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

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The symbol shows the location of the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter which serves 410,000 homes.

Other maps:Oxford DABOxford AM/FMOxford regionBBC South (Oxford)Central (South micro region)

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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What do the colours on the map mean?

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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Which Freeview channels does the Oxford transmitter broadcast?

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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
C53+ (730.2MHz)295m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		100,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One South (Oxford), 2 BBC Two England, 7 BBC Three, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel, 71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament, 301 BBC Red Button 1, plus 12 others

PSB2
D3+4
 horizontal max
C60- (785.8MHz)295m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		100,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV (Central (South micro region)), 4 Channel 4 South ads, 5 Channel 5 Part Network ads, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4+1 South ads, 14 More 4, 28 E4, 33 ITV +1 (Central west),

PSB3
BBCB
 horizontal max
C57 (762.0MHz)295m256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4		100,000W
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 South ads, 303 BBC Red Button HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 horizontal -3dB
C50 (706.0MHz)295m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		50,000W
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 21 others

COM5
ArqA
 horizontal -3dB
C59- (777.8MHz)319m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		50,000W
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, 302 BBC Red Button 2, plus 9 others

COM6
ArqB
 horizontal -3dB
C55 (746.0MHz)319m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		50,000W
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 22 others



Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Oxford transmitter?


BBC South (Oxford) Today 0.4m homes 1.6%
from Oxford OX2 7DW, 6km west-southwest
to BBC South (Oxford) region - 6 masts.
BBC South (Oxford) Today shares 50% content with Southampton service

ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 102km south
to ITV Central (South) region - 25 masts.
Thames Valley opt-out from Meridian (South). All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian+Oxford
Central (South) is split for news: 405,700 Oxfordshire homes gets Merdian Thames Valley, 282,800 Gloucester-, Hereford-, Worcester- and Shropshire homes Central West.

How will the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

years1950s~851984-971997-981998-20112011-1329/5/13-2013-18
aerial groupVHFC/D EC/D EWC/D EC/D EW
C2BBCtv
C29D
600C31com7
C341
C37com8
C48C
700C49C5C5
C50 SDNSDN
C51-Alocal
C52-B
C53C4C4C4+BBCA+BBCA+BBCA
C55ArqBArqBArqB
C57BBC1BBC1BBC1BBCBBBCBBBCB
C59-ArqA-ArqA-ArqA
C60ITVITVITV-D3+4-D3+4-D3+4
800C62SDN
C63BBC2BBC2BBC2
C682

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 14th September and 28th September 2011.

  • Ofcom have projected that a local television service for Oxford including Abingdon, Didcot could use an Interleaved Frequency on the Oxford transmitter using C51
  • COM7, COM8 projected for 2013-16.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 500kW
com7, com8, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 100kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB(-10dB) 50kW
Analogue 5(-11dB) 40kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*(-17dB) 10kW
Mux C*, Mux D*(-18dB) 8kW
Mux A*, Mux B*(-19.2dB) 6kW

