C59 (778.0MHz) after switchover
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Nigel RobinsonWednesday 8 July 2009 3:04PM
Macclesfield Our Freeview digital reception is lousy in postcode area SK10 5LY, serviced by the Winterhill transmitter, for ITV1, ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4. Channels 4 and 5 are also very poor. Reception was very good until a few weeks agao. What is going on please? When will we see an improvement?Chris Smith-AldousFriday 27 November 2009 3:21PM
Hi I would appreciate help with problem I am helping a friend with. Last week someone re-tuned her tv and ITV1 has gone missing to be replaced with ITV wales. Tv region is North West from Winter hill, as her tv aerial is new digital one pointing to winter hill how come tv locked in on welsh itv and bbc wales and desite re-scanning channels will not find them again?
Thanks ChrisChris Smith-Aldous: The other BBC and ITV regions appear on 801 and 803, just press CH- from channel 1. ANDREW CHECKLEYSunday 6 December 2009 10:13PM
Despite frequent retuning of my Humax-F2 FoxT set top box, the signal strenght post switch-over (as registered by the stb) has degenerated to such a poor state the picture is unwatchable on Granada ITV1 . There were no problems prior to the switch-over for this area served by Winter Hill. Channel4 is 'blocky' but BBC1/2 and C5 seem OK. Is there a work round for ITV1- I need a solution before xmasPeteMonday 7 December 2009 12:43AM
Chris S-A :See Winter Hill tranmitter blog (link on RHS) - orange background and look at advice for this problem. PetepeterTuesday 8 December 2009 8:28PM
Liverpool since the switch over i have lost all itv channels channel 4 and 5. we were told the signal would be boosted but it`s been weakened.Den ArmWednesday 16 December 2009 12:41PM
Can I add my comments that scince the change over I have to retune various TV/Recorders frequently and one every day. Also on a retune it frequently picks up Welsh channels even though the signal strength is poor. Pixalisation etc was there before the change over but not loss of channels. The worst is channel 59. I also wonder if the equipment's processor/memory is capable of handling the capactity?vickiWednesday 26 May 2010 5:59PM
Chester channel 59 has gone from really strong to poor or no signal in the last 72 hours. i live in chester. anyone else having this problem?vickiWednesday 26 May 2010 7:16PM
Chester hi, thanks briantist..i have looked and its mux 2 it seems..single channel interference..however, i haven't a clue how to fix this....we alreay have a booster and amplifier and wideband aerial..also the signal on other channels has reduced in some instances by a little bit
however, main prob is mux 2 which covers itv 1 , e4 , ch4 etc.....
guess i will just have to wait for the installation company to take a look but they have said could be a week or two....vicki: You could try turning the amplifier off, this might help. vickiWednesday 26 May 2010 8:54PM
Chester thank you..thing is the amplifier is to help boost the signal..its not a stereo amp for a stereo or something..its actually to amplify the signal from aerial
all was perfect until yesterday so am wondering if perhaps the severe heat then colder weather has damaged the aerial cables?vickiThursday 27 May 2010 11:59AM
Chester thank you briantist...have no idea what to do really the cable to the tv and amp seems fine...am bit perplexed.. we need the amp to actually get the signal as previously there was no reception in the living room so am reluctant to take this off as may damage something and the engineer may then refuse to check it out you see.
thanks thoughTimSaturday 28 August 2010 12:03PM
Prescot i am struggling to get channel 4 at present. using the manual search on my Panasonic TV get quality and strength of 10 on CH59 778.00MHz. my postcode is L34 5SX and we tend to get signal from both Winter Hill and North WalesmikeWednesday 26 January 2011 12:09AM
Leek My postcode is ST13 7HU and recieve signal from Winter Hill.
Panasonic TV all channels recieved on 59 are blocky on vision and corrupt sound. However all channels recieved on the BT Vision box are ok, have tried direct aerial feed to both and the Vision box is ok mike: I would start by replacing the aerial "fly leads" you use to connect to the TV set. Otherwise the TV could have a fault. MikeFriday 13 May 2011 11:11PM
Newcastle Upon Tyne This morning, my samsung LE37R8 was receiving TV just fine in postcode NE6, but this evening, I get 'No signal'. No channels, nothing when I try to search again and auto-store etc, zilch; TV just says 'check aerial'. As far as I could see, the aerial is still okay, and there's a poor but definite analogue signal still coming through from it- just nothing digital. Unfortunately I've not got any other TVs or STBs to experiment with.
