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Freeview reception at DY13 8QA

For reliable and stable Freeview reception, you need an unobstructed path between the TV aerial on your roof and the digital TV transmitter. The map below shows the transmitters predicted to provide a signal at this location.

You can click on any transmitter symbol to show the coverage area as a green overlay on the map. Double click on a transmitter symbol to go to the transmitter information page.

You can also view the ten closest potential '4G-at-800' mobile phone masts within 1.5km of the selected location - these masts may be used for 4G-at-800 mobile broadband services from 2013-2015.

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There are 2 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of DY138QA (page shows closest 10)

What do the map symbols mean?

EE, Multiple operators, O₂, 3, Vodafone, location on line-of-sight, Selected location, Freeview transmitter, Freeview light transmitter, Engineering/fault today.

These icons show the potential locations for 5G-at-700MHz services that may interfere with Freeview reception. For actual mobile device reception prediction (at 800-960MHz and 1710-2170MHz) see these phone operator's mapping sites: Three O2 EE VM

Predicted Freeview channel list

1	BBC One (SD)	Kidderminster West Midlands	PSB1
2	BBC Two	Kidderminster West Midlands	PSB1
3	ITV 1 (SD)	Kidderminster Central (West)	PSB2
4	Channel 4 (SD)	Kidderminster Central (West)	PSB2
5	Channel 5	Kidderminster Central (West)	PSB2

6	ITV 2	Kidderminster Central (West)	PSB2
7	Big Centre TV	Sutton Coldfield	LB
9	BBC Four	Kidderminster West Midlands	PSB1
10	ITV3	Kidderminster Central (West)	PSB2
11	Sky Mix	Sutton Coldfield	COM5

12	Quest	Sutton Coldfield	COM6
13	E4	Kidderminster Central (West)	PSB2
14	Film4	Kidderminster Central (West)	PSB2
15	Channel 4 +1	Kidderminster Central (West)	PSB2
17	Really	Sutton Coldfield	COM5

18	More4	Kidderminster Central (West)	PSB2
19	Dave	Sutton Coldfield	COM5
20	Drama	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
21	5USA	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
23	BBC Three	Kidderminster West Midlands	PSB1

25	W	Sutton Coldfield	COM6
26	ITV4	Kidderminster Central (West)	PSB2
27	Yesterday	Sutton Coldfield	COM6
28	ITVBe	Kidderminster Central (West)	PSB2
29	ITV2 +1	Sutton Coldfield	COM4

30	E4 +1	Kidderminster Central (West)	PSB2
31	E4 Extra	Sutton Coldfield	COM5
32	5STAR	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
33	5Action	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
34	GREAT! movies	Sutton Coldfield	COM6

35	ITV1 +1	Kidderminster Central (West)	PSB2
36	Sky Arts	Sutton Coldfield	COM5
38	Channel 5 +1	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
39	DMAX	Sutton Coldfield	COM6
40	Quest Red	Sutton Coldfield	COM5

41	Legend	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
42	GREAT! action	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
43	Food Network	Sutton Coldfield	COM5
44	HGTV	Sutton Coldfield	COM6
46	5SELECT	Kidderminster	PSB3

47	Film4 +1	Sutton Coldfield	COM5
48	Challenge	Sutton Coldfield	COM5
49	4seven	Sutton Coldfield	COM5
52	GREAT! romance	Sutton Coldfield	COM6
56	That's TV (UK)	Sutton Coldfield	COM6

57	Dave ja vu	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
58	ITVBe +1	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
59	ITV3 +1	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
60	Drama +1	Sutton Coldfield	COM5
61	GREAT! movies extra	Sutton Coldfield	COM6

63	GREAT! romance mix	Sutton Coldfield	COM6
64	Blaze	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
65	That's TV 2	Sutton Coldfield	COM5
67	TRUE CRIME	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
68	TRUE CRIME XTRA	Sutton Coldfield	COM4

70	Quest +1	Sutton Coldfield	COM5
71	That’s 60s	Sutton Coldfield	COM6
73	HobbyMaker	Sutton Coldfield	COM6
74	Yesterday +1	Sutton Coldfield	COM5
75	That's 90s	Sutton Coldfield	COM5

78	TCC	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
81	Blaze +1	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
82	Talking Pictures TV	Sutton Coldfield	COM6
83	Together TV	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
84	PBS America	Sutton Coldfield	COM6

89	ITV4 +1	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
91	WildEarth	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
101	BBC One HD	Kidderminster	PSB3
102	BBC Two HD	Kidderminster	PSB3
103	UTV HD	Kidderminster	PSB3

103	STV HD	Kidderminster	PSB3
103	ITV 1 HD	Kidderminster	PSB3
104	Channel 4 HD	Kidderminster	PSB3
105	Channel 5 HD	Kidderminster	PSB3
106	BBC Four HD	Kidderminster	PSB3

107	BBC Three HD	Kidderminster	PSB3
108	BBC Scotland HD	Kidderminster	PSB3
110	Channel 4 HD (Wales)	Kidderminster	PSB3
201	CBBC	Kidderminster West Midlands	PSB1
202	CBeebies	Kidderminster West Midlands	PSB1

204	CBBC HD	Kidderminster	PSB3
205	CBeebies HD	Kidderminster	PSB3
209	Ketchup TV	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
210	Ketchup Too	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
211	YAAAS!	Sutton Coldfield	COM4

231	BBC News	Kidderminster West Midlands	PSB1
232	BBC Parliament	Kidderminster West Midlands	PSB1
233	Sky News	Sutton Coldfield	COM5
235	Al Jazeera Eng	Sutton Coldfield	COM6
267	Al Jazeera English	Sutton Coldfield	COM4

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Comments

Saturday, 13 June 2015

jb38

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11:17 AM

TimH: The content of your update is inclined to suggest that the problem is really being caused by the fed into your TV being a tad over powerful for "its" HD tuner to cope with, this resulting in instability in same, the reason for highlighting "its", being that the overload level tuners are able to cope with varies from one brand of set to another, HD tuners being far more critical to this sort of thing over SD, although SD can also be affected if any is being received at a slightly stronger signal level than the others.

