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4G at 800MHz (at800) Freeview reception issues

A retune will happen 29 May 2013 to clear C61: PSB1 C61 to C49.
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This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) transmitter. Click to recheck

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The symbol shows the location of the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) 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.


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Waltham transmitter Freeview broadcasts

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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.

MuxAerial positionFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 horizontal max
C61 (794.0MHz)442m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		50,000W
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

PSB2
D3+4
 horizontal max
C54- (737.8MHz)442m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		50,000W
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),

PSB3
BBCB
 horizontal max
C58 (770.0MHz)442m256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4		50,000W
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

COM4
SDN
 horizontal -3dB
C29 (538.0MHz)442m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		25,000W
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

COM5
ArqA
 horizontal -3dB
C56 (754.0MHz)449m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		25,000W
Channel icons
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

COM6
ArqB
 horizontal -3dB
C57 (762.0MHz)449m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		25,000W
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



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

Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Dec 2014Central Independent Television
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• 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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Steve
Friday 9 September 2011 3:27PM
Does anyone have an accurate idea of when the work to the Waltham tower will actually be finished? I've setup the inlaws and their neighbours to Waltham a couple years ago and gave them the completion dates posted at that time. However, the ongoing issues are causing them (and subsequently me) continual problems and I would like to be able to give them an idea of when it will actually be finished. I understand that it has only been 13 years since this whole process was started, but they wonder if it will be done in time for the 2012 Olympics or if they should get freesat while the deadlines get extended on the freeview changeover. Keeping in mind that as pensioners they are averse to learning new systems
Billy
Friday 9 September 2011 3:38PM
YAY, lowered and increased the signal, likely 20db gain now, but might still need max, loaded them, but playing up badly, see previous posts for what I'm on about, anyway problems sorted it seems, now one has to always hope for now wind, lol, fat chance, especially this time of year, :(.
Mike Dimmick
Friday 9 September 2011 3:40PM
Billy: That is old information. ArqB now transmits from the main antenna, which is unrestricted. However, there may be a clash with a relay that uses C57 for a different service. Can you provide a full postcode, so we can check the predictions?

I don't believe that a 20-odd element Log Periodic can have even 15 dBi gain. 6-7 dBd (=8-9 dBi, 0 dBd = 2.15 dBi) is much more likely. You could be reading the front-to-back ratio, which is also very important - this is just measured in dB as it is a ratio, not a quantity.

All relays simply retransmit what they received from the parent transmitter - all relays of Waltham will say 'East Midlands', including Nottingham which is fed via cables rather than off-air.
Mike Dimmick
Friday 9 September 2011 4:33PM
Steve: The only remaining step published is SDN to change to 8K mode and increase in power (and presumably move to the final antenna) on the 12th of October.

There may be engineering works to dismantle the antennas used for low-power digital services before switchover. The masts are now shared with mobile phone companies and carry DAB and FM radio services, any of which might require new aerials to go up or existing ones to be changed, which might occasionally cause interruptions, but major re-engineering shouldn't be required for another 40 years.

There is also going to be another retune at some time, to free up C61 for 4G mobile phone services. This depends on getting international clearance for whatever channel gets used in its place, so we don't yet know when this will happen or even when we will know.

In the international planning for digital TV, we did ask for C35, but that might still be released for other purposes, or for new multiplexes - it's unlikely to be the new home for BBC A or for one of the COM muxes, if one is bumped out of the way for BBC A to use.
Billy
Friday 9 September 2011 7:21PM
No it was from maplins, not the advertised one, so better still, at the max now, 22 element log perdodic with 25db gain amplifier.

Ironic, cause only get two well and the one being what I needed for sky sports on ch 57, odd glitch some times but compared to years back, rare.

Off top of my head, yeah think the antenna itself is only 7.5 db gain, it does pick up another station close by despite it being vertical, lol, but it finally works.

Worry is the wind and rain, especially with ex - hurricane Katia coming in, though that's mainly gonna effect northern UK more.