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Oxford transmitter area

Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Dec 2006Central Independent Television
Dec 2006-Feb 2009ITV Thames Valley
Feb 2009-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Oxford 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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John J
Wednesday 14 September 2011 8:34AM
Mike Dimmick. I have now tried taking out the powered splitter and have the aerial plugged directly into the freeview box (humax PVR). I had to manually tune again to get the oxford channels as it still wanted to pick up the Sandy channels first. All channels seem ok and are showing 100% quality and about 80% strength except the Mux A channels. It is not finding them at all and showing the signal strength and quality often jumping to '0' or very very low. So it doesn't seem that the splitter box made a difference.
I've checked the frequency which is set at 714000 but can't think of anything else to try. Do you think it could be the aerial direction is slightly wrong?
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Howie B
Wednesday 14 September 2011 8:45AM Thame
Hi Brian, I assume the main BBC multiplex (BBC1, 2, news 24 etc) has migrated to ch53 this morning AND boosted to full post DSO power already. If so I need to turn the wick down on the booster - my tv has found the signal but wont display the channels so it must be too strong - postcode ox9 3je
Briantist
Wednesday 14 September 2011 8:49AM
Howie B: yes, I have just written thiks up here Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
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Howie B
Wednesday 14 September 2011 9:13AM
Thanks Brian, loft here I come!
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Richard Daqrke
Wednesday 14 September 2011 10:20AM
Does Freeview HD become available today (14.9.11) or does it start on 28.9.11, please?
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 14 September 2011 10:31AM
OXFORD transmitter - Freeview - No problems - BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 01:15 today to 01:55 today Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:14 today to 01:43 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 14 September 2011 10:31AM
OXFORD transmitter - Freeview - No problems - BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 01:15 today to 01:55 today Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:14 today to 01:43 today [BBC]
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Colin Robinson
Wednesday 14 September 2011 11:23AM Princes Risborough
HP27 9LB. "Outside" multi-element aerial in the roof space and I have a 3-way distribution amplifer in the attic. Thanks for all the posts!!! On my Sony Bravia TV (Samsung was OK) it was only the Channel 53 mux that was not showing on the programme guide. Although 119 programmes had been detected during auto-tune phase there were only 104 shown. I got round the problem initially by selecting "Manual Tune" on the digital tuning menu, slecting "Channel 53" "Search Up", and the missing programmes all mysteriously appeared! Inserting an attenuator (of unknown value I am afraid) in the lead to the set also enabled the auto-tune option to work correctly
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Robert
Wednesday 14 September 2011 11:50AM Swindon
I can understand that taking out a booster may be required but surely the system channel monitor should show there is an input. One of my sets did yesterday, everything was fine, today not a thing on C's68,63,54 or 21. Single wideband aerial feeding just one TV, whether through it's localised booster or not. How can that be?.
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Nigel T
Wednesday 14 September 2011 12:06PM
Hello, I'm experiencing fairly slight but persistent pixelation and/or sound dropout on channels within the new BBC A mux on ch.53 from Oxford (Signal 91%, Quality 100%).
Prior to today I had perfect reception on all channels (Signal/Quality of 91/100) & have re-tuned from scratch twice now.
My box is a Pioneer DBR-TF100 & I have a standard 18-ele rooftop aerial without any amps or splitters. Any ideas please?
Many Thanks.
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Adrian Crafer
Wednesday 14 September 2011 12:17PM
Is there a known problem with Pace DT210F not being able to do 2k and 8k at the same time. It does not appear to be listed on your guide as one with a problem.

I have just rescanned all my fathers equipment following the first phase of the Oxford change over and the set with the Pace unit fails to receive Channel 53+, therefore no BBC channels.

Yes I did do a full reset including a power down and a no aerial scan. It does not have a manual scan mode as far as I can see so I cannot force the issue.
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Mike Dimmick
Wednesday 14 September 2011 12:28PM
Adrian Crafer: It is on Digital UK's list at www.digitaluk.co.uk link icon http://www.digitaluk.co.u….pdf .

Sorry, it's new box time for that one. See www.pace.com link icon 
Digital Switchover UK - Pace
for Pace's information.
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Peter
Wednesday 14 September 2011 12:42PM
Well - the first switchover day has arrived today. For weeks I've been turning off those Banner messages that keep popping up at the bottom of my screen telling me to "retune on the 14th or you may loose some of your channels".
So at 0830 I dutifully started the 20 minute search on my old Nokia On-Digital box - and lost all of the BBC channels.....
Luckily I was watching BBC1 analogue at the time, when the local BBC news was running; right at the end he says "Retune your set.."
etc etc "...after mid-day." Hang on I thought, 'After mid-day'? Why has not one of all the messages I've seen and heard over the last month made any reference to this before?

Reschedule rest of day and let my two elderly neighbors know I wont now be coming round at 1030 and 1130 to retune their boxes for them.
Briantist
Wednesday 14 September 2011 1:24PM
Peter : Most ONdigital boxes are on the won't work any more list - see TVs and boxes that do not support the 8k-mode | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

