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The symbol shows the location of the Waltham transmitter which serves 770,000 homes.

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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.

Waltham transmitter Freeview broadcasts

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. The rating shown takes in account the output power level and the various Freeview transmission modes and do not indicate an ongoing fault.

MuxEffective power level, aerial positionRatingModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 horizontal
Maximum64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2		50,000
Channel icons
1 BBC One East Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 7 BBC Three, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel, 71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament, 301 301, plus 12 others
• as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C61 (794.0MHz) from 442m datum.
PSB2
D3+4
 horizontal
Maximum64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2		50,000
Channel icons
3 ITV (Central (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5 Part Network ads, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4+1 Midlands ads, 14 More 4, 28 E4, 33 ITV +1 (Central west),
• as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C54- (737.8MHz) from 442m datum.
PSB3
BBCB
 horizontal
Maximum256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s
DVB-T2 MPEG4		50,000
Channel icons
101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, plus 1 others
• as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C58 (770.0MHz) from 442m datum.
COM4
SDN
 horizontal
Above average64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2		25,000
Channel icons
10 ITV 3, 20 G.O.L.D. (not free), 25 Dave ja vu, 26 Home (not free), 27 ITV 2 +1, 30 5*, 31 5USA, 34 ESPN UK (not free), 38 Quest, 39 The Zone, 44 Channel 5 +1, 72 CITV, plus 22 others
• as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C29 (538.0MHz) from 442m datum.
COM5
ArqA
 horizontal
Above average64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2		25,000
Channel icons
 TV News,  TV Stars, 11 PICK TV, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 29 E4+1, 32 Movie Mix, 46 Challenge, 48 Food Network, 82 Sky News, 87 Community Channel, plus 9 others
• as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C56 (754.0MHz) from 449m datum.
COM6
ArqB
 horizontal
Above average64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2		25,000
Channel icons
15 Film 4, 18 4Music, 19 Yesterday, 21 VIVA, 24 ITV 4, 41 Sky Sports 1 (not free), 42 Sky Sports 2 (not free), 47 4seven, 83 Al Jazeera English, 85 RT English , plus 21 others
• as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C57 (762.0MHz) from 449m datum.


Regional news from the Waltham transmitter


BBC East Midlands Today 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Nottingham NG2 4UU, 28km northwest
to BBC East Midlands region - 17 masts.

ITV Central News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 83km west-southwest
to ITV Central (East) region - 17 masts.

Self-help relays

BraunstoneTransposer5 km SW Leicester city centre170 homes

How the transmission frequencies change over time

years1984-971997-981998-20112011-1329/5/13-2013-182019-
aerial groupC/D EEWWWWK
C22SDN
C25ArqA
C26local
C28ArqB
C29ASDNSDNSDN
600C312com7
C33B
C35C5C5
C37com8
C39BBCB
C42DD3+4
C45CBBCA
700C491BBCABBCA
C54C4C4C4-D3+4-D3+4-D3+4
C56ArqAArqAArqA
C57ArqBArqBArqB
C58BBC1BBC1BBC1BBCBBBCBBBCB
800C61ITVITVITVBBCA
C64BBC2BBC2BBC2

orange background for multiplexes names moregreen background for transmission frequencieslilac background for power levels in watts800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 17th August and 31st August 2011.

  • Ofcom have projected that a local television service for Nottingham could use an Interleaved Frequency on the Waltham transmitter using C26
  • COM7, COM8 projected for 2013-16. COM7 and COM8 to operate as Nottingham, Waltham SFN. COM9 UK-wide SFN

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

Analogue 1-5 250kW
com7, com8, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 50kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB(-10dB) 25kW
Mux 1*(-14dB) 10kW
Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*(-14.9dB) 8kW
Mux C*, Mux D*(-17dB) 5kW

History of Channel 3 in the Waltham transmitter area

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Waltham was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.