Thank you any way Mike for your kind reply, but, so lucky, out of all of them, the one I really wanted I got and rang top up tv already, no lets just hope it stays that was, being in dip and getting waltham over 40 miles away is a major coup for me, and so much better than over 10 years back.
:).
Bob
Friday 9 September 2011 7:31PM
I Live in DE3 and since the DSO at Waltham my signal strength has decreased on all multiplexes. I use a high gain wide band aerial and before the DSO had a good signal. Now the signal regularly changes strength and drops out.

I have tried retunung options and checked for excessive power but neither solved the issue any ideas.

Channels 57 and 61 seem the worst.
paul
Saturday 10 September 2011 10:58AM Melton Mowbray
LE14 4PE (Waltham transmitter)
just back from holiday, have retuned our TVs - all ok except one attached to an old Pace set-top box which finds only the 24 channels on Mux A (ITV3, QVC, Bid, ITV2+1 etc), have tried attaching to a different aerial that is used by one of the TVs that retuned correctly but still just those 24 channels, this digibox worked fine until the August changeover
- any ideas?
Dominic Payer
Saturday 10 September 2011 12:26PM
paul

Is your Pace box on www.ukfree.tv link icon TVs and boxes that do not support the 8k-mode | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice

If so, you need a new box and you will receive nothing after October 12th.
paul
Saturday 10 September 2011 12:34PM
thanks Dominic, yes unfortunately it is on that list... looks like I need to buy a new box!
Roger Austin
Saturday 10 September 2011 12:45PM
In Leicester, using old ondigital box, perfect before dso but since dso can only get mux4 ch 29 (ITV3 etc) from waltham. Tried rescanning (store option) many times with and without aerial to clear channels first. Is it box or aerial?
Tony
Saturday 10 September 2011 1:12PM Grantham
Anybody seen my HD channels? They just up and disappeared! Still able to receive HD (although not quite strong enough) from Belmont off the back of my antenna!
Ken
Saturday 10 September 2011 1:44PM Nottingham
I am on the Waltham transmitter and before the official switchover, I received all channels with no problems. Since the switchover, whenever I turn my tv off, whether by the switch on the set or at the plug, I find I have lost channels ITV1, ITV2 and ITV3 but the other channels on each multiplex are still there.If I retune, they reappear until I switch off again. Any ideas, please.
jb38
Saturday 10 September 2011 3:36PM
Roger Austin: Its the box! and with the only reason you are getting Mux Ch29 being because it hasn't as yet changed over to the 8K transmission mode, this happening on October 12th when that will also disappear from your box during Ch29's switch to higher powered operation.
Rich
Saturday 10 September 2011 3:56PM
Thanks to the help on here, I have now successfully got both of my TVs working (just about useable ITV even on the TV upstairs, which has always been impossible to watch).

Oddly - ITV news is now the west midlands Central news (good for me as at last it now covers Stoke where I live!) - however, not quite sure how this works, as the signal is still from the Waltham Transmitter (East Midlands).

Alas BBC is still the East Midlands news.
jb38
Saturday 10 September 2011 4:12PM
Tim Collingwood: Yes! with myself being one of the biggest advocators of aerial position being far more important than its height, this including its claimed for dB gain levels, this particularly applying when dealing with difficult reception areas that's not caused purely by distance.

Of course the only thing that has always to be considered is, that if the aerial positioning is arranged before high power switchover then there is always a slight danger that in "some" cases after switchover that the signal doesn't increase as much as expected, or may even go slightly the other way!, that is "if" the original positioning was only good because of taking advantage of a reasonable stable reflection.

Further slight re-positioning usually always sorting that kind of difficulty out.
Briantist
Saturday 10 September 2011 5:53PM
Roger Austin: Yes, sorry, you box is now obsolete - www.ukfree.tv link icon TVs and boxes that do not support the 8k-mode | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
Billy
Saturday 10 September 2011 7:15PM
Bob you say you checked for the power, in Cov, some 43 miles away, using the log perodic and 25 db gain mast head amp, I get the ch 61 at strength 95 and quality at 100%, I did a 6db attenuation, still the same, had to boost to full to get the ch 57, luckily has the sky sports 1 on.

HUGE MISTAKE.

