Freeview reception at B73 5AF
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.
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
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 5 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of B735AF (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) | Sutton Coldfield West Midlands | PSB1 | |
| 2 | BBC Two | Sutton Coldfield West Midlands | PSB1 | |
| 3 | ITV 1 (SD) | Sutton Coldfield Central (West) | PSB2 | |
| 4 | Channel 4 (SD) | Sutton Coldfield Central (West) | PSB2 | |
| 5 | 5 | Sutton Coldfield Central (West) | PSB2 | |
| 6 | ITV 2 | Sutton Coldfield Central (West) | PSB2 | |
| 7 | Big Centre TV | Sutton Coldfield | LB | |
| 7 | Notts TV | Waltham | LNG | |
| 9 | BBC Four | Sutton Coldfield West Midlands | PSB1 | |
| 10 | ITV3 | Sutton Coldfield Central (West) | PSB2 | |
| 11 | Sky Mix HD | Sutton Coldfield | COM5 | |
| 12 | Quest | Sutton Coldfield | COM6 | |
| 13 | E4 | Sutton Coldfield Central (West) | PSB2 | |
| 14 | Film4 | Sutton Coldfield Central (West) | PSB2 | |
| 15 | Channel 4 +1 | Sutton Coldfield Central (West) | PSB2 | |
| 17 | Really | Sutton Coldfield | COM5 | |
| 18 | More4 | Sutton Coldfield Central (West) | PSB2 | |
| 19 | U&Dave | Sutton Coldfield | COM5 | |
| 20 | U&Drama | Sutton Coldfield | COM4 | |
| 21 | 5USA | Sutton Coldfield | COM4 | |
| 23 | BBC Three | Sutton Coldfield West Midlands | PSB1 | |
| 25 | U&W | Sutton Coldfield | COM6 | |
| 26 | ITV4 | Sutton Coldfield Central (West) | PSB2 | |
| 27 | U&Yesterday | Sutton Coldfield | COM6 | |
| 28 | ITV Quiz | Sutton Coldfield Central (West) | PSB2 | |
| 29 | ITV2 +1 | Sutton Coldfield | COM4 | |
| 30 | E4 +1 | Sutton Coldfield 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 | Sutton Coldfield Central (West) | PSB2 | |
| 36 | Sky Arts | Sutton Coldfield | COM5 | |
| 38 | 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 | Sutton Coldfield | PSB3 | |
| 47 | Film4 +1 | Sutton Coldfield | COM5 | |
| 48 | Challenge | Sutton Coldfield | COM5 | |
| 49 | 4seven | Sutton Coldfield Central (West) | PSB2 | |
| 52 | GREAT! romance | Sutton Coldfield | COM6 | |
| 56 | That's TV (UK) | Sutton Coldfield | COM6 | |
| 57 | U&Eden | Sutton Coldfield | PSB3 | |
| 58 | ITV3 +1 | Sutton Coldfield | COM4 | |
| 59 | ITV4 +1 | Sutton Coldfield | COM4 | |
| 60 | U&Drama 1 | Sutton Coldfield | COM5 | |
| 61 | GREAT! mystery | Sutton Coldfield | COM4 | |
| 63 | GREAT! player | 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 XTR | Sutton Coldfield | COM4 | |
| 69 | LEGEND XTRA | Sutton Coldfield | PSB3 | |
| 70 | Quest +1 | Sutton Coldfield | COM5 | |
| 71 | That's TV 3 | Sutton Coldfield Central (West) | PSB2 | |
| 73 | HobbyMaker | Sutton Coldfield | COM6 | |
| 74 | U&DaveJaVu | Sutton Coldfield | COM4 | |
| 75 | That's Melody | Sutton Coldfield | COM6 | |
| 76 | That's Dance | Sutton Coldfield | COM5 | |
| 81 | Rewind TV | Sutton Coldfield | COM6 | |
| 82 | Talking Pictures TV | Sutton Coldfield | COM6 | |
| 83 | That's TV | Sutton Coldfield | COM4 | |
| 84 | PBS America | Sutton Coldfield | COM6 | |
| 91 | WildEarth | Sutton Coldfield | COM4 | |
| 93 | ITVBe +1 | Sutton Coldfield | COM4 | |
| 101 | BBC One HD | Sutton Coldfield | PSB3 | |
| 102 | BBC Two HD | Sutton Coldfield | PSB3 | |
| 103 | ITV 1 HD | Sutton Coldfield | PSB3 | |
| 103 | STV HD | Sutton Coldfield | PSB3 | |
| 103 | UTV HD | Sutton Coldfield | PSB3 | |
| 104 | Channel 4 HD | Sutton Coldfield | PSB3 | |
| 105 | 5 HD | Sutton Coldfield | PSB3 | |
| 106 | BBC Four HD | Sutton Coldfield | PSB3 | |
| 107 | BBC Three HD | Sutton Coldfield | PSB3 | |
| 108 | BBC Scotland HD | Sutton Coldfield | PSB3 | |
| 110 | Channel 4 HD (Wales) | Sutton Coldfield | PSB3 | |
| 201 | CBBC | Sutton Coldfield West Midlands | PSB1 | |
| 202 | CBeebies | Sutton Coldfield West Midlands | PSB1 | |
| 203 | CBBC HD | Sutton Coldfield | PSB3 | |
| 204 | CBeebies HD | Sutton Coldfield | PSB3 | |
| 206 | Tiny Pop | Sutton Coldfield | COM4 | |
| 207 | POP UP | Sutton Coldfield | COM6 | |
| 209 | Ketchup TV | Sutton Coldfield | COM4 | |
| 210 | Ketchup Too | Sutton Coldfield | COM4 | |
| 211 | YAAAS! | Sutton Coldfield | COM4 | |
| 231 | BBC News | Sutton Coldfield West Midlands | PSB1 | |
| 232 | BBC Parliament | Sutton Coldfield West Midlands | PSB1 | |
| 233 | Sky News | Sutton Coldfield | COM5 | |
| 251 | Al Jazeera English | Sutton Coldfield | COM4 | |
| 255 | FRANCE 24 (in English) | Sutton Coldfield | COM4 | |
| 265 | ROK | Sutton Coldfield | COM4 | |
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Tuesday, 18 April 2023
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Ted Slater11:21 AM
Hi. I have an interesting problem. Following some reception troubles last year with the Nottingham repeater, I am now receiving signal from Sutton Coldfield. Everything is much better, with one exception. I have a Panasonic tv and a Humax Aura 4k PVR. The Panasonic receives all channels correctly but the Humax is missing channels 12 and 71(COM6). All other COM6 channels are present so, as far as I can tell, the problem is restricted to the two Quest channels.
