Dayton / Lima, OH - HDTV - Page 220

There has been talk on a couple threads that TVGOS is going away. Perhaps that is why it's no longer working on WHIO. Some stations supposedly already pulled the equipment and returned it to Rovi. http://www.avsforum.com/t/537711/sony-dhg-hdd250-500-official-thread/25320#post_22560620

Also, see here:http://www.avsforum.com/t/1099071/the-official-avs-dish-dtvpal-dvr-topic/14880#post_22569063
Edited by Paul210 - 11/8/12 at 6:31pm

Jeff,

Do you have a contact at WHIO to inquire about the TVGOS signal or lack of?

Thanks,
John

Hi John,

If you're addressing me, Sorry, no. I haven't contacted WHIO for years, as I recall back then when I did it was usually regarding "missing" HD from CBS and I called one of their main numbers and they transferred me to the MCO or engineering ...

From what I've read per the info at threads/link Paul provided as well as elsewhere, it looks pretty certian Rovi is discontinuing TVGOS via broadcasters signals throughout N America anyway, per some sort of phase out schedule which began Nov 1 and ends april 2013, and at this point, I could be wrong but I sort of doubt it will be back from WHIO ..

WKRC Cincinnati is, however, at the moment still providing their TVGOS streams ...

Thanks for the reply. I've got a Pioneer Elite TV that almost requires TVGOS to operate which in itself is ridiculous but every time TVGOS signal is down the TV randomly shuts off with 12 flashes of the Led. When it has TVGOS it will run flawlessly for years with NO issues. I'll just try to figure out a way to turn off TV Guide on the Elite.

Thanks,
John

WKEF/WRGT has finally implemented HD newscast. The last news club in Dayton to do so.

Is there something up with the 5.1 mapping on wdtn and wkef? The center channel audio is coming out surround left. It's fine on whio and the cincy equivalent of NBC and abc...

Been a problem for years, especially during college football broadcasts . I have contacted them before & they don't seem to care.

What's the deal with Dayton's WPTD-16.1 PBS affiliate's periodic (every 10 to 15 minute) momentary drop outs? They've occurred since they went digital, and I'm sure that it's them as it happens on all receivers/TVs that I've been able to try receiving their signal terrestrially OTR from a variety of antannae.

I assume you mean OTA, as OTR (On the road/mobile) certainly won't work without M/H, which they don't do currently

They went digital in late April 2003(On RF channel 58, moved to RF 16 on 5/1/09 per analog shut off), since then, I've not seen that happen.

Though your "my stuff" info indicates you are using some older receivers as well as newer ones, it seems unusual you are having the problem on all of them, particularly if the issue is happening at the exact same times on all of them ...

If the latter is the case, My best guess w/o more info would involve some sort of interference issue, possibly involving, either an impulse noise issue(Much less common a problem on UHF than VHF, but more likely on UHF in cases if the signals are weak and on low end of UHF band), or if you are in strong signal area involving an overloaded amp/front-end of receivers(due to say a amplifier used with your antenna setup/Intermodulation distortion/etc) or problem with connections to antenna/feedline/etc(could also involve the impulse/electrical noise issue) .. but If it happens at different times on the different receivers, could simply be a fairly common multipath/antenna aiming/positioning/etc. issue ...

All/any of which would be even more unusual if it happened prior to May 2009, when they were transmitting digital/HD on RF channel 58 ....

What sort of antenna are you using, and where (generally) are you located, and/or, what does www.tvfool.com predict for you for signal level from them ? That might let us narrow down the possibilities a bit ...
Edited by Nitewatchman - 4/6/13 at 7:18pm

I noticed yesterday that the channel mapping for 5.1 audio on WKEF seems to be correct! Yay, don't have to watch channel 9 out of cincy anymore.

Finally! Hopefully it's fixed for good.....

Almost made it two whole weeks! Back to the messed up mapping again.

Started of and on last night during that new show Family Tools.

Back to WCPO I go. *sigh*

And it's fixed again. lol Do we have a wkef mole reading the forums? hahah

Lets test that mole theory... It's messed up again this morning.