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MENDIP transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:32 on 15 May to 12:33 on 15 May. BBC
Over the next week Mendip main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, no analogue radio, Radio (digital) working normally. Digital tick
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The symbol shows the location of the Mendip transmitter which serves 720,000 homes.

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Radiation patterns

Radiation patterns withheld

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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.

Mendip 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		100,000
Channel icons
1 BBC One West, 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 C49 (698.0MHz) from 591m datum.
PSB2
D3+4
 horizontal
Maximum64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2		100,000
Channel icons
3 ITV (West), 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 (West),
• as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C54 (738.0MHz) from 591m datum.
PSB3
BBCB
 horizontal
Maximum256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s
DVB-T2 MPEG4		100,000
Channel icons
101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, plus 1 others
• as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C58 (770.0MHz) from 591m datum.
COM4
SDN
 horizontal
Maximum64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2		100,000
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 C48 (690.0MHz) from 591m datum.
COM5
ArqA
 horizontal
Maximum64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2		100,000
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 591m datum.
COM6
ArqB
 horizontal
Maximum64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2		100,000
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 C52 (722.0MHz) from 591m datum.


Regional news from the Mendip transmitter


BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 25km north
to BBC West region - 60 masts.

ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 23km north
to ITV West region - 61 masts.

Self-help relays

CheddarTransposer15 km E Weston-super-Mare1674 homes
LuccombeActive deflector6 km w Minehead38 homes

How the transmission frequencies change over time

years1984-971997-981998-20102010-1327/3/13-2013-182019-
aerial groupC/D EEEC/D EC/D EWK
C22SDN
C25ArqA
C28ArqB
600C33com7
C35com8
C37C5C5
C40BBCB
C43D3+4
C46BBCA
C48SDNSDNSDN
700C49 BBCABBCA
C51local
C52ArqBArqBArqB
C54C4C4C4D3+4D3+4D3+4
C55+2
C56+CArqAArqAArqA
C58BBC1BBC1BBC1BBCBBBCBBBCB
C59+1
800C61ITVITVITVBBCA
C62+A
C64BBC2BBC2BBC2
C65+B
C67D

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 24th March and 7th April 2010.

  • Ofcom have projected that a local television service for Bristol could use an Interleaved Frequency on the Mendip transmitter using C51
  • COM7, COM8 projected for 2013-16. COM7 and COM8 to operate as Bristol Ilchester Crescent,Bristol Kings Weston, Mendip SFN.

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

Analogue 1-4 500kW
Analogue 5(-6dB) 126kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, com7, com8, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 100kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*(-17dB) 10kW

History of Channel 3 in the Mendip transmitter area

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Mendip 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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Your comments are always welcome. Please use the form below to add your thoughts or questions to this page. We will get back to you as soon as we can.

Dave Lindsay
Saturday 26 November 2011 11:47AM
Neville Mitchell: See here:

Mendip digital TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
Neville Mitchell
Saturday 26 November 2011 12:15PM Bristol
Dave, thank you for the quick reply
Neville Mitchell
Saturday 26 November 2011 12:15PM Bristol
Dave, thank you for the quick reply
Adam Fothergill
Saturday 26 November 2011 7:04PM Salisbury
Hello,
appear to be having problems with reception, have reset TV and put it on a mains filter, tv is less than a year old as is the ariel setup affixed high to the side of the house, mostly affected are the HD channels, they freeze and loose sound every 5mins or so, signal strenth reads 96 and bit rate error reads between 240 and 400, on standard TV signal is between 80 and 90 and loose sound intermittantly once every 25mins only been happening for the last week or so. 26/11/11
bruce
Thursday 1 December 2011 5:08PM Yeovil
Moving to house on post code ba22 7pa. I know that this house picks up from Stockhill transmitter but wonder if it would be possible to get a signal from the mendip transmitter?
pete green
Thursday 1 December 2011 6:12PM Weston-super-mare
bruce.

