FSN Milwaukee Brewers sound issues

[DZB]

For the past few weeks I have been getting  stuttering sound on the HD broadcast. I have tried to contact FSN Wisconsin, keep getting voice mail and no calls back from them. I am on DTV. Anyone else having this issue? Thanks.

[Bluto]

I noticed it last night too.  It is not as pronounced as it was a few weeks back, but it is still there.  I'm also on D*

[markd]

I haven't noticed problems with TWC audio (and I watch about 80% of the games).  Last night I got my usual weird ring sound at commercial every once in a while but that's the only audio "problem" I've experienced.

[Snoogins]

Yeah, what is that "ringtone" sound on FSN-HD (TWC 531) during the commercials of the games?!?!  Anyone??

I remember back when I was a kid and cable meant all the numbers on your VHF dial had channels on them - that same sound used to be on ESPN and HBO's promo material all the time.  I was shocked when I heard it on FSN HD during the breaks this year - major flashback...

[LoadStar]

Yeah, what is that "ringtone" sound on FSN-HD (TWC 531) during the commercials of the games?!?!  Anyone??

I remember back when I was a kid and cable meant all the numbers on your VHF dial had channels on them - that same sound used to be on ESPN and HBO's promo material all the time.  I was shocked when I heard it on FSN HD during the breaks this year - major flashback...

You mean the touch tone like sound during a break? From Wikipedia:

As a method of in-band signalling, DTMF tones were also used by cable television broadcasters to indicate the start and stop times of local commercial insertion points during station breaks for the benefit of cable companies. Until better, out-of-band signaling equipment was developed in the 1990s, fast, unacknowledged, and loud DTMF tone sequences could be heard during the commercial breaks of cable channels in the United States and elsewhere.

These DTMF sequences were sent by the originating cable network's equipment at the uplink satellite facility, and were decoded by equipment at local cable companies. A specific tone sequence indicated the exact time that the feeds should be switched to and away from the master control feed, to locally-broadcasted commercials.

An example of a cable company DTMF sequence code would communicate the following to the cable company's broadcast equipment:

    SWITCH TO LOCAL NOW - SWITCH TO LOCAL NOW - PREPARE TO SWITCH BACK - PREPARE TO SWITCH BACK - SWITCH BACK TO NATIONAL NOW - SWITCH BACK TO NATIONAL NOW - "IF YOU HAVEN'T SWITCHED BACK TO NATIONAL NOW, DO SO IMMEDIATELY"

DTMF signaling in the cable industry went away because it was distracting to viewers, it was susceptible to interference when DTMF tones were sounded by characters in television shows (a character dialing a Touch-Tone telephone in a television show might convince the cable company computers to switch away from a "hot feed" to dead air), and the cost of human-imperceptible signaling technologies decreased.

[hormy_83]

Huh, interesting.  I heard that last night and wondered the same thing.  Now if someone could just tell me who is that guy they always show in the stands - he sits in the first row just at the corner of the visitor's dugout.

[vegasvic]

Huh, interesting.  I heard that last night and wondered the same thing.  Now if someone could just tell me who is that guy they always show in the stands - he sits in the first row just at the corner of the visitor's dugout.

I forgot the guys name but one of the radio stations recently interviewed him.  Usually his fiance sits next to him. I happened to be sitting a couple of rows behind him last night.

[RonH]

There's another thread I started as well on this, from what I have figured out, it is a D* issue on FSNWI-HD only and no one has been able to get them to take any action on it whatsoever.  100% of people that watch the game on D* report the audio stuttering, and on games when it is really bad, the picture stutters too.

I emailed D* and they said call tech support and they can look at my settings.  Since it effects 100% of people on D* from what I can tell, that is a waste of time.

[Snoogins]

I forgot the guys name but one of the radio stations recently interviewed him.  Usually his fiance sits next to him. I happened to be sitting a couple of rows behind him last night.

First off, thanks to 'LoadStar' for the explanation of the DTMF tones.  I'm still wondering why FSN-HD uses them.  I could've sworn I didn't hear them last year, although since there were only 17 games on, I could've easily forgotten.  :rolleyes:

Anyway, I don't have any credible source for this, but I've heard him referred to as "The Doorman", because he shows the visiting team the door on their way back to the dugout.  I *think* I first heard this on a Brewer broadcast, either by Vasgersan or Sutton.  Anyway, that's always how I refer to him.  

[vegasvic]

Yup "The Doorman".  Always there.  A variety of different Brewer jerseys/caps.  He drinks a fair amount of brews during the game.

[troyriley]

A little more about the aforementioned "doorman".

http://www.620wtmj.com/shows/johnjagler/18889954.html

[hormy_83]

A little more about the aforementioned "doorman".

http://www.620wtmj.com/shows/johnjagler/18889954.html

Nice find - thanks!