Freeview Light on the Brighton (Central) (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Brighton (Central) (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter which serves 9,900 homes.
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.List by multiplex|
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See terrain plotWhich Freeview channels does the Brighton (Central) transmitter broadcast?
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.
| Mux | Aerial position | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
PSB1
BBCA | horizontal max | C41 (634.0MHz) | 82m | 64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2 | 20W |
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1 BBC One South East, 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 200 BBC Red Button, 700 BBC Radio 1, 701 BBC Radio 1Xtra, 702 BBC Radio 2, 703 BBC Radio 3, 704 BBC Radio 4, 705 BBC Radio 5 Live, 706 BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, 707 BBC Radio 6 Music, 708 BBC Radio 4 Extra, 709 BBC Asian Network, 710 BBC World Service,
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PSB2
D3+4 | horizontal max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 82m | 64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2 | 20W |
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3 ITV (Meridian (South Coast 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 (Meridian south coast),
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PSB3
BBCB | horizontal max | C44 (658.0MHz) | 82m | 256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4 | 20W |
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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, 303 BBC Red Button HD, plus 1 others 232 The Space,
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Are you trying to watch these 27 Freeview channels?
The
Brighton (Central) (Brighton and Hove, England) mast is a
public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these
commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5*, 5USA, Al Jazeera English, BBC Red Button 2, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Community Channel, Dave, Dave ja vu, E4+1, Film 4, Food Network, ITV 2 +1, ITV 3, ITV 4, Movie Mix, PICK TV, Quest, Really, RT English , Sky News, The Zone, VIVA, Yesterday.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80
Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the
will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Brighton (Central) transmitter?
How will the Brighton (Central) (Brighton and Hove, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| years | | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-18 | |
| aerial group | | B E K | B E K | B E K | B E K | B E K | B E K | |
| C39 | | BBC1 | BBC1 | BBC1 | | | | |
| C41 | | ITV | ITV | ITV | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |
| C44 | | | | | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |
| C45 | | BBC2 | BBC2 | BBC2 | | | | |
| C47 | | C4 | C4 | C4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |
| orange background for multiplexes names more | green background for transmission frequencies | lilac background for power levels in watts | 800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013 | 700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more | 600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more |
Notes:
+ and
- denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as
A B C/D E K WItalics for
analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 7th March and 21st March 2012.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 48W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-3.8dB) 20W | |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Whitehawk Hill transmitter area
| Aug 1958-Jan 1992 | Southern Television |
| Jan 1982-Dec 1992 | Television South (TVS) |
| Jan 1993-Feb 2004 | Meridian |
| Feb 2004-Dec 2014 | ITV plc |
| | Feb 1983-Dec 1992 | TV-am• |
| Jan 1993-Sep 2010 | GMTV• |
| Sep 2010-Dec 2014 | ITV Daybreak• |
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• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Brighton (Central) 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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Liz: The fact that introducing the signal booster brings in all but one of the five missing multiplexes suggests that your problem is *not* too high a signal level as I suggested it could be. You may, therefore, have to leave it in until switchover.
How is your analogue reception?
Can you confirm that your aerial is pointing east towards Whitehawk Hill and is vertical (elements up/down)? Could it be directed at the Rowridge transmitter on the Isle of Wight? (If it is Rowridge it will be horizontal). G
Greg VotolatoFriday 9 March 2012 9:12PM
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Peter PFriday 9 March 2012 11:52PM
The picture is fine for a couple of seconds but I get a lot of dirty audio artefacts & screen glitches.
I live in central Brighton, seven dials area will the signal strength improve or do you suggest getting a digital signal booster?Peter P: Your receiver may have tuned to the Brighton Central transmitter rather than Whitehawk Hill. Whitehawk Hill is the main transmitter for Brighton and Brighton Central is a filler-in for some who have difficulty picking up Whitehawk. You are in close proximity to Brighton Central which is on the top of Theobald House, hence your receiver could have picked it up.
You may find that Whitehawk's BBC channels are in your 800s.
To find out which is which, go to the signal strength screen whilst tuned to a channel. Then look for the UHF channel number that it is tuned to. For Brighton Central it is C41 and Whitehawk is C60. S
StephenSaturday 10 March 2012 10:44AM
I too have the same problem. Since the 7th bbc is breaking up. (North Lianes)when i check what channel bbc is on it says channel 24. I tried yesterday a variable attenutor as the signal is now stronger i believe but to no avail. Thanks for any help.Stephen: BBC on channel 24 is from Rowridge.
Rowridge uses low channels and Whitehawk are high channels. Run the automatic tuning scan with the aerial unplugged up until 50% to avoid Rowridge and get Whitehawk.
Or if it gives UHF channels, get the aerial plugged in for C48 which is the lowest Whitehawk one (from 21st March it will be C51). S
StephenSaturday 10 March 2012 11:21AM
We owe you a beer
Thankyou.
Tuned to 50 percent without aerial and perfect.
Thankyou Dave and have a good day knowing youve been of a real help.
StephenNo problem Stephen, happy to help. P
Peter PSaturday 10 March 2012 6:20PM
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Peter PSaturday 10 March 2012 6:39PM
Peter P: When I said BBC should be C60, I was assuming that your aerial is directed east to Whitehawk Hill.
However, if it is on Rowridge (Isle of Wight) then 24 is correct. M
Mike DrewMonday 12 March 2012 10:14AM
Many thanks for any help you can give me
MikeM
Mike DrewMonday 12 March 2012 10:17AM
Sorry once again
Mike drew Mike Drew: What has happened is that BBC Two is now no longer available on analogue. That is what happens at the first stage of switchover.
