Dave
A place full of complete and utterDave is a commerical-break funded TV channel.
How to Watch: Dave
Regional content: National channel with no regional content or variations.
Media UK: For full details of broadcaster contacts, see the
Media UK Dave page.
Official site: See the
Dave website.
From Wikipedia: The channel is available on cable, IPTV, Freeview and some satellite platforms. The channel took the name Dave in October 2007, but it had been on air under various identities and formats since October 1998. The channel was promoted as being an edgier alternative to UK Gold like that channel, the output was mainly comedy from the BBC with some shows produced inhouse. - en.wikipedia.org
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Freeview multiplex: Dave is on
multiplex COM5 in
England
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Wales .
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I too can't get Dave - it's been missing for the last 3/4 months.
Originally I could get Dave, but not Film 4, but after a re-scan it swapped to not getting Dave, but getting Film 4.
Any idea how to get it back ? jb38Saturday 14 July 2012 3:10PM
Nicholas: Dave and Film 4 are transmitted from two different multiplexes (ArqA and ArqB respectively) and in many areas these particular multiplexes operate on considerably lower power than the main PSB channels like BBC & ITV, this being the case its therefore essential to have knowledge of your location (post code or one from nearby) for purposes of checking on the signal strengths predicted for wherever you might be located, that is as well the transmitting station that the signals are from. Sarah TSaturday 28 July 2012 7:11PM
Can anyone help me add the codes for Dave to my freesat please? jb38Saturday 28 July 2012 7:48PM
Sarah T: As far as I am aware Dave is not available on any free platform except Freeview, as on Sky its encrypted and can only be received as part of a Sky package. NicholasMonday 13 August 2012 7:15PM
Chichester Hello, the postcode is PO19 6SW. We should be using the Rowridge transmitter.Nicholas: From Rowridge, the Commercial multiplexes are on lower power horizontally than they are vertically. Turn your aerial to its vertical position, or have someone do it for you. Keith CollingeWednesday 22 August 2012 5:47PM
I'm about to switch from a Sky package down to Freesat, will I be able to get DaveKeith Collinge: No. Dave is only available via Sky's satellite subscription service and free-to-air via Freeview, although not everywhere that Freeview is available. NickFriday 28 September 2012 6:41AM
Seaham I live at sr7 7na, we had the finial switch over this week and have gone from 105 channels to 32. any idea why?TinaSaturday 29 September 2012 10:49PM
when will those of us who are living in the USA or other countries, be able to watch our favorite shows online.RoyTuesday 2 October 2012 11:34AM
I have a sony bravia tv and am missing Dave from my freeview, I have done a couple of re scans, but it is still missing, I live in Liverpool L5RoyTuesday 2 October 2012 11:37AM
Typical, I make a post and dave comes back after this final rescan :)AnnaTuesday 2 October 2012 10:21PM
Liverpool Hi
I cannot get Dave, E4+1, BBC3 or BBC4. In addition, BBC 1 & BBC2 can be jumpy and with a wibbly picture. Can anyone help? I am very new to this and can't work out how to resolve the issue - I am supposed to have full coverage incl the above according to the signal check, with signal coming from Storeton, Winter Hill and Moel-Y-Parc.
Thanks!m colesThursday 4 October 2012 5:33AM
hi im in south wales & using the Wattsville transmitter. i cant get dave, is it nit part of our package?jb38Thursday 4 October 2012 7:16AM
Anna: You are predicted to have good reception but only from Winterhill, the problem being that if you carry out an auto-tune your TV or box is liable to pick up and store weaker signals from either of these other two stations as these all use lower channel numbers.
The best policy is to scrub what you have already stored by either carrying out a factory reset (also called "default setting") on your TV / box or by carrying out another auto tune with the aerial removed, once completed reconnect the aerial and go in to the tuning menu / manual tune (if set allows) and enter the following channels one at a time scanning each and storing the results before entering the next channel on the list.
Winter Hill: 62(BBC) - 59(ITV) - 54(HD if used) - 58(ITV3 etc) - 61(ArqA) - 55(ArqB)
If by any chance your TV/box does not allow manual tuning then during an auto-tune can you observe the channel numbers rising in the progress bar whilst scanning is taking place?m coles: Unfortunately the Wattsville transmitter only carries Public Service (PSB) channels as the Commercial broadcasters don't wish to pay to transmit from it and over 1,000 other similar small transmitting sites. This is because they don't consider that the expense is justified by the return, them operating purely for profit. jb38Sunday 7 October 2012 6:24PM
Nick: If you cannot get Pick TV (11) either then you haven't received ArqA/Com5 as these three programmes are all on that transmitter, Yesterday not!
