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Freeview reception at RG2 7BQ


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 11 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of RG27BQ (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)Hannington SouthPSB1
2BBC TwoHannington SouthPSB1
3ITV 1 (SD)Hannington MeridianPSB2
4Channel 4 (SD)Hannington MeridianPSB2
5Channel 5Hannington MeridianPSB2
 
6ITV 2Hannington MeridianPSB2
8LONDON LIVECrystal Palace LW
9BBC FourHannington SouthPSB1
10ITV3Hannington MeridianPSB2
11Sky MixCrystal Palace COM5
 
12QuestCrystal Palace COM6
13E4Hannington MeridianPSB2
14Film4Hannington MeridianPSB2
15Channel 4 +1Hannington MeridianPSB2
17ReallyCrystal Palace COM5
 
18More4Hannington MeridianPSB2
19U&DaveCrystal Palace COM5
20U&DramaCrystal Palace COM4
215USACrystal Palace COM4
23BBC ThreeHannington SouthPSB1
 
25U&WCrystal Palace COM6
26ITV4Hannington MeridianPSB2
27U&YesterdayCrystal Palace COM6
28ITVBeHannington MeridianPSB2
29ITV2 +1Crystal Palace COM4
 
30E4 +1Hannington MeridianPSB2
31E4 ExtraCrystal Palace COM5
325STARCrystal Palace COM4
335ActionCrystal Palace COM4
34GREAT! moviesCrystal Palace COM6
 
35ITV1 +1Hannington MeridianPSB2
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
465SELECTHannington 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 60sHannington MeridianPSB2
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 HDHannington PSB3
102BBC Two HDHannington PSB3
103STV HDHannington PSB3
103UTV HDHannington PSB3
 
103ITV 1 HDHannington PSB3
104Channel 4 HDHannington PSB3
105Channel 5 HDHannington PSB3
106BBC Four HDHannington PSB3
107BBC Three HDHannington PSB3
 
108BBC Scotland HDHannington PSB3
110Channel 4 HD (Wales)Hannington PSB3
201CBBCHannington SouthPSB1
202CBeebiesHannington SouthPSB1
204CBBC HDHannington PSB3
 
205CBeebies HDHannington PSB3
209Ketchup TVCrystal Palace COM4
210Ketchup TooCrystal Palace COM4
211YAAAS!Crystal Palace COM4
231BBC NewsHannington SouthPSB1
 
232BBC ParliamentHannington SouthPSB1
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
Friday, 8 November 2013
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jb38
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8:51 PM

Anne Clayton: As you do not appear to reside in an isolated location then the obvious question would be, have you as yet checked with any of your neighbours to find out if they are being similarly affected?

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Monday, 11 November 2013
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MARION
3:53 PM
Burton-on-trent

I have an lg television working through Freeview, the sound on the TV sounds quite blurry and the volume although on very high comes over very quietly. is there anything that i can do to enhance this as my partner is very hard of hearing and sits so close to the TV i can hardly see the screen myself. many thanks for any help that can be given. de13 0pn. Marion

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Margaret
8:20 PM

Hi I live in north devon - Have lost all radio channels over the last month and now today I have lost about 16 channels. Advice from freesat was to put box in standby mode for 30 seconds and they would come back - they didn't so retuning was the only other option and I have still got exactly the same - Radio and tv channels are listed but no or bad signal shows on all of them.

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Dan
11:02 PM

Hi everyone,


In Edinburgh here


Freeview box is only scanning 34 channels(21 TV, 13 radio)

Anyone know how I can receive other channels?


Thanks

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Michael
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11:17 PM

Dan: Have you previously had more channels at your location on the aerial you are using?

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jb38
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11:28 PM

Margaret : If you are definitely referring to" Freesat" (satellite) and NOT Freeview via a normal aerial then no or bad signal in most cases is always caused by the dish either being out of alignment or by water having entered the "F" connector on the dishes LNB.

Purely out of curiosity, what is the model number of the box you are using? and are you connected into a communal dish system?

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Tuesday, 12 November 2013
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MikeB
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12:07 AM

Marion: You say ' the sound on the TV sounds quite blurry and the volume although on very high comes over very quietly.'

From this can I assume that the sound is distorted, or is that the picture? As for sound quality, a modern TV tends not to sound great, but its unusual to be that bad. OK - if you listen on BBC1, is the sound alright? And if your watching through another box, say a recorder (or perhaps something on DVD), is the sound much the same, or is it much quieter?

If its the latter two, then its because the sound level on those imputs is often different to the tuner in the TV itself. This can be cured by using whats called 'volume offset', which will be explained in the manual, and means you can turned the volume for those external boxes up/down so they match the TV itself.

Check to make sure your getting a good signal, picture, etc, but if you are and the sound is very quiet, poor, etc, you might have to get something to help with the quality of the sound.

These days, soundbars are pretty much standard, and are basically speakers in a longish box, which you can put in front of the TV, underneath it, on the wall, etc. You can pay about £170 for a decentish one (about 80-120watts), and this will come with a sub-woofer, to create low frequency sounds, to make the whole experience better. A better and more powerful one (around 300watts) is about £279-£399) - Samsung, Sony, Panasonic and LG all make good ones at this level. If you TV is smaller than a 40in, they might look a bit big, but Orbitsound make smaller ones.

Your partner could use a pair of wireless headphones, that work via the headphone socket on the TV (the ones without wires are pretty cheap, and are easier to use - you can get blu tooth ones as well). However, if you plug one into the earphone socket on an LG (or a Samsung), all other sound is cut off, so you cannot hear it (Panasonic and Sony can split the sound, so you can do both).

If you can tell us the TV's model number, and clarify the problem, perhaps we can help further.

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Margaret
2:03 AM

jb38: Hi again - surely if its something to do with the LNB connection I would be having trouble with all the channels but the other 140 odd are all ok. It is a Humax freesat box FOXSAT-HDR and I have my own dish on my house

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jb38
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8:12 AM

Margaret: The great point about satellite equipment is that any problems with reception is always associated with some aspect concerned with the reception side of the equation.

An LNB does not work like an aerial by the fact that with satellite reception the box (Humax in your case) sends control signals to the LNB for the purpose of band changing / polarity switching, and if any defect occurs in this system its reflected by missing programme channels.

Now the equipment you are using is known try swapping the two LNB inputs over, the reason for this test being that LNB1 is the main input used for normal reception and if anything is amiss with the port / cable on the LNB being used for that input then the situation will change by reversing the inputs over.

Should it subsequently be found that the situation has not changed then its either the case that the dish is slightly out of alignment or the actual box has developed a fault, that is provided that whatever radio channels you might be referring to are actually still being broadcast!

By the way, if you are viewing a BBC or ITV channel and you press the " i " button on your remote control what levels are being indicated on the strength bars at the bottom of the screen?


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jb38
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9:14 AM

Margaret : Just a small addition to clarify on that said about band switching.

When you are selecting a programme to view on a satellite receiver every channel you select instructs the LNB to switch to a particular combination of low band or high band operation combined with either a vertical or horizontal polarity, these changes being achieved by the box sending two different voltages plus either a 22Khz tone or not dependant on the channel selected.

If for example water has entered the LNB's "F" connector then this will cause a short circuit to the 22 Khz tone necessary for high band operation, meaning that although the channel may have been selected on the box the LNB will not have responded which results in a "no signal" message.

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