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Freeview reception at BR1 9DS


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 19 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of BR19DS (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

1BBC One (SD)Crystal Palace LondonPSB1
2BBC TwoCrystal Palace LondonPSB1
3ITV 1 (SD)Crystal Palace LondonPSB2
4Channel 4 (SD)Crystal Palace LondonPSB2
5Channel 5Crystal Palace LondonPSB2
 
6ITV 2Crystal Palace LondonPSB2
8LONDON LIVECrystal Palace LW
9BBC FourCrystal Palace LondonPSB1
10ITV3Crystal Palace LondonPSB2
11Sky MixCrystal Palace COM5
 
12QuestCrystal Palace COM6
13E4Crystal Palace LondonPSB2
14Film4Crystal Palace LondonPSB2
15Channel 4 +1Crystal Palace LondonPSB2
17ReallyCrystal Palace COM5
 
18More4Crystal Palace LondonPSB2
19U&DaveCrystal Palace COM5
20U&DramaCrystal Palace COM4
215USACrystal Palace COM4
23BBC ThreeCrystal Palace LondonPSB1
 
25U&WCrystal Palace COM6
26ITV4Crystal Palace LondonPSB2
27U&YesterdayCrystal Palace COM6
28ITVBeCrystal Palace LondonPSB2
29ITV2 +1Crystal Palace COM4
 
30E4 +1Crystal Palace LondonPSB2
31E4 ExtraCrystal Palace COM5
325STARCrystal Palace COM4
335ActionCrystal Palace COM4
34GREAT! moviesCrystal Palace COM6
 
35ITV1 +1Crystal Palace LondonPSB2
36Sky ArtsCrystal Palace COM5
38Channel 5 +1Crystal Palace COM4
39DMAXCrystal Palace COM6
40Quest RedCrystal Palace COM5
 
41LegendCrystal Palace COM4
42GREAT! actionCrystal Palace COM4
43Food NetworkCrystal Palace COM5
44HGTVCrystal Palace COM6
465SELECTCrystal Palace PSB3
 
47Film4 +1Crystal Palace COM5
48ChallengeCrystal Palace COM5
494sevenCrystal Palace COM5
52GREAT! christmasCrystal Palace COM6
56That's TV (UK)Crystal Palace COM6
 
57U&Dave ja vuCrystal Palace COM4
58ITV3 +1Crystal Palace COM4
59ITV4 +1Crystal Palace COM4
60U&Drama +1Crystal Palace COM5
63GREAT! romance mixCrystal Palace COM6
 
64BlazeCrystal Palace COM4
65That's TV 2Crystal Palace COM5
67TRUE CRIMECrystal Palace COM4
68TRUE CRIME XTRACrystal Palace COM4
70Quest +1Crystal Palace COM5
 
71That’s 60sCrystal Palace LondonPSB2
73HobbyMakerCrystal Palace COM6
74&UYesterday +1Crystal Palace COM5
75That's 90sCrystal Palace COM6
76That's TV 2 MCRCrystal Palace COM5
 
81Blaze +1Crystal Palace COM4
82Talking Pictures TVCrystal Palace COM6
83Together TVCrystal Palace COM4
84PBS AmericaCrystal Palace COM6
91WildEarthCrystal Palace COM4
 
93ITVBe +1Crystal Palace COM4
101BBC One HDCrystal Palace PSB3
102BBC Two HDCrystal Palace PSB3
103STV HDCrystal Palace PSB3
103UTV HDCrystal Palace PSB3
 
103ITV 1 HDCrystal Palace PSB3
104Channel 4 HDCrystal Palace PSB3
105Channel 5 HDCrystal Palace PSB3
106BBC Four HDCrystal Palace PSB3
107BBC Three HDCrystal Palace PSB3
 
108BBC Scotland HDCrystal Palace PSB3
110Channel 4 HD (Wales)Crystal Palace PSB3
201CBBCCrystal Palace LondonPSB1
202CBeebiesCrystal Palace LondonPSB1
204CBBC HDCrystal Palace PSB3
 
205CBeebies HDCrystal Palace PSB3
209Ketchup TVCrystal Palace COM4
210Ketchup TooCrystal Palace COM4
211YAAAS!Crystal Palace COM4
231BBC NewsCrystal Palace LondonPSB1
 
232BBC ParliamentCrystal Palace LondonPSB1
233Sky NewsCrystal Palace COM5
235Al Jazeera EngCrystal Palace COM6
251Al Jazeera EnglishCrystal Palace COM4
255FRANCE 24 (in English)Crystal Palace COM4
 
265Rok Sky +1Crystal Palace COM4

 

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Comments
Thursday, 31 August 2017
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StevensOnln1
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10:31 AM

George: By retuning you have deleted all of the channels which were correctly tuned, making the problem far worse as retuning will never fix a sudden loss of signal. Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections? The problem is almost certainly something within your aerial system as you are most likely receiving the Crystal Palace transmitter which covers most of London and there would be hundreds of people complaining if it wasn't working.

