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Hi Guys, I've just re-tuned my uncle's bedroom digital TV as he had 'lost' a lot of channels, including ITV, ITV2, Ch4 & Ch5. Since retuning the TV these stations have reappeared on the channel menu but break up if you try to view them. The on-screen signal strength indicator reads 55 - 58% but all you see is an occasional still image. I'm confused that some channels that have a lower signal strength (BBC1, BBC2, BBC3 etc) can be viewed without problem. I've retuned it half a dozen times but...
What instruments do you have knocking around that you're fond of?I've had some lovely guitars, this isn't one of them. It sounds flat and thin, plays ok and looks nice enough. It's a Bunya Pine solid topped Maton from Australia. Made from sustainable...
My Dell Windows Vista desktop is developing a problem. I've a feeling it is software (ie virus) rather than hardware but I'm not even sure about that. I know these problems are always difficult to sort out without masses of detail but before I brave...
Sad news. I hope the museum at his Donington Park can continue, it really is special. Tony
Tonight a friend of mine is coming over for a listening session. He is not an audiophile but is a professional sound engineer for a very popular TV program in the U.S., so he knows his stuff. Oddly enough, he does his home listening with a Pioneer...
Wish me luck...MN
Hi I am totally new to Freesat and have the Humax HDR PVR.I have two cables from a twin LNB on my dish into the Humax.I am currently recording BBC1 but when I type in "102" for BBC2 on my remote the channel isn't viewable. ITV is OK but not C4, Five...
These are something I find about as nausea-inducing as vomit itself, but some people insist that it is me who is wrong to dislike them so.They love them, are lovers of food, and therefore project onto me their own view, and say I am wrong ...Anyone...
Richard Dane, can you recommend a method to contain an uncontrolled flamer in a way that preserves the thread, so that the thread is not removed?And as long as I'm asking, has Naim deputized Munch to monitor the forum? Does Munch serve any official...
As someone who spent twenty years working in the UK wine trade, it is with some sadness that I read of the demise of Threshers (Victoria Wine, Wine Rack, Haddows et al. - the Bottoms Up brand had already been done away with). Story here. Even though...
I started this thread to have a place for the rude, crude and inadvisable.So come up with a barbaric topic that will anger everyone, or just fling a few snide insults at the unsuspecting. Got manners? Leave them at the door.I know you have it in you :-)
Hi,I quite enjoy a vodka from time to time and my current brand is Stolichnaya (Red). I was pointed in the direction of Stolichnaya many years ago when reading a Keith Richards interview. The interviewer stated that Keith Richards' 'rider' at a gig...
Hi,Can anyone recommend a good UK company for replacement CD cases? I have bought from various sources before and they always turn out to low quality and or/flimsy. I know there are loads on ebay/amazon/google but the quantity is always an unknown ...
I was at Wembley yesterday to see the American Football match, and at the start I heard two national anthems.One was fantastic a good tune, celebrated the country, its people and freedom.The other was a miserable dirge about one person, with...
Muchachosjust realised that I could quite happily watch 2-3hours of US comic TV per soir; Scrubs; Friends, Samantha Who?, My Name Is Earl ( OK I know its stopped but what the hey ).Writing verges on the sublime; laugh-out loud funny, on plenty of...
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For those who wish to remember. I certainly had a sad moment this morning.As Pete Wylie once said, "He is a man amongst men".Feel free to post you own memories... Steeve
Hi, i have run my scottoiler dry, i have refilled the reservoir but cant get the oil flowing to the chain, any ideasDavid
My standard wired mac mouse is not reacting to the little wheel.Is it worth getting the wireless mouse to replace it? Or is there a better solution?TIA
This time I do definitely not mention the exact phenomenon since, again, I want to stick to theory. (Recent time I did not succeed in it.)In a discussion Mike-B wanted to prove he is right because he has been an engineer and university lecturer. In my...
I won a Canon EOS650 on eBay over the weekend, £7 plus P&P. It arrived today and is just great. Everything seems to be working ok, so now I can't wait to go out and use my 'full-frame' slr! I think my 70-200mm f2.8 will love it. Does anyone know of anywhere that not only does film D&P, but can also provide a CD/DVD of high resolution images at the same time? Tony PS. My poor old OM1n's shutter is poorly, and most of the lenses have gone to better homes.....
Can anybody recommend a reasonably priced GOOD sounding car stereo? Steve.
A couple of years ago, I decided to become a vegetarian. The day when I started thinking about not eating meat when it became dawn on me that: o Animals suffer from pain and fear just as much as a human being does. o Animals are capable of logical...