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The symbol shows the location of the Norwich Central (Norfolk, 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 Norwich Central (Norfolk, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Norwich Central 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)53mDTG-7W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) 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)53mDTG-7W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Anglia (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 (Anglia east), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C30 (546.0MHz)53mDTG-7W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD 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?

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the effected channels

The Norwich Central (Norfolk, 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 Norwich Central transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 2km south-southwest (213°)
to BBC East region - 27 masts.
70% of BBC East (East) and BBC East (West) is shared output
regional news image
ITV Anglia News 0.8m homes 3.2%
from NORWICH NR1 3JG, 1km south-southwest (199°)
to ITV Anglia (East) region - 26 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (West)

How will the Norwich Central (Norfolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-136 Jun 2018
B E TW TW TB E TA K T
C23BBCA
C26D3+4
C30BBCB
C33C5wavesC5waves
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C42C4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C43D3+4
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C46BBCA
C49tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C52tv_offBBCB

tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
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Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 9 Nov 11 and 23 Nov 11.

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

Analogue 1-5 34W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 6.8W

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

Oct 1959-Feb 2004Anglia Television
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. Norwich Central was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Monday, 30 July 2012
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disgruntled
5:53 PM

once again I have no signal from Norwich Central live NR3 wondered if anyone else is experiencing this probem. Last time it happened the relay to ariels was switched off.Anyone know of any current probs please

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Monday, 25 July 2016
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Alistair Mackie
9:59 AM

Freeview HD channels are not available from Norwich Central transmitter - is this a result of recent problems caused by the fire and subsequent switching off of electric supply to it?

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Tuesday, 31 July 2018
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Graham Thompson
1:39 PM
Norwich

Our TV signal went at approximately 8.30 a.m today and as of 13.38pm we still have no signal.Has the local transmitter ungoing engineering repairs or did it crash due to a thunderstorm first thing.Our location in Norwich is NR2 4SD.
Await hearing from you with any update.

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StevensOnln1
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9:09 PM

Graham Thompson: There are no reported problems or engineering work at either the Norwich Central or Tacolneston transmitters (both are predicted to be available at your postcode). Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV?

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Sunday, 5 December 2021
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Emma
11:10 PM

No tv signal as of this evening tried scanning again for channels now nothing

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Tuesday, 7 December 2021
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Chris.SE
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7:16 AM

Emma :

As you haven't given a full postcode it's not possible to confirm which transmitter(s) you may be predicted to receive. However, if it is indeed Norwich Central or Tacolneston, neither transmitter appears to have any reported faults.

Have you altered anything in your setup?
I would check that your aerial seems intact and pointing in the correct direction and that your downlead looks undamaged (especially if it is old).
Also check all your coax plugs, connections, flyleads etc, unplug connectors check for corrosion or other problems and reconnect them. Flyleads are a common problem, try swapping/changing them. See what signal strengths and quality you are getting for the multiplexes (groups of channels) shown in your TV's tuning section.
Problematic connections, water ingress etc. will affect reception.

Also if you retune when you have no signal, it often just clears the correct tuning so you'll need to retune again
once you have signal.

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Tuesday, 24 May 2022
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Martyn Bell
11:28 AM
Norwich

Transmitter engineering:
I live at NR7 8RQ My direct tv signal from Tacolneston is blocked by trees. Please can you tell if is it possible for me to receive a freeview signal from the Norwich Central transmitter instead?

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Martyn Bell
11:32 AM
Norwich

Transmitter engineering:
I live at NR7 8RQ My direct TV signal from Tacolneston is blocked by trees. Please can you tell me if it is possible for me to receive a freeview signal from the Norwich Central transmitter instead?

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StevensOnln1
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1:48 PM

Martyn Bell: Norwich Central unfortunately doesn't even appear on the prediction for your postcode. Tacolneston is predicted to be strong on all multiplexes, with the only other prediction being a weak signal on the PSB1/2/3 multiplexes from Belmont. Is there anywhere you could position an aerial so that it looks around or over the trees? Otherwise it looks like Freesat would be the best alternative, which will give you most of the same channels available on Freeview (plus various others) via free to air (FTA) satellite. If your property has an existing Sky dish you may well be able to just plug in a Freesat receiver using the existing dish and cabling.

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Chris.SE
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3:56 PM

Martyn Bell:

Many modern TVs already have a satellite tuner built-in, so you may not need a separate receiver if you try a satellite option as suggested by StevensOnln1.
Can you not get any signal from Tacolneston? Note also that the transmitter is currently listed for Planned Engineering with Possible effect on TV reception "Screen may go black on all or certain channels" which might not be helping reception at present.

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