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| Single frequency interference | Freeview Interference | C | Chris.SE Martin Quinn: Check that you dont have any boxes video recorders etc that have an RF output set anywhere in those lower channels. If so, re | |||
| Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) transmitter | C | Chris Benson Hello - you may be able to help! Looking at the Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) Full Freeview transmitter | |||
| Prepare yourself for Cord Cutting: Where do I watch TV now? | J | John Martin Tried watching a film on my phone,kidle and laptop. Forget it that is why I go to the cinema and buy a larger tv every couple of years. Small screens you must | |||
| Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) transmitter | S | StevensOnln1 Chris Benson: According to Digital UK there is a retune on 23rd October, however no multiplexes are closing on that date (the only changes are COM8 moving to UH | |||
| Skelmersdale (Lancashire, England) Freeview Light transmitter | MikeP Paul Maitland: Please will you check which transmitter you are tuned to. Skelmersdale transmitter provides the BBC A multiplex on channel 43, the D3 4 m | ||||
| Limavady (Northern Ireland) Full Freeview transmitter | F | F Byrne Ok, I did the retune today. Even with my old yagi wideband antenna from 2009, all channels came in. Interestingly, the weakest channels are those on COM6 (Yeste | |||
| Divis (Northern Ireland) transmitter | C | CARL READE PeterH: yes they are there. Was a diplexer fitted as I fitted a Freeview, RTE rig yesterday now having to use an inductive splitter for Divis and Claremont, dip | |||
| Divis (Northern Ireland) transmitter | C | Chris.SE PeterH: Apparently you can get C4 HD on satellite - If you know how to you can tune in C4 HD in non-Freesat mode on: 11127, V, 22000, 5/6, DVB-S, QPSK. | |||
| Divis (Northern Ireland) transmitter | C | Chris.SE GREGG HINTON: Are you getting any of the other channels on the COM8 multiplex? See - Digital | |||
| Peterborough (Cambridgeshire, England) DAB transmitter | C | Chris.SE lisa: According to Golds website If you have an older DAB radio (without the DAB plus feature) you may not be able to find us and you will need | |||
| Divis (Northern Ireland) transmitter | I | Ian.JH Chris.SE: I hope Im not speaking out of turn or breaking some site etiquette as Ive never posted here before, go easy on me :-) I have lost s | |||
| My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+ | MikeP Derek Butterworth: Thanks for the post code. We can now see that your best transmitter is at Whitworth, see | ||||
| My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+ | T | tricia Why cant I get 48 and 60 on my freeview anymore? Im in East Yorks/Lincs area | |||
| My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+ | MikeP derek butterworth: Its not my website, it is run by Briantist and only he can maintain and manage the site. It is perfectly easy to use and the reques | ||||
| Limavady (Northern Ireland) Full Freeview transmitter | F | F Byrne Thanks, Chris, for your reply! I live in Letterkenny, in Co Donegal. Ill leave the 4G filter in for now and see how it goes with the weakest mux. It was s | |||
| My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+ | C | Chris.SE derek butterworth: Its also worth considering if there is any equipment that comes on during those times which might be generating interference. tr | |||
| Sudbury (Suffolk, England) Full Freeview transmitter | C | Chris.SE Bill: Put your postcode into Digital UK - Coverage checker you will see th | |||
| All free TV channels in the UK | S | StevensOnln1 john: Do you mean that youre using a the Freesat from Sky service (i.e. a Sky box with viewing card but no subscription)? Have you checked for any loose o | |||
| Divis (Northern Ireland) transmitter | C | CP In keeping with some other comments I have noticed a marked drop in the reception quality of com7 and com8 since 4th Sept, to the extent that the channels no lo | |||
| Strabane (Northern Ireland) Freeview Light transmitter | S | StevensOnln1 nigel j shields: If you are having problems following the recent frequency changes you should contact the Freeview Advice Line (see link below) who can arrange | |||
| Details of Gold DAB radio station | C | Chris.SE C.Tedder: According to Golds website If you have an older DAB radio (without the DAB plus feature) you may not be able to find us and you will n | |||
| Mendip (Somerset, England) Full Freeview transmitter | C | Chris.SE John Crispin: Sony moved True Entertainment and some of their other channels to Local multiplexes, see | |||
| Sudbury (Suffolk, England) Full Freeview transmitter | C | Chris.SE Bill: Im not sure that the radiation pattern has been changed recently. In any event that will be taken into account by the coverage checker. Because | |||
| Mendip (Somerset, England) Full Freeview transmitter | C | Chris.SE AntD: That is deplorable. This is not the first time that Ive heard of cases of people with issues since the Mendip retune not getting the aerial help | |||
| Divis (Northern Ireland) transmitter | A | ALAN HYNDMAN StevensOnln1: Since last week, like a number of people, I have lost my progs on Com 7 from Divis. I have 2 BT boxes and while all the other Muxes are at least | |||
