Mendip DSO: One Week In

The Mendip DSO-1 took place on Wednesday 24 March. Reports from various areas indicate the expected problems of the rescanning process placing stations from other transmitters in the tuner instead of those required. In Wales, some people are receiving Mendip more powerfully than Wenvoe. In Yeovil some people are receiving from Mendip, Stockland Hill and Rowridge. Some people have been completely unable to receive the new BBC-A Mux from Mendip owing to their Boxes/TVs being non-compliant to the new format. Here is a list of model numbers of known equipment which will cease to work after the DSO:

OnDigital boxes:

Nokia 9850T (early versions)
Philips DTX 6370
Philips DTX 6371
Philips DTX 6372
Pioneer DBR-T200GB some DBR-T210GBS
Pace DTR-730 (early). later versions & 735 perhaps OK
all DT730 and DT735
Sony VTX-D500
Toshiba DTB2000

Freeview boxes:
Pace DTVA-T
Pace DT210F


IDTVs:
Panasonic TX-28DT2
Panasonic TX-32DT2
Panasonic TX-28DT30
Panasonic TX-32DT30
Panasonic TX-36DT30
Panasonic TX-36DT35
Grundig MW70-500
Grundig MW82-500
Grundig MW70-502
Grundig MW82-502
Grundig MW70-505
Grundig MW82-505
Grundig MW70-600
Grundig MW82-600
Grundig MW70-605
Grundig MW82-605
Philips 28DW6734
Philips 32DW6834
Philips 32DW9625
Philips 28DW6557
Philips 32SW6557
Sony 28DS60
Sony 32DS60
Sony 28DS65
Sony 32DS65
Sony 28DX20
Sony 32DX20
Sony 28DX30
Sony 32DX30
Sony 28DS20
Sony 32DS20
Toshiba 28WT98B
Toshiba 32WT98B
Toshiba 28ZT29B
Toshiba 32ZT29B
Toshiba 36ZT29B
Toshiba 42WT29B
Toshiba 50WT29B
Toshiba 57WT29B

If you currently cannot receive the new BBC-A Mux with all the BBC stations, check your equipment's Model Number against the above list.

Locally I've heard of only one problem so far. A U3A Member in Corfe Mullen has worse reception of BBC stations than before the DSO-1. Have any others experienced problems?