Background channel scan

[pb_cymru]

Is there a way to turn off the background channel scan which occurs every 3 days or so? I have an issue here in the UK where I am between 2 transmitters (1 in Wales and 1 in England) so if the background channel scan occurs during high pressure I lose my regional variations for BBC channels (BBC 1 Wales, BBC 2 Wales) and replaces them with the English versions. My wife is less than impressed with this!

[gtb]

Is there a way to turn off the background channel scan which occurs every 3 days or so? I have an issue here in the UK where I am between 2 transmitters (1 in Wales and 1 in England) so if the background channel scan occurs during high pressure I lose my regional variations for BBC channels (BBC 1 Wales, BBC 2 Wales) and replaces them with the English versions. My wife is less than impressed with this!

The ability to turn off background scans has been a long wish for some. It has never happened. There has also been a wish for the ability to choose the specific transmitter for those in the US between translators (a related issue). It, also, has never happened.

Sometimes rotating the antenna can reduce the levels of the "less desirable" transmitter to the point where it is not detected, while not substantially impacting the transmitter you do wish (or an antenna with a more directional pattern).

However, another solution may be a notch filter for the frequency of the "less desirable" transmitter. Channel specific attenuators tend to be expensive, but sometimes you don't need it to be precise (just a range), and such attenuators are sometimes available under the term "tier filter" at reasonable prices.

[NedS]

Is there a way to turn off the background channel scan which occurs every 3 days or so? I have an issue here in the UK where I am between 2 transmitters (1 in Wales and 1 in England) so if the background channel scan occurs during high pressure I lose my regional variations for BBC channels (BBC 1 Wales, BBC 2 Wales) and replaces them with the English versions. My wife is less than impressed with this!

Not at the moment, but the dev team does have better regional handling (and other virtual channel conflicts) on their to-do list.

[ebo]

All receivable channels should be available even if two (or more) have the same name. The physical channel numbers should also be available to the users, who could block some channels if they want to. Ideally, they should be able to rename virtual channels so that they could watch all that had the same name. Example: BBC 1 English and BBC 1 Wales.

[psykix]

Is there a way to turn off the background channel scan which occurs every 3 days or so? I have an issue here in the UK where I am between 2 transmitters (1 in Wales and 1 in England) so if the background channel scan occurs during high pressure I lose my regional variations for BBC channels (BBC 1 Wales, BBC 2 Wales) and replaces them with the English versions. My wife is less than impressed with this!

I have the same problem but in reverse - keeps replacing my English channels with the Welsh variations.

Gonna have to return the HD Homerun it seems. I had one years ago and it did the same thing then, so doubt it will get fixed.

[tempest84]

Very similar problem here. I live in Ireland, close to the border with Northern Ireland, and can pick up both Freeview and the Irish terrestrial service, Saorview. The way the HDHomeRun treats two different channels with the same channel number means I lose 20+ channels that I could otherwise receive. A solution similar to many TVs, where you select your region, and the channels of the second region are saved in the 800 channel range, would fix this problem very quickly.