Full Freeview on the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter which serves 410,000 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 Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) mast?
Oxford transmitter - Oxford transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 16/09/2024 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 Oxford 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 Oxford transmitter?
BBC South (Oxford) Today 0.4m homes 1.6%
from Oxford OX2 7DW, 6km west-southwest (258°)
to BBC South (Oxford) region - 6 masts.
BBC South (Oxford) Today shares 50% content with Southampton service
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 102km south (182°)
to ITV Meridian/Central (Thames Valley) region - 15 masts.
Thames Valley opt-out from Meridian (South). All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian+Oxford
How will the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 23 May 2018 | ||
| VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | W T | ||
| C2 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C31 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C37 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C46 | _local | ||||||||
| C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C50tv_off | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C51tv_off | LOX | LOX | |||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCA | +BBCA | +BBCA | |||
| C55tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | com7tv_off | |||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off | ||||||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C59tv_off | -ArqA | -ArqA | -ArqA | ||||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | |||
| C62 | SDN | ||||||||
| C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 14 Sep 11 and 28 Sep 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 500kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 50kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-11dB) 40kW | |
| com8 | (-14.7dB) 17.1kW | |
| com7 | (-14.8dB) 16.4kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, LOX | (-17dB) 10kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-18dB) 8kW | |
| Mux A*, Mux B* | (-19.2dB) 6kW |
Local transmitter maps
Oxford Freeview Oxford DAB Oxford TV region BBC South (Oxford) Meridian/Central (Thames Valley micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Oxford transmitter area
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Wednesday, 11 February 2015
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jb384:42 PM
Jon Dennington : Purely out of curiosity, although you may well have cleared the channel list followed by resetting the box, but did you try disconnecting the box from the mains supply for a short period (3-5 minutes) before powering it up again and carrying out the retune?, as this latter action is necessary on some devices.
On the subject of the software update, does this refer to V3.0 A2950.D390.F102 ?, which I believe to be the last issued by Pulse-Eight on 21-6-2013.
Another point being, that it cannot automatically be assumed that there isn't a signal issue just because the TV picks C29 up when the aerial is coupled directly into it, as all tuners vary in sensitivity, and so it all depends on what the strength and quality level is being indicated at on TV when on C29?
Although this isnt the best week to be carrying out signal checks from Oxford, as engineering work has been taking place since Monday, likewise odd things might happen now and again.
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Colin FLINDELL5:17 PM
Feb 11th 2015 Aston Clinton, Aylesbury.
The BT digibox which we have installed, and our "Freeview" Sony Bravia has shown that many commercial programmes are moving channels (with no indication as to what the new channels are. We have been without these ITV and commercial channels for about 9 days. Re-tuning the BT box has not changed the situation.
I would like to know, if this is due to changes at the Oxford transmitter, or is there a fault with our TV and/or BT Digibox? If the transmitter is having changes in transmission of channels, is there any indication as to how long will it take? Will the new, changed ITV and commercial channels be advertised, so that we know where to look for them? Thank you for your help. Regards Colin Flindell.
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jb385:40 PM
Colin FLINDELL: The undermentioned link explains the reasons for the changes, the question being, did you try retuning the TV?, if though you have and yet channels are still missing, carry out a manufacturers reset on the TV followed by disconnecting it from the mains for a minute or so before reconnecting it again and carrying out a "first time installation", should this be offered on the set up menu, otherwise just use a normal auto-tune.
You should also try the "disconnecting from the mains" procedure on the BT box, although some of those boxes have issues, BT being the best people to give advice on this.
On 2 February there are changes to ITV reception for the Oxford and Ridge Hill transmitters | Freeview
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Thursday, 12 February 2015
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Paul7:43 AM
Just to re-emphasis what Adrian Crafer said above, please note that the local channel from Oxford is on UHF channel 29 ( contrary to what is shown on this web page ).
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Paul7:46 AM
John Dennington, perhaps your Humax is more sensitive than your Tvonics, so can work with a weaker signal.
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Paul7:50 AM
Colin Flindell, have you tried a clean retune ?
To do this, unplug the aerial and do a full scan. Your channel list should then be empty. Then manually tune to each of the transmission frequencies ( channels ) listed on this page.
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mmm2:42 PM
Like the big Channel 5 re-tune many years ago - make sure none of your boxes are set to use C29 (or adjacent) for video out analogue links to a TV.
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Friday, 13 February 2015
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rob12:09 PM
Whats happening to Oxford TX as there is engineering works... what are they doing?
my friend in Tilehurst has weak signal... i told him it could be engineering works.... so i swung the aerial to Hannington for him and is happy with it... thankfully the aerial is in the loft
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Thursday, 12 March 2015
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Aerialman4:39 PM
Digitlal uk has the local mux down as Channel 29...4Kw?
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Friday, 13 March 2015
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Stephen10:59 PM
The latest channel listing is not showing CBS Action and the Horror Channel do you know what MUX they are on? I need it so I can plan my recordings as the system I use can record everything from a single MUX.
Thanks
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