You shoud get mendip O.K. but mendip needs a group c/d aerial.
Dave
Saturday 3 December 2011 9:24AM
Hi Adam
I dont take jobs in at your location so cannot comment on what the signal quality to exspect but the errors within the signals your receving are way to high even for standard TV reception your bit error rates need to be zero or at very least close to for best performance.
You need to talk to a local engineer and go from there.
Regards
Dave
Andy Beckett
Tuesday 6 December 2011 8:53AM
Re. Comment by Jeff Glynn 25th Nov
Yes we've most definitely noticed the drop off in signal on channel 52 (BBC1 etc) to the extent that we entirely lost reception of these channels. We live in a weak signal area 44 miles from Mendip Tx, due to ground topography it is the only Tx we can see. Freeview had been perfect since digital changeover until about 4 weeks ago when the problem arose. This prompted me to entirely replace our aerial set up top to bottom. New high gain antenna, new masthead amp, new cabling, better and higher antenna location.
Result, we got Channel 52 back, but it is still marginal, markedly lower signal than chan 54 which is booming in. Conclusion, something has changed at the Tx end.
David S.
Wednesday 7 December 2011 8:29AM Warminster
Here in BA12 9LT, sat on the 125m contour line, we still receive tv signals from Plymouth, Mendip and SWales - evidenced by the fact that we can watch all the BBC local news transmissions from those areas. The Wales signal appears to be the strongest as that is the one picked up as No.1 on the EPG. The other two come up as 801 and 802. We also experience pixelisation on all three from about 22:00 each evening and sometimes in the morning on the integrated set in our bedroom.
Jim Dee
Monday 12 December 2011 11:33AM
1. What has happened to Sky News, Pick, Dave and possibly others, suddenly unavailable in the West of England?

2. Why can't you leave the channels alone instead of constantly moving them around (to make room for more commercial rubbish?) ?
Stuart
Tuesday 13 December 2011 2:34PM Gillingham
Hi,
i live in sp8, and tune to the Mendip transmitter. Ive got 100% on most channels, but only 40% on the HD ones on CH58. The freeview sites suggest CH58 is at 100% strength. Ive checked my cables and aerial and all look good. what other things might be the cause ?
Rod Roberts
Friday 16 December 2011 3:15PM
Since the change over i experience a lot of interference on most channels,i have retuned a couple of times but the picture still breaks up or freezes i had no problems before change over.
Briantist
Friday 16 December 2011 3:37PM
Rod Roberts: You have not provided a postcode so it hard to be sure, but I would have a look at Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
Rod Roberts
Friday 16 December 2011 5:40PM
Postcode SN126JE

Its not only freeview i have it can be any channel i get interference sometimes i lose the channel and the no signal sign comes up,i have retuned my tv and Humax box i do not have Sky,would this help if i had Sky installed.
JimF
Monday 19 December 2011 7:53PM
Rod Roberts: Your postcode should get a good signal from Mendip, but you're very nearly in line with the Westwood relay transmitter (Bradford on Avon).
Have you tried a manual tune for the Mendip channels rather than an autotune (which might pick up Westwood)?
Dave Lindsay
Monday 19 December 2011 8:05PM
Rod Roberts: Ditto JimF's comments. I would manually tune in your case.

Alternatively, run the scan with the aerial unplugged and plug it in when it gets to 61%.

If, once you've done this, ITV3 is missing, then manually tune to Ch48 and this will add it and associated channels.

If Yesterday is missing, tune to Ch52. If ITV1 is missing, tune to Ch54.
bruce
Thursday 22 December 2011 1:11PM Yeovil
My Humax freeview box failed to function again, causing my wife considerable stress which inn turn gave me gbh of the ear. Problem has been solved by a software upgrade issued by Humax. The reason for the problem [according to Humax] is 'There was a change in the broadcast signals that we weren’t aware of which has now been rectified by this update.' My question is who is responsible for the changes and why are they occuring. This is the 2nd time I have had this problem in recent weeks
Pogle
Tuesday 27 December 2011 4:30PM
I'm just back from Somerset where the BBC channels on C61 were very unreliable, stuttering and sometimes cutting out altogether. The other channels on C54 and C48 were mostly fine. The signal strength was a constant 70% or more on all but Quality fluctuated wildly on C61, often falling from 100% to 40% and sometimes lower while staying constant on the other channels.

Why would different channels, apparently with the same power rating behave so differently? Is there anything to be done without replacing the aerial. Maybe a signal booster?
bruce
Wednesday 28 December 2011 1:19PM Yeovil
The Humax box has stopped working yet again. If this is for the same reason as given before [see my entry for 22nd December], just what is happening to digital transmissions?
bruce
Thursday 29 December 2011 6:15PM Yeovil
My Humax box is once again working as expected following the s/w upgrade. The reason for the need to upgrade is:-

'We believe that this problem is being caused the broadcasters changing the way that they send out the signals. The unit should now work fine.'

How much more disruption can we expect before digital switch-over is complete?

