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I have updates the site to show correct details of the regional services on ITV1+1, ITV1 HD and BBC One HD as these may not be quite what you expected.|

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For cost-saving reasons, both the BBC and ITV do not currently provide full regional services on certain channels.

ITV only provide four regions for ITV 1 HD: London, Granada, Central West and Meridian Southampton, plus STV West HD is provided by STV in Scotland.

Viewing ITV 1 HD outside these regions, the closest region to this list is provided.

In addition, ITV 1 +1 is also limited to the above regions, with the addition of Yorkshire and ITV Wales. Again, you may find you have a different region on Freeview 33 for ITV 1 +1 than for Freeview 3, ITV 1.

On Freesat, or fSfS without a card, Yorkshire and ITV Wales are not on ITV1+1, and an alternative region is provided.

These regions are now clearly indicated on the site:

www.ukfree.tv link icon ITV 1 HD and ITV1+1 regions, plus BBC One HD regions.

The BBC currently provides, on Freesat HD and Freeview HD a single national BBC One HD service that has no regional news and no opt-outs in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.







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Geoff Nice
Sunday 17 July 2011 6:45PM Colchester
WHEN DO THE SUDBURY TRANSMITTER CHANGE TO FULL DIGITAL, I Have to travel to relatives to retune their TV's Is it Wed.20 July ?
Briantist
Sunday 17 July 2011 7:01PM
Geoff Nice: Wednesday 20th July 2011, but note " SDN will temporarily operate on channel 49 (at 14kW ERP) from the first stage of Sudbury’s switchover until mid-2012. Arqiva A will remain on its preswitchover channel (54) from switchover until mid-2012. Arqiva B will remain on its pre-switchover channel (50+) until late 2011, and then temporarily move to channel 63 (at 2.2kW ERP), before adopting its final allocation of channel 56 during mid-2012"
Josh
Sunday 17 July 2011 7:18PM
I've read in a PDF from the BBC that Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland versions of BBC One HD will launch in 2012.

downloads.bbc.co.uk link icon http://downloads.bbc.co.u….pdf (DN163AP)
Briantist
Sunday 17 July 2011 7:22PM
Josh: Given that Danielle Nagler (head of BBC HD) is leaving and the DQF process, there could be changes in priorities. I've covered this one the www.ukfree.tv link icon BBC TWO HD, some thoughts | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.
John Fisher
Sunday 17 July 2011 9:58PM
As I reported elsewhere on ukfree tv I recently purchased a new freeview HD recorder to be ready for the forthcoming switch at Belmont.
However on tuning I found out I already had the four HD channels which turned out to be from Sandy Heath.
When I tuned into ITV1 HD the banner was showing Meridian News but was showing London news.
Arising from the above what is the difference between Singal Quality and Signal Strength
tony
Monday 18 July 2011 4:39PM
i've just found i have lost itv1, i have itv+1, i've tried the auto retune and manual tune but no success,had it before but not now,will it change when they turn up signal on the sudbury transmitter on wednesday, i have freeview built into tv
Michael
Thursday 21 July 2011 6:00PM Wadebridge
We have a Humax 9300 recorder and have just purchased a Panasonic TX L 32 G20BA full HD Freeview and freesat connections. Every night when watching any program on humax or tv at 6.45pm with or without the Humax on the program stops and goes blank for a few seconds and then returns. Have wired it up for freeview only. My post code is PL27 7QT Cornwall.Have you any idears or have you heard of this from others?

John Fisher
Friday 22 July 2011 9:32AM
Briantist
Sorry forgot to thank you for the link - 17 July.
I am still trying to digest the info there.
Briantist
Friday 22 July 2011 11:16AM
John Fisher: No problem. Basically, there is no link between the signal "quality" and the picture quality, unlike with analogue.
Mike Dimmick
Friday 22 July 2011 1:37PM
John Fisher:

Signal *strength* is the raw level of power coming in on the selected UHF channel, from *all* sources - the transmitter you want, other transmitters using the channel, signal distortion and noise.

Signal *quality* is a measure of how much interference or distortion there is. Any of either causes the box to read the wrong value for the carrier. The signal is encoded in a way that allows the box to determine the most likely value, but this decision can be wrong if the levels of interference, noise, or distortion are too high. To combat this, the signal carries redundant information to help guide the decision and correct the errors (called 'forward error correction', FEC). Signal quality is usually an indicator of how many errors were corrected.

Unfortunately on most boxes, both measures are useless for diagnostics. The 'strength' is usually a percentage relative to the maximum possible input from one multiplex alone with no interference, but as this differs from box to box, 50% (say) on one box may mean something different from 50% on another box. As a general rule you should stay well below 100%, as the combined power from all multiplexes (and remaining analogue channels) from all receivable transmitters would exceed the power on that one single test multiplex. The upper limit recommended by the Confederation of Aerial Installers for one multiplex (before switchover), which allows for a combination of five high-power analogue and six low-power digital signals, falls at about 50% on my box (Humax PVR-9200T). Some boxes apparently under-read if the signals are actually over the maximum they can handle.

