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Freeview reception at DH8 8BD

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 4 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of DH88BD (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)	Pontop Pike North East and Cumbria	PSB1
2	BBC Two	Pontop Pike North East and Cumbria	PSB1
3	ITV 1 (SD)	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2
4	Channel 4 (SD)	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2
5	Channel 5	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2

6	ITV 2	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2
9	BBC Four	Pontop Pike North East and Cumbria	PSB1
10	ITV3	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2
11	Sky Mix	Bilsdale	COM5
12	Quest	Pontop Pike	COM6

13	E4	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2
14	Film4	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2
15	Channel 4 +1	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2
17	Really	Bilsdale	COM5
18	More4	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2

19	U&Dave	Bilsdale	COM5
20	U&Drama	Pontop Pike	COM4
21	5USA	Pontop Pike	COM4
23	BBC Three	Pontop Pike North East and Cumbria	PSB1
25	U&W	Pontop Pike	COM6

26	ITV4	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2
27	U&Yesterday	Pontop Pike	COM6
28	ITVBe	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2
29	ITV2 +1	Pontop Pike	COM4
30	E4 +1	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2

31	E4 Extra	Bilsdale	COM5
32	5STAR	Pontop Pike	COM4
33	5Action	Pontop Pike	COM4
34	GREAT! movies	Pontop Pike	COM6
35	ITV1 +1	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2

36	Sky Arts	Bilsdale	COM5
38	Channel 5 +1	Pontop Pike	COM4
39	DMAX	Pontop Pike	COM6
40	Quest Red	Bilsdale	COM5
41	Legend	Pontop Pike	COM4

42	GREAT! action	Pontop Pike	COM4
43	Food Network	Bilsdale	COM5
44	HGTV	Pontop Pike	COM6
46	5SELECT	Pontop Pike	PSB3
47	Film4 +1	Bilsdale	COM5

48	Challenge	Bilsdale	COM5
49	4seven	Bilsdale	COM5
52	GREAT! christmas	Pontop Pike	COM6
56	That's TV (UK)	Pontop Pike	COM6
57	U&Dave ja vu	Pontop Pike	COM4

58	ITV3 +1	Pontop Pike	COM4
59	ITV4 +1	Pontop Pike	COM4
60	U&Drama +1	Bilsdale	COM5
63	GREAT! romance mix	Pontop Pike	COM6
64	Blaze	Pontop Pike	COM4

65	That's TV 2	Bilsdale	COM5
67	TRUE CRIME	Pontop Pike	COM4
68	TRUE CRIME XTRA	Pontop Pike	COM4
70	Quest +1	Bilsdale	COM5
71	That’s 60s	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2

73	HobbyMaker	Pontop Pike	COM6
74	&UYesterday +1	Bilsdale	COM5
75	That's 90s	Pontop Pike	COM6
76	That's TV 2 MCR	Bilsdale	COM5
81	Blaze +1	Pontop Pike	COM4

82	Talking Pictures TV	Pontop Pike	COM6
83	Together TV	Pontop Pike	COM4
84	PBS America	Pontop Pike	COM6
91	WildEarth	Pontop Pike	COM4
93	ITVBe +1	Pontop Pike	COM4

101	BBC One HD	Pontop Pike	PSB3
102	BBC Two HD	Pontop Pike	PSB3
103	UTV HD	Pontop Pike	PSB3
103	STV HD	Pontop Pike	PSB3
103	ITV 1 HD	Pontop Pike	PSB3

104	Channel 4 HD	Pontop Pike	PSB3
105	Channel 5 HD	Pontop Pike	PSB3
106	BBC Four HD	Pontop Pike	PSB3
107	BBC Three HD	Pontop Pike	PSB3
108	BBC Scotland HD	Pontop Pike	PSB3

110	Channel 4 HD (Wales)	Pontop Pike	PSB3
201	CBBC	Pontop Pike North East and Cumbria	PSB1
202	CBeebies	Pontop Pike North East and Cumbria	PSB1
204	CBBC HD	Pontop Pike	PSB3
205	CBeebies HD	Pontop Pike	PSB3

209	Ketchup TV	Pontop Pike	COM4
210	Ketchup Too	Pontop Pike	COM4
211	YAAAS!	Pontop Pike	COM4
231	BBC News	Pontop Pike North East and Cumbria	PSB1
232	BBC Parliament	Pontop Pike North East and Cumbria	PSB1

233	Sky News	Bilsdale	COM5
235	Al Jazeera Eng	Pontop Pike	COM6
251	Al Jazeera English	Pontop Pike	COM4
255	FRANCE 24 (in English)	Pontop Pike	COM4
265	Rok Sky +1	Pontop Pike	COM4

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Comments

Thursday, 31 August 2017

StevensOnln1

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10:31 AM

George: By retuning you have deleted all of the which were correctly tuned, making the problem far worse as retuning will never fix a sudden loss of . Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections? The problem is almost certainly something within your system as you are most likely receiving the 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 conditions are in your specific area - South is far too vague to tell us anything.

What you describe is typical of an 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 .

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

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George
12:03 PM
London

MikeP: thanks Mike. Postcode is SW4 9LA. When you say plugs, other than the plug which links the TV to the aerial socket on the (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 .

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

I have taken on board your advice re 'don't retune', although it is 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 lead - if you then get all the 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

George
8:11 AM
London

MikeB: I gave it another go last night with the original lead. I did several manual scans of the and had some success in picking up a few of them (about half). The TV seems to pick up channels and get for viewing when the 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 and had some success in picking up a few of them (about half). The TV seems to pick up channels and get for viewing when the 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 lead from the back of the TV to the socket can work as a poor aerial and that is why you get a few 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

George
9:32 AM

MikeP: the socket in the other room was very marginally better but I still had to move the lead around to get , 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 (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 , perhaps this is why the signal is bad? I am manually retuning according to UK's instructions for the 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 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

Andrew Land
7:31 AM

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

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