All posts by Chris J
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Ridge Hill is a Group A area so a TV auto tune will find Ridge Hill channels before it finds the Mendip channels which I think are Group C/D.If you dont want Ridge Hill then the best solution is to disable the regular auto tune function on the TV. You may then need to do a manual tune on the Mendip MUXs.
The other solution if you have a wideband aerial is to point it at Ridge Hill. However that means that you are stuck with Midlands/Central news wich does not cover Gloucestershire.
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I doubt if many are aware of the existance of ITV West as my TV has it at 801 and few devices have the ability to renumber channels. However there is little north Gloucestershire content on their local news because most now cover the area Tewkesbury to Lands end. I already have VM cable so get the local news from BBC West but now also have Freesat so have a backup in place ready to leave VM now the the cost has gone up.
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What Gaps? There were enough frequencies available to give almost national coverage for 5 analogue channels. The same or similar frequencies are now used to broadcast the high power digital signal so there is no space for a vast number of new channels. The original digital signal was transmitted at very low power so as not to cause interference with other transmitters.
However as the digital signal is less prone to interference it have been possible to add a 6th mux which is used for the HD channels. There is one unused HD channel available after the Olympics which has been turned down by Channel 5 so the BBC has put it up for bids. Other frequencies have been allocated at most transmitters for future use for national and local TV. I dont think TV companies are rushing to get new channels onto Freeview!
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Sunday 27 November 2011 8:52PM
Roy: One way to overcome the problem is to do a factory reset then manual tune to just the channels used by Mendip instead of full scan. That way you prevent receiving Ridge Hill channels.
It is possible to receive Mendip in Cheltenham although it is outside the service area because of the Cotswould hills. However as you move west towards Gloucester the hills cause less of a problem and some villages to the west of Gloucester are in the main sevice area.