Full Freeview on the Bristol Ilchester Crescent (City of Bristol, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bristol Ilchester Crescent (City of Bristol, England) transmitter which serves 25,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Bristol Ilchester Crescent (City of Bristol, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Bristol Ilchester Crescent (City of Bristol, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Bristol Ilchester Crescent transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Bristol Ilchester Crescent (City of Bristol, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Bristol Ilchester Crescent transmitter?
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 4km east-northeast (65°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Bristol Ilchester Crescent (City of Bristol, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 30 Mar 2018 | |||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | K T | K T | |||
| C30 | LBS | LBS | |||||||
| C37 | _local | ||||||||
| C39 | +ArqB | +ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C41 | +BBCA | +BBCA | +BBCA | BBCA | |||||
| C42 | +SDN | +SDN | +SDN | SDN | |||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C44 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||
| C45 | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | |||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C47 | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||||
| C49tv_off | +ArqB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 24 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 500W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 200W | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-7dB) 100W | |
| Mux A* | (-11dB) 40W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*, LBS | (-14dB) 20W |
Local transmitter maps
Bristol Ilchester Crescent Freeview Bristol Ilchester Crescent AM/FM Mendip TV region BBC West WestWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Sunday, 27 March 2011
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mandy8:49 PM
Bristol
my aerial is in the loft keeps breaking up and saying no signal
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Hi Mandy,
In many areas a loft aerial isnt good enough to recieve all channels all the time, you would be better off with a aerial mounted outside.
Mark Aberfan Aerials
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Wednesday, 20 April 2011
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j r randall5:02 PM
Bristol
reception for itv 3 keeps coming and going.very good reception when on
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j r randall: Please see Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for some suggestions.
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Tuesday, 5 July 2011
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jade1:55 AM
Bristol
im getting duplicate channels problem is the weaker ones are stored in the correct places and the stonger ones are stored in the 800s i do i resolve this
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jb387:58 AM
jade: You appear to be in one of those locations where the possibility of receiving multiple channels from different sources exist, as although Ilchester Crescent shows as your best option local circumstances as well as your TV's tuning system dictates what is stored in 1,2,3 etc,etc.
To be able to give more accurate assistance, go into your TV's tuning menu signal check area and check if BBC1 is showing as Ch41 on your EPG1 position, then do the same test on BBC1 in the 800 ranges and come back with the result of the test.
Further info will be dependant on what you find, as manually storing channels "might" be the only successful method in your location, or possibly another tick involving "partially scanning with the aerial removed" doesn't work.
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jade12:48 PM
Bristol
hi jb38, thanks for the reply its showing 43 for the bbc1 stored on channel 1, and 41 for the the bbc1 stored in the 800s, how would i go about manually tuning i i can make head or tales of the manual tuning menu
ps i believe its because im pointing a directly 2 transmitters
as i live in the bs13 area
many thanks
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jb384:46 PM
Jade: Its a bit surprising that 43 has shown as BBC1, as according to the trade predictor I am looking at 43, which is Bristol - Kings Weston Hill @ 6miles away, isnt shown as operational on that channel.
However, the procedure to use for manual tuning of the strongest signals you have mentioned (Ilchester Crescent @ 1 mile away) is to first of all remove the aerial, then follow this action by carrying out a complete re-scan. Obviously nothing will be received but this procedure is to blank the memory of anything stored.
Once completed, re-connect the aerial and go into the tuning menu again selecting "manual scan or tune", after which enter the first channel on the list (Ch41), click "scan" and once the channels are found dont forget to store them.
Use this exact procedure on each of the channels listed in turn, doing the same as applied to the first after each scan is completed, i.e: storing them.
The only thing to note is, that the tuning menu system isnt the same on each brand of set and so slight variations can exist, so if after you have scanned and stored your first on the list and you try a second scan and get a warning that anything saved will be erased, just use the "add channels" option for each of the subsequent scans rather than the normal manual scan. (it all depends on the TV's menu!)
Individual scan channel list:- 41 - 44 - 47 - 42 - 45 - 49
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jb389:22 PM
jade: Just in addition to what was said, "if" you find that some of the lesser EPG channels (not main BBC / ITV etc) are a bit weak make a note of the actual programme EPG number that's affected then come back on it, as some of the MUX channels you are entering are only on half the power of the others, MUX channels referred to being 42 - 45 - 49, as although not appearing as such on the predictor it still might be found that better results could possibly be had by substituting the three mentioned for 53 - 57 - 60 , these being from Kings Weston.
This problem is only occurring because your two choices of transmitter are virtually in the same line as each other, auto scans not really coping that well in these type of situations dependant on the receiver being used. (Maybe you could mention the brand of your TV or box being used)
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Wednesday, 6 July 2011
J
jade12:23 PM
Bristol
jb38, im using a humax hdr fox t2
sorry for the delayed reply
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