I would blank the channels already stored out by carrying out a re-scan without the aerial being connected, then once complete reconnect the aerial and carry out another auto-tune and checking the results.
Its always best carrying out a factory reset (or default setting) rather than the aerial out procedure, so if you do not have success on the second rescan then try the factory reset.geoffMonday 22 October 2012 1:03PM
DAVE??
Cant find it on my humax freeview.
Any ideas pleasegeoffMonday 22 October 2012 1:05PM
Oakham PS I am in le15 6ay postcode.
thanks.jb38Monday 22 October 2012 1:28PM
geoff: As Waltham is the station indicated as serving your area then Dave (LCN 12) is on mux Ch56 (ArqA).
If you still cannot find it then delete everything stored in the tuners memory by selecting "auto tune" and pressing search, "but" as soon as it starts cancel it before anything is picked because as soon as you pressed search all channels will have been deleted.
Follow this by selecting "manual tune" and entering Ch56 then press search, once all programme channels on Ch56 are stored then you can enter the remaining muxes one at a time using the same procedure.
These being Ch61 (BBC) - 54 (ITV1) - Ch58 (HD service) - Ch29 (ITV3 etc) - Ch57 (Film 4 etc) djMonday 29 October 2012 10:51PM
Since the recent channel changes and retuning I can no longer get Dave or Pick; there is a picture there but it keeps breaking up. Have retuned several times. We are on the Pendle Hill transmitter in BB10.djMonday 29 October 2012 11:18PM
Burnley Re the above post I should have added that I can't get any of the COM5 Arq A channels; just broken up pictures and jumping sound. The aerial is tuned to Pendle Forest. At least two of these channels were perfect until just 2 or 3 weeks ago at the last channel change. I've wiped the memory and retuned and have also tried a manual tune for Dave (C21) which is now on channel 12 instead of the previous channel 19. It tunes manually to 474 Mgh rather than 474.2. I have a HD ready TV rather than a set top box. Please help- I'm getting withdrawal symptoms from no QI!NeilMonday 5 November 2012 8:33PM
Todmorden I have a Freesat HD box and Freeviiw HD tuner in my LG tv but unable to receive many Freeview channels including Dave. Postcode is OL14 8PZ. Any suggestions?Chris Tuesday 27 November 2012 10:27PM
I am from ts10 and want to get dave, I'm a total beginner
And don't know where to start! I've retuned and it can't pick up dave, but I did have it before :( help pleaseeee!! jb38Tuesday 27 November 2012 11:39PM
Chris: TS10 is not really sufficient enough for a reasonably accurate assessment to be made of the signal level expected at your location, however if you cannot receive Dave then its most likely because you are picking up your local relay station of either Guisborough @ 4 miles 187 degrees or Eston Nap @ 4 miles / 209 degrees these "not" transmitting commercial channels by being PSB only relays.
If you have previously received Dave then it must have been from either Bilsdale @ 17 miles / 190 degrees or Pontop Pike @ 33 miles / 302 degrees, and so without knowledge of where your aerial is facing nor at what angle its mounted at (horizontal or vertical) you should try a "manual tune" scan on first of all Bilsdales COM5 / ArqA Ch46 and see what comes up, if nothing then try Pontop Pikes COM5's / ArqA Ch59, these being the only two alternatives to your local relay, and which you may or may not be able to pick up dependant of aerial direction / mounting angle. (H or V) nigelMonday 31 December 2012 6:00PM
Skelmersdale My potcode is wn8 and my nearest transmitter is winterhill. I have a humax 9300t freeview tuner in the lounge an reception doesn't appear to be a problem. In the bedroom however I have an old Goodmans GDB2 digital receiver that doesn't pick up all channels (eg 8,11,12,17,25,29,32, 36,37 and many more). I've tried your recomended method of erasing channels and reinstalling and have even reinstalled to 'add channels'. I seem to have all I am going to get. What is the problem? It can't be the signal if my humax box is getting the channels.nigel: There is a known issue with the Goodmans GDB2 which means that it is unable to receive 8k multiplexes with a negative offset on their channel number:
http://www.digitaluk.co.u….pdf
Refer to this page for services by multiplex:
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
All those you've referred to are on COM5 which has a negative offset from Winter Hill. PSB1 also has a negative offset, but my guess is that your receiver has tuned in PSB1 from an alternative transmitter that doesn't have a negative offset.
Skelmersdale transmitter is in the same direction as Winter Hill and its PSB1 is on C51, so bring up the signal strength screen on BBC One and see if it is tuned to C51.
The good news is that there will be a retune on 10th April 2013 when PSB1 and COM5 will change channels to ones with negative offsets.
