Missing Channels ABC and ABC 2

jonboy_007 · **19th August 2008, 12:04 PM**

Hi all.

I'm new to media centre but my media centre with FreeEPG stream installed will not pick up ABC and ABC 2 when i do a scan with DTV. The software that comes with the TV tuner (pinnical PCTV 310e) will pick up the channels so its not an antenna problem. Can anyone help

Thanks in advance.

aanda6 · **19th August 2008, 12:06 PM**

Media centre can be fussy when it comes to reception. How many times have you tried to re-scan for channels? Sometimes you may have to scan 3-4 times to pickup all channels.

jonboy_007 · **19th August 2008, 12:27 PM**

yeah i have done about 4 or 5 scans now, I was wondering if it had anything to do with the EPG?

aanda6 · **19th August 2008, 12:57 PM**

No, you do not require EPG to have tv channels. Check your signal and make sure you have enough, but not too much.

jonboy_007 · **19th August 2008, 01:26 PM**

How do i check that the signal strength? I have been looking around for a TV Antenna Signal Strength tab before i posted this topic but i cant seem to find it.

CraigMBecket · **22nd August 2008, 09:20 PM**

jonboy_007

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How do i check that the signal strength?

Try ScanchannelBDA, I think a link is still in the downloads but if not try searching the net. A word of warning though, there are various versions of it out there and they don't work with all tuners. If it woeks with yours then every time it finds a Tv channel it will report amongs other things the signal strength and signal quality. The latter is most important and the higher the better, 100% is best. Signal strength is another matter as both too high and too low a strength are both bad. If the strength is high you can get inexpensive attenuators from jaycar.

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software that comes with the TV tuner (pinnical PCTV 310e) will pick up the channels so its not an antenna problem

The fact that the propriety program works without a problem does not mesn your antenna is good enough for MCE. MCE is very finicky and errors that propriety programs may ignore or be able to overcome may cause problems with MCE. A lot of us have had to replace antenna and cabling to achieve acceptable reception, even though the original system was fine for TVs, STB's propriety TV programs etc, etc. In replacing the antenna it is generally best to go for one specifically made for digital reception. It is also best to use quad shield cable (as used for satellite reception) and F type connectors.

Best of luck in sorting out your system.

Craig.