If your signal is really strong, purely for a , you might be able to resolve a of sorts by connecting a short length (4 feet or so) of wire into the TV's socket, or better still, if you could access a set top aerial, otherwise you have no option other than to purchase a signal attenuator (around £2-4) to insert in line with the TV's aerial input connection, a value of around 6dB or so might possibly suffice.

By the way, you should also check the set up menu of the TV in question to make sure that it isnt of the variety that incorporates an internal facility, if it does, switch it off.

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Monday, 15 June 2015

John h
11:39 AM

Hi
I have a box which I recorded some programs but was unable to watch them while at home so I decided to take my box with me on holiday and tried to watch them on the TV in my accommodation. Unfortunately the box would not play the recordings. Is this because I was not in the UK or is it that the recording is not actually on the box but a link to a recording on the .

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Friday, 19 June 2015

Alan
8:13 AM
Gosport

just a change of email address.

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Saturday, 20 June 2015

TimH
5:36 PM
Dunoon

jb38:
Many thanks for the suggestions. The main TV is a Samsung UE40C8000 (why they can't choose easier model numbers I don't know). It doesn't say that it has an on-board , so I'm assuming that it doesn't. As we can see the from the window in the lounge, I had thought about buying an indoor to check that the current aerial feed into the lounge socket wasn't the cause of the problem. Will probably do that now. Amazon offer one with a detachable booster at a reasonable price. I think the walls have insulation inside which has an aluminium foil backing, so this may muck up the through the - siting the indoor aerial on the window ledge won't pass internal approval! But as a temp measure, should be OK. Thanks again.

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MikeB

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7:48 PM

TimH: The tuners in the Samsung and the Sony might be slightly different, and so your problem might not be showing up on both of them. Sony's are really sensitive but robust (if your HX series is anything like mine), but Samsungs can be a little more skittish.

The Samsung certainly has no internal boosting , but a simple indoor for about a tenner might at least give you a chance to check out the problem. The idea of splitting the is a good one (its what I do), because you can see what the tuners are doing seperately. Might be worth changing the fly lead on the Samsung, to see if thats causing a problem.

BTW, the Samsung model no. makes sense if you speak Samsung! Its a European model 40in TV, which came out in 2010 (J is 2015, so work backwards missing out G, since its apparently very rude in Korean). The 8 series is always pretty much the top level Samsung range, and this one has a 200hz screen, which was top notch at the time. Still a very nice set indeed! Add a tuner in some way, and it should fly.

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Sunday, 21 June 2015

jb38

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12:18 AM

TimH: Thanks for the update re model number etc, and having looked at the manual for the model in question can confirm that its not fitted with a switchable .

As far as your problem is concerned, it certainly wouldn't do any harm to try using an alternative jumper lead such as suggested by MikeB, although if this makes no difference to the problem, then the next stage is to try the set top , as Samsung HD tuners can, and frequently do, react in an adverse fashion to signals that come into the category of being "slightly over the top" strength wise.

This first witnessed by the fact that when the (Fife) switched over to high powered operation, a number of viewers in the Leith area of using Samsung devices complained (not via website) that their HD had vanished, attenuators in line with the aerial rectifying the problem.

Not saying that this is definitely the reason for your problem, but the possibility of it being has to be eliminated from the equation.

PS: I fully appreciate what you are meaning by - siting the indoor aerial on the window ledge won't pass internal approval! - but though as you have said, its only being done as a temporary temporary measure.

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Thursday, 25 June 2015

TimH
11:20 AM
Dunoon

jb38 and Mike B
Thanks for all your advice, most appreciated. I found a powered in my box of stuff (don't ask) and connected this before I started to spend more money! To my surprise, when I retuned the Samsung, it found both missing multiplexes. Signal strength on these is now >70% and the BER on the HD multiplex is hovering around 50, so much less than the 2000+ it was before. Both multiplexes have a good picture. Early days yet, but fingers crossed. It must be as you said that the Samsung is a bit more delicate than the Sony in regards signal strength. I can only assume that the high BER was due to the Samsung trying to latch onto what it thought was a weak signal. To copy a song title from the Carpenters, it is good to get "Yesterday once more". Thanks again.

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Eric
8:23 PM

I've decided to try attenuator(s) in my co-ax TV lead. I remember seing some simple in-line attenuators (probably on this website), but I have failed to find such a product on the internet. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

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andy

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8:30 PM
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Eric: 6db Attenuator for UHF TV Freeview Digital Signal | eBay

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MikeB

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9:04 PM

I bought these: 12dB Coax Plug Inline ATTENUATOR: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

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