ZMT-620HD and Kordia channels from Kopu in Tauranga

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929 posts

Ultimate Geek

# 121843 7-Apr-2008 16:57

A chap from freeview called me back this afternoon. They were still looking at the issue. He was going to look at this forum,for other people with issues.

greminn

172 posts

Master Geek

# 121850 7-Apr-2008 17:15

andrewcnz: A chap from freeview called me back this afternoon. They were still looking at the issue. He was going to look at this forum,for other people with issues.

Yep - Just talked to the same guy. Really good...

This is from freeview: For those who have problems with the Korida channels on Kopu, please reply to this post so we know how many people are having problems (they will be monitoring this thread). Also please reply if it IS working as expected from Kopu..

They are going to get back to andrewcnz and I with a resolution and one of us will post it here.

(Sorry andrewcnz, speaking on your behalf here?? - hope that is OK)

EDIT: Update on this, Freeview have logged a call with Kordia and they hope to have an answer tomorrow.

Simon

andrewcnz

929 posts

Ultimate Geek

# 121861 7-Apr-2008 17:32

All good Simon,be good to get that demo channel going. Passed a kordia 4wd on the way home,thought they maybe had been up at the transmitter. Still no go. Oh well...

andrewcnz

929 posts

Ultimate Geek

# 122110 8-Apr-2008 13:41

A guy from Kordia rang was home at the time went over box settings etc. see how we go... oh yes and he said that there are only one transmitter for each mux. Surly there would be a back up transmitter for each? The analouge transmitters here do(you know when they are on they as don't have nicam gear fitted to them.

greminn

172 posts

Master Geek

# 122115 8-Apr-2008 13:53

andrewcnz: A guy from Kordia rang was home at the time went over box settings etc. see how we go... oh yes and he said that there are only one transmitter for each mux. Surly there would be a back up transmitter for each? The analouge transmitters here do(you know when they are on they as don't have nicam gear fitted to them.

So did it work?

andrewcnz

929 posts

Ultimate Geek

# 122145 8-Apr-2008 16:05

No joy at all.

andrewcnz

929 posts

Ultimate Geek

# 122359 9-Apr-2008 17:09

A guy from Kordia came to the house today looked at what i was getting,then went up to the transmitter and re-set it. All is good now

greminn

172 posts

Master Geek

# 122389 9-Apr-2008 19:25

andrewcnz: A guy from Kordia came to the house today looked at what i was getting,then went up to the transmitter and re-set it. All is good now

Yep - same here. I KNEW it was something to do with the transmitter!

Was just about to get some cable guy to re cable the house!!!

:)

Simon

PS: Thanks to the freeview staff who have acually been REALLY dam good about this rather than just a telecom-type fob off.

andrewcnz

929 posts

Ultimate Geek

# 122437 9-Apr-2008 21:44

The people from Freeview were helpful got the problem sorted. Now they are looking into why no alarms went off at the transmitter site.

BarneyC

62 posts

Master Geek

# 122555 10-Apr-2008 15:37

Well thanks guys for all this info. Wish me luck as I am about to open up my media centre and wack in a new DVB-T card for playing.

I'm in Welcome Bay (at the Kopu end of the urban area with a clear line of sight) so hopefully my indoor UHF aerial will work, otherwise it'll be off to Dick Smiths for a real aerial tomorrow.

Mattnzl

242 posts

Master Geek

# 122569 10-Apr-2008 16:21

Should hopefully be fine - from my work place in Grey St I can get 77% signal strength using the pissy little 15cm high "aerial" that came with my usb dvbt tuner! It is litterally just a bit of wire sticking up with a magnetic base.
Not so lucky at home (WBay) though, but do have LOS to Te Aroha so will try that with a 43 element uhf....

BarneyC

62 posts

Master Geek

# 122645 10-Apr-2008 19:25

$59 internal UHF/VHF combo aerial from DSE and I can see the signal loud and clear from Kopu AND Te Aroha!

Still trying to get either DVBViewer or MediaPortal to spring into life (codec issue I think) as Windows MCE2005 is a non-starter for DVB-T :o(

Right back upstairs for another pop at this

Mattnzl

242 posts

Master Geek

# 122733 11-Apr-2008 06:34

Thats suprising you can get Te Aroha with an Indoor aerial - cool!

BarneyC

62 posts

Master Geek

# 122748 11-Apr-2008 08:25

We're up on a North facing hill so have a clear line of sight to both Te Aroha and Kopu from where the TV lives. After several hours of playing I was able to get full channels & listings from both however the picture was intermittant, I suspect due to a low quality signal.

Today I am going to go and get an external aerial and give that a pop over the weekend.

mentalinc

1752 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

# 122755 11-Apr-2008 08:35

BarneyC: Today I am going to go and get an external aerial and give that a pop over the weekend.

What graphics card and CPU do you have. It may be that your system can't handle it hence giving you a flashing screen type effect

CPU: Intel 3770k| RAM: F3-2400C10D-16GTX G.Skill Trident X |MB: Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H-WB | GFX: GV-N660OC-2GD gv-n660oc-2gd GeForce GTX 660 | Monitor: Qnix 27" 2560x1440

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