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john: Please provide a full postcode.

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Switchover events September- December 2011
Monday 26 September 2011 7:23PM

Pip: Some indication of the channels you are missing might be helpful.

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Channel 4 HD is on Freesat EPG - at last!
Monday 26 September 2011 7:36PM

Gareth Smart: You are right, if they are not in the EPG, you don't get an EPG...

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Chris: As above, Wednesday 21st March 2012.

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Charles Stuart: No new masts are built for COM7, COM8 and COM9, the equipment will be placed lower down the existing structures.


You can't reallocated PSB1, PSB2 and PSB3 as they are on ALL transmitters, not just the "main 80", and COM4, COM5 and COM6 use frequencies that fit in with the existing pattern and (almost always) are "in group", as per:




COM7, COM8 and COM9 will always be at lower power levels that COM4, COM5 and COM6.

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Digital Region Overlap | Freeview Interference
Tuesday 27 September 2011 8:01AM

Mark Fletcher: Yes, the TTTV-Yorkshire overlap has been there since the 1960s, and was especially handy when Emley Moor fell down in 1969.

I must actually do an "overlap" map showing ONLY the overlap areas, would be quite interesting.

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Tuesday 27 September 2011 8:44AM

A.R.Cowleard: It depends what you mean by "programmed"?

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Tuesday 27 September 2011 8:46AM

Trevor Newbery: Yes, that is correct, DVI does not carry audio.

You will need to either use a separate audio link to the TV set, or a separate audio link to an amplifier and speakers.

You can get audio out of the SCART connection (using an appropriate lead) if the box doesn't have a audio-out stereo-pair, or SPDIF (the digital audio connection).

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Tuesday 27 September 2011 8:53AM

Mrs June Shepherd: I would suggest you have a look at the checklist on the Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.

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Tuesday 27 September 2011 8:55AM

jacky law: The most likely reason is that you had a dodgy "fly lead" on the box that doesn't work properly. I would suggest you try changing this aerial lead.

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Tuesday 27 September 2011 8:56AM

mr john w. powell: Please do this - My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - to restore the channel. It has moved multiplexes and you need to do a "first time" tune on your box or TV set.

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Adrian Morris: At Midhurst you need a wideband aerial, as COM7, COM8 and COM9 will all be "out of group". A C/D aerial will block COM7, COM8, COM9.

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mad tony: Not all devices have the "MHEG-5" system required for Red Button to work. It was OK in the past, you probably just need to do this - My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

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David Pinfold: 12.5kW is still more than 6kW and 8kW...

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Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) transmitter
Tuesday 27 September 2011 9:06PM

Martin: The point being, you need a "DVB-T2" receiver to get Freeview HD, anything else will not see the channels.

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Dan: You are predicted excellent reception from Reigate, if you have have it you should ask whoever it was that provided it for you to make it work properly.

It is also possible you have "overdone it" - see Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

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JD: Yes, as per the plan, the transmitter was off air from midnight to 6am. As per my posting above, as per Oxford sees the end of analogue TV as high power digital starts | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

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Bill: See above comment.

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Stuart: Yes, the DVB-T2 service is invisible to DVB-T equipment.

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Katie Bridge: It will be rectified when you sort it out... Please see the above comments to David Griffiths.

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Aynsley: There are no analogue television transmitters serving your location any more.

There were no HD services on the Oxford transmitter until this morning. You will need a DVB-T2 card to be able to pick up the HD channels.

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mst: The current allocations for digital services are C53+, C55, C57, C59-, C60- and C62 .

C68 is now pooled for 4G mobile broadband use.

I would check your aerial, you should have 100% signal quality on all multiplexes.

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Bill: Thank you very much for your kind comments - they make it all worthwhile.

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davd: All full service transmitters are fed by fibre-optic. No transmitters are served by satellite, except in emergency situations where the BBC services can be provided this way.

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Lesley Gyford: Which model of Humax box do you have?

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Mike Dimmick/Chris.SE: Apologies, I had not updated the database to the new Mendip allocations. They are now showing.

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Dawn: The switchover has had no effect whatsoever on satellite or cable television.

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Spartan: Bit hard to say without a full postcode and details of where your aerial is located.

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mhaffy: Yes, that is correct.

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Switchover starts in the Oxford area | Switchovers
Wednesday 28 September 2011 9:26PM

Alan: Yes, "Default Settings" was what you should have done each time.

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Colin Doman: Sorry, it is YOU that is wrong. Channel 4 has been broadcasting on the old BBC TWO analogue frequency for two weeks. You should have looked.