Had I been in charge, I'd have had ch 61 at 30,000 max.

It makes no sense, cause over the last decade most on this and other transmitters, struggling to get them, got what, better aerial and cable and amps and box, oops, now signals boosted, too darn strong.

For me, YAY, no worries, wish 57 was 50,000 kws, for you, arghhhh, no, turn them down, too much.

What an absolute mess as usual, no wonder last 8 years and still, I enjoy satellite, simply the best, glitch what glitch, VERY rare, but on-digital, disaster, ITV, much the same, no Freeview also messes it up.

Maybe if enough complain to www.arqiva.com link icon Arqiva or whoever it is in charge they may drop them.

BBC mux 1 far far too powerful, crazy, no need for it, unless, unless one knocks the others up, but I suspect that they can not cause of co channel interference, which again from what i'm reading on here and else where, is also causing trouble for many.

A complete mess it seems.

====

Ken, might be a box problem, are they not the weaker ones, on 29, hold on I'll check.
Hmm, strange, who knows, despite both BBCA and D3+4 pushing the 50,000 I struggled to get it, weird eh.

It does seems, sadly a lot of people are having issues with boxes, not getting what they used to get, my advice make sure box first is what, compliant, meaning able to get the newer 8K signals.

Next annoying as it is, factory reset it.

Then using here, note the channel numbers, then manually, refer to manual if necessary, and put them in that way, checking signal strength if your box has one etc.

I hope that may help.

If, if getting all but say one, being BBC lots on ch 61, and others are strong and fine, try an attenuator, decrease the signal, can get one from maplins no doubt, a 6db reduction one.

Ken
Sunday 11 September 2011 4:43PM
Briantist, thank you so much. I have done a first time installation and it worked! I now have all the channels and they don't disappear when I switch the set off. I keep turning it on and off to make sure it's true! Again, thanks, thanks thanks.
Briantist
Sunday 11 September 2011 7:11PM
Ken: I'm pleased to hear that worked for you.
phil
Sunday 11 September 2011 7:20PM
Hi Briantist
Ref your last reply to me below:

Sunday 6 February 2011 12:23PM
phil: I've run up Google Earth and can see the valley now, and it probably explains some of the aerials pointing towards the analogue BRAUNSTONE transposer relay.

Please let me know how you get on.
==============
How I got on was I decided to do nothing and await switchover. Everything is fine. No breakup and even HD channels work well - despite my 30+ year old aerial and downlead. So, saved myself the £400 that aerial installers wanted for a full mast install. Haven't worked out if I have everything but guess I either have or will have when tx power is stepped up on the remaining channels. Thanks for the advice on the website - it's been really useful.
Phil
kB Aerials Sheffield
Sunday 11 September 2011 8:11PM
YEP most people assume the higher the aerial the more power you get just goes to show height isn't ALWAYS important

In a lot of situations (pre switchover ) it certainly was though

it's also amazing walking across a flat roof with an aerial and an analyser - walking 20' can make an amazing difference between good and bad signal - I remember one on a bungalow with a relatively small chimney - one side of the chimney poor reception - the other was superb ! that was a move of about 2 foot!
Briantist
Monday 12 September 2011 4:49PM
phil: Thanks for that, very handy to know you have save £400. The remaining multiplex (A->SDN) goes to full power on 12th October 2011, so just a month to wait.
Anthony Duncalf
Thursday 15 September 2011 10:21PM
When are the rest of the multiplexes going onto full power?
Briantist
Friday 16 September 2011 7:58AM
Anthony Duncalf: SDN goes to full power 12th October 2011. SDN, ARQA and ARQB are at "full power" at 25kW.
Eddie
Friday 16 September 2011 1:13PM Grimsby
Hi I went through the set up routine at this last changeover, & like many have hardley
any freeview channels worth watching,some are so poor with the picture breaking up or no signal, etc etc.
I live in Waltham,& untill I just read your website didnt know there was a mast in the area,I have virginmedia & there's no problem with it being cable.
my post code is DN37 0LB
Briantist
Friday 16 September 2011 3:31PM
Eddie: Wrong Waltham, please see the map. Your transmitter is Bemont.
Anthony Duncalf
Friday 16 September 2011 4:10PM
Briantist.Thanks .I thought that all of them would end up being on 50,000 watts.