Any suggestions? kieranSunday 2 October 2011 1:52PM
signal is affected on C59 channels (5 is worst) in PR3 area. Menu says signal strength and quality is fine, integreated freeview in Panasonic TV, no problem til last few days and no high winds or weather to disturb perfectly functioning aerial. All other channels unaffected. Any ideas as to why?Nick SmithWednesday 22 February 2012 5:25PM
Newbury Postcode RG14 6RJ - Hannington transmitter. Analog BBC switched off earlier this month. All Digital TVs OK, none of our Set top boxes worked fully (Humax F2-FoxT and Pace DTVA). Now all analog switched off, All digital TVs OK, set top boxes have failed completely. No SW update for either box. Are these now scrap? All worked fine before switchover.iSkiapodTuesday 28 February 2012 7:06PM
Post Code RG10 - Hannington Transmitter. Humax F2-FOX T Set top box. Retune after switchover successful apart from Channel 42. Manual Tuning in 8K mode finds all the channels but no picture on any C42 programmes. Can anybody help?
JimFSunday 4 March 2012 3:49PM
iSkiapod: Have you done the "Default Setting" from the Installation menu prior to retuning? If not, the programmes that the F2-FOX finds on UHF42 will have been added to the programme list with numbers in the 800s (as the previous data for pre-DSO channels hasn't been removed, hence the blank screen).christinaTuesday 1 May 2012 9:09PM
Since the south east switchover in April 2012, everytime I turn my tv on I have to retune to get itv and channel 4. Please could you help? Is it my tv, or an issue with the switchover?Christina.Unless you provide a full post code or nearby location as such,we cannot be of useful assistance to you. Debora WestonThursday 10 May 2012 11:44PM
Hi. I live in London Highgate, N6 area. We have a digital TV that has to be completely retuned every time we turn it on. It then picks up all channels and is fine but it is laborious to have to retune for 5 -8 minutes every time the set goes on.Any thoughts on how to solves this?RozTuesday 18 September 2012 11:51PM
Altrincham Hi, I live in WA15 0JP & get freeview from Winter Hill tranmsitter through an outside roof aerial. We started having problems receiving all TV channels on RF59 (ITV, Ch4, Ch5 etc) a few weeks ago, with the picture breaking up and occassionally losing the signal all together. This is now a regular occurence almost every evening! Signal strength tonight is only 20%. All other channels are fine. Please advise what is happening and what we can do about it? Many thanks.RozThursday 20 September 2012 7:24PM
Altrincham Mark, I don't think this is the reason for our problem. We do use a hard drive to record channels on but have used it successfully for several years, and it makes no difference whether it is on or not. Also we only lose the signal in the evenings, and only in the last 1-2 months. If we need a wideband aerial surely it would be a problem all the time?Alan HibbertFriday 3 May 2013 10:04PM
We have a Philips LCD TV 3 years old and a new High Gain aerial in M457LW area. We had no problem with the Winter Hill signal prior to 10 April 2013. I have retuned the TV (every possible way). and get ALL the channels installed which stay ON until the TV is switched off. When it is switched back on ITV 1 & 2 disappear i.e. C59 drops out. Is this a signal problem or is the TV faulty? Alan Hibbert: C59 from Winter Hill is the highest channel and therefore found last during the scan. The answer is probably that the receiver finds channels from other transmitters before getting to Winter Hill's by the time which its tuning memory is full (for C59).
The answer is usually to have the aerial lead unplugged for part of the scan to prevent it from filling the memory with the ones you don't want, so as to leave room for those you do.
Have the aerial out until 50% and let us know if it does the trick. jb38Friday 3 May 2013 11:50PM
Alan Hibbert: Philips TV's generally had an option for resetting the device, this being accessed via TV menu / installation / factory settings, if seen you should select to carry this out then follow it by a further auto tune.
You could of course try what Dave Lindsay has suggested first, but "some" Philips models do not completely wipe the memory clear by using the aerial out procedure, and if problems still exist after having carried out the "aerial out until" procedure then reset to TV. updates
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