All posts by Chris.SE
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js:
My apologies for taking so long to come back, I had been forgetting to look for any similar errors on an occasional basis. I have managed to do that now and again.
Yes I see "Adeles got you" without the apostrophe. However in my EPG I'm seeing no other errors, no funny characters, apostrophies are appearing in other places (in R1 listings as well as elsewhere) so to me it would "appear" to be just a typo. But your analysis obviously shows otherwise.
I'm wondering if it's down to the receiver software as to whether such errors show up as odd characters or whether "suspect" characters just get omitted. I'm afraid I don't have the equipment (or knowledge at this time) to analyse this myself, but it certainly looks as though it's not restricted to Winter Hill.
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douglas page:
The trouble with your location is that it's on the periphery of the Central & Granada regions where the best reception is supposedly from the Winter Hill transmitter. ie not ITV Midlands Today at 6pm. and no reception from Sutton Coldfield according to the Digitaluk checker at Digital UK - Coverage checker
Whilst there is a Central region repeater (Fenton - low power & requires aerial with vertical polarisation) with "some very limited" predicted coverage at your postcode BUT other than the BBCB/PSB3 HD mux that coverage will disappear next year as other transmitters change channels as part of the 700Mhz clearance and this results in interference so the signals become unusable, so not recommended.
There are some areas to the east & west of you that can supposedly get Sutton Coldfield, from the information that I can currently see, you are in a slightly hilly area so it will depend on the precise geography surrounding you as to what you MIGHT get.
The D3&4 Mux (multiplex) that carries ITV might be receivable from several transmitters but may not be reliable from several. They are as follows (with UHF channel & approximate bearing) -
Fenton - C27 ~due S (179) low power 2kW aerial vertical polarisation
Sutton Coldfield - C46 ~E of S (160) high power 200kW aerial horizontal
The Wrekin - C23 ~W of S (208) med power 20kW aerial horizontal
Winter Hill - C59 (changing next year) ~W of N (337) high power 100kW aerial horizontal.
All the above transmit all multiplexes & you'll need a Group T or Wideband aerial to get all. If you are not bothered with the temporary muxes COMs 7&8 then if you particularly want Sutton Coldfield a group B aerial might be best and it's the strongest transmitter. You will clearly need to play around a bit with your aerial to see what you may get. HTH.
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Bob:
Glad to hear that you've been sorted out ok and had some good help through the Freeview Advice line, we only tend to hear the bad reports about them!
Nice that you are getting some signal from the Local Mux on UHF30. I take it you don't have an HD set/tuner as you haven't mentioned the HD muxes BBCB(PSB3) HD on UHF35 although it's unlikely that you'll get the COMs 7&8 muxes from Mendip (you may possibly - no guarantee - get them from Ridge Hill if the aerial has a side-lobe in it reception pattern in he Ridge Hill direction - but that likely will be pure chance.).
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Steve Hill:
We were reminded (by Michael) that reception of Carmel on the North Devon coast is significantly affected by the height of the tide in the Bristol channel. No doubt it will affect Kilvey Hill as well which, although low power, can easily be strong enough to cause interference problems.
Whether log periodic aerials pointing in a suitable direction might give the best chance of rejecting Kilvey Hill as they have no side lobes and better front to back ratio compared to a yagi.
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Philip Davies:
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Paul Vivash: and Philip Davies:
You may find Digital UK | Channel listings useful as well as putting your postcodes into Digital UK - Coverage checker to see what your predicted reception of which transmitters and multiplexes might be.
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jim bolton:
There was a retune event (as part of the 700Mhz clearance) on 31st July, you should have seen on-screen messages reminding you of this on the days before that.
The UHF channels you now need to be tuned to are 41 (PSB1/BBCA), 44 (PSB2/D3&4) & 47 (PSB3/BBCB HD).
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David Tyler:
I can't see any reports of transmitter problems at present, hopefully your signals have returned. If you put your postcode into Digital UK - Coverage checker it should show the predicted reception at your location. Especially as COMs 7&8 are on lower power compared to the other multiplexes, it's possible that since other transmitter changes on the 31st July now sharing the same channels as part of a SFN (Single Frequency Network) you may have interference particularly with the current weather conditions.
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Lesley Horner:
If you are still having problems adding multiplexes, try unplugging the aerial and doing an automatic tune whilst it's unplugged, this will clear ALL previous tuning. You should then be able to add any multiplexes you wish.
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michael ballantyne:
The simple answer is all of them except PSB1/BBCA. If you put your postcode into Digital UK - Coverage checker it'll give your the predicted reception for your location from available transmitters and the muxes available, as well as forthcoming changes.
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Thursday 1 August 2019 1:34AM
There's been a retune event on 31st July as part of the 700Mhz clearance, you should have seen on-screen messages over the previous few days to advise you need to retune.
An automatic tune should suffice. but if you have to do a manual tune the UHF channels are -
PSB1/BBCA - 29, PSB2/D3&4 - 31, PSB3/BBCB (HD) - 37.