Full Freeview on the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) transmitter which serves 4,490,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) mast?
Crystal Palace transmitter - Crystal Palace transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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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)
Which Freeview channels does the Crystal Palace 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)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Crystal Palace transmitter?
BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 12km north-northwest (335°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 11km north-northwest (345°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Charlton Athletic | Transposer | Redeveloped north stand Charlton Athletic Football Club | 130 homes |
| Deptford | Transposer | south-east London | 100 homes |
| Greenford | Transposer | 12 km N Heathrow Airport | 203 homes |
| Hendon | Transposer | Graham Park estate | 50 homes |
| White City | Transposer | 9 km W central London | 80 homes |
How will the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 21 Mar 2018 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | W T | ||||
| C1 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C22 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C25 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C26 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C28 | -ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C29 | LW | ||||||||
| C30 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | -BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C33 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | com7 | |||||
| C35 | com8 | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off |
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 4 Apr 12 and 18 Apr 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 1000kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 200kW | |
| com7 | (-13.7dB) 43.1kW | |
| com8 | (-14dB) 39.8kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*, LW | (-17dB) 20kW |
Local transmitter maps
Crystal Palace Freeview Crystal Palace DAB Crystal Palace AM/FM Crystal Palace TV region BBC London LondonWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Monday, 23 April 2012
Big Mart: Retuning a PVR does not affect the recordings on the disc.
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kate10:51 PM
London
Roger. That's comforting to see that I'm not suffering alone.Still waiting on Microsoft, who seem to have done nothing since thanking me for "reaching out" to them. I doubt that the problem is with an individal tuner card, as I have tuner cards from four different manufacturers, and the problem is the same on all. But to try to nudge Microsoft, I have lodged manufacturer support calls for a PC that's still in warranty, and for one of the tuners.
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kate's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
Martyn: Digital UK has issued a bulletin:
http://www.digitaluk.co.u….pdf
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Martyn: Google <<vestel t810>>
Unofficial Vestel PVR Information (UK) - T810 Freeview Recorder
As it says, this is an unofficial site, so use it at your own risk. I haven't used it and therefore can't vouch that for the content. Use it at your own risk.
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Martyn2:25 AM
Brilliant, thanks for the info.
Now I just have to find someone with a computer that still has a serial port!
Either that or just upgrade my PVR...
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jb388:16 AM
Martyn: Regarding that chassis used by your PVR, or to be more precise the tuner which is the cause of the problem by its AFC (auto frequency control) the acceptance range being virtually rigid thereby not coping with the negative offset on the frequency of Ch28.
Be advised that even if the software referred to in the link did manage to allow the channel to be pulled in, you would find that the slightest glitch in the signal would have an exaggerated affect on reception compared to a device that could cope with negative offsets right from the start, as even Vestel's later chassis is notorious for recording's skipping and jumping.
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S.BADDELEY5:28 PM
Hi,i live at the western end of herne bay.
since the power increase at crystal palace
i receive good signals, usually the quality
is 8/10 except on channel 28 which is 3/5
this does not cause a problem, as i receive
goood signals from blue bell hill and sudbury.
just curious if there is a technical reason
for lower levels on chan 28
regards sid baddeley
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jb385:53 PM
martyh: Update regarding your 9625. I popped into at a service depot today whilst on my travels and managed to have a good study at the manual for the model in question, the result being that it appears that there is only one part number listed for the tuner and with no qualifications being made for model variations such as /05 etc, this same tuner also seen used in a few other older models as well, albeit that as would be expected these reportedly having a similar problems to your own.
That said, just out of interest I decided to have a check on the price range charged for the tuner plus I fully intended to query the items supplier regarding its suitability for 8k use, however as things transpired I didn't even manage to get to that stage, as although the item was listed at just under £20.00 it was also tagged as being "no longer available", and with the likely reason for this being that the advertiser of the said item was aware that it was a bit of a red herring by being useless for 8k applications.
I also had a similar result on a second attempt, so it unfortunately appears that you will have no option but to go down the separate box route.
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jb385:59 PM
S.BADDELEY: One possible reason is that its because the receiving device you are using is just holding onto Ch28 and no more, as this is the only channel with a negative offset on its frequency which is like it being slightly off tune all the time.
As a matter of interest what model of TV or box are you using?
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