• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to after header navigation
  • Skip to site footer
Rewind

Rewind

The museum of TV ephemera

  • Pres
  • Promos
  • Ads
  • Programmes
  • Teletext
  • Test Cards
  • Miscellany
  • On This Day
  • Other Pages
    • About This Site
    • Contact Us
    • Content Finder
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Wish List
  • Our Other Websites
    • Clean Feed
    • Showreel
  • TV Pres Partnership
    • TV Pres

Test Signal

Not to be confused with a test card, which is regarded as a TV channel’s standard downtime test pattern. Test signals are other test patterns/mechanisms that are used for specific technical reasons and are generally broadcast for short periods – for example, as part of an engineering test. Examples: pulse and bar; sawtooth.

Teilifís na Gaeilge pre-launch engineering tests and test transmission (1996)

4th October 2021 in Test Cards

A short engineering test, captured during pre-launch test transmissions for the Irish-language …

Read MoreTeilifís na Gaeilge pre-launch engineering tests and test transmission (1996)

BBC Two closedown (29th July 1984)

12th September 2021 in Pres

BBC Two comes to the end of a day of jazz.

Read MoreBBC Two closedown (29th July 1984)

BBC One start-up (13th January 1991)

14th August 2021 in Pres, Teletext

BBC One wakes up to Ceefax.

Read MoreBBC One start-up (13th January 1991)

Black and white pulse and bar followed by test card – and reinstatement of colour burst (4th November 1984)

26th February 2021 in Test Cards

A very brief clip to demonstrate how pulse and bar was sometimes radiated minus colour burst.

Read MoreBlack and white pulse and bar followed by test card – and reinstatement of colour burst (4th November 1984)

BBC One test card followed by Ceefax AM (full edition) (4th January 1988)

16th January 2021 in Teletext, Test Cards

The first non-public holiday weekday of the new year and BBC One starts its day with news and …

Read MoreBBC One test card followed by Ceefax AM (full edition) (4th January 1988)

BBC One test card followed by Ceefax AM (full edition) (19th January 1988)

16th January 2021 in Teletext, Test Cards

A chance to view an entire Ceefax AM broadcast from early January 1988 – including the test …

Read MoreBBC One test card followed by Ceefax AM (full edition) (19th January 1988)

BBC One test card followed by Ceefax AM (full edition) (21st January 1988)

15th January 2021 in Teletext, Test Cards

An entire Ceefax AM broadcast from early 1988 – including the pulse and bar and test card that …

Read MoreBBC One test card followed by Ceefax AM (full edition) (21st January 1988)

BBC Two closedown (13th May 1979)

14th January 2021 in Pres, Test Cards

A Saturday night closedown from BBC Two in what was the final weeks of this on-screen presentation …

Read MoreBBC Two closedown (13th May 1979)

© 2022 Rewind · This site is not affiliated with any broadcaster, production company or design/marketing/talent agency.

Back to top