Freeview Test Card no longer working in Oxford? - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

DIN Plug Pete · 15th Mar 2020, 12:33 pm

Hi,

I seem to be unable to get the Freeview test card to work any more, as described in the Sticky Thread above.

https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...ad.php?t=46805

Has this service now been discontinued?
Attached is a screenshot of the page that I now get.
I'm using the service from Beckley, Oxford.
Thanks.

Peter.

Nuvistor · 15th Mar 2020, 12:46 pm

I get the same as you, TX Winter Hill.

DIN Plug Pete · 15th Mar 2020, 12:59 pm

Frank,

Unless there is a way to find it in the menu, I think this service has been stopped?

Peter.

Nuvistor · 15th Mar 2020, 1:02 pm

Is it possible that the changes and possible closing of the Red button that this is part of the fall out from that decision?

raditechman · 15th Mar 2020, 2:51 pm

Are you using an HD capable Freeview tuner. Maybe it is only available on them now.
John

Station X · 15th Mar 2020, 2:57 pm

From Digital Spy:-

Quote:

In answer to your question as at 28 Nov 2019, afternoon, you can get a test card as follows: tune to Freeview ch. 250, press Yellow within 30 seconds of seeing a screen with some white text on, , tune down a channel, tune back up to ch. 250, wait for a screen of regional text to appear, then press green. Test Card W appears and fills your screen. It is a slightly compressed image I've been told. The above process only works on a Freeview receiver capable of receiving Freeview HD, so post-2007/8, I believe

I haven't tried it though.

Nuvistor · 15th Mar 2020, 3:07 pm

Both my TV’s don’t have a HD tuner, so that’s the answer but it did work at one time, well after the date 2007/8, in fact one of the TV’s was bought 2010.

It’s not a problem for myself, I have checked it in the past but not recently until today, I can manage without it.

Station X · 15th Mar 2020, 3:21 pm

Just tried it on an HD STB and an HD TV. It doesn't work.

15th Mar 2020, 12:33 pm	#1
DIN Plug Pete Tetrode Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK. Posts: 66	Freeview Test Card no longer working in Oxford? Hi, I seem to be unable to get the Freeview test card to work any more, as described in the Sticky Thread above. https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...ad.php?t=46805 Has this service now been discontinued? Attached is a screenshot of the page that I now get. I'm using the service from Beckley, Oxford. Thanks. Peter. Attached Thumbnails

15th Mar 2020, 12:46 pm	#2
Nuvistor Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Wigan, Greater Manchester, UK. Posts: 9,433	Re: Freeview Test Card no longer working in Oxford? I get the same as you, TX Winter Hill. __________________ Frank

15th Mar 2020, 12:59 pm	#3
DIN Plug Pete Tetrode Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK. Posts: 66	Re: Freeview Test Card no longer working in Oxford? Frank, Unless there is a way to find it in the menu, I think this service has been stopped? Peter.

15th Mar 2020, 1:02 pm	#4
Nuvistor Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Wigan, Greater Manchester, UK. Posts: 9,433	Re: Freeview Test Card no longer working in Oxford? Is it possible that the changes and possible closing of the Red button that this is part of the fall out from that decision? __________________ Frank

15th Mar 2020, 2:51 pm	#5
raditechman Heptode Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: West London, UK. Posts: 867	Re: Freeview Test Card no longer working in Oxford? Are you using an HD capable Freeview tuner. Maybe it is only available on them now. John

15th Mar 2020, 3:07 pm	#7
Nuvistor Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Wigan, Greater Manchester, UK. Posts: 9,433	Re: Freeview Test Card no longer working in Oxford? Both my TV’s don’t have a HD tuner, so that’s the answer but it did work at one time, well after the date 2007/8, in fact one of the TV’s was bought 2010. It’s not a problem for myself, I have checked it in the past but not recently until today, I can manage without it. __________________ Frank

15th Mar 2020, 3:21 pm	#8
Station X Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4, UK. Posts: 21,289	Re: Freeview Test Card no longer working in Oxford? Just tried it on an HD STB and an HD TV. It doesn't work. __________________ Graham. Forum Moderator Reach for your meter before you reach for your soldering iron.