Well said

Question: "Want to ask, can (MYTV) digital TV channels be received in Singapore? That will be great if possible."
Answer: "Only in Malaysia, sir."

Even if they know, they have to pretend don't know.

Another example is, FM radio, JB area can receive Singapore FM stations without issues. But then, once you enter Singapore, you will find it difficult to receive all Malaysian FM stations.
I don't believe if you tell me "because the tower is too far away" because what I observe/notice that, when you're in Singapore CIQ (either in Woodlands or Tuas), you can still receive Malaysian radio stations.
But after customs clearance and just 1 junction away to Singapore's main highway road, the signal reception degrades almost immediately. So once you're on Singapore's highway after immigration, Malaysian radio stations will be full of static already, although barely you can still listen it but very difficult to listen clearly.

And the amount/level static noise is totally equal to Singapore islandwide. Means, the static noise you hear, is equally the same compared if you're in Woodlands (northern Singapore) or Marina Bay (southern Singapore). It's not like, you hear less static in Woodlands but more static in Marina Bay because Marina Bay is southern Singapore which is much further away from Malaysia.

I suspect Singapore installs FM radio jammers at ground level so that Singaporeans will (forced to) tune to their local stations instead of Malaysian radio stations. What I meant ground level, is because you barely can listen to Malaysian stations when you're on the road (driving, or in bus). And if you're in the road tunnel, you can hear nothing, full static on Malaysian radio stations, and you can only listen Singapore radio stations clearly. You can listen to Malaysian radio station after road tunnel ends, but still with static. However if you're at high rise buildings such as HDB, condos, you can get crystal clear reception on all Malaysian radio stations (except for some stations due to the location/power of the transmitter in JB, so far I only aware of is One FM).

So for that, Malaysia cannot interfere lah, because it is outside Malaysia's land.

Hmm? Tell me more.
Which Malaysian radio station you try to receive in Singapore? And if you remember, could share us which highway or towards what place you're driving in Singapore that you can still listen to Malaysian radio stations without static, at all?

As for Malaysian digital TV channels, what antenna type your relative use in his or her HDB hse? And, around what floor? Antenna got face window? And what's the signal reading?

Its quite obvious that this person deliberately ask MYTV that question, don't you think? Just want to see what would the official MYTV reply on that question.

It seems that it can be received clearly islandwide
Besides Hot FM and Era FM, did you try tuning to other Malaysian radio stations?

Btw like I said earlier, you won't be able to receive any Malaysian radio channels if you enter any Singapore tunnels, and that includes MCE as well.

And, thanks for sharing the info. Really appreciate it.

What is that "scv catv lines"?

You mean Malaysia digital TV's UHF or analogue TV signal?

Thanks for highlighting this as well.

Some wireless microphones does operate at that frequencies, so it is better if you re-tune to other frequencies to prevent interference.

Just a little trivia.
Many months back, MYTV Broadcasting did transmits its digital TV channels within LTE 700MHz range (703-803MHz) but it is only some transmitters in some states, such as 714MHz, 722MHz and 738MHz.
I'm not sure why, maybe they just want to testing transmit digital TV service using LTE 700MHz frequencies? Since LTE 700MHz not yet deploy by any telcos, so it shouldn't be a problem. But still, it was a test transmission, so it's temporary and eventually now as far as I know, MYTV don't transmit their digital TV channels on 703-803MHz frequency anymore.

That frequency range will be used for mobile broadband like 4G LTE only.

What you meant by "qualities of these?" Can elaborate further?

Thanks for sharing. But what do you mean local FM? How it works? They use it to repeat FM radio signals? What for?

Btw, I tried receiving digital TV channels in my relative hse staying in a high-rise condo (not HDB) around Bishan, Singapore. Can get both Singapore and Malaysia channels.
For those who don't know, Bishan is around the centre of Singapore.

Oh wow... I do aware that Singapore HDB have bomb shelter, and I never thought that they repeat FM signals to bomb shelters too... Damnn.....

Plot twist: Why watch analogue TV when you can watch digital TV?

Where is your area? Analogue or digital? What are the channels can be received?