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ChrisW: Yes, I have read all these, and I have been involved with terrestrial digital TV since some years before the launch of ONdigital, and many years of digital comms before that.

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John J: If you need an analogue signal and there are none then I suspect that "it's impossible" is the correct diagnosis.

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Nick Wilcock: If you look at the Oxford frequency allocation table (above), if you were using any of the current six digital frequencies for your RF connection from a Sky box, then it would have been rendered useless by the presence of a high power analogue channels on it or the neighbouring frequency as they analogue four used C53, C57, C60, and C63.

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Rick Mock: I would get rid of the booster to start with. Indoor aerials perform badly for Freeview reception, and as you have not provided a full postcode it is impossible to say more.

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Mike Oxlade: I am pleased to hear that you now have all the TV services. Freeview HD is rather good, isn't it?

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Robert: You may still be able to see analogue from the Hannington transmitter at your location.

I'm glad to hear that everything is working for you.

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mst: Because the commercial multiplexes fit into the new digital plan as "extra services", it has been necessary to hold them at low powers, or in pre-switchover configurations at some masts until the rest of the PSB digital network is complete.

This is the reason for the pre-switchover modes being "held" on some transmitters - the first one with this issue was Mendip - see BT Vision, TUTV, Sky Sports 1+2 and the Mendip transmitter | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

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Rick Mock: Removing the booster will usually increase the signal quality, which is what is required for reliable digital reception.

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Tony: If you have a shared aerial system and everyone is missing the same multiplexes then you should probably contact whoever manages the system and ask them to fix the problem, as it could be that the system has separate amplifiers for each channel and needs reconfiguring.

You have not provided a postcode it's a bit hard to say more.

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Peter: No, you will need a wideband aerial.

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omar: Your TV would have even more life in it if you bought it a Freeview box.

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Mark Williams: You might find Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice worth checking, or even just replacing the aerial "fly lead" that connects to the set with the problems.

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BBC/ITV Freesat - Spring 08 | Freesat
Thursday 29 September 2011 3:33PM

Les Nicol: Thanks for that, it sounds very interesting. I might have to get one to see if it does all it claims to do.

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Peter: Yes. The point about the post was to say that "if you get a new aerial..." rather than change it now.

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Chris.SE: It's not a bug, there is a process that looks for posts that end with thing that end with something that looks like a postcode in brackets at the end, but isn't and fixes it. It runs periodically.

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Andy: I need to remove The Wrekin B mast from the database, I will look into it.

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jordan: Please see More Freeview capacity - COM7, COM8 and COM9 - in the 600MHz band | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice . As it says above "COM7, COM8, COM9 projected for 2013-16. COM7 and COM8 to operate as Bromsgrove, Sutton Coldfield, The Wrekin SFN. COM9 UK-wide SFN".

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martina: Can you please provide a full postcode?

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Jason New: Can you please provide a full postcode, it is hard to know what your reception issue might be without knowing your exact location.

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Stuart O.: A signal overload will cause no damage, just loss of service. The set-top box will implement an "internal fuse" if high signal levels are detected to protect itself.

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Modifications made to aerial group markings
Thursday 29 September 2011 7:19PM

Steve P: Basically, yes.

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tony: See the satellite footprints at All about Freesat | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice . Freeview is only broadcast from transmitters in the UK.

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Andy: The changes to the television services have no effect whatsoever on radio signal.

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KMJ,Derby: Thanks, I have corrected that.

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Tara Moxon: Anything is possible, if the company wishes to pay for a Freeview slot. The channel is currently a pay channel on cable and satellite.

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NottsUK: Must give them a go.

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Yesterday
Thursday 29 September 2011 7:46PM

Robert Kleijn: 5* and 5USA require a Sky box and Sky card. Only Channel 5 is free-to-air and then on the BBC transponder, 10773 H.

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More 4
Thursday 29 September 2011 7:49PM

Anna: Not really very much to go on there. I would have a look at Having problems with streaming? - Channel 4 - 4viewers .

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Upgrading from Sky+HD to Freesat+HD | Freesat
Thursday 29 September 2011 7:51PM

Shaz: Yes, you will only have access to BBC One HD, BBC HD, Channel 4 HD and ITV1 HD as all the other channels require a subscription.

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Durris (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) DAB transmitter
Thursday 29 September 2011 7:53PM

Will: As it says above "the coverage area shown is the official radiation pattern, the actual terrain and receiver aerial position will affect reception reliability".

Trying to do pixel-based DAB reception prediction would overload the server capacity.

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David: I'm not sure from the post if the aerial is on the roof or not?