We live quite low down in Ripley/Derbyshire.All the multiplexes that are on full power give a good signal,but the others break up a bit.

Mr John Royce
Tuesday 20 September 2011 8:30AM Wigston
Please could you tell me (after final switchover has occured)when all the multiplexes will be transmitted at full power
Bob
Tuesday 20 September 2011 12:22PM
Post code LE10 receiving from Waltham mast, high gain aerial with splitter/booster 2 TVs , pioneer plasma showing high quality and high signal strength, since change over and a number of retunes we are getting more pixilation on screen,
Mike Dimmick
Tuesday 20 September 2011 2:34PM
Mr John Royce: You could be using Waltham or Sutton Coldfield. If Sutton Coldfield, tomorrow after 6am. Waltham still has one multiplex running at lower power, until 6am on 12 October.

Note that Waltham SDN - the one on lower power - is also outside the analogue aerial group, and a grouped aerial - one designed to cover only that group - will have little gain down at C29.
Ian
Tuesday 20 September 2011 6:52PM Hinckley
Brian.

The channel number is missing from MUX A on the Waltham page.
Briantist
Tuesday 20 September 2011 10:05PM
Ian: Strange problem. I have fixed it.
graham poole
Saturday 24 September 2011 11:01AM
post code LN68PP had new aerial fitted pointng to waltham and picked up the channel fine on my Humax pvr,recently have lost central station and picking up yorkshire(pesumably from the back of my other aerial thats set to belmont) - the picture has vertical lines on it,the picture from belmont is excellent on my second tv.Have retuned the pvr but still have the same problem
Richard
Monday 26 September 2011 1:51PM Leicester
Hi Briantist,

Have had lots of problems since switchover receiving all BBC on c61 and can't pick up antying at all on C56 or C58. Also, lost Sky news at the end of July.

Have tried all retuning options a number of times.

postcode: LE1 4QF
brian
Tuesday 27 September 2011 4:40PM Nottingham
I live in NG2 and get my signal from the Waltham transmitter. Since switchover I have struggled to get quality non-HD BBC channels on either my set top box ( an old Inverto ) or my new Panasonic HD TV. Looking at signal strength on both bits of hardware I see very variable signal quality for everything on CH61 but consistent good quality for all other channels. I have an old non high gain aerial and live on the edge of the transmission area.
AM at a loss after reading all hints on the site to work out what the issue might be . ANy suggestion greatfully received.
ian from notts
Tuesday 27 September 2011 9:21PM
richard
58 is hd from waltham and you need a freeview hd tuner for that.
61 is correct'
56 may be caused by a video or skybox with an rf modulator set to a close signal, this could also be the problem with 58 if you think you should recieve it ?
ian from notts
Tuesday 27 September 2011 9:30PM
briantist
did a rescan on 2 boxes a different adresses,
both on waltham !
and picked up 2 signals which came up london !?
about ch23 / ch26 , would this be crystal palace ?
in de55 and ng16 postcode areas
Briantist
Thursday 29 September 2011 11:06PM
ian from notts: There isn't much left on C23 and C26 these days, so it could be analogue signals from Crystal Palace.
MC Brown
Saturday 1 October 2011 10:52AM Grantham
Since about Wednesday this week all the Waltham frequency channels I was receiving up until then have disappeared. This means I now get a rather intermittent signal from Belmont. Postcode is NG32 1BL

Did anything change this week to cause this blip in channels?
Chris..
Sunday 2 October 2011 3:13PM
If my TV aerial points to Waltham to get all freeview Muxs, Why is it since switchover I,ve been getting all the Sutton Coldfield & Emley Moor Muxs as well when my aerial doesnt point to those, I thought TV aerials especially the toast rack desighns only pick up & recieve what they'yre pointing to.. I live in North Notts..
Dominic Payer
Sunday 2 October 2011 4:40PM
Chris

Transmission power has increased with switchover. The signals you are receiving are now stronger than they were.