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MikeP
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10:34 AM

George:

A full post code is essential for problems such as you describe. Only then can we contributors examine what the local reception conditions are in your specific area - South London is far too vague to tell us anything.

What you describe is typical of an aerial problem, commonly due to poor contacts in the plugs/sockets or a poorly fitted coaxial plug. So you need to disconnect all the aerial plugs and then refit them. Sadly as you have retuned you have lost all the tuning information your TV set already had, so you will need to do another retune. It is always wrong to retune when the signal is lost.

Just because a TV is 'brand new' does not mean it cannot have a fault and aerial systems can have faults that are not visible, especially if it is mounted outside above the roof.

If the problem was not within your property but at the transmitter, there would be millions of complaints from axcross the whole of London and beyond, Crystal Palace serves over 6 million people!



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George
12:03 PM
London

MikeP: thanks Mike. Postcode is SW4 9LA. When you say aerial plugs, other than the plug which links the TV to the aerial socket on the wall (coaxial?), which plugs do I need to disconnect, and where would I find them? Sorry please excuse my ignorance, I have no knowledge of this stuff! I live in a building of flats with a communal aerial on the roof.

I agree it isn't a transmitter issue for the reasons you have outlined - just seems odd that it was working perfectly and now can only find 5 channels.

I have taken on board your advice re 'don't retune', although it is Freeview who advised me to auto retune and reset to factory settings.

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MikeB
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2:18 PM
Peterborough

George: You could just go to a pound shop and buy another aerial lead - if you then get all the channels you should do (your in SW4, so that should be the full set), then you know it was rubbish aerial lead. If not, then the problem is further up the chain.

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Friday, 1 September 2017
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George
8:11 AM
London

MikeB: I gave it another go last night with the original lead. I did several manual scans of the multiplex channels and had some success in picking up a few of them (about half). The TV seems to pick up channels and get signal for viewing when the aerial lead is held and positioned in specific places, then when I move the lead even slightly the signal is lost. Does this sound to you like an issue with the lead or the aerial sockets?

Why would the signal be working perfectly then suddenly I have to hold the lead at an angle?

I noticed that I have a separate aerial socket in a different room so I will give that one a go to see if it works. I will also purchase a new aerial lead.

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George
9:54 AM
London

MikeP: I gave it another go last night with the original lead. I did several manual scans of the multiplex channels and had some success in picking up a few of them (about half). The TV seems to pick up channels and get signal for viewing when the aerial lead is held and positioned in specific places, then when I move the lead even slightly the signal is lost. Does this sound to you like an issue with the lead or the aerial sockets?

Why would the signal be working perfectly then suddenly I have to hold the lead at an angle?

I noticed that I have a separate aerial socket in a different room so I will give that one a go to see if it works. I will also purchase a new aerial lead.

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MikeP
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10:52 AM

George:

The short aerial lead from the back of the TV to the wall socket can work as a poor quality aerial and that is why you get a few channels unreliably. Replace the flylead, as MikeB suggest, and if you still have the problem then report the fault to the managers of the blockj as they are responsible for the communal aerial system. Also worth checking with your immediate neighbours in the block to see if they have a problem. If they do then it is a general aerial system fault, if they don't then it is likely a fault with the feed to your apartment. (It is not unknown for some silly people to cut aerial leads on a whim, I suspect they think it's fun!)

Let us know how using the socket in another room works. That could have a separate feed from the main aerial system compared to the one you generally use.



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Saturday, 2 September 2017
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George
9:32 AM

MikeP: the aerial socket in the other room was very marginally better but I still had to move the lead around to get signal, then when I dropped the lead the signal would go.

The new aerial lead that I bought couldn't get any signal at all in either room.

I managed to pick up a few more channels (itv, ch5 etc), although these were then numbered in the 800s rather than the usual 3 4 5 etc. Apparently this is because I'm picking up signal from more than one transmitter, perhaps this is why the signal is bad? I am manually retuning according to digital UK's instructions for the Crystal Palace transmitter.

Any ideas!?

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MikeP
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10:26 AM

George:

That proves that there is a fault in the aerial system, especially the part that feeds you apartment. Contact the owner/management who are responsible for maintenance of the block to have the fault corrected.

Your new aerial flylead is clearly better screened than the 'old' one so it will be less likely to pick up signals accidentally. (The flylead should not act as an aerial at all.)

Did you speak to your neighbours? Are they having the same problem?



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Tuesday, 5 September 2017
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Andrew Land
7:31 AM

Hi, I get a Signal Strength of around 64% with a Signal Quality of 100% on my Freeview Channels in Otley, West Yorkshire via the Wharfedale Transmitter using an LG TV. Is a Signal Strength of around 64% OK? I don't get any issues with the picture at all? Many Thanks for your time, Andrew

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