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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Sunday, 14 July 2013
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david3:06 PM
The installer added the booster a couple of years ago whn he installed a new aerial. At the time the set which is now upstairs and is not hd appeared OK. A year ago I had a new Samsung HD set but as U sand the reception is not too good. the tother old set upstairs with no booster gives a good picture.
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Friday, 19 July 2013
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J Howell11:25 PM
Sutton Coldfield
I have NO Freeview service at all from my Sony DVD Recorder. This problem has only occurred tonight. Is this problem related to the engineering works at the Sutton Coldfield transmitter? My postcode is B73 6SA
When will this problem be resolved?
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M wilkinson11:47 PM
J Howell: my Sony rdrhxd also has no epg info it just crashes. No channels displayed either, actual tv is normal. I'm near Cambridge 100 miles from you
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Saturday, 20 July 2013
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D McPhee9:24 AM
My Sony RDRHXD970 has experienced exactly the same thing. go to epg and it is blank and not looking quite right, it starts populating, but if you select a channel it either is a black screen or comes on for a second or two and snaps off.
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Sorcha9:27 AM
D McPhee: I have the 870 and have the same thing - I am in Hertford.
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Mike9:39 AM
Sorcha: Seems fairly widespread fault with Sony im in BH15
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Dave Hollingdale10:15 AM
D McPhee: same recorder,EPG different colour on 2se condos then off .I live in East Sussex, fault noticed at 8-30 PM 19-7-13
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Pete D12:06 PM
Peter J: I have a 2 sony hdd recorders HXD890 & HXD870 both connected to Sutton Coldfield. This morning on switch on they both stayed on UPDATE on the display even though software update is set to OFF. They are both now trashed completely. No epg no freeview picture. Channels are still present. I also notice that the on screen graphics for some functions have changed as if for another model. & a complete factory default reset had no effect. Looks like some ota disaster has taken place. Any suggestions gratefully received!
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Ken I1:07 PM
Pete D: I have the same two Sony HDD recorders HXD890 & HXD870 with the same problem since 20.00 hrs.' yesterday and having no look in resetting them I live in the Anglia region postcode PE4
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