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Ian Grice
Wednesday 31 August 2011 6:09PM Hinckley
Ignore me, trying to get it on a none HD set. It's been a long day.
W.M. Wild
Wednesday 31 August 2011 6:21PM
Today, since the Waltham trasmission has been turned off we also have no channel 5 on one of our tv's. We suspect that the power has been reduced and wondered when it will be increased.
obsidian eclipse
Wednesday 31 August 2011 6:43PM
I've heard a rumour that sdn mux is still at low power and 16QAM (2k) and won't increase until october, it got me thinking because all the other muxes have increased to 80-90 percent signal strength (on my pc signal meter) but sdn stays around 30-40 percent. Can. Anyone confirm?
quisquose
Wednesday 31 August 2011 7:03PM
Our aerial points at Belmont here in Sheffield, and just noticed that we are picking up all the channels from Waltham as well.

Quite impressive.
Briantist
Wednesday 31 August 2011 7:13PM
obsidian eclipse: It's not a "rumour", it's listed above: "Muliplex A (SDN) will move from C26 to C29 (at 8kW) in advance of switchover during March 2011, and will adopt its final power level on 12th October 2011."
obsidian eclipse
Wednesday 31 August 2011 7:29PM
Thanks briantist :)
Briantist
Wednesday 31 August 2011 7:38PM
W.M. Wild: The power for Multiplex A has not changed, but it will increase on 12th October 2011.
kB Aerials Sheffield
Wednesday 31 August 2011 7:40PM
quisquose
The signal from waltham has changed today and has got a lot stronger
In sheffield (im an Aerial installer in sheffield based in Beighton)
the angle of reception from the two transmitters is very close so it is wholly possible that you can now receive both transmitters quite easily
an interesting fact of this is that (id need to know exactly where you live ) is that you could possibly now have an aerial installed pointing at the sheffield transmitter and get the correct local Look South news (ie SHeffield based news) and totally forget about Belmont (east coast news) and Waltham (central News) also you wouldn't be susceptible to the problem that occurs occasionally where the signal is wiped out on sunny days when there is no wind - an aerial pointing towards Belmont in sheffield points across the continent and occasionally on certain days the signal from the continent travels through to us and wipes Belmont out
As sheffield is a Local transmitter that problem would be a thing of the past so there are several good reasons for ditching Belmont and Waltham if you live in and around sheffield and using the local transmitters

Keith KB Aerial Beighton 07946481125
quisquose
Wednesday 31 August 2011 7:59PM
Thanks Keith,

I live in an area of S11 where aerial installers would arrive and just say "no chance mate". Something to do with Brincliffe Edge apparently.

We swung our aerial round to Belmont about 3 years ago, and anticipated swinging it back to Crosspool after switchover.

But today we are embarrassed by the riches of picking up the channels from Belmont, Waltham AND Sheffield. Time will tell if we need to point it at Crosspool later, but at the moment feeling quite chuffed after many years in that white pixel area on the map surrounded by yellow.

:)
Henry Martin
Wednesday 31 August 2011 9:19PM
My Hitachi PVR freeview receiver is not seeing ch4 and other channels on C54. When I manually scan on c54 it does not get a signal at all and yet the same aerial lead passes through this freeview pvr unit and onto the television which is seeing ch4 etc. Could this be something to do with the actual frequency ch4 etc are transmitted on - I notice it is registered at C54- and I have no means on the hitachi unit to see what frequency '54' is searching under.
kB Aerials Sheffield
Wednesday 31 August 2011 10:03PM
quisquose

OMG Brincliffe edge what a total nightmare trees blocking Sheffield too low down for belmont and waltham no chance of Emley moor - possible Totley Rise with 4 analogue channels
Trees also blocking satellite reception
Told a few people there my self if they want tv to put a FOR SALE sign outside !


Keith KB Aerials
Would be interested to know what your getting now!
kB Aerials Sheffield
Wednesday 31 August 2011 10:10PM
Henry Marsh
peculiar - I would have suspected that the tv has a more sensitive tuner than the hitachi PVr - but now the signals have been lifted considerably then it might be due to too much signal strength its one of these strange situation !