Are any other freeview boxes experiencing similar issues; feedback would be appreciated!!
DENNIS MARRABLE
Thursday 29 December 2011 7:41PM Street

loft aerial fitted serving 46 apartments through an amplifier.no channel reception problems for two years until now.cannot recieve itv3,itv4,chan.5.on freq54.have retuned.the apartments have a door camera system fitted which uses an analogue signal which is signal connected to the input side of the digital amplifier serving all the t.v sets in the apartments.could this be the problem.please help if you can

jb38
Thursday 29 December 2011 8:34PM
bruce: Just purely out of interest, what model of Humax box are you referring to? as these are amongst the best boxes around in the technical sense and so I am rather intrigued as regards to the model that is seemingly causing you so much problems.

I also noted that you predicted as having excellent reception from Mendip on the main PSB muxes, and although the predictor indicates the same on all six muxes I feel that ArqA and ArqB (Ch67 & 52 respectively) could be a bit glitchy side as they are on much lower power until the end of next March.
jb38
Thursday 29 December 2011 9:34PM
DENNIS MARRABLE: It could well be! if the analogue signal used by the door camera system is going through the same distribution amplifier used to feed the TV's "if" its tuned to either the same, or very near to Ch54 from Mendip.

The only positive way of verifying (or not) if this is the problem being to temporarily pull its connection to the amplifier out, "not" switching the amp off or the TV's will obviously be affected.

If this proves to be the problem then the cameras analogue signal will require to be tuned elsewhere, the difficulty being that you have to watch you don't clash with one of the other five multiplex channels used by Mendip.

If the cameras modulator has a channel indicator set it to anything under Ch45.


jb38
Thursday 29 December 2011 9:37PM
DENNIS MARRABLE: Just to add, if the analogue channel is changed then obviously each TV on the system will require re-tuning to pick the new channel up, this obviously done whilst the TV's involved are set on "analogue".
bruce
Friday 30 December 2011 12:34PM Yeovil
jb38 Humax box is pvr9300t, can confirm all freeview channels are good at the moment. Not sure about the excuse being offered by Humax for the problems I'm having, thay's why I asked for feedback!
mike smith
Monday 2 January 2012 5:19PM
i live in gloucester and tuned into mendip transmiter good signal ridge hill is my local transmiter but its bbc midlands any way i have a amp on my aerial 4 mendip can i now take it off as the signal is stronger after switchover last april
Mrs P.Baigent
Monday 9 January 2012 9:47AM Chippenham
On 3rd January the picture on Channel 11 started to break up,by the 5th all I was getting was no signal.I retuned and lost at least 10 channels on my main set.On two other almost new sets I can only get channels 1-5, all the others are no signal.I had no problems since the diital switchover and a new aerial 6 years ago.Advice please.My next door neighbour has the same problem.

Dave Lindsay
Monday 9 January 2012 1:41PM
Mrs P.Baigent: The likely answer (particularly as your neighbour is experiencing the same thing) is that the signal level at your location has dropped a bit, and that the level of the signal going into your TV is now just below that needed for the picture to show.

Retuning may only exacerbate the problem if the TV has the correct frequencies for the transmitter in question. It won't fix the problem (unless, perhaps, it is tuned to the wrong transmitter). You should refrain from retuning in such circumstances.

You need to retune on 28th March due to a change in frequency of some of the services. There is also a similar retune event coming up some time next year.


The commercial channels, including Pick TV are currently on low power from Mendip and will be so until 28th March.

To get the missing channels back, I suggest that you manually tune. Having got them back on your TV, do not retune, even if it starts to break-up or give "no signal". At such times, you might go to the signal strength screen and see that there is a weak signal there, but not enough to produce a picture.

Similarly, if you manually tune you might find that the signal is there but too weak to produce a picture. You will have to try again at a different time.

For a full list of Freeview channels, see here:

www.dtg.org.uk link icon DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex

This list shows which services are carried on which multiplexes. A multiplex is a group or basket of programme channels that are broadcast as one signal on a single frequency. For example, Pick TV and Dave are on the same multiplex (COM5: ArqA). If you haven't got Pick TV, then the same will be so of Dave (and other channels in that multiplex). Conversely, if you have one, you should have them all (in the same multiplex).

What you need to do is identify the multiplexes that you are missing and attempt to manually tune to them to add the missing channels. The three low power multiplexes that you might be missing are:

COM3: SDN (ITV3 etc) manually tune to Ch48
COM4: ArqA (Pick TV etc) manually tune to Ch67 (to change to Ch56 on 28th March)
COM5: ArqB (Yesterday etc) manually tune to Ch52
mike smith
Tuesday 10 January 2012 8:41PM Gloucester
David
Wednesday 11 January 2012 9:07PM Frome
I have a recent roof mounted aerial pointed at mendip by the installer and have been receiving a good reception of all channels for several years. In the last few weeks the reception has switched to the local Frome town Repeater with the result I now have less channels. The Panasonic Viera TV and DVD Recorder/Player/DAB tuner do not have a manual retune option, auto retune only which just gives me the Repeater, can you advise how I can tune into Mendip again?
thank you
Dave Lindsay
Wednesday 11 January 2012 10:59PM
David: The designers of these things need locking in a room with a 1,000 of them and told to tune them using real-world signals such as is presented at your location!

