Category Archives: Met Opera

Italian test established on AB3 at 07:56GMT – Test down at 09:29GMT French/Spanish test established on AB3 at 09:31GMT – Test down at 10:30GMT English test established on IS10-02 at 09:32GMT – Test down at 10:32GMT German test established at 11:00GMT on … Continue reading →

ENG and GER services established and stable on IS10-02 at 15:27. FR/SP MUX established and stable on AB3 at 15:31

If you have read the Transmission Schedule (and especially for those who might not have English as a 1st language) this is just to clarify that there is definitely a 32 minute interval; it is just the content that is … Continue reading →

Services established on both 10-02 and AB3 at 09:24 GMT. All stable and synchronous. Both services down at 10:02 GMT

Services on IS10-02 and AB3 down at 21:55 – Isolated reports of audio dropout particularly effecting Topfield receivers. Not seen nor heard at UK teleport on Pro IRD. No AC3 alarms on downlink analyser.

IS10-02 & AB3 services established by 15:33. All stable.

Services down on AB3 and IS10-02 at 20:03. An entirely asyncronous transmission. Sync problems eminated from the outside broadcast in Paris and were entirely outside of our control.

Sync is still not correct coming out of Paris. The last clapper with me was audio leading pictures.  This was agreed at the UK teleport, in the US and at two downlink sites in the UK. I have been in … Continue reading →

There appears to be a few issues at the moment and some are resolved. The primary problem is with those using an Icecrypt receiver, this receiver will not lock to the signal on IS10-02 when using the published freq of … Continue reading →

Test TX begins at 16:00 GMT. 17:00 CET. Please remember that this is a DVBS 2, 8PSK transmission. You will also need to set ‘Pilot on’ particularly if you are using an Icecrypt. The helpline will be operational from 15:45 … Continue reading →