Its soo difficult to answer without putting an analyser on the aerial to see the signal strengths

Before switch over did you receive a decent digital reception ?
if not - how would you have rated your analogue picture was it grainy or pin sharp - if it was grainy then its possible that your aerial needs attention

Keith KB aerial SHeffield 07946481125
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 1 September 2011 4:36AM
WALTHAM transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:52 yesterday to 05:52 yesterday [BBC]
Gary
Thursday 1 September 2011 11:19AM Leicester
Since the Aug switch over I now find that the PVR EPG load up (Humax PVR-9300T) is painfully slow, but the tv program guide loads in an instant. I've tried a full reset, default settings, rescanning etc to no avail. Any ideas why this would be so slow?
I have no problem with reception, have roof mounted high gain aerial (location LE7 7NH). It's never been fast but selecting BBC1 before opening the EPG seemed to help before.
snapdragon
Thursday 1 September 2011 12:58PM Derby
Have had roof-mounted wideband aerial pointed to Waltham for past 10 years with only very occasional digital reception problems. I am located at DE23 3BF. Reception deteriorated on 17 Aug with MUX 1 switched over (now BBC A). Experiencing very blocky/ no sound. Was hopeful that problems would be resolved at final DSO, but no joy yesterday and same today. Still very blocky reception, but gob-smacked that MUX A (SDN) seems fine (ie. as before DSO, but still at low power). Other MUXes are reasonable, but not brilliant.
Decided to contact the freephone number for DigitalUK and they told me to complain to my MP (since it was the government who sanctioned DSO in the first place). I was surprised to learn that DigitalUK does not register complaints to the broadcasters.
Any suggestions PLEASE?
kB Aerials Sheffield
Thursday 1 September 2011 2:00PM
snapdragon

WOW - complain to your mp - gosh arnt DIGITAL UK helpful!

Sounds like you may have now got to much signal hitting your equipment

Have you got an amplifier connected on the system - possibly you don't need it now - but before you go ripping it out is it a set back one or one that distributes to several sets

If its a set back one (do not remove a box that states POWER SUPPLY that may (or may not) sit behind your tv as you will lose everything) then try bypassing it and connecting the aerial direct to your tv

if its an amplifier in the loft or outdoors then thats going to be tougher to do

if you cant get to your amp try using whats called an ATTENUATOR these reduce the signal strength - ideally placing one before your amplifier is the best route but if you cant then plug it direct into the back of the tv theyre about £6 from maplin electronics - try a 12db attenuator - possibly an 18db? (buy both ask if you can return the unused one)

If you have no amplifier - still try the attenuator as the signal has increased phenomenally place the attenuator on the first piece of equipment it connects too ie if you have a pvr the aerial usually goes in there and is looped round to your tv

Keith KB Aerials

Sheffield 07946481125

Mike Dimmick
Thursday 1 September 2011 2:08PM
snapdragon: Probably too much signal. If you have a booster or amplifier, remove it or turn it down. If that doesn't help, add an attenuator.

Digital UK reckon that you will still have trouble with the ArqB multiplex, due to the nearby Repton relay using the same channel (C57) from 21 September.
Mike Dimmick
Thursday 1 September 2011 2:10PM
Gary: Did you do a full reset, not just an automatic scan? On the Humax boxes this is called 'Default Setting' - it resets everything (already-recorded programmes are retained) so you should make a note of any customizations before that.

You're very close to the transmitter, so you could have too much signal - same advice as for snapdragon, except that there's no sign of a channel clash for you.
Chris Onion
Thursday 1 September 2011 2:41PM Derby
I have lost Sky Sports. How can I get it back :-( Being passed from pillar to post.

BT Vision isnist I can get it!!!! They won't listen!

Digital UK insist that BT can send a signal back to the box - BT say they can't.