See the Switchover starts in the Oxford area | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page for all the various retune timings.
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Mike Dimmick
Wednesday 14 September 2011 1:25PM
Peter: If you are using the Oxford transmitter itself, and you must be if you had digital before DSO started, works were completed by 6am. Some of the relay transmitters take longer as they get the main transmitter sorted out first, then move on to the relays.
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Tom Thomas
Wednesday 14 September 2011 1:33PM Aylesbury
Have 3 seperate loft high gain aerials
Briantist
Wednesday 14 September 2011 1:35PM
Richard Daqrke: As above, Freeview HD starts Wednesday 28th September 2011.
Briantist
Wednesday 14 September 2011 1:50PM
Tom Thomas: Loft aerial can be very problematic, and having more than one is more or less crazy. I would also 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 .
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Steve
Wednesday 14 September 2011 4:18PM
I am in Aylesbury (so prob the fringes of coverage) and I have lost all channels except 10 BBC ones I have re tuned and adjusted boosters etc will I need to upgrade my Ariel or just keep my fingers crossed for when they boost power on the 28th?
Briantist
Wednesday 14 September 2011 4:24PM
Steve: Please 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 - can't really say more without a full postcode.
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John J
Wednesday 14 September 2011 4:34PM Aylesbury
Steve. I'm in Aylesbury too, HP21 9TZ and have lost channels too. Mainly channels on Mux A and C (listed above on this page) are the ones missing.
I've put a meter on my main aerial lead which shows a weak signal so it may be best to wait now until the final switchover before changing anything.
I also went to Michael Day's Aerials in Aylesbury today who confirmed he is getting quite a few similar problems.
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David Pinfold
Wednesday 14 September 2011 5:08PM Banbury
Brian - Am I right in presuming that MUX B is now shut down as well as MUX 1 in between stage 1 & 2 of DSO as all BBC SD channels are now listed on the new BBC A mux. You still show it as transmitting ?
Briantist
Wednesday 14 September 2011 5:34PM
David Pinfold: No, you are not right to think that, Multiplex B is broadcasting as before as it carries Sky Sports 1 and 2 (not free) until they move to ArqB in two weeks.
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sue
Wednesday 14 September 2011 7:19PM
hi I live in Banbury and I'm having problems with all freeview channels and no signal on all bbc channels. I have strong signal but poor reception on all freeview channels. My friends and neighbours that have rescanned have lost lots of channels to rescan or not rescan that is the question.
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Howie B
Wednesday 14 September 2011 7:22PM
Thanks Colin in P Risboro. Also own Sony Bravia Tv so expecting fireworks on 28th when some of the other MUXes go on full power. Maplins are bound to have a big run on those variable attenuators they advertise!
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mst
Wednesday 14 September 2011 9:08PM Oxford
There's currently a channel overlap between the old MuxB and the new BBC A :-

Found duplicate LCN: 9
Both called 'BBC FOUR'

Found duplicate LCN: 71
Both called 'CBeebies'

Found duplicate LCN: 81
Both called 'BBC Parliament'

Found duplicate LCN: 700
Both called 'BBC Radio 1'

Found duplicate LCN: 701
Both called 'BBC R1X'

Found duplicate LCN: 702
Both called 'BBC Radio 2'

Found duplicate LCN: 703
Both called 'BBC Radio 3'

Found duplicate LCN: 704
Both called 'BBC Radio 4'

Found duplicate LCN: 705
Both called 'BBC R5L'

Found duplicate LCN: 706
Both called 'BBC R5SX'

Found duplicate LCN: 707
Both called 'BBC 6 Music'

Found duplicate LCN: 708
Both called 'BBC Radio 4 Ex'

Found duplicate LCN: 709
Both called 'BBC Asian Net.'

Found duplicate LCN: 710
Both called 'BBC World Sv.'

To keep my Toppy happy I had to manually delete the ones received from the mux on Ch 52 and kept the ones on the new 8k mux on Ch 53.

Guess this could confuse other boxes for the next couple of weeks?
Briantist
Wednesday 14 September 2011 9:11PM
mst: Yes, this is perfectly normal, it happens at all sites during the two weeks of switchover.
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mst
Wednesday 14 September 2011 9:12PM Oxford
PS You must do a factory reset and rescan

After pruning I only have lcn 303 on Ch 52
Briantist
Wednesday 14 September 2011 9:14PM
mst: And 303 is dead anyway... It's not really worrying about for a couple of weeks.
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Lee T
Wednesday 14 September 2011 9:27PM
oh well.....to be honest i didnt expect it to be smooth...Ive lost all of the bbc now as well as our long list ITV and Channel 4