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Btw.
Last time I went Singapore, the reception for all Malaysian radio stations reception is bad at ground/road level; when driving around the roads in Singapore. But I wanna know, how's the reception now? lpsoldier007 mentioned that all Malaysian radio can be received clearly now.
87.8 MHz Sinar FM
90.1 MHz Hot FM
92.8 MHz Zayan
94.6 MHz Lite FM
95.4 MHz My FM
97.6 MHz Hitz.fm
98.4 MHz Melody FM (Local relay for Johor Bahru city)
99.1 MHz Mix FM
99.9 MHz 988
101.1 MHz Minnal FM
101.4 MHz Suria FM
101.9 MHz Johor FM
102.5 MHz Fly FM
102.9 MHz Traxx FM
103.3 MHz Melody FM (Local relay for Johor Bahru city) Most likely no reception in Singapore at all.
103.7 MHz THR Gegar FM
104.1 MHz Best FM (Regional radio station from Johor)
104.5 MHz Era FM
105.3 MHz One FM (Relay in JB) Most likely no reception in Singapore at all.
105.7 MHz Nasional FM
106.2 MHz IKIM.fm
107.5 MHz Bernama Radio

These Malaysian FM radio frequencies are for Johor Bahru/Singapore.
I was wondering which Malaysian FM radios stations can be received clearly in ground/road level inside Singapore, is it ALL or just some of them?
Sorry if I "briefly" go off-topic for a while, cuz I couldn't find any forum topics that discuss about this. I was hoping for someone who knows about this well, to share this information.

This post has been edited by joshhd: Nov 20 2017, 02:08 AM

Huh? What protect Power 987 (Singapore FM station)? Melody FM is on 98.4MHz but Power 987 is on 98.7MHz, what does it gonna do with that? Based on the frequency, I don't see any interference here.


102.5MHz is Fly FM, while Best FM is on 104.1MHz, isn't?
Are you saying that Bukit Tinggi transmit Best FM on 102.5MHz, hence causing interference on Fly FM for JB frequency, which is also 102.5MHz? Can't they re-align their transmitting antenna or reduce antenna transmitting power for 102.5MHz at Bukit Tinggi?

But regardless, are you able to confirm that is it ALL Malaysian FM radio stations can be received clearly inside Singapore ground level? If not, then why do you think is the reason?

TV3's Dolby surround sound is not legit surround sound also. They simply duplicate the left/right audio channels to surround left/right channels. In simple words, all speakers has the same sound, like duplicating audio channels.

Dolby Digital Plus indeed save bandwidth as good quality surround sound can be delivered at lower bitrates such as 192kbps.
But it may cause incompatibility issues to some digital TV boxes (those other than MYTV ones) or some IDTV with built-in DVB-T2 tuners to have no sound at all, and even not able to output as normal Dolby Digital bitstream via Digital Optical/Coaxial output, causing legacy AV system to have no sound at all. In this case, no choice but to switch back to Stereo HE-AAC v2 audio track.

Just wondering, why is it not possible to relay the signal using the same frequency? E.g. Gunung Pulai and JB city (lower power) use the same 98.4MHz, instead of relay in different frequency in JB city?

I mean like, for example digital TV reception in Klang Valley area, Gunung Ulu Kali, Bukit Sungai Besi and KL tower currently transmits the same 666MHz. All 3 mux are same frequencies...
Why can't FM radio repeat the same frequency? Is it going to do with analogue and digital signal type?

The surround sound is just an enhancement for viewer's experience.
But it is pointless if broadcasters don't properly set the technical settings, or the content is not 5.1 surround.

But then, not every Malaysian homes have home theatre systems also... So having that 5.1 won't really benefit everyone.
It's just to show how digital TV technology are capable of.

Oh, Mediacorp did offer DD+ audio previously? Any idea why they change to HE-AAC audio for its 5.1 audio, and why is it going to do with the modulation mode to 16QAM? Lesser QAM, lesser bandwidth?

And I found out that Mediacorp uses HE-AAC 64kbps Stereo, but Malaysia's one is HE-AAC v2 32kbps Stereo.

MP2 is commonly used in broadcasts because of its royalty-free, and provide good-enough audio quality, but still not as good as MP3.

The Metropolis tower can just lower their transmitting power, isn't? To make sure it's not too strong to interfere 987FM?

No. It is sold separately.

This post has been edited by joshhd: Nov 23 2017, 10:18 AM

Don't need to hope much on Malaysian FTA TV channels...
Just give up only.

At the end of the day, you want good content? You pay for it (Astro).
Welcome to Malaysia, where money comes first.

RTM is by government la, not private...
They need not to afraid of "didn't have enough funds" problem. They just limit their spendings budget.

I believe you guys know that recently Media Prima has been cutting down budget, a lot.
So both RTM and Media Prima content are getting to stage of being a flop now, except with only a few handful local made content. The rest of the content, whether local or international ones, nah.
You want good content, is either you pirate it by watching online, or depend on OTT platforms like Netflix, iflix or Astro Go.

But can't really blame them also. Many Malaysians (especially non-Malays) rather watch foreign content than local content, so this also one of the reason caused them to suffer this bad.
So from what I see, they introduce CJ Wow Shop and air several hours of shopping products ads which on all Media Prima channels are just part of their plan to recoup their losses, or at least able to sustain.