| Clermont Carn Saorview transmitter | C | CARL READE What is going on????? No one has stated RTE is also in the forties and people now losing RTE in the fifties. Disgraceful lack of information!!!!!!!!!! | |||
| PBS America | N | nobody Peter Snape: I give up. Why? Seriously, if you want an answer, we need details like: a) makes and models b) how they get their signals c) anything e | |||
| PBS America | C | Chris.SE Peter Snape: The only assumption I made was its probably the digital cliff edge, some of the reasons for which may in part be addressed by the questio | |||
| ITV | C | Chris.SE Richard: Your partial postcode doesnt indicate which transmitter you may be receiving. A full postcode is needed to give any more constructive comment | |||
| Pye Green BT (Staffordshire, England) DAB transmitter | B | Barry Oakley I have recently had to replace my former FM tuner with a new DAB/FM stacking system model. It is served by a professionally installed, roof-mounted dipole omnid | |||
| Divis (Northern Ireland) transmitter | C | CP Thanks Chris.SE. I know that Com7/8 have a considerably lower power output than the other mixes, but I was specifically wondering if their power output reduc | |||
| Divis (Northern Ireland) transmitter | I | Ian.JH CP - My first port of call when my 4th Sept. re-tune had gone awry was the official Freeview website: There is a free | |||
| All free TV channels in the UK | C | Chris.SE Michael Mcbride: You could try reading through the list which is towards the top of this page, and specifically for Freeview see http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/ | |||
| I have now lost all signal can you tell me what the problem mig | S | StevensOnln1 terence miller: The best aerial is generally one mounted on the roof and pointed at the transmitter that provides the strongest signal (if you provide a full po | |||
| Salisbury (Wiltshire, England) Full Freeview transmitter | S | StevensOnln1 john parker: According to the engineering post which has appeared since you posted, the Sailsbury transmitter is off air for planned engineering work which bega | |||
| Salisbury (Wiltshire, England) Full Freeview transmitter | MikeP john parker: Engineering work is carried out without any notification of when it will be completed. So much depends on what the work involves and how long | ||||
| Bilsdale (North Yorkshire, England) Full Freeview transmitter | MikeP Anthony Brown: As you have not told us what make and model the TVs are, it is very difficult to offer advice. It is unlikely to be your aerials as they are | ||||
| Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) Full Freeview trans | M | margaret swannack why inwellingborough have we lost channels 61 62 | |||
| Mendip (Somerset, England) Full Freeview transmitter | C | Chris.SE Richard: All: Some info I had previously missed which may explain why a number of people are having periodic reception problems of the Local Bristol mu | |||
| Dave | C | Chris.SE Simon: Has your reception returned? Is it just loss of programme or is it loss of signal as well? OK here, what transmitter are you receiving? | |||
| Bilsdale (North Yorkshire, England) Full Freeview transmitter | C | Chris.SE Anthony Brown: According to Pontop Pike is your best transmitter. As a result of the | |||
| Divis (Northern Ireland) transmitter | C | Chris.SE IA: Im afraid the listings here may be/are not up-to-date see CP: I can confirm that accord | |||
| Divis (Northern Ireland) transmitter | C | CP Thanks so much Chris.SE. What is the plan for the channels that currently reside on com7/8 when they close down? I actually like some of them! I haven | |||
| Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) Full Freeview transmitter | W | WILLIAM STRACHAN what happened to channel 87 KEEP IT COUNTRY CAN NOT FIND IT ANY WHERE SINCE CHANGED EVERY THING OVER | |||
| Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) Full Freeview transmitter | C | Chris.SE Ann Hastie: Have you your neighbour retuned? There was a retune event on Thursday 12th as part of the | |||
| Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) Full Freeview transmitter | C | Chris.SE WILLIAM STRACHAN: Keep it Country has closed on Freeview to be replaced by Spotlight TV which is only receivable on the Manchester Local multiplex. See http: | |||
| My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+ | C | Chris.SE Martin Lawson: I have seen the symptoms you describe on other than Samsung TVs as well but not recently. Its not very common and doesnt seem to | |||
| Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter | S | Sally Will the Sony Christmas channel be available in Southport at all from the Winter Hill transmitter? | |||
| Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter | S | StevensOnln1 Sally: Sony Movies Christmas is broadcast on the local TV mux, make it available in areas where a local TV station is broadcast on Freeview channel 7 or 8. This | |||
| Caradon Hill (Cornwall, England) Full Freeview transmitter | S | StevensOnln1 Mr Paul Freeman: The only thing that has been lost are the temporary COM7 and COM8 multiplexes which carry additional HD and SD channels, which were only ever a |