Hi Will, have you got an aerial then, or just a dish? John.----- Original Message ----- From: "william lomas" <will.d.lomas@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 5:57 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: sending it back
i had an installer come round as my counsil wanted the dish on all flats for freeview, sky etc. receptionOn 12 Apr 2011, at 14:28, John Gallagher wrote:Hi Will wait a bit try a better erial that will be the problem. it makes a real difference if the erial is in free space. it is not as bad as that.At 08:17 12/04/2011, you wrote:half the channels have no EPG and the sound quality disgusting at least for meOn 12 Apr 2011, at 07:55, LaMcAs wrote: > William >> What isn't keeping up - the Audio description? Or the Talking > Menus/Program> Guide? >> It is widely accepted that the speech on this box isn't as good as it > could > be it is a start and for Goodman's to venture in to this can only be a > good > thing as they are one of the "low end" big players. I accept the > speech rate > isn't as fast as I would like it I can however live with it. I don't > have > Sky nor Virgin and will not pay for a TV services whilst I can get > channels> for free. >> Consider the cost of the Smart Talk with the Netgem box, well where > are> Netgem now? And not long after they went out of business they stopped > updates for the box, which didn't even read the program listing! >> I hope that better boxes will come out, with the option to be able to > record> as well, but for what it is and the price I am happy with my purchase. > > Larry & Flax GD (Guide Dog) > & Elliot RTG (Retired Guide Dog) > London, UK > > -----Original Message-----> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of> william lomas > Sent: 12 April 2011 07:41 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] sending it back >> hi the sound quality on this freeview box disgusting, RNIB should be > ashamed > of themselves as the speech can not even keep up with what is going > on, and> half the program guide has "no information available"> shoddy but then most blindness products are not up to standard really > waht> do we expect.> Whilst I am happy with the box and think it is a fantastic product in > terms > of the talking features the performance of this product is below > standard in> my view. With freesat on sky at least iw ill get a clear singnal > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
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