Full Freeview on the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmitter which serves 1,870,000 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmitter._______
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 Sutton Coldfield 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 Sutton Coldfield transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 15km south-southwest (200°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 15km south-southwest (201°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
Are there any self-help relays?
| Burton (shobnall) | Transposer | 1 km W Burton-on-Trent | 60 homes |
| Coalville | Transposer | 18 km NW Leicester | 600 homes |
| Solihull | Transposer | Land Rover building | 400 homes |
How will the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Mar 2018 | ||||
| VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | W T | ||||
| C4 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C33 | com7 | ||||||||
| C35 | com8 | ||||||||
| C36 | LOCAL2 | ||||||||
| C39 | +ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C40 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C42 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C45 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C46 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C48 | _local | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C51tv_off | LB | ||||||||
| 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 7 Sep 11 and 21 Sep 11.
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 | (-10.5dB) 89.2kW | |
| com8 | (-10.7dB) 86kW | |
| LB | (-20dB) 10kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-21dB) 8kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sutton Coldfield transmitter area
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Tuesday, 5 July 2016
MikeP
1:20 PM
1:20 PM
Mrs Bowler:
It may be a problem within your Freeview box. One thing you can try is to make it perform a full reset. To do that, switch off the box with the remote control, then switch off the mains socket it is connected to and unplug it from the mains supply. Wait five minutes and then carefully put the mains plug back in, switch the socket back on and then wait another 5 minutes to let the box reset. Then switch the bopx on again with the remote control. Check whether you are getting all the channels, if not perform a ful retune.
Hopefully that will overcome the problem. If it doesn't then you may have a fault within the box needing specialist attention inside.
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Bob D5:14 PM
Bob D: I have tuned and retuned both my Sony Bravia Freeview HD Tv and a new YouView Box and cannot get PSB3 multiplex for BBC B HD. I am using a booster connected to my loft aerial which appears to be showing channels from all other multiplexes including some HD channels. So no 101-105 plus others available on my TV guide. I have SKY+ , BluRAy DVD and Apple TV connected also. Can anyone suggest a solution please?
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Bob D5:18 PM
Bob D: Newbie to the site sorry if posted in the wrong place.
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jb387:04 PM
Bob D: As your location relative to that of the station you receive your Freeview signal from is unknown, your problem "might" be caused by the strength of signal received from the PSB3 transmitter (the most powerful Mux) overloading your tuner, therefore try by passing the booster followed by carrying out another retune on your TV.
It would also be of assistance if your location was known, this preferably being in the form of a post code or one from somewhere nearby, e.g: a shop / post office, as this would enable checks to be made on the status of the transmitter, plus access to Digital UK's reception predictor.
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MikeB11:41 PM
Bob D: If your not getting that mux on either device, then its most likely your aerial system, possibly a dodgy cable. Could be the booster has a problem (do you actually need one?) - try bypassing it and see if it helps.
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Wednesday, 6 July 2016
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jb388:51 AM
Norwich
Bob D: In addition to that said in my original reply. I had also meant to mention, that before going to the trouble of bypassing your booster (particularly so if located in the loft) make sure that the HDMI cable connected into your TV does "not" run parallel (or even close) to the aerial lead, as the radiation from HDMI leads can cause frequency selective problems with reception.
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MikeP
1:44 PM
1:44 PM
BobD:
Are you using the Sutton Coldfield main transmitter? If you are not then a full post code is essential as jb38 states. Then we can see which transmitter you are most likely to be using and to see whether it transmits the services you want, not all of them do.
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Saturday, 9 July 2016
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Norman9:37 PM
I have interference on free view channels for bbc1 etc only during last few days. Picture break up Post code b782lw Thank You.
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Sunday, 10 July 2016
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jb3812:06 AM
Norman: Your problem could be caused by two separate reasons.
(1) The fact of Sutton Coldfield having been listed on the engineering page since Monday 4th with the status of "possible weak signal".
(2) Problems related to a band of high atmospheric pressure which has been sweeping from West to East across Southern areas of the UK for the last day or so, this not really clearing away until around Monday lunchtime.
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Tuesday, 23 August 2016
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Peter Dennis3:17 PM
I receive Freeview from Sutton Coldfield. I have just done the retune to return BBC4 to mux 35 from 40 where it was during the Olympics. They have retuned the channel to mux35 but it is listed after then retune as channel 790. channel 106 is still on mux 40 but is now of course dead! Is this a mistake or do I have to be patient a little longer & retune again?
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