have to be very firm bordering on rude to leave a utility
> company these days.
Or even to avoid getting joined up. I'm fairly sure Scottish Power tried
to slam me the other day. I rang them and told 'em that under no
circumstances were they to try to slam me. The woman on the doorstep had
been rude and very devious.
--
Skipweasel - never knowingly understood.
mike
Unless you have your own power supply etc it's difficult not to.
Mike
Terry Casey
mikelovescham...@googlemail.com says...
>
>
> I had sky here in the UK and wifi for five+ yrs with no problems. The
> sky box and router where approx 10ft away from each other with a brick
> wall between though laptop and mobiles registered a strong signal in the
> room where the sky was installed.
>
Signal level halves every time you double the distance so, taking your 10ft example, the
Sky box would see double the power if the separation was 5' and four times the power at
2' 6".
Put them next to each other - say 1' 3" apart, and the power level will increase
eightfold. In metric terms this would be 3m, 1.5m, 750cm & 375cm.
This is in free air - the brick wall, of course, will add additional attenuation!
It is interesting when the above is applied to mobile phones, where an additional factor
comes into play.
Because the base station has to handle many incoming transmissions at once, it likes to
have them all arriving at the same level, so there is an ongoing dialogue between base
and mobile which adjusts the mobile's transmit power appropriately.
Think about this the next time some parent starts crowing about their success in
preventing the big, bad mobile operator from putting up a mast near little Billy's
school, then happily send little Billy off to school with a microwave transmitter
(mobile) which now needs to transmit at a much higher power a mere 2cm from little
Billy's brain!
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Terry
Another John
Skipweasel <no...@127.1.1.1> wrote:
> > You just have to be very firm bordering on rude to leave a utility
> > company these days.
>
> Or even to avoid getting joined up. I'm fairly sure Scottish Power tried
> to slam me the other day. ....
<aside:> What does "slam" mean Skipweasel? I can guess, but it's not a
term I've ever heard, and I like precision in language.
J.
Another John
> term I've ever heard, and I like precision in language.
(sorry: that might come across as rude ... I meant that I like to be
precise when I use language, and therefore like to know proper meanings,
and origins.)
J.
Terry Casey
says...
>
> In metric terms this would be 3m, 1.5m, 750cm & 375cm.
>
Whoops!
In metric terms this would be 3m, 1.5m, 750mm & 375mm.
or ...
In metric terms this would be 3m, 1.5m, 75cm & 37.5cm.
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Terry
Skipweasel
nl.ipv4.ptr.145.109.196.x.invalid>, lal...@hotmail.com says...
> > Or even to avoid getting joined up. I'm fairly sure Scottish Power tried
> > to slam me the other day. ....
>
> <aside:> What does "slam" mean Skipweasel? I can guess, but it's not a
> term I've ever heard, and I like precision in language.
Oh, sorry. Slamming is when the door-to-door sales rep transfers you to
their firm whether you wanted to or not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_slamming
That's specifically telephones, but it can happen with other services as
well.
J G Miller
> then happily send little Billy off to school with a microwave transmitter
> (mobile) which now needs to transmit at a much higher power a mere 2cm
> from little Billy's brain!
Should Billy be chipped as well?
<http://women.timesonline.co.UK/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article1788169.ece>
If you do it for you pets, why not the children as well?
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-- Sergeant Joe Friday
Bod
> On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 19:51:13 -0000, "the_constructor"
> <the_con...@freeukisp.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>> your cancellation? I believe they require 30 days' notice (paid for)
>>> of cancellation!
>>
>> the third degree, shut his mouth, open his ears and listen...... I JUST WANT
>> TO CANCEL MY SUBSCRIPTION....
>> He gave me all the bumf that he was only asking and not pressuring me in any
>> way, funny, I thought he was trying to bully me into putting the sky in
>> another room..... I just told him that I had SKY Freesat in every room bar
>> the lounge, which I have, that shut him up.
>> I know the poor sod is only trying to do his job as per SKY protocol.
>> Jim G1SSO
>
> before, in 1999, and even then they gave me the third degree! I told
> them I was going to university for three years and would not have a
> television set. They had no answer to that!
>
> Now I am seriously considering cancelling again. At the moment I have
> the full programme package (including HD but not 3D), and they have
> very recently increased the monthly subscription to about £64 which is
> more than I am content to pay. Freesat would suit me fine ... except
> that I would be rather sorry to lose the 40 or so subscription HD
> channels.
>
> Walt (G3NYY)
>
>
For what it's worth, I have freeview and Freesat HD, the quality of SD
broadcasts off of the satellite is almost as good as HD quality.
The picture is that much sharper and clearer/better colours etc.
--
Bod
mike
> In article<if7va0$l80$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> mikelovescham...@googlemail.com says...
>>
>>
>> I had sky here in the UK and wifi for five+ yrs with no problems. The
>> sky box and router where approx 10ft away from each other with a brick
>> wall between though laptop and mobiles registered a strong signal in the
>> room where the sky was installed.
>>
>
> Signal level halves every time you double the distance so, taking your 10ft example, the
> Sky box would see double the power if the separation was 5' and four times the power at
> 2' 6".