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Rob: It could be any number of problems, the most plausible would be the failure of the LNB. There is no particular reason to upgrade the hardware and the channels have not moved. If anything has moved, it could be the dish.

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Margaret Goodlad: Freeview is provided though a rooftop aerial in the UK only.

A "old Sky+ box" will show the fSfS channels if you use it. See Compare Freeview and Freesat TV | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice opt=1">Compare Freeview and Freesat-from-Sky TV | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for details of which channels are on which system.

Sky+ boxes will not record without a subscription, but you can buy Freesat+HD boxes that do record from satellite without a contract - see Compare Freeview and Freesat TV | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

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Aerialman: Thanks for pointing that out, I have fixed it.

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Bid
Thursday 29 September 2011 8:20PM

janet pass: I would contact the channel directly, or see Consumer rights : Directgov - Government, citizens and rights .

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GBH: F plugs are most likely to be Virgin Media connections, or part of a satellite distribution system.

As BT Vision uses Freeview (via a rooftop aerial) your sockets are unlikely to be of any use.

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Liz Falconer: I think this has been answered to you elsewhere.

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Argos TV
Thursday 29 September 2011 8:37PM

John: Now on the above link.

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ITV3 classics now viewable on-line
Thursday 29 September 2011 8:39PM

MRS P rowe: The programme is not currently part of the ITV3 schedule.

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drrdf: It does rather seem that you are looking at the digital television system as it was an analogue system.

The work done by Arqiva is of the highest standard (well, apart from at Oxford).

I suspect you need to do some reading up about digital television transmission standards.

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Jennifer: TV3 is encrypted and is only provided to Sky customers in the RoI, it can't be got by using "add channels".

You have not provided a postcode so I can't really say if you can get the digital terrestrial service in the RoI.

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JOHN T JONES: Freeview channels are allocated to the highest bidder, no channels are reserved, aside for those for the BBC (one multiplex) and the Channel 3, 4 and 5 licence holder.

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ITV
Thursday 29 September 2011 9:00PM

evans: Your reception will improve - on 4th April 2012.

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johnRobinson: Yes, it did... However, you should be using the Bromsgrove transmitter.

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Modifications made to aerial group markings
Thursday 29 September 2011 9:05PM

Steve P: Yes, The Wrekin now broadcasts six multiplexes on one set of channels, so the "B" is no longer required - The Wrekin B closed TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice

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John: "by the end of 2012" is the official line at the moment.

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ross: Most importantly: does it work?

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Raymond Hugall: Not really sure what to suggest...

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Lorna Smith: It could be all sorts of things, can you please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?

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Vincent: Yes, 14th March 2012 is when you will get more services from Midhurt.

You will get Freeview HD: BBC One HD, BBC HD, ITV1 HD, Channel 4 HD (plus one other by then).

No HD is broadcast at the moment.

Also see What does "Full HD Ready" actually mean? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice as you will need a new set-top box.

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Dave: It seems unlikely you would need a new aerial.

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Diagnostics - old version
Thursday 29 September 2011 10:01PM

Dave Wibb: Please see One-for-All | Universal Electronics .

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Jonathan Chilvers: The TV should autodetect the SCART device coming on, if it isn't, I would try another SCART lead.

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ITV 4
Thursday 29 September 2011 10:03PM

mark street: There is a list of things to check on the Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.

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Freeview channel changes | Freeview news
Thursday 29 September 2011 10:19PM

Malcolm: Only the box has to be on, not the television set. You must also have the "automatic software update" enabled too, which it will be unless you specifically disabled it.

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Melvinne Harvey: Thanks for that.

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ITV 3
Thursday 29 September 2011 10:28PM

Steve Smith: Can't really say without knowing your full postcode - for general advice see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

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Billy: Move the aerial to the roof and you will get perfect Freeview reception, loft aerials are always going to perform poorly...

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John Halliday: It is hard to say without a full postcode, can you please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for general suggestions?

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Ken: Basically, yes, you will have to wait until 13th June 2012 when you will be supplied with signals from Heathfield.

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Loft aerials | Installing
Thursday 29 September 2011 10:37PM

Priscille Yeung: Yes, that is correct.

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Loft aerials | Installing
Thursday 29 September 2011 10:38PM

Mr M. Lee: Can you please see the list of things to check on the Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page?

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Bobby: You should probably check for Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice and especially the quality of the cables you are using.

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alan: The channel is still being broadcast.

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Peter Everett: Thank you very much for your kind comments.

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steve: Everything should be back to normal operation now.

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