The HA reckons we are on the best transmitter for our house that they put in but Digital UK insist they have put us on the wrong one.

Sutton Coldfield 48km awa Walthan 42mk away.

Why would you put Sky Sports on a channel with poor reception - what stupid monkeys are running the transmitter? Everything was fine until the Switchover - If it wasn't broke you shouldn't have fixed it.

Sorry seriously cheesed off today! I can't watch any football or sports now. I can't be the only person that this is affecting.
Annabel Cowley
Thursday 1 September 2011 5:07PM
we're in leicester, used to have it pointing to sutton coldfield as thats where it was when we moved in, but couldn't get digital and analogue was snowy. bought new aeriel, suited to digital and still bad, turned it to waltham and hey presto, we got freeview ... BUT since digital switchover we have blocking, less channels and no bbc red button. plus we can still get analogue when it should be gone. any ideas? we've been told le2 is a bad reception area but see no reason we should have to pay fro subscription tv or get someone out ... it worked fine til mid august.
Mark Fairman
Thursday 1 September 2011 5:57PM Matlock
I am located in Matlock Bath (DE4 3PD) and like snapdragon above I have a roof-mounted wideband aerial. This has been pointed at the Waltham transmitter for the past 10 years, and I have suffered no Freeview reception problems in all that time.

In April 17th MUX 2 moved to C31, the same as analogue channel 4 on the nearby Matlock transmitter. There was enough interference from this reflected from the hillside opposite our house to prevent reception of MUX2.

On August 31st that problem was sorted out, but ArqB moved to C57 which is also used by the local Bolehill transmitter for D3+4. There is enough interference reflected from the hillside (from a different direction this time) to prevent reception of ArqB.

What I cannot understand is why local relay transmitters are using some of the same UHF channels as their parent transmitter? I'm sure this wasn't the case with analogue TV, and seems likely to cause problems of the nature I am experiencing.

On the other hand, is there something I am missing, or something I could do to restore normal service?

I would be grateful for any advice.
Ian Grice
Thursday 1 September 2011 7:09PM Hinckley
Any news as to when channel 61 will move, and to what?
Paul Mann
Thursday 1 September 2011 7:23PM Coalville
Chris Onion: Got the same problem Chris. I live in LE67 8HN and have majority of channels except sky sports 1 & 2. I have also rang BT Vision who insist that it is the fault of the Waltham Transmitter.

Do we assume that they are still working on the output transmission of that carrier frequency and it will get sorted soon.Hope so I was going to watch the England game tomorrow night. Keep me in the loop if you get a breakthrough!
kB Aerials Sheffield
Thursday 1 September 2011 8:25PM
Paul have you read my post about too much signal ?

copy and paste it for you
Sounds like you may have now got to much signal hitting your equipment

Have you got an amplifier connected on the system - possibly you don't need it now - but before you go ripping it out is it a set back one or one that distributes to several sets

If its a set back one (do not remove a box that states POWER SUPPLY that may (or may not) sit behind your tv as you will lose everything) then try bypassing it and connecting the aerial direct to your tv

if its an amplifier in the loft or outdoors then thats going to be tougher to do

if you cant get to your amp try using whats called an ATTENUATOR these reduce the signal strength - ideally placing one before your amplifier is the best route but if you cant then plug it direct into the back of the tv theyre about £6 from maplin electronics - try a 12db attenuator - possibly an 18db? (buy both ask if you can return the unused one)

If you have no amplifier - still try the attenuator as the signal has increased phenomenally place the attenuator on the first piece of equipment it connects too ie if you have a pvr the aerial usually goes in there and is looped round to your tv

Keith KB Aerials

Sheffield 07946481125

snapdragon
Thursday 1 September 2011 9:57PM
Thanks for your comments, kB Aerials. I have 2 TVs fed from an unamplified splitter. I have tried a back of set booster and get marginally better service, but still not as good as before DSO.I have the feeling that I am losing signal at the splitter, so will replace/ resolder the coax plugs as necessary. I will also relocate the booster in the loft (ie. to where the aerial lead comes into the house). Thanks again.
Jim J (NG14 6**)
Thursday 1 September 2011 10:02PM Nottingham
Does anyone know how many English HD versions of ITV1 there are? Possibly two ?
I'm asking this just out of curiosity because Belmont transmits Granada HD and Waltham is transmitting
London HD.
The Freeview transmission details at the top of this page show Waltham to be carrying Central West HD (which probably doesn't exist!).