>
> Put them next to each other - say 1' 3" apart, and the power level will increase
>
> This is in free air - the brick wall, of course, will add additional attenuation!
>
> It is interesting when the above is applied to mobile phones, where an additional factor
> comes into play.
>
> Because the base station has to handle many incoming transmissions at once, it likes to
> have them all arriving at the same level, so there is an ongoing dialogue between base
> and mobile which adjusts the mobile's transmit power appropriately.
>
> Think about this the next time some parent starts crowing about their success in
> preventing the big, bad mobile operator from putting up a mast near little Billy's
> school, then happily send little Billy off to school with a microwave transmitter
> (mobile) which now needs to transmit at a much higher power a mere 2cm from little
> Billy's brain!
>
My virginmedia V+ box is 50cm from my Netgear routerwhich is 10 cm away
from my TV with no effect either.
Who is billy?
Mike
J G Miller
> For what it's worth, I have freeview and Freesat HD, the quality of SD
> broadcasts off of the satellite is almost as good as HD quality. The
> picture is that much sharper and clearer/better colours etc.
I thought that quite a number of the ITV-1 regions on satellite were
broadcast with a far below SD needed bit rate resulting in a picture
far worse than that available on Multiplex 2 / PSB-2 ?
Brian Gregory [UK]
news:MPG.2782825b3...@news.eternal-september.org...
> In article <if7va0$l80$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> mikelovescham...@googlemail.com says...
>>
>>
>> I had sky here in the UK and wifi for five+ yrs with no problems. The
>> sky box and router where approx 10ft away from each other with a brick
>> wall between though laptop and mobiles registered a strong signal in the
>> room where the sky was installed.
>>
>
> Signal level halves every time you double the distance so, taking your
> 10ft example, the
> Sky box would see double the power if the separation was 5' and four times
> the power at
> 2' 6".
RF normally follows the inverse square law so doubling the distance reduces
the signal level to a quarter.
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Gregory [UK]" <n...@bgdsv.co.uk> writes
my Ross SD FTA satellite receiver crash occasionally. It was only around
18" away from the computer-end external transceiver thingy, so I've
moved it a bit further away. There's also a wireless router (2.4GHz)
about 4' away from it. I'm keeping a watching brief on the situation.
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Ian
Terry Casey
mikelovescham...@googlemail.com says...
Hardly surprising as the discussion involves 2.4GHz wifi interference with satellite
reception.
Ther highest frequency on most VM networks is 750MHz [1] and the highest possible is
862MHz
[1] Ex ntl networks. Although some network build had 862MHz capacity, older 600MHz
networks were only upgraded to 750MHz.
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Terry
Mr Pounder
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Who invited you here????
Mr Pounder
>
tony sayer
>transmitter
>> > (mobile) which now needs to transmit at a much higher power a mere 2cm from
>little
>> > Billy's brain!
Except that little Billy or rather billie with be TxT'ing more often
than not...
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Tony Sayer
Terry Casey
So it will be microwaved fingers instead, then ...?
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Terry
J G Miller
> Which is most odd, given that your Sky box and your Technomate are using
> exactly the same datastreams off Astra 2 at 28.2°E (and 28.5°E for
> Eurobird 1).
But there remains the question of whether or not upscaling is involved,
and if so, if the Technomate is doing better job at upscaling than the
$ky box?
Chewbacca
> In article <khhhh61ggri6r9uvf...@4ax.com>,
> Walt Davidson wrote:
>> On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:54:06 +0000, Bod <bodr...@tiscali.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>
>>> For what it's worth, I have freeview and Freesat HD, the quality of SD
>>> broadcasts off of the satellite is almost as good as HD quality.
>>> The picture is that much sharper and clearer/better colours etc.
>
>> satellite receiver and I have noticed that the quality of SD pictures
>> received on that is often better than the SD pictures received on the
>> Sky HD+ box.
>
> Which is most odd, given that your Sky box and your Technomate are
> using exactly the same datastreams off Astra 2 at 28.2°E (and 28.5°E
> for Eurobird 1).
>
depend upon the quality of the decoder as well as the graphics engine,
this is before we start talking 'upscaling'
zedkay
> SS wrote:
>
>> I have noticed when I watch BBC news video
>> clips on my PC after around 2 seconds it pauses momentarily and then
>> restarts, then continues as normal.
>
> It has started doing that to me recently (Flash 10.1, FF3.6.13 on Linux,
> ADSL connection ~2.6Mbps) doesn't happen on YouTube, just BBC.
Perhaps they are testing their content driven Internet solutions.
"Remove the pesky 2 seconds by upgrading to our high-def content
broadband"
Wave bye-bye to net neutrality.
joeturn
<the_construc...@freeukisp.co.uk> wrote:
> Ever since I have had SKY+ I have noticed that whilst watching certain
> channels, there is a dip in sound of about 2 seconds.
>
> Is this a fault of the SKY+ box or is it SKY themselves introducing this
> problem to stop people enjoying the programmes.
>
> I have just purchased a Freesat+ box made by Humax and am hoping that this
> problem is not on there as well.
>
> Jim
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