Full Freeview on the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) transmitter which serves 4,490,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) mast?
Crystal Palace transmitter - Crystal Palace transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Crystal Palace transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Crystal Palace transmitter?
BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 12km north-northwest (335°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 11km north-northwest (345°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Charlton Athletic | Transposer | Redeveloped north stand Charlton Athletic Football Club | 130 homes |
| Deptford | Transposer | south-east London | 100 homes |
| Greenford | Transposer | 12 km N Heathrow Airport | 203 homes |
| Hendon | Transposer | Graham Park estate | 50 homes |
| White City | Transposer | 9 km W central London | 80 homes |
How will the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 21 Mar 2018 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | W T | ||||
| C1 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C22 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C25 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C26 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C28 | -ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C29 | LW | ||||||||
| C30 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | -BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C33 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | com7 | |||||
| C35 | com8 | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 4 Apr 12 and 18 Apr 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 1000kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 200kW | |
| com7 | (-13.7dB) 43.1kW | |
| com8 | (-14dB) 39.8kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*, LW | (-17dB) 20kW |
Local transmitter maps
Crystal Palace Freeview Crystal Palace DAB Crystal Palace AM/FM Crystal Palace TV region BBC London LondonWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Saturday, 14 December 2013
I'm not receiving the Com7 multiplex on my new Panasonic TV :( I've tried both auto tune and manually but nothing will appear when I try toscan channel 33.
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Ryan: COM7 is on lower power than the rest.
Also, if you're using a communal (shared) aerial system then it might require adjustment to allow through the new channel. Communal systems are often filtered so as to allow through only frequencies used by the designated transmitter, which is why when a new one comes on air it isn't available until the adjustment is made.
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Saturday, 4 January 2014
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stephen adams4:54 PM
I have had problems all over he Christmas and new year period with COm5 channels. BBC on PSB1 apears to be unaffected. The Power is 90-100% but the quality varies from 90 down to 5% as I watch it on the setup program. This makes Dave, Pick etc unwatchable.
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Friday, 17 January 2014
stephen adams: Can you have a look at Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | Digital switchover | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice please?
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Tuesday, 11 March 2014
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Rob6:41 AM
Have anyone noticed after retuning tv or box theres a extra function for area " london" or "greater London" whats the purpose for this?
never seen this before.This is under "regions"
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Rob: It's used for getting the correct channels on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,8 and 34.
If you live somewhere you can get different versions of BBC One, BBC Two, ITV/STV/UTV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and local TV stations, your box will ask you which you want to prioritize.
The channels you want go on the numbers listed, the other versions go on the 800-899 channel range.
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Monday, 31 March 2014
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Michael Frost12:48 PM
London
Dear Sir/Madam, Suddenly I cannot receive any TV channels - it's like the aerial has been switched off. My post code is SE23 3UX.
Are there problems with the Crystal Palace transmitter?
Our aerial is on top of the roof.
Many thanks for your help and advice.
Michael Frost
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Michael's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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MikeB1:47 PM
Michael Frost: If you click on the link called 'R + T Investigations' next to your question, you'll see that Crystal Palace seems to be fine. In fact, at just 2km away from the transmitter, I suspect a bit of wet string would give a decent signal, so I'm afraid its almost certainly your aerial, or the cable leading from it, which is at fault.
Check the usual things - is the cable actually attached to the TV, are there any breaks you can see on the roof, etc.
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Wednesday, 2 April 2014
2:01 PM
Billericay
For months and months we have had to completely retune the TV (Panasonic) virtually every day. Even the recorder also a Panasonic sometimes needs retuning too. It is worse at present. This is beginning to get extremely annoying. If we ignore the retune notice we then find that a programme which we have tried to record won't record as it is obviously not on the correct channel.
Surely everyone else cannot be experiencing the same problem as there would be a great hue and cry if they were so why is it happening to us and when will it end?!
Post code: CM12 0BB
We currently get Crystal Palace + Anglia + Meridean
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C's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Michael3:50 PM
C and H White: Your best bet for the TV is to go to menu > setup > tuning menu and then auto setup. If that doesn't work try menu > setup and then try to find "shipping conditions" or factory settings.
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