Full Freeview on the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmitter which serves 1,870,000 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 Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) mast?
Sutton Coldfield transmitter - Sutton Coldfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering 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 Sutton Coldfield 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 Sutton Coldfield transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 15km south-southwest (200°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 15km south-southwest (201°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
Are there any self-help relays?
| Burton (shobnall) | Transposer | 1 km W Burton-on-Trent | 60 homes |
| Coalville | Transposer | 18 km NW Leicester | 600 homes |
| Solihull | Transposer | Land Rover building | 400 homes |
How will the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Mar 2018 | ||||
| VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | W T | ||||
| C4 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C33 | com7 | ||||||||
| C35 | com8 | ||||||||
| C36 | LOCAL2 | ||||||||
| C39 | +ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C40 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C42 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C45 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C46 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C48 | _local | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C51tv_off | LB | ||||||||
| 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 7 Sep 11 and 21 Sep 11.
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 | (-10.5dB) 89.2kW | |
| com8 | (-10.7dB) 86kW | |
| LB | (-20dB) 10kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-21dB) 8kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sutton Coldfield transmitter area
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Saturday, 20 July 2013
J Carroll: Hold the Standby button on the machine for about five seconds when it locks up, rather than powering off at the mains.
Set the Country to France when doing an "Easy Setup". Presumably France uses a different EPG system as it isn't populated, but at least programmes can be viewed. I guess that the effect is to disable the EPG which appears to be the source of the issue.
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J Carroll4:29 PM
Thanks Sue and Dave
I've set to France and this has brought back the picture (wrong format but at least it's back). No digital guide but manual set for record works, though switch off end means the reset to France is needed again when turning back on.
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J Carroll: What did you mean by "wrong format" in your response?
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J Carroll4:56 PM
Hi Dave, I meant the dimsensions of the Picture. No matter how set picture ratio eg 16/9, it remains the small shape with black bands down each side
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J Carroll: Perhaps that is due to the aspect ratio settings in your TV, that is your TV is "squashing" the picture for some reason. I would have a play about with the TV settings, perhaps noting down what it was on before because with these things there are so many possibilities that before you know it you can't get back to where you were previously because you can't remember what it was on!
I have a 4:3 TV and so use "4:3 Letterbox". Having done a hard reset (hold Stop and press Power/Standby on the machine) it comes up in 16:9 squashed.
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J Carroll5:34 PM
Hi Dave, I've supposed to have checked all TV and Video ratio settings but I'll give them another try. Thanks for your help.
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Chris Hall6:57 PM
I have a Sony RDR HXD 995 and I have lost my EPG information. The recorder has been in up date mode all day but there is still no EPG when I switch it on. My relative has the same problem with the same recorder so presumably this has been caused by something external.
The previously recorded programmes are all there and can be played.
Any suggestions?
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Aleks7:04 PM
Chris Hall: I rang a Mobile G4 network helpline and was told lots have people have been ringing in complaining about loss of signal to Sony freeview hardware following an update on 19 July. Was told to check thier website for info or to ring a helpline number (that only operateds weekday office hours). Could do with some better suggestions though
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Pete D7:07 PM
Peter J: With regards to narrow picture this occurs after the factory reset. to get full width back go into initial setup. select HDMI & change the normal setting to full. That will correct that particular problem. Lets hope Sony can solve the others!
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Mark Edwards8:45 PM
My Sony HXD890 had the same problem, but I have managed to get it all working again, including the EPG. I disconnected the aerial, ran easy setup without scanning for stations, then set the country to "other" before selecting the digital epg.
Just recorded the tour de france using the EPG.....
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