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The symbol shows the location of the Newhaven (East Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 11,000 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 Newhaven (East Sussex, England) transmitter.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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Which Freeview channels does the Newhaven 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C23 (490.0MHz)131mDTG-400W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) South East, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C26 (514.0MHz)131mDTG-400W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C30 (546.0MHz)131mDTG-400W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South East, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Newhaven (East Sussex, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.

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 Newhaven transmitter?

regional news image
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 41km north-northeast (21°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
regional news image
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 66km north-northeast (31°)
to ITV Meridian (East) region - 36 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford

How will the Newhaven (East Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1970-80s1984-971997-981998-20122012-1319 Jul 2018
VHFB E K TB E K TB E K TB E TA K T
C6ITVwaves
C8BBCtvwaves
C23BBCA
C26D3+4
C30BBCB
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C40BBCB
C41C4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C43ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C50tv_offBBCA

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 30 May 12 and 13 Jun 12.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 2kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 400W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Heathfield transmitter area

Aug 1958-Jan 1992Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Meridian
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Thursday, 5 April 2012
Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

12:08 PM

Mr. B Thomson: There are some older models that will no longer work after switchover. BBC channels have switched and the others haven't.

Some sources of affected equipment are:

TVs and boxes that do not support the 8k-mode | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice

http://www.digitaluk.co.u…ment

http://www.digitaluk.co.u…tnit

These lists are not exhaustive.

If your TV isn't on these lists, then post its make and model and those on this site may be able to advise you as to whether it will or won't work after switchover.

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Saturday, 21 April 2012
Friday, 11 May 2012
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Tony Betts
8:59 AM
Seaford

I live in Seaford. I am using 2 TVs, one with built in digibox and one with a a separate digi box. I am getting very bad reception on BBC 1 and 2. Picture keeps breaking up. Not a problem on higher channels. Thought it might be the bad weather but still a problem now that weather has cleared up. I have tried re-tuning both sets/boxes but no better. What is the problem?

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KMJ,Derby
sentiment_satisfiedGold

10:17 AM

Tony Betts: Are there any BBC1 or BBC2 channels stored in the 800's of the channel list which work correctly? At your location you could be receiving signals from both Rowridge and Whitehawk Hill with your aerial pointing to Whitehawk Hill or Newhaven (which is still analogue only). If this is the case try doing a manual tune for each of the Whitehawk Hill frequencies after first clearing the channel list of data. Alternatively, do a channel scan with the aerial unplugged until the scan has gone past the Rowridge frequencies, then plug the aerial back in at about C30.

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KMJ,Derby's 1,811 posts GB flag
Friday, 18 May 2012
Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

7:09 PM

Dave Lindsay: Thanks. I have changed the database.

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Briantist's 38,915 posts GB flag
Tuesday, 29 May 2012
Bill
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

9:56 AM
Newhaven

I live in Newhaven, so finally on Wednesday my TV's digital tuner will get it's first use. I've had the set for 5 years!!!

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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

11:10 AM

Bill: Remember though, that its June 13th before the ITV stations can be received as well as the BBC & ITV HD channels, as its only the BBC that starts early.

Just out of curiosity, as you have never used the digital tuner before on your TV I would be interested to know what model of set you have? this purely to check on certain technical aspects concerning the TV.

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jb38's 7,179 posts GB flag
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
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david
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

7:05 AM

If you are having difficulties trying to retune, be aware that Newhaven digital doesn't start until 9 am on 30th May. The Newhaven Transmitter page doesn't tell you that, although the information appears with the Heathfield information elsewhere.

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Bill
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

7:45 AM
Newhaven

Thanks for the comments. Just some background info, I like most residents of Newhaven, haven't waited years for digital tv, so have had to opt for satellite to get it. I went for a Freesat Humax HD recorder which gives me all the TV I need, without giving the Murdochs even more money!

jb38 the TV is a Toshiba WLT68. I checked just now and BBC2 giving blank blue screen. Will try after 9am to tune in to the first lot of digital channels.

Unfortunately when I bought the set there were no HD Freeview sets, so will only be watching HD on Freesat.



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