Signal quality on many boxes (again, including mine) is simply 100% minus the relative number of uncorrectable errors over the last few seconds. It doesn't tell you how many errors were corrected, which means you can't find out how close to the point of break-up you are, and you can tell visually and audibly if it isn't capable of correcting all the errors, as it usually starts breaking up or giving audible 'pop' sounds at this point.

If the number of uncorrectable errors is low, you can get a more blocky or blurry picture without actual tearing (where a whole line is discarded). This is right at the top of the so-called 'cliff edge'. Otherwise, if the signal quality is good enough - sufficient signal, low enough noise and interference - all errors can be corrected and the decoding is perfect. Digital can tolerate up to about 20dB, or 100 times, more interference/noise than would start to cause problems on analogue, though the problems would be very minor at this point. However, you could still get an understandable picture and sound on analogue with noise levels greater than will cause complete failure on digital.

Note that you can still get a blocky or blurry picture with perfect reception, if the broadcaster is compressing the picture too much. We can only cram nine channels into the space that used to carry one by throwing a lot of information away. It's designed to throw away the least-noticeable information, and only transmit the changes between pictures, but if too much information is discarded you can see the joins between coding blocks, distinct colours where it should be smooth, or blurry detail that should be sharp. There's nothing at all you can do about this - the information was never transmitted, it wasn't lost in transit.
dorix
Friday 22 July 2011 4:23PM
How long do you think we will have to wait til we get a local HD BBC 1.I'm getting fed up with keep changing from channel 50 to 1 while I'm watching Breakfast and Points West and then back again.
Briantist
Friday 22 July 2011 5:25PM
dorix: There are no current (2011/12) plans to provide local news in England on BBC One HD.
John Fisher
Thursday 28 July 2011 9:05PM
THanks Mike Dimmick for the detailed explanation.
On my Belmont channels I have 9 or 10 for quality but on the HD channels I am getting from Sandy Heath it is only 4 but the pictures looked as good as the Belmont ones hence my query.
Another thing has cropped up today is that the onscreen messages to remind of the rescan for Aug 3 and 17 were showing Aug 10 and 24.
Anyone any idea what is going on.
John Fisher
Friday 29 July 2011 4:18PM
THe onscreen message dates for the rescans are back to the correct dates today.
Briantist
Tuesday 2 August 2011 7:39AM
John Fisher: I'm very pleased to hear they fixed the messages.
TimD
Sunday 1 January 2012 5:35PM Cambridge
Hi
I am using a Humax HDR T2 Freeview box on Tacolneston. Generally great way to get HD, but have noticed that ITV1 HD seems to be the only channel with a lip sync error. The picture is often so far ahead to make me revert to SD. The Humax adjustment only makes th3e error worse. Any thoughts?
Tim
Russ Dring
Sunday 8 January 2012 5:46PM Peterborough
TimD: Why are using Tacolneston when Sandy Heath should provide you with far better signals? I have no lyp sync problems with any of my Humax kit.
Russ Dring
Sunday 8 January 2012 5:51PM Peterborough
ITV 1 Southampton does not exist free to view on freesat or freeview. ITV1 Dover (South East does however and is relayed to those viewers in the Sandy Heath area. ITV 1 does not give viewers the closest ITV 1 region otherwise we would have ITV1 London.
TimD
Sunday 8 January 2012 7:57PM Norwich
Hi Russ
I live 8 miles north of Norwich, so Tacolneston is my only option.
(I was checking reception in Cambridge for a friend when I made the first post so it picked Cambridge in error)
So am I the only one in Tacolneston region with a lip-sync error on ITV1 HD? I checked on my Panasonic Freeview HD tv and it was the same lip-sync error as the Humax.
Russ Dring
Wednesday 11 January 2012 8:05PM Peterborough
Tim, that explains why I assumed you were in the Sandy Heath area. Although my locations shows as Peterborough I am actually in Spalding, 16 miles north of there. If I put my actual postcode into this site it tells me that I cannot receive any signal from Sandy Heath it's "out of sight", which is very strange as lots of folk here use it and the "Digital UK site says we get a very good signal.
Sorry I can't help with your problem re. Tacolneston ITV HD, seems strange if the other HD channels are fine. Next time I go to my cousin in Mattishall, I will take my Humax and load Tacolneston and see what happens.
Ian crowther
Saturday 2 June 2012 9:50AM
Is it possible to watch itv1 (English region) in Scotland? I have free-view and it only shows stv.
Dave Lindsay
Saturday 2 June 2012 10:02AM
Ian Crowther: You will be able to view it via satellite.

Or if you are in a location where you can receive from one of the English transmitters, then you may be able to have another aerial installed.
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