Hi
Anyone else missing these two channels since the 30th Sept? I receive signals from Waltham.
Attland
I heard Freeview MD on the radio talking down to a lady from the Lake District who had lost ITV3 & 4, she (MD) had no grasp of the facts was saying it was needed to enable Channel 5, wouldn't listen to the fact that the lady received 5 before the retune.Had no problem downgrading my system by retuning. I already had Channel 5 but have lost ITV3 and ITV4. I receive my signal from Sedbergh relay station.
What is the justification for relay stations not being just that - a relay of whatever their master transmitter is carrying?
How are these relays funded? If it is at the whim of the channel providers rather than Freeview the contracts should be changed so that if they want to be part of the Freeview brand they have to pay enough to give complete coverage. Or is it a cock up by Freeview where they have under budgeted and under invested in the relays so they can't carry the channels? If so lets roll some heads and put it right!
It seems to me it is just another example of the rural population don't matter just like the dreadful broadband service. How about a No10 petition?
Had no problem downgrading my system by retuning. I already had Channel 5 but have lost ITV3 and ITV4. I receive my signal from Sedbergh relay station.
What is the justification for relay stations not being just that - a relay of whatever their master transmitter is carrying?
How are these relays funded? If it is at the whim of the channel providers rather than Freeview the contracts should be changed so that if they want to be part of the Freeview brand they have to pay enough to give complete coverage. Or is it a cock up by Freeview where they have under budgeted and under invested in the relays so they can't carry the channels? If so lets roll some heads and put it right!
It seems to me it is just another example of the rural population don't matter just like the dreadful broadband service. How about a No10 petition?
I heard Freeview MD on the radio talking down to a lady from the Lake District who had lost ITV3 & 4, she (MD) had no grasp of the facts was saying it was needed to enable Channel 5, wouldn't listen to the fact that the lady received 5 before the retune.
I've written to my MP and suggest you do the same, dead easy this way WriteToThem - Email or fax your Councillor, MP, MEP, MSP or Welsh, NI, London Assembly Member for free - the whole structure needs a revision starting with the MD!
Gavtech
I never believe the word "cannot" - where there's a will there's a way!
Are you suggesting the only thing that could be changed is the distribution of channels across the MUX groups (or whatever the proper terminology is) rather than more groups being available from relay transmitters? Why cannot more groups be relayed?
I have I**3 and I**4 in my channel list, but a blank screen when I select them. Is this the "relay problem"? - how can I tell if I'm on one of these relay transmitters?
I'm not an expert on this but you should be able to find out the name of your transmitter from the postcode checker
Once you know the name if you check the map for your region I think the underlined transmitters are main and the rest are relay
Take a look at your aerial, if the elements are vertical then you are receiving from a relay.
According to the postcode checker, my "Most likely" transmitter is Winter Hill, Granada region. The other possibilities it suggests are all in Central region, to the South of me, and my aerial points North. The website says Winter Hill should give me good reception on all channels at all stages of the switchover.
My aerial elements are horizontal, and Winter Hill is a main transmitter according to the region transmitters map, so that ties up.
All of which suggests I ought not to have a problem ... ?
According to the postcode checker, my "Most likely" transmitter is Winter Hill, Granada region. The other possibilities it suggests are all in Central region, to the South of me, and my aerial points North. The website says Winter Hill should give me good reception on all channels at all stages of the switchover.
My aerial elements are horizontal, and Winter Hill is a main transmitter according to the region transmitters map, so that ties up.
All of which suggests I ought not to have a problem ... ?
Just be thankful you can get Freeview. I live in Thetford, Norfolk which is hardly the middle of nowhere (oh ok maybe it is) and we don't get Ch5 on analogue nor do we get Freeview AT ALL! This is because we too have a relay transmitter and it's pathetic.
The reception is terrible too on analogue, so the only options are to either get Sky, which I have, or to get a huge aerial on a long pole to pick up the main transmitter at Tacolneston instead. We don't go digital until 2011.
I'm also Winter Hill and according to my post code I should have ITV3,ITV4 and CITV (received these prior to the re-tune). Since retuning using the TV's integrated DVB I've lost ITV3 and CITV but ITV4 is fine. I've reset the TV in addition to using the menu driven auto update but still no ITV3 or CITV after several re-tunes.
Interestingly I plugged in an old Sagem freeview set top box using the same aerial this shows found ITV3 and CITV in addition to ITV4 after it was re-tuned. I then tried a re-tune of the integrated TV tuner but again no ITV3 or CITV
AVI
One main point of the retune was to swap muxes for channel 5 with ITV3 and 4 to ensure that all transmitters have it. If you can get ITV on digital you should now get channel 5