A negative offset means that the frequency of the signal is slightly below the centre of the channel. For example, COM5 is on C61- which is at 793.8MHz whereas C61 is at 794MHz. MazbarMonday 31 December 2012 6:48PM
nigel: there are some dreadful reception areas in sklmersdale if you need someone to check if out you could always call me I am from ormskirk c and a aerials on 558168 we work 7 days a week nigel: My posting should say that PSB1 and COM5 from Winter Hill will change to channels WITHOUT offsets on 10th April which means that you should then be able to pick them up.
It might be worth checking that your receiver hasn't tuned in PSB2 from Skelmersdale which is on C48. Skelmersdale is vertically polarised and your aerial is horizontal for Winter Hill, so reception could be a bit iffy. PeterSaturday 2 February 2013 11:27PM
Thanks Dave, manual scan of channel 51 worked and now my Mum has her favorite chanel ITV3! She thanks me very much but i said to her it was only to you, that sorted the problem. Thankyou from me and Mum.
Dads grateful too, he can get back to the news. All the best. PeterSteveSaturday 23 February 2013 10:24AM
Chichester Our post code is PO19 3RN. We have a brand new TV new areial new freeview+ HD box and all new cables etc. We have set this up correctly, tuned in the box and initially got all channels. Then later on the same day when we turned back to dave there was no signal have also lost pick tv. The rest of the channels are perfect. We have retuned but dave is not tuning in.To confuse things even more, when the areial is put back in the TV and the box disconnected, we get dave on the TV.This is the 3rd box we hav tried and all have done the same. We are very confused.Everything is new and we should get all freeview channels, checked on freeview site. can you help?Steve: Your aerial should be mounted vertically for best reception of the Commercial (COM) channels from Rowridge.
The COM channels don't have as wide a coverage as the Public Service (PSB) channels. In some cases a new aerial will be required to pick up the COM channels; existing aerials (those installed in the days of four-channel analogue) will work for PSBs.
However, Rowridge is unique as, since the change last April all six channels have been broadcasting horizontally and vertically. The PSB channels are 200kW horizontally and vertically; the COM channels are 50kW horizontally and 200kW vertically. Generally speaking, existing aerials on Rowridge will work and will just need switching to vertical polarisation if reception of COMs isn't good.
Dave and Pick TV are carried on COM5. A full list of Freeview services by multiplex (PSB/COM) are here:
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex jb38Saturday 23 February 2013 5:04PM
Steve: If Dave does not appear on the EPG listings then go into your boxes tuning menu and select "manual" tune and enter Ch22 but do NOT press search or scan because on most equipment the signal strength of that channel will immediately be seen, make a note of whatever it is for reference purposes THEN press search and observe if any channels are found, storing them if they are as this will add them to your EPG list.
If though on the other hand nothing is found, then this simply means that the level seen indicated is under the reception threshold for the box being used and likewise the signal requires boosting.
You can test the level required for reception by carrying out the previously described manual tune test but this time using either Ch27 (ITV1) or Ch25 (ITV3) and noting the levels indicated, then you compare the levels obtained from those two against that from Ch22 which failed to store anything.KMJ,DerbySaturday 23 February 2013 5:04PM
Steve: It might be worth checking if there is any interaction with the HDMI cable and/or aerial fly lead by changing their positions relative to the Freeview+ box and the TV. Also check that the Freeview+ box has not tuned in ArqA from Midhurst on C59 rather than the correct C22+ jb38Saturday 23 February 2013 5:59PM
Steve: Meant also to ask, are the three boxes you refer to of the same manufacture? and if by any chance they are it would be of interest to know the model number of the device.
The other point being, I noticed that you mentioned trying the aerial connected straight into the TV, then unless you find out that your problem is being caused by the reason mentioned by KMJ,Derby and which "is" a distinct possibility, then you should really use a two way powered splitter to feed the signal into your TV and box as this is the only way that guarantees that each device will be receiving exactly the same level of signal. paulFriday 15 March 2013 7:21PM
hi i live in sevenoaks postcode tn150db, reception is really poor, i have a 64 element tri boom aerial in the loft, im sure i need to take it outside but i have no idea of which direction to point it or what to do, can anyone advise?ian collinsThursday 4 April 2013 10:06AM
Havent been able to get Dave for over 3 months . Retuned several times and still nothing found. any ideas ?
Have several free view tv's in the house and non can find it .
postcode is ky15 jb38Thursday 4 April 2013 4:06PM
ian collins: And to add to that suggested by Michael, should you not find Ch45 then try Ch58, as I notice that you are located at roughly halfway between the Angus (18mls / 9 degrees) and Craigkelly (17 mls / 205 degrees) transmitters.updates
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