You can leave things as they are or fit an attenuator to reduce the signal strength from Emley Moor and Sutton Coldfield.

If you want to fit an attenuator, leave it until after October 12th when the last mux at Waltham goes to full post-switchover power.
ian from notts
Tuesday 4 October 2011 8:55PM
briantist
the 2 signals i mentioned were digital ! but around the 23/26 frequency mark, not deffinate ! but both freeview boxes named them as london! in both cases ch29 (itv3) from waltham struggled to load ?. been analogue signals i may have blamed atmospherics as a cause ? not happened since tho !
blackfish
Friday 7 October 2011 3:13PM
Possible fix for reception of incorrect signal. Have seen one or two posts about incorrect transmitters being received. I am on Waltham but PVR picked up a low mpx from Nottingham (twenty something) and stored those channels (particularly ITV1). It didn't overwrite them with what would have been stronger signals from Waltham (or maybe it did but put them out of sight - I didn't go looking). Nottingham is just about 180 degs from Waltham where I am. Despite claims to the contrary, all aerials have some gain at 180 degs (opposite direction from where it's pointing). To fix, I cleared all channels from the PVR then did a manual scan on the five Waltham multiplexers. Problem solved.
Transmitter engineering
Monday 10 October 2011 10:57AM
WALTHAM transmitter - Over the next week Waltham main transmitter: no analogue TV, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Graeme Young
Tuesday 11 October 2011 2:07PM
Will there be further channel changes thanks to the "digital dividend"? If so, I would imagine Ch61 and Ch 29 will have to be crammed into the range from Ch39 to Ch60. In my location (Ravenshead, Notts ) Belmont and Emley Moor both are well received and on autotune they fill up the receiver memory before the Waltham channels are reached. I have develpoed a strategy for avoiding this but many in this area are very frustrated by the changes.
Mike Dimmick
Tuesday 11 October 2011 2:54PM
Graeme Young: Yes, BBC A on C61 will have to move, as C61 and C62 are now to be released for 4G mobile in addition to C63-C68 in the original plan. All stations with greater than 1kW ERP output are subject to international co-ordination - although the plan from 2006 shows that Waltham did not need to be co-ordinated with anyone else. Still, the co-ordination required for other sites like Tacolneston, Mendip, Wenvoe (not itself affected directly but it might have to move out of the way of Mendip) means that Waltham is unlikely to make an earlier move than other sites.

C21-C30 are retained for TV broadcasting - they are not going to force the 4.4 million Londoners using Crystal Palace to all buy new aerials (well, unless they're completely mad). The SDN multiplex on C29 is very unlikely to have to move.

You may need to retune the SDN multiplex early tomorrow, as it reaches full power and changes to 8K mode. Changes are supposed to be complete by 6am.
Andrew Clinton
Wednesday 12 October 2011 11:19AM
Having problems receiving Mux PSB3
BBCB from Waltham Transmitter today. Ru doing engineering work?
Mike Dimmick
Wednesday 12 October 2011 2:38PM
Andrew Clinton: The only engineering work was this morning, bringing the SDN multiplex up to full power and on the main broadcast antenna. This shouldn't have had any effect on reception of HD channels, unless you were close to having too much signal before, and the additional power on the SDN multiplex has now pushed it over the edge.

See www.ukfree.tv link icon Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for more.
ROGER AUSTIN
Wednesday 12 October 2011 5:56PM
Don't throw away your old 2K mode digital box (Nokia etc. ITV/ONLINE DIGITAL). It may have 2 SCART sockets and an RF modulator which will feed extension TVs in other rooms. Feed SCART leads from new box through old box (which must be switched fully on) to main TV, and connect low loss UHF coaxial cable extension leads from old box to extension TVs tuned to correct frequency of old box analogue output, with a splitter if necessary. Also the old box may feed a stereo amplifier if fitted with phono audio output sockets, which many new boxes don't have.
Ian
Thursday 13 October 2011 12:59AM Hinckley
I'm having problems with Com5 ARQA from Waltham over the past 2 days.



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