RIP TV untill the 28th when hopfully I will have some TV again.
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John J
Wednesday 14 September 2011 9:29PM Aylesbury
Briantist. Is it is normal for me to be showing a weak signal on a signal detection meter at this time at postcode HP21 9TZ.? The meter shows weak directly off the aerial but just in the normal range when off the booster.
I only ask as some people near to me can still get the Mux A channels and I can't at all.
Briantist
Wednesday 14 September 2011 9:49PM
John J: You should have an excellent signal already from Oxford or Sandy Heath, if you have a rooftop aerial.
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Tigminor
Wednesday 14 September 2011 11:31PM
Having commented earlier that I had virtually no reception on any of the ITV and related channels (except ITV3), (I live in Faringdon, 17 miles from Oxford and am served by the Oxford transmitter) I did get some reception tonight, though a bit iffy and bitty and it died again eventually. I was surprised though by the local ITV news, as instead of getting Meridian as usual, I got West Country!! I thought the ITV streams had not been dealt with yet until 28th, so why the change??
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Mike Dimmick
Thursday 15 September 2011 12:07AM
Tigminor: If you're getting ITV1 West, your box is one of the stupid designs that stores the first version of the channels that it finds, rather than best quality and/or asking you which region to store. You probably haven't retuned fully since Mendip switched over. Mendip D3&4 is on a lower frequency than Oxford Mux 2.

See Digital Region Overlap for ideas. Oxford D3&4 after switchover will still be a higher frequency than Mendip, and you may also have other multiplexes from Mendip both now and after switchover completes.

Alternatively it could be the 'Ridge Hill West' service - this is a lower frequency still (C29) and its coverage will increase with a power-up on the 28th of September.
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 15 September 2011 4:34AM
OXFORD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:14 yesterday to 01:43 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 15 September 2011 4:34AM
OXFORD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:14 yesterday to 01:43 yesterday [BBC]
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Jon Abbott
Thursday 15 September 2011 7:13AM Bampton
We lost our "main" BBC channels yesterday (needing a reset), and looking at the above we'll lose the rest of them on the 28th. We're away that week, so would I be right in thinking that anything I set up to record off those channels won't be able to do so?
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Jon Abbott
Thursday 15 September 2011 7:16AM Bampton
Just thinking, as an alternative we do pick up some of those channels (ITV & C4) from another transmitter (not sure which) which I normally have to delete and then manually retune from C68. If I set to record from these might it still work? It probably depends on which transmitter they are picked up from...
Briantist
Thursday 15 September 2011 8:18AM
Jon Abbott: As your most likely other transmitter is Mendip, the answer is probably "no", because as Oxford changes there are changes at Mendip at the same time.

To be honest, if you have "lost channels" yesterday you probably have equipment problems or www.ukfree.tv link icon Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 15 September 2011 9:31AM
OXFORD transmitter - Freeview - No problems - BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 01:15 yesterday to 01:55 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:14 yesterday to 01:43 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 15 September 2011 9:31AM
OXFORD transmitter - Freeview - No problems - BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 01:15 yesterday to 01:55 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:14 yesterday to 01:43 yesterday [BBC]
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Penny
Thursday 15 September 2011 10:29AM Aylesbury
We have two TV's that required clearance of channels and replacing yesterday. The smaller TV (digital)no problem.
The main TV is not digital but has Freeview box, booster and Video/DVD player linked to it. It has picked up same channels as the digital TV but has omitted ITV1, Channel 4 and 5. Both TVs are working from the same roof top aerial. Any suggestions please.
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Mark Lunnon
Thursday 15 September 2011 11:03AM Faringdon
Tigminor: I also live in Faringdon. I did a complete retune on my Humax last night and every channel is correct.I have noticed though that the BBC signal strength is still only 80%, and I thought it was at full power now??.
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KMJ,Derby
Thursday 15 September 2011 11:15AM
Jon Abbott: If you tune to MuxD3+4 from Mendip this will not change frequency so recordings can be set for ITV1&2, C4, C5 etc; also MuxBBCA at both Oxford and Mendip will continue to use their current frequencies. All other muxes at Oxford and the COM muxes at Mendip will however all change frequencies on 28th September 2011.
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Scott
Thursday 15 September 2011 2:44PM
hi. i live in wallingford just south of oxford. i have retuned many times both my sony with built in freeview and a freeview box on kitchen tv and still no picture on itv1, channel 4 and channel 5. before the 14th they were all fine. its becoming very frustrating. please will somebody help me. Scott
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Ross
Thursday 15 September 2011 5:02PM
Anyone else lose Dave, Quest, PickTV and a few others in the DSO? I can now get all the BBC channels which I couldn't before but I only really ever watched Dave and Quest! Am I right in thinking this should improve after 28th Sept?
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Richard
Thursday 15 September 2011 6:19PM
Why does Digital UK state that final switchover for Oxford is 18th April 2012 and that group 2 (ITV 1 etc) will move from C68 to C60. Is this the correct channel to try a manual retune as I have seen ITV associated with different channel numbers



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