10th April 2013 retune for Winter Hill, Keighley transmitters and relays
Brian Butterworth published on UK Free TV From 6am on 10th April 2013, several multiplexes will change their transmission frequencies.
Notably the main transmitters will make changes. This includes the WINTER HILL transmitter, where the BBCA multiplex (including
1 BBC One North West, 2 BBC Two England, 7 BBC Three, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel,71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament,
) will move from C62- to C50 and the ArqivaA multiplex (11 PICK TV, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 29 E4+1, 32 Movie Mix, 46 Challenge, 48 Food Network, 62 TV Stars, 82 Sky News, 87 Community Channel,) will move from C61- to C49.
On the KEIGHLEY, BBCA will move from C61 to C49.
See below for a full list of transmission masts that will make changes.
When you now rescan, you MUST do a "first time installation" or "factory reset" scan, not an "add channels". Do the procedure you did on September 30th 2009. If you can't recall what this was, please see List of manuals for Freeview retune, or try the generic clear and rescan procedure.
Please note that the relay transmitters will take some time (between 11am and 4pm) to come back to full service:
Austwick: PSB2 C49 to C39
Bacup: PSB3 C50 to C40
Birch Vale: PSB3 C50 to C40
Blackburn: PSB3 C50 to C40
Broadbottom: PSB3 C49 to C39
Cowling: PSB3 C49 to C39
Dalton: PSB3 C50 to C40
Darwen: PSB2 C49 to C39+
Dog Hill: PSB3 C50 to C40
Halesowen: PSB2 C61 to C49
Haughton Green: PSB3 C50 to C40
KEIGHLEY: COM6 C60 to C60- PSB1 C61 to C49
Mottram in Longdendale: PSB3 C50 to C40
Prestbury: PSB3 C50 to C40
Saddleworth: PSB2 C49+ to C39+
Skelmersdale: PSB1 C51 to C46 PSB2 C48 to C43 PSB3 C52 to C40
Skipton: PSB1 C49 to C39+
Stavely In Cartmel: PSB3 C50 to C40
Whaley Bridge: PSB2 C49 to C39
Whalley: PSB3 C50 to C40
WINTER HILL: COM5 C61- to C49 PSB1 C62- to C50
Woodnook: PSB2 C49 to C39
The changes at WINTER HILL will cause the following relays to have no PSB1 service for some time:
Backbarrow, Barrow Town Hall, Bidston, Bollington, Brinscall, Brook Bottom, Burbage, Buxton, Cartmel, Chaigley, Chatburn, Chinley, Congleton, Delph, Elton, Far Highfield, Glossop, Haslingden, Ladder Hill, Lancaster, Langley, Lees, Littleborough, Macclesfield, Manchester Hulme, Melling, Middleton, Millom Park, Moss Bank, New Church, Norden, North Oldham, Oakenhead, Over Biddulph, Parbold, Pendle Forest, Penny Bridge, Portwood, Ramsbottom, Ribblesdale, Romiley, Roose, Stockport, Storeton, Trawden, Urswick, Walton Le Dale, Wardle, West Kirby, Whitewell and Whitworth.
The changes at KEIGHLEY will cause loss of PSB1 for some time at the relays at:
Keighley Town, Oxenhope, Skipton Town and Sutton In Craven
If you get Freeview from these masts - DO NOT retune your Freeview equipment.
8:45 PM
I should have written re-search.
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8:53 PM
Cathy and Ray Renfrey: Does BBC1 NW appear in the 800s of the channel list? If so this is simply because the frequency for BBC Wales is found first during the scan for channels, so occupies position 1 in the channel list.
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8:58 PM
Warrington
I have retuned umpteen times .Instead of ITV,Ch4,I get ITV WALES AND S4c and I am not in Wales.These channels are breaking up,also several other channels are breaking up too.BBCis ok.This is using the Freeview box.
The TV which gets its signal via the box,but has freeview inbuilt is as it was yesterday-perfect!
What can I do?
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9:17 PM
Oldham
KMJ,thanks will give it a try.
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9:18 PM
Warrington
Thank you KMJ,Derby.I took your advice about unplugging aerial to miss out Moel-Y-Parc and plug in again at C46 and I've got my ITVand Ch 4 and they're in ENGLISH!
Thank you so much.
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9:41 PM
Hello - Please help I have tried rescanning my free view digi box but have no bbc channels. I live in Sandbach near Congleton. I have no idea what I am supposed to do next. I have tried a re start scan. Can you help? Jo
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10:41 PM
I live in Manchester and have also lost all BBC channels on my Freeview TV. I have tried rescanning and also returning the TV to factory settings and rescanning. I have no idea what to try next - please help!
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11:06 PM
I live in Manchester south of the centre and all my BBC channels have gone!
retuning/factory reset doesn't help...
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11:16 PM
M: yeh here too in Sale
lame isnt it !missing my Family Guy fix ...
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11:18 PM
Warrington
I live in Warrington and have lost all the channels that have moved frequencies on the upstairs freeview box.
It is rather strange as the downstairs freeview which runs off the same aerial has worked OK.
I've tried manual searches on frequencies 49/50 but they say no signal, and I have retuned about 10 times, both normal and first time.
The make is a Bush recorder B320DTR.
There is a Wii console attached to the TV but it is switched off.
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