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I use a set-top box to subscribe to Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom. Every so often the box decides it needs to update itself, and asks me to confirm. if I say yes it displays a screen showing the progress of the update. This screen shows a table with a number of columns, as follows:
Apart from "Service name" I've no idea as to what all these mean. For instance none of them seems to correspond to the channel number that I use to select a particular channel to view. Any suggestions as to what all of these mean? -- rossb ( talk) 10:43, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
In a car with a traditional manual transmission, if I am backing my car in reverse and then want to suddenly drive forwards, do I need to completely stop my car before shifting into 1st gear and driving forwards? Or can I begin to slip the clutch and give it gas even as my car is rolling backwards?
I have a 01 Honda Civic with synchronized gears. My personal intuition tells me this should be ok, except that since I'll be slipping the clutch a bit longer (compared with if I had completely stopped the car), it will wear the clutch out just a bit more? Is that correct?
I don't think reverse gears are usually synchronized on production road cars right? Does this mean that we should avoid the opposite scenario: shifting into reverse and trying to drive backwards while the car is still rolling forwards?
Thanks Acceptable ( talk) 16:06, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
I am driving a car with a traditional, synchronized manual transmission.
Suppose I am driving at, say, 40 MPH on 4th gear. Why is it hard to move the gear shifter into first gear, while still holding down the clutch pedal? I am well aware of that fact that on my car, 40 MPH is clearly out of the RPM range of first gear, so I should not try shift into and engage (by taking my foot off the clutch) first gear while travelling at 40 MPH. However, even when I keep the clutch dis-engaged (by keeping my foot firmly on the clutch and keeping it on the floor), I have to shove the shifter really hard for it to fall into first gear. Why is this?
Also another question. Sometimes when my car is at a standstill and on neutral, sometimes I just can't get it to shift into gear. I made sure my clutch is fully pressed against the floor, but the gear shifter just won't "click" into gear and when I try to give it gas, the engine just revs. I have to take my foot off the brakes and let the car slide just a bit before I can successfully shift the shifter into gear. Why does this happen? Is sometime misaligning? Acceptable ( talk) 16:11, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
Several of my strawberry plants' leaves on our allotment have started to turn red, or have turned completely red. Can any gardening experts help me? Have they got a disease or is there something I'm doing wrong or is this just natural? I don't know what variety the strawberries are but they have just finished fruiting and are planted in the ground rather than in a pot. They get watered twice or three times a day (how much water they get depends on how hot it is, so today as it was 32 degrees they got a lot of water) and the strawberry patch is weeded pretty much every day or couple of days, it depends how much time I have. They spend most of the day in direct sunlight, getting the most out of all the plants on the allotment. They are, however, rather closely packed together but there is not much I can do about that. I'm really starting to get quite worried as this has been going on for a week and my gardening expert grandmother can't explain it. Please help!!! PS I live in south-east England. Ej02 ( talk) 19:24, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the help everyone, all much appreciated! They have just fruited so if that's natural then panic over. Phew. Ej02 ( talk) 16:41, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
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I use a set-top box to subscribe to Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom. Every so often the box decides it needs to update itself, and asks me to confirm. if I say yes it displays a screen showing the progress of the update. This screen shows a table with a number of columns, as follows:
Apart from "Service name" I've no idea as to what all these mean. For instance none of them seems to correspond to the channel number that I use to select a particular channel to view. Any suggestions as to what all of these mean? -- rossb ( talk) 10:43, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
In a car with a traditional manual transmission, if I am backing my car in reverse and then want to suddenly drive forwards, do I need to completely stop my car before shifting into 1st gear and driving forwards? Or can I begin to slip the clutch and give it gas even as my car is rolling backwards?
I have a 01 Honda Civic with synchronized gears. My personal intuition tells me this should be ok, except that since I'll be slipping the clutch a bit longer (compared with if I had completely stopped the car), it will wear the clutch out just a bit more? Is that correct?
I don't think reverse gears are usually synchronized on production road cars right? Does this mean that we should avoid the opposite scenario: shifting into reverse and trying to drive backwards while the car is still rolling forwards?
Thanks Acceptable ( talk) 16:06, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
I am driving a car with a traditional, synchronized manual transmission.
Suppose I am driving at, say, 40 MPH on 4th gear. Why is it hard to move the gear shifter into first gear, while still holding down the clutch pedal? I am well aware of that fact that on my car, 40 MPH is clearly out of the RPM range of first gear, so I should not try shift into and engage (by taking my foot off the clutch) first gear while travelling at 40 MPH. However, even when I keep the clutch dis-engaged (by keeping my foot firmly on the clutch and keeping it on the floor), I have to shove the shifter really hard for it to fall into first gear. Why is this?
Also another question. Sometimes when my car is at a standstill and on neutral, sometimes I just can't get it to shift into gear. I made sure my clutch is fully pressed against the floor, but the gear shifter just won't "click" into gear and when I try to give it gas, the engine just revs. I have to take my foot off the brakes and let the car slide just a bit before I can successfully shift the shifter into gear. Why does this happen? Is sometime misaligning? Acceptable ( talk) 16:11, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
Several of my strawberry plants' leaves on our allotment have started to turn red, or have turned completely red. Can any gardening experts help me? Have they got a disease or is there something I'm doing wrong or is this just natural? I don't know what variety the strawberries are but they have just finished fruiting and are planted in the ground rather than in a pot. They get watered twice or three times a day (how much water they get depends on how hot it is, so today as it was 32 degrees they got a lot of water) and the strawberry patch is weeded pretty much every day or couple of days, it depends how much time I have. They spend most of the day in direct sunlight, getting the most out of all the plants on the allotment. They are, however, rather closely packed together but there is not much I can do about that. I'm really starting to get quite worried as this has been going on for a week and my gardening expert grandmother can't explain it. Please help!!! PS I live in south-east England. Ej02 ( talk) 19:24, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the help everyone, all much appreciated! They have just fruited so if that's natural then panic over. Phew. Ej02 ( talk) 16:41, 20 July 2013 (UTC)