500C what channels can I get in Nottingham?

[The Living Legend]

I have most channels but can't seem to get all the Sky Movies - Sky family, indie etc. Anyone know what movies you can get from VM in Nottingham?

[Chimaera]

Glad you got up and running

sometimes you dont get them all i never get sly 1 for eg.

soommetimes they appear on another automatic scan ive just installed a new image and i i run the scan every cple of days for a week just to make sure ive found everything.

assuming that dosent work then its down to signal maybe try a booster on your line

or

make sure your tv cable is the first in the line if you have a splitter before you scan

[wilf]

I have most channels but can't seem to get all the Sky Movies - Sky family, indie etc. Anyone know what movies you can get from VM in Nottingham?

you should get them all if you do a bruteforce scan for uk and not the nottingham regional one, also remove splitters on the line before hand.

[The Living Legend]

you should get them all if you do a bruteforce scan for uk and not the nottingham regional one, also remove splitters on the line before hand.

Thanks. I have manually deleted all the ~~~~ channels so my kids don't see them (apart from the quality being appauling - I mean, these people need to go back to film school).

If I do a brute force, how do I prevent picking up ~~~~ again? Is there an easier way of deleting them or locking them out for my kids (and the wife!)

[wilf]

you will pick them up if you do scan but if you want to keep them for a rainy day put them in a adult folder whilst doing bouquets then lock them or delete them again

[Chimaera]

I mean, these people need to go back to film school).

thats the point m8 they cant get into film school

[The Living Legend]

Scanning now - no removed splitters yet - will have to get into the garage for that. btw if I removed the splitters, found all the channels then reconnected the splitters, would the channels still be there?

[wilf]

yes they would, but bruteforce may just pick up what you didnt have before

[The Living Legend]

No need to get into garage! Have found all the channels after a bruteforce scan. Excellent!

[The Living Legend]

Bit off topic but what is the quality of the broadcasts like when using Dreambox? I am on a simple tv at the moment because my son (off ill) would go bananas if I tried to hook the box up the the main tv whilst he is watching his show. How does the picture quality compare to Sky Plus?

[wilf]

i only got a clone dreambox but its as good a picture as old pace sky box i have

[The Living Legend]

are you using SCART or composite?

[wilf]

scart m8 i never use composites on tv only use for games consoles if i have to

[Chimaera]

scart m8

its not a hd box at the end of the day

scart is a better connection than composite

Composite is a sub-set of SCART, using only one of the possible SCART connections (CVBS - Composite Video Blanking Sync). The signal level and impedances are identical, so Composite to Composite, Composite to SCART, and SCART to SCART (if using CVBS) are all identical.

However! - SCART also has the capability of RGB, which is the highest quality SD connection you can get, and vastly better than Composite) and much better than any broadcast or DVD SD as well.