Quest+1 (channel 70 on COM5) is fine.
Humax don't have an answer to this, nor do Quest, so I'm just looking desperately for some inspiration!!
Thanks.
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Chris.SE4:34 PM
Ted Slater:
Not familiar with your PVR (don't know if StevensOnln1 can add any comment) I assume Humax have suggested Resets etc.?
What I can say is three things -
First, there was a shuffle around of some of the high end LCN TV channels on the COM multiplexes back on March 22nd. LCN71 is now "That's 60s" on COM5.
For details see Updates and alerts | Freeview
Also see Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview which should be an up-to-date list of which TV channels are on which multiplex.
Second, some devices get their memory mixed up with such changes when you do a retune and TV channels can end up in the 800's for example. You could try a further retune and see if that resolves things by unplugging the aerial, doing a full retune which might clear memory with no channels found, plug the aerial back in and repeat the retune BUT a note of caution, some PVRs might loses correct linking of recordings!
Third, a full reset of the PVR might be needed, but again you may lose recordings!
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Thursday, 20 April 2023
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macca7:20 PM
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Getting no tv reception at all on my freeview tv. My signal comes from betws y coed. I am in sheltered housing and we share a outdoor satelite dish for our reception.
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Chris.SE9:34 PM
macca:
The transmitter should be back on air.
The BBC did report a fault for Betws_Y_Coed Freeview -
From 7:09pm to 9:30pm on 20th Apr 2023 BBC A Off the air due to a fault
From 7:09pm to 9:30pm on 20th Apr 2023 BBC B HD Off the air due to a fault
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Saturday, 22 April 2023
We recently stayed in a holiday centre in Somerset on the Bristol Channel coast and could only get the channels from Wales which should have been for the west of England. Surely this should not be.
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StevensOnln110:26 AM
Nicholas Anderson: Presumably the aerial was pointed at Wenvoe rather than Mendip. If you put the postcode into the Freeview detailed coverage checker (see link below) you'll be able to see whether Mendip (or any of it's relays) are predicted to be receivable.
Detailed transmitter information for industry professionals | Freeview
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Chris.SE12:27 PM
Nicholas Anderson:
Some parts of that coastline are very tricky for Freeview from anywhere other than Wenvoe or Kilvey Hill. As StevensOnln1 says, see what the checker gives.
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Monday, 24 April 2023
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Ted Slater10:36 AM
Chris.SE - thanks as always for your thoughts.
I have reset the box (twice, at great inconvenience, I might say, as it loses the saved schedule!) but it made no difference. The odd thing is that the guide can "see" that channel 12 is there as it puts in a slot for it and labels the slot correctly as Quest. It's just that there is no programme data and no signal when selecting it.
I can live with Quest+1 fore the few programmes I want - it only annoys me in an OCD sort of way.
Thanks again
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Chris.SE1:10 PM
Ted Slater:
Hi, yes it would annoy me too! I wouldn't expect Quest to have any answer, this is undoubtedly down to some quirk or fault with the Humax Aura 4k PVR on the assumption that when you do the full reset the tuning memory is completely cleared - were you able to/did you check that before retuning again?
Is it still the same LCN TV Channels numbers or is it common to one multiplex (COM6?).
I would have expected Humax to have come up with an explanation, how old is the box?
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Monday, 3 July 2023
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Steve Donaldson4:06 PM
Chris B: In terms of restoring the HD channels on your TV then these are on UHF channel 41 (634MHz) and you should try a manual scan of that channel.
Resetting and rescanning will make no difference because the TV is set to receive the channels of the transmitter. All that this results in is the memory being cleared and missing channels in the TV's memory. The issue lies elsewhere, I would suggest.
You have complained before about missing channels and whilst we don't know whether it could be based on your location (as it hasn't been provided), be aware that other cables such as HDMI, Ethernet and USB running alongside an aerial lead could cause such issues. If you have such cables running nearby, then see if the manual scan of UHF channel 41 gives indication of strength and quality, and see if moving them away from the aerial lead increases the quality (or if strength and quality aren't shown separately, see if the signal strength bar increases when they are moved away).
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