Thanks everyone.
kB Aerials Sheffield
Thursday 1 September 2011 11:19PM
Snap dragon
A decent aerial and a decent 2 way splitter is more than likely all is needed - id be surprised if any amplification is needed unless your utterly surrounded by a forest in a deep depression - amplifiers are a thing of the past - apart from larger distribution systems but aerial to 2 points is really really unlikely to need any amplification with the strength of the currant switch over

just looked at google streetview of your road - there are no excessive sized aerials installed which leads me to think your in an reasonable reception area before switchover - now signal is more than likely booming in - although I don't know the area at all so I could be wrong - if the aerials were on 20" masts then id be more concerned

Keith KB aerials 07946481125 sheffield
kB Aerials Sheffield
Thursday 1 September 2011 11:20PM
snap dragon

that should have been 20' aerial masts not 20" ---- ooops !
Chris Onion
Thursday 1 September 2011 11:21PM Derby
Paul @ DE1 1PY here - Apparently the problem is because they have transferred the Sky Sports signal (and loads of radio stations) to something called ArqB even though they know half the region can't get a good quality signal on this - hardly the act of intelligent people!!! Why not stick gems TV and QVC and rubbish channels on this?

UK Digital seem to think my aerial is Sutton Coldfield (aerials in my area point in two directions. Mine is towards the A38 whilst some of the other are 90 degrees eastwards which muct be Waltham).

Anyway UK Digital reckon the Waltham digital signal is stronger than the Sutton Coldfield analogue signal and that is why I am getting Waltham. Apparently when Sutton Coldfield switches this should be sorted.

They are basically saying it doesn;t matter which direction you point your aerial in it just picks up the strongest signal if you can pick up more than one transmitter.

Apparently there is a Derby relay for Waltham which gets in the way of the Sutton Coldfield signal - is this like the Bolehill issue? In which case why put them on a frequency that people can't get?

Naffed off as I am now paying BT for something I don;t get.

BT blame the transmitters, UK digital blame the transmitters but you can't speak to anyone who is controlling this and get it sorted out.

Seriously nothing wrong before the switch so why did they bother - to rip the public off again as usual!

Is this true? Or is it more BS.
Ivan Dilks
Thursday 1 September 2011 11:36PM
Hi I have a Hitatchi 46xf355d and have been patiently waiting for HD on Waltham. My set says there is nothing on channel 58. my set or Waltham at fault?
Transmitter engineering
Friday 2 September 2011 4:33AM
WALTHAM transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:52 on 31 Aug to 05:52 on 31 Aug [BBC]
jb38
Friday 2 September 2011 7:18AM
Ivan Dilks According to the specifications I have seen that model does not have a DVB-T2 tuner and as such is only an HD ready set, in other words can display HD via an external HD box.
kB Aerials Sheffield
Friday 2 September 2011 7:32AM
Chris onion

try attenuating the signal while the bt box tunes in an attenuator can be purchased from any aerial installers shop or Maplin electronics

Problem with doing this though is that you could attenuate sutton coldfield too much that it wont pick the correct transmitter up and its a fruitless experience

I can understand your frustration as you can't (in my experience of bt vision) manually tune the boxes you have to let it do a full channel scan - SO BLOODY FRUSTRATING - i had a similar problem where a customers was picking up Billsdale as well as emley moor and it refused to rule out billsdale as a weaker transmitter - the aerial in this situation was pointing at emley moor but Billsdale was on virtually the same angle - at least by sounds of it you have 90 degrees of separation

