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I have lost Arq b, C36 (594.0MHz).
Zero strength bar and 0% quality.
C35 and C48 as well as the other multiplexes are all good.
First noticed Wednesday 15th November 2033, I have since telephoned 03456 50 50 50, the Who to contact for further support at Who to contact for further support | Freeview who claimed there are no reports of problems reported.
If you are missing this multiplex, Please DO report it on phone 03456 50 50 50 or it will never get fixed !
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Arq b, C36 (594.0MHz) is back for me !
Thanks to anyone who made the requested telephone call.
Chris.SE: thanks for your advice. Yes, I do have weak Local MUX. I suspect it's a matter of a contract logarithmic aerial that gives medium / 48% strength & 100% quality on CH35; CH48 and now restored CH36.6.
Yes, I did retune. Manual on C36 returned same results of Zero strength bar and 0% quality. I didn't retune today, but noticed SID 12 'QUEST' worked just fine.
I appreciate the Free filter suggestion, even though No postcard - I already got one bought when 4G threatened, 800Mhz, so the 700Mhz for 5G will be welcome.
For reference purposes I am in Bristol, post code BS5 9 ... and that's all you get !
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Friday 22 September 2023 6:01PM
Has HorrorXtra channel and realityXtra channel swapped Mux ?
Transmitter is Mendip. I am in Bristol.
All started Tuesday Night / Wednesday Morning 19th/20th September 2023. In my case EPG swapped between 'RealityXtra' and 'HorrorXtra', but this was corrected a day later.
No 'you may need to retune your equipment - press Yellow to dismiss this message' pop-up, like previously displayed for such changes.
No warnings of re-tune / re-mapping on the usual web sites, though hints of engineering works and reduced power (that were NOT evident) on some sites including this one, week beginning 18th September 2023.
I setup a recording that recorded the other unwanted channel in the pair, presumably due to the EPG swap / error.
It seems to me that the HorrorXtra channel has been relegated to the Local Mux, C30 for Mendip and realityXtra has been elevated to COM4 / SDN, C48 for Mendip. The change was half-completed, or an error on EPG introduced, the first night with full completion the second.
The local MUX C30 is 10,000W and COM4 / SDN C48 is 100,000W for Mendip - so if you cant get the Local channel, "Bristol TV", you'll likely lose HorrorXtra.
Many re-tunes, Factory Resets and swapping the Aerial input lead primary / slave looping between my TWO receivers didn't fix the issues, except I am lucky and one and only one of my receivers is sensitive enough to receive the Local Mux.