Fortunately, Frome uses low channel numbers and Mendip high ones and this means that a workaround is to start the automatic tuning scan with the aerial unplugged and then plug it in at 50%.
Onur Gorduk
Friday 13 January 2012 11:41AM Bristol
Hello,

When did you updated the channels? Are these information up to date?

thanks in advance.
Pete Green
Friday 13 January 2012 6:48PM
Onur Gorduk

The channels are correct. On the 28th of March channel67 will change to 57.
Pete Green
Saturday 14 January 2012 9:28AM
My last post should have said 67 to 56.
Lance Forbat Forbat
Saturday 14 January 2012 3:24PM Bristol
Can anyone advise if the Burrington transmitter send signals higher than its mast as we can see the mast from the top of Burrington Combe (BS40 7AU) and initially got 22 chaneks from downstairs room but in lft then on roof only get Wales and weak signals ? Took it back to lower level and no signal. Pointed it at Burrinton mast from upstairs window, direct line between trees but our elevation up 150 feet or so. Still get only Wales. Should I get Burrinton signal or do I have wrong arial? I had 64 element hgh gain from B&Q.
jb38
Saturday 14 January 2012 5:22PM
Lance Forbat Forbat: Yes, it will just in roughly the same way as it does downwards, I noticed though that the predictions of your expected signal level from it aren't 100% even although its only listed as being 1 mile from you, plus as its shown as being located at approx 5 degrees from you I would have expected maximum strength considering the transmitter radiation pattern is basically heavily biased towards the South / South East, with a rapid cut off from the South sweeping towards West.

However all six multiplexes from Wenvoe are shown as good, particularly BBC1 etc, as so for maximum channels you would be best concentrating on reception efforts from Wenvoe as Burrington as you will probably realise is a PSB only station anyway. (limited channels)

I think you are a bit over the top in the aerial you are using, and in the circumstances you are in a Log 40 would have been much better, as these larger aerials only really come into their own in line of sight (or near) situations where exceptional distances are involved, and indeed can perform very inferior to smaller aerials when not used in the circumstances mentioned.

This is the type of aerial referred to.

www.aerialsandtv.com link icon Online TV FM DAB Aerial sales
jb38
Saturday 14 January 2012 5:45PM
Lance Forbat: Just to add, Wenvoe is shown as being located at 25 miles from you at a bearing of 292 degrees and the mux channels used by Wenvoe are:- 41 - 44 - 47(HD) - 42 - 45 - 49. Its always best though to scrub anything stored before trying another station, and with Wenvoe using lower channel numbers it should (hopefully) populate the EPG before Burrington as it spans Ch53 - 60.

Nothing can be guaranteed with RF reception, and the fact of you stating that the signal vanished with the aerial being higher up suggests some signal path peculiarities are occurring in your area, especially where a transmitter at only 1 mile away is involved, as radiation patterns do not generally show any upwards cut off measures that "may" have been taken.
Tracy Gill
Monday 16 January 2012 7:17PM
Could someone please tell me why I keep being unable to watch any of the BBC channels. They frequently have either no signal or are so pixellated that they are unwatchable. Seeing as the BBC is the one I pay the licence fee for this is extremely annoying. I live in BA4 area.
Jon
Tuesday 17 January 2012 6:11PM Shepton Mallet
Thought I might post this as it may be of help...

BA4 5XD, steep wooded valley in Bowlish, Shepton Mallet. I have had 70%/low/disappearing signals varying across the spectrum from Mendip, even though the transmitter is only a couple of miles away. This weekend the neighbour's 3 gigantic Leyland Cypress (Lelandii) trees were removed from the general line of sight and now I'm getting 88-95% signal on all free-view channels. Although the transmitter tower is still not visible the signal must be bouncing around better from the sides of the valley.
Tracy Gill
Tuesday 17 January 2012 8:12PM
I wish that could be of help to me but there is nothing I can do about trees.
Have done a retune and now have no BBC channels whatsoever.
Mike Dimmick
Wednesday 18 January 2012 11:23AM
Tracy Gill: Check if you have another version of the BBC channels anywhere else in the channel list (usually from 800 upwards). If they do appear, the problem is that your box is tuning in the weaker signal from Stockland Hill rather than the strong one from Mendip.

