Full Freeview on the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) transmitter which serves 770,000 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 Waltham (Leicestershire, England) mast?
Waltham transmitter - Waltham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 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 Waltham 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 Waltham transmitter?
BBC East Midlands Today 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Nottingham NG2 4UU, 28km northwest (306°)
to BBC East Midlands region - 17 masts.
ITV Central News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 83km west-southwest (244°)
to ITV Central (East) region - 17 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (West)
Are there any self-help relays?
| Braunstone | Transposer | 5 km SW Leicester city centre | 170 homes |
How will the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 4 Mar 2020 | |||
| C/D E | E | E | W | W T | W T | W T | |||
| C26 | LNG | LNG | |||||||
| C29 | SDN | SDN | SDN | SDN | |||||
| C31 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C35 | C5waves | C5waves | BBCB | ||||||
| C37 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C41 | _local | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | COM8tv_off | |||||
| C57tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 17 Aug 11 and 31 Aug 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-5 | 250kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 50kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 25kW | |
| com8 | (-12.7dB) 13.4kW | |
| com7 | (-13.9dB) 10.2kW | |
| Mux 1* | (-14dB) 10kW | |
| Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-14.9dB) 8kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D*, LNG | (-17dB) 5kW |
Local transmitter maps
Waltham Freeview Waltham DAB Waltham AM/FM Waltham TV region BBC East Midlands Central (East micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Waltham transmitter area
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Monday, 22 June 2015
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jb3811:49 PM
Chris Norton: Thanks for that info, the only reason for asking the question being, that on some Freeview devices the option of manual tuning isn't always prominently displayed in the set up menu, this giving the impression of auto being the only option, and by your HDX860 manual stating....once the "Tuning" menu is displayed select "Auto Tune" then press ENTER....doing so then resulting in another box asking the question....Do you want to start auto tuning - Yes - No...., I just wanted to check that clicking NO didn't result in a manual tuning option appearing.
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Wednesday, 24 June 2015
As of Monday 22nd June haven't been able to receive any BBC freeview TV channels (can receive radio channels through freeview OK) from Waltham transmitter. Using a fairly new (six months) Sony Bravia TV, with ariel plugged directly in. All other channels being received OK.
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jb388:45 AM
Matt HaLL: I would try resetting your TV, (not just an auto tune) as your problem is possibly caused by some form of gitch having occurred in its operating system, as neither I, nor any others known to receive Freeview from Waltham have experienced any problems with reception from that transmitter.
In addition to that said, Waltham is not listed on the engineering page with regards to any engineering work taking place at the station.
By the way, "first time installation" also (in most cases anyway) gives similar results to resetting the TV.
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jb38: I autotuned it yesterday, but will try a manual reset. Thanks.
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Dominic Payer7:36 PM
Matt HaLL: Have you checked for a firmware update at http://www.sony.co.uk/sup…t/en ?
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MikeB8:12 PM
Dominic Payer: Could be a software problem, and its always worth doing an update, and a reset. However, try changing the fly lead - if its damaged then that might account for not being able to get that particular mux. Check your signal strength before that of course, but its an easy thing to check.
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jb388:35 PM
Matt HaLL: Yes, as a manual reset completely deletes everything stored in the sets memory system including corrupted data, whereas a normal auto-tune doesn't.
I would also follow the advice given by Dominic Player, as that's another possible reason for your problem.
If though none of the aforementioned rectifies the problem, maybe you could indicate the model number of the TV in question, plus it would also be of assistance if the area you reside in was known, this preferably given in the form of a post code or one from somewhere nearby, e.g: the nearest Post Office etc.
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Dominic Payer: Manual reset worked. Thanks all for your help.
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jb3811:18 PM
Matt Hall: Thanks for the update, pleased to know that the manual reset rectified the problem.
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Friday, 26 June 2015
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Chris Norton10:32 AM
Dave Lindsay: Thought I would try another autotune this morning, as weather/atmospherics seemed more settled. Successfully tuned to Waltham, ie. BBC1 E Midlands now on channel 1, ITV Central on channel 3 etc.
However - after selecting BBC1 it is still only viewable (good picture and sound) for about 20/30 seconds and then screen goes black and no sound. This is the only programme that does this.
Do you have any idea what the reason for this might be?
Is it time to invest in a new recorder?
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