The standard definition digital channels also move frequency (UHF channel) thus necessitating the need for a retune. Where no retune is carried out, digital BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC News and some others will no longer be available (due to not retuning).
Therefore, the fact that only BBC Two is being mentioned as being lost suggests that it is analogue TV which is being referred to.
If your mother-in-law can receive Freeview before switchover, then she if best advised to use it and not bother with the analogue any more.
Has she performed a retune? If not, then she will have to do it in order to view the digital only BBC Two. BBC One can still be viewed on analogue, as too can ITV Meridian and Channel 4. Meridian will now appear on button number 2 (i.e. in the position that BBC Two used to accupy) on *analogue*.
Perhaps it would be helpful to know the model number or numbers of the devices in question so as to find the user manuals for them and thereby direct the lady through the process. M
Michael L CollinsMonday 12 March 2012 7:02PM
Have you any suggestions?
Michael.J
jb38Monday 12 March 2012 8:28PM
That said taking it that you reside in an area that has now switched completely over to digital Freeview, such as the Brighton heading you have posted this under.
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george austenWednesday 14 March 2012 11:22AM
Brighton
BN2 3RP
hi I have a cmbi vhs and dick recorder
I cant get bbc2 does that mean after switchover it wont work it is a panasonic
i have a freeview box as well
i recorded east enders on bb3 last night on the box
having retuned it again last night sound and picture very jerky. the aireal is on the roof
J
JIMWednesday 14 March 2012 1:01PM
BrightonJIM: Could you receive any Freeview before switchover?
If your aerial is pointing at Brighton Central, then you will only receive BBC channels; the rest will come next Wednesday.
All the aerials I can see in your road on Google Streetview are on Brighton Central and it is on the top of Theobald House. Aerials should be horizontal for it. george austin: If your combi does not have Freeview built in (that is it is analogue only; previously you receive only the four or five channels), then it will need a separate Freeview box to work after switchover.
This creates its own issues when programming by timer. You would need to set the timer on combi and that on the Freeview box (or leave the Freeview box turned on). george austin: The poor picture you have on BBC channels could be as a result of your receiver tuning to a transmitter other than the one to which your aerial faces.
You have said that your aerial is on the roof, but have not said which transmitter or which direction it is pointing. I shall assume that it is directed at Whitehawk Hill as that is where all the aerials point in your road on Google Streetview.
For Whitehawk, aerials are vertical and it is located near to East Brighton Golf Club and East Brighton Park. You are near to the Brighton Central transmitter which is a "filler-in" for those that can't receive Whitehawk. There is also the possibility that you could be picking up the main Rowridge transmitter (Isle-of-Wight).
To find out which you have, go to the signal strength screen whilst on BBC One and it should tell you what UHF channel it is coming in on. If it's 24, then you are picking up Rowridge, if it's 41 then you are picking up Brighton Central and if it's 60, then it's Whitehawk.
If you are picking up Rowridge, then run the automatic tuning scan with the aerial unplugged up until 50%. If it's Brighton Central, then that's a bit more tricky. Try 50% and if you still have issues, post back and I will offer a further suggestion. S
SidSaturday 31 March 2012 4:03PM
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KMJ,DerbySaturday 31 March 2012 6:28PM
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Rob RMonday 2 April 2012 8:58PM
We live on Wellington Road at the bottom of Elm Grove. We've retuned and get good reception for most channels (the BBCs and basic itvs and channel 4s but we don't seem to get film4 or 5us or anything like that. Can you help?Rob R: Could you receive Freeview channels before 7th March? Rob R: In addition to the above question, go to BBC One and then bring up the signal strength/quality screen and let me know what UHF channel it is tuned to. It may be 24, 41 or 60.
Do the same for ITV1. It may be 27, 47 or 53.
If it doesn't give a channel number, it may give a frequency in MHz instead. M
Mike DimmickTuesday 3 April 2012 11:20AM
Brighton
You are likely to have to change your aerial to use Whitehawk Hill or Rowridge, as both use a different group of frequencies from those used by Brighton Central.R
Rob RWednesday 4 April 2012 10:45AM
No, We could not recieve freeview channels before 7th March. signal strength is 70% for BBC1, Ch41 and 634.00MHz Quality is 100% for all channels. ITV is CH47 and 682.00MHz.
Hi Mike, I'm not certain as I can't see our arial from the ground and google maps isn't too clear, but I think other arials on our road are pointing towards the racecourse, is that the Whitehawk transmitter?
Thanks both.Rob R: Yes, that is correct, Whitehawk is by the racecourse.
41 and 47 are from the "Brighton Central" transmitter which is a filler-in that doesn't carry all the services now and did not carry any Freeview before. Brighton Central is on the top of Theobald House, so your aerial will be pointing roughly in the direction of the railway station.
If you are to ever get all the channels, you need an aerial on Whitehawk. M
Mike DimmickWednesday 4 April 2012 11:53AM
The frequencies you gave match Brighton Central. If you couldn't get Freeview before then the aerial probably is the wrong group and facing the wrong way, as the signals from Whitehawk Hill should have been strong enough, given that the power was at least 10x what Brighton Central now broadcasts!
If you're using a communal aerial, you may find that only selected channels are amplified for distribution. That may be why the signals from Whitehawk Hill aren't being picked up. You'd have to talk to your landlord or agent about getting the aerial moved to point to Whitehawk Hill and the filters retuned.updates
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