I tried attenuating the signal there but by the time I had put a big enough attenuator to rule out Billlsdale it destroyed emley moors signal too - so unfortunately that process failed

I solved this customers problem by taking the box home tuning it in on my aerial then taking it back

do you have a friend or relative that receives sutton coldfield with no interference from Waltham

nip over - tune it in then bring it back home

this may solve your problem - its a long shot but sounds like your willing to try anything

Keith
Dominic Payer
Friday 2 September 2011 7:38AM
Ivan Dilks

Channel 58 from Waltham will remain on low power until 12th October.Channel 58 is not an HD channel.

HD transmissions are on channel 61. Look for station numbers 50-54.
kB Aerials Sheffield
Friday 2 September 2011 7:39AM
Ivan Dilks and JB38

if you google the model number 46xf355d it comes up with a TOSHIBA tv that IS full HD

The confusion is that you state its an Hitachi so part of your info seems to be incorrect

So im confused with that

ANY how - Ivan - read my post I have put on several times about too strong a signal (click to the right where it says how many posts ive added - )

Regards

Keith KB Aerials Sheffield 07946481125
Briantist
Friday 2 September 2011 7:42AM
Annabel Cowley: You didn't provide a postcode, but the advise is the same as for everyone else here - the signal is too strong and you need to remove any amplifiers or boosters you have in your system.
jb38
Friday 2 September 2011 8:08AM
Dominic Payer: I suspect that you are mixing up EPG numbers with actual multiplex transmitter ones, as there is only one MUX (not an EPG number) channel on low power on Waltham and thats Mux Ch29 (ITV3/QVC etc) MUX Ch58 is the HD channel as I receive it on one of my sets.
jb38
Friday 2 September 2011 8:15AM
kB Aerials Sheffield: Yes I noticed that Ivan had referred to that number as being a Hitachi device, but according to my info there isnt one, so what I mentioned regarding the tuner (not DVB-T2) was referring to Toshiba.
Judith
Friday 2 September 2011 10:04AM Melton Mowbray
A slight problem with ITV1. I'm receiving this channel from Waltham (manually tuned). During daytime hours I get a very good picture. In the evening when switching to ITV1 it takes several minutes for the signal to come through. Will ITV1 improve as days go by?
Mike Dimmick
Friday 2 September 2011 11:35AM
Jim J: The following variants of ITV1 HD currently exist on Freeview:

Meridian South (Meridian & Anglia)
Granada (Granada, Yorkshire & Border)
Central West (Central)
London (London, Tyne Tees, Wales, West and Westcountry)

London and Tyne Tees are from the early HD services at Crystal Palace and Pontop Pike respectively.

These are also the only services on satellite; the mapping from postcode to services is different; Meridian South and Central West are encrypted, so only available to Sky viewers, not Freesat. Oddly, they are both now on the UK footprint Astra 2D satellite, so I'm not sure why they remain encrypted.

Scotland gets STV HD Central West (i.e. Glasgow).

Information collected by Ray Cathode on DigitalSpy's forums, chart at www.bsa.talktalk.net link icon http://www.bsa.talktalk.n….pdf , accessed via 10ash.info link icon Freeview Technical Information .
Chris Onion
Friday 2 September 2011 12:42PM Derby
Thanks KB aerials. Might take it to my dad's who is nearer to Sutton Coldfield than we are. Will wait until their switch over and see if it comes back - UK Digital seem to think it will. Will also check out the attenuator thing although not really sure what I am doing LOL

Received this reply from the BBC reception people:

"We cannot answer every query or technical problem, however there are a number of places where you can go for technical information:

If your area is undergoing Digital Switchover, please contact Digital UK with your query since it could be related to transmitter work preparing your area for the switch to digital. You can find them at www.digitaluk.co.uk or by calling 08456 50 50 50.