Unfortunately a lot of equipment designed before switchover started simply stores the first channels it finds. That was fine when power was low and most people would only expect to have strong enough signals from one transmitter. After switchover, many - perhaps most - people will have strong enough signals from more than one transmitter, at least strong enough to decode and store the channel list even if not strong enough to actually use.

See Digital Region Overlap for thoughts on resolving this. Newer equipment should ask which region you want, if more than one is received, and use the best available transmitter for the selected region(s).
Dave Lindsay
Wednesday 18 January 2012 12:42PM
Tracy Gill: Following on from Mike Dimmick's suggestion that it could be that your receiver has tuned to Stockland Hill and put Mendip in the 800s, I looked at the channel (frequency) allocations for these transmitters.

If this is your problem, then you should be able to correct it by running the automatic tuning scan with the aerial unplugged up until about 45%.

Stockland Hill uses channels between 22 and 29 and Mendip uses 48 to 61.

You will need to retune on 28th March due to a channel change for Arqiva A which carries Pick TV and others. This will not affect the procedure I outlined above as it is still within that range of channels.
Velia Glasby
Friday 20 January 2012 5:30PM Shaftesbury
I am in post code SP7 8BG and would like to know dates and times of updates for the Mendip transmitter please
Dave Lindsay
Friday 20 January 2012 7:33PM
Velia Glasby: You will need to retune on 28th March when two of the multiplexes change frequencies and their power is increased.

Arqiva A (Pick TV etc) is currently on Ch67 at 26kW and will move to Ch56 at 100kW on 28th March.

Arqiva B (Yesterday etc) is currently on Ch52 at 25.7kW and will stay on Ch52 but will be increased to a power of 100kW.

The other four multiplexes are currently at their full final power of 100kW.
marie
Monday 23 January 2012 11:48AM Bristol
What has happened to PSB2 or D3+4 from Mendip ( or therafter from Backwell) this morning, the signal is 24% and quality around 10%?
Briantist
Thursday 26 January 2012 7:30AM
marie: No problems were reported, can you please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
Baker
Tuesday 31 January 2012 3:43PM Pewsey
We have reception via our Freeview box upstairs. But our integral Freeview downstairs has suddenly stopped since last week. We are missing whole sections .Ch 14 -28. ch 28- 33. Ch 32 - 7O Ch 71 -80.
Ch 82 - 102 . Our TV aerial is situated in our loft. Up until the above we have had perfect viewing from our set. We did disconnect the aerial downstairs etc last week whilst decorating. Could that have caused the problem? We have followed all the instructions regarding retuning etc. in the tv. booklet that accompanied our set. Thanks
We do not have Sky.
Baker
Tuesday 31 January 2012 3:44PM Pewsey
We have reception via our Freeview box upstairs. But our integral Freeview downstairs has suddenly stopped since last week. We are missing whole sections .Ch 14 -28. ch 28- 33. Ch 32 - 7O Ch 71 -80.
Ch 82 - 102 . Our TV aerial is situated in our loft. Up until the above we have had perfect viewing from our set. We did disconnect the aerial downstairs etc last week whilst decorating. Could that have caused the problem? We have followed all the instructions regarding retuning etc. in the tv. booklet that accompanied our set. Thanks
We do not have Sky.
jb38
Tuesday 31 January 2012 8:48PM
Baker: Although you have followed the retuning instructions on the TV's manual its always best to carry out a factory reset on the TV before proceeding with an auto-tune, as starting afresh gives a better chance of success when any odd problems have cropped up.

If by any chance you cannot see a factory reset option (sometimes called default scan) then first of all carry out an auto-tune with the aerial removed, then once complete reconnect the aerial followed by another auto-tune.
Gareth Smart
Wednesday 1 February 2012 9:56PM Weston-super-mare
Is freeview now running at max strength from Mendip or will it be after march? I live in Worle not far from Weston-super-Mare and haven't noticed any power increases!

Regards

Gareth
Briantist
Wednesday 1 February 2012 10:21PM
Gareth Smart: No, sorry, not until Wednesday 28th March 2012. There was an error in the database flag and it wasn't showing the restrictions.
Jon2804
Thursday 2 February 2012 4:04PM
Hi I live in the newforest my aerial is picking up its signal frow rowridge, My system has a 27db mh/amp on it turn up to full when they turn the signal up will this overload the system and have the reverse effect or is it just a case of turning the amp down.



Please post a question, answer or commentIf you have Freeview reception problems before posting a question your must first do this Freeview reset procedure then see: Freeview reception has changed, Single frequency interference, and Freeview intermittent interference.

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