For advice about your equipment or its configuration please contact your manufacturer."

What is annoying me is that everyone is passing the buck. It was fine before the switchover and you can't speak to someone who knows what they are doing to sort it out.

I wonder if part of the problem is the fact that it is a communal aerial on the flats next door so it has boosters etc... on it and it is also on the top of a very long pole. The trouble is the HA won't let us put our own aerial up so stuck with it.... GRRRR!
Gary
Friday 2 September 2011 1:04PM Leicester
Gary: Thanks for the reply Mike; I had done a reset and manual tune; having Googled the problem it would appear normal to take a long time to populate the EPG, I waited 30mins after switch-on, then opened the program guide and found it fully populated. I suspect I may also have too much signal as you suggest; the Humax receives all channels ok, but my more sensitive Panasonic TV reported full signal strength on all channels when manually tuning, but then I found I had a blank screen on ITV channels with a "no signal" error, but perfect ITV picture through the Humax PVR.
Ian Grice
Friday 2 September 2011 3:10PM Hinckley
So now that switchover is almost complete in the UK is there any chance of CBBC & CITV being removed from BBC1 & ITV1, now that everyone should be able to receive these channels?
Ivan Dilks
Friday 2 September 2011 4:34PM
Many thanks JB 38 you are correct my set is a Tosh I just happened to be stareing into a Hitachi monitor, sorry it was late. It appears I have been sold a dud and it dosn't have a DVB-T2 decoder.
jb38
Friday 2 September 2011 5:11PM
Ivan Dilks: Thanks for the update on the situation, its unfortunate about your set but I can assure you that you are not by any means alone by being caught out by misleading descriptions being given, as I can see them virtually any time that I take a stroll around TV showrooms, even I have to occasionally scrutinise what I might be looking at as its not always immediately obvious whether a device can receive HD or not.

My advice to anyone is to get a cast iron guarantee from someone in authority that a device can receive what's desired, or ask to look at the spec in the user manual, DVB-T2 for Freeview HD or DVB-S2 for Freesat HD.
jb38
Friday 2 September 2011 5:42PM
Ivan Dilks: Meant to add, and as you will likely already realise, but your TV can display HD perfectly OK by simply coupling it into a separate Freeview HD box via the HDMI connections on the rear, as there is virtually no difference in quality doing it that way over viewing via a built in tuner.
MB
Friday 2 September 2011 5:45PM Nottingham
Pick up waltham transmitter, but since the retune on 31.01.2011, can only get BBC red button on BBC1 and not other BBC channels from waltham, but frustratingly can get it on 8?? channels (look North) where the reception is poor.
Briantist
Friday 2 September 2011 6:10PM
jb38: In fact, as HDMI is an uncompressed lossless digital transmission system, there is no difference whatsoever if you use a Freeview HD box to having a built in tuner.
Ivan Dilks
Friday 2 September 2011 7:59PM
Many thanks gents I think what I will do is replace my Pioneer HD ready recorder with blue ray player (it does neither) with a probably Sony HD recorder there are already too many odds and sods under the TV, sound system etc and my wife refuses to learn how to drive them all, so another box will drive her to divorce.
kB Aerials Sheffield
Friday 2 September 2011 8:11PM
Ivan

I know this is dragging you away from terrestrial reception ---- BUT

if you want to change something consider a HUMAX freeSAT recorder (yes satellite ) they are HD and absolutely FAB

trouble is they're not cheap (about £250 ) and you need a sat dish installing if you haven't already got one


Keith
jb38
Friday 2 September 2011 8:32PM
Ivan Dilks: Unless you specifically want the facility of being able to play Blue-Ray DVD's then you would be better off with a Freeview HD twin tuner PVR, as I am sure that your wife would find this far easier to use than a DVD recorder, as there is a limit as to how much their menu system's can be simplified compared to that of the average PVR.

Of course me mentioning this is not intended as any derogatory reflection on your wifes operational skills!



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