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The symbol shows the location of the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) transmitter which serves 4,490,000 homes. 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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Crystal Palace 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C23 (490.0MHz)324mDTG-200,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) London, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C26 (514.0MHz)324mDTG-200,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (London), 4 Channel 4 (SD) London ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 London ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (London),

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C30- (545.8MHz)324mDTG-200,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD London, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV London), 104 Channel 4 HD London ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H max
C25 (506.0MHz)314mDTG-8200,000W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H max
C22 (482.0MHz)321mDTG-8200,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H max
C28- (529.8MHz)321mDTG-8200,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LW
 H -10dB
C35 (586.0MHz)324mDTG-1220,000W
Channel icons
from 31st March 2014: 8 LONDON LIVE,

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

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

regional news image
BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 12km north-northwest (335°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.
regional news image
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 11km north-northwest (345°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.

Are there any self-help relays?

Charlton AthleticTransposerRedeveloped north stand Charlton Athletic Football Club130 homes
DeptfordTransposersouth-east London100 homes
GreenfordTransposer12 km N Heathrow Airport203 homes
HendonTransposerGraham Park estate50 homes
White CityTransposer9 km W central London80 homes

How will the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20122012-1321 Mar 2018
VHFA K TA K TA K TA K TW T
C1BBCtvwaves
C22ArqAArqA
C23ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCABBCA
C25SDNSDN
C26BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesD3+4D3+4
C28-ArqBArqB
C29LW
C30C4wavesC4wavesC4waves-BBCBBBCB
C33BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavescom7
C35com8
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off

tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 4 Apr 12 and 18 Apr 12.

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

Analogue 1-4 1000kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 200kW
com7(-13.7dB) 43.1kW
com8(-14dB) 39.8kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*, LW(-17dB) 20kW

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area

Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated-Rediffusion†
Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1992Thames†
Jul 1968-Feb 2004London Weekend Television♦
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Carlton†
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc♦
Feb 2004-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. Crystal Palace 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.

Comments
Monday, 23 April 2012
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Big Mart
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10:42 PM
London

Dave Lindsay: I tried all the multiplexes briefly this evening. The only one that I saw the picture break up was the HD channels.

Tim: Thank for your suggestion I will try that tomorrow.

Can someone please tell me if I try retuning without the aerial in, and then retuning again with the aerial connected (as I did on the tv), would all my recordings be saved?

I am presuming they are there unless I reformat the disc.

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Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

10:43 PM

Big Mart: Retuning a PVR does not affect the recordings on the disc.

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kate
10:51 PM
London

Roger. That's comforting to see that I'm not suffering alone.Still waiting on Microsoft, who seem to have done nothing since thanking me for "reaching out" to them. I doubt that the problem is with an individal tuner card, as I have tuner cards from four different manufacturers, and the problem is the same on all. But to try to nudge Microsoft, I have lodged manufacturer support calls for a PC that's still in warranty, and for one of the tuners.

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Tuesday, 24 April 2012
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Martyn
1:29 AM

I take it no one has any insight then?

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Dave Lindsay
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1:37 AM

Martyn: Digital UK has issued a bulletin:

http://www.digitaluk.co.u….pdf

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Dave Lindsay
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1:42 AM

Martyn: Google <<vestel t810>>

Unofficial Vestel PVR Information (UK) - T810 Freeview Recorder

As it says, this is an unofficial site, so use it at your own risk. I haven't used it and therefore can't vouch that for the content. Use it at your own risk.

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Martyn
2:25 AM

Brilliant, thanks for the info.

Now I just have to find someone with a computer that still has a serial port!

Either that or just upgrade my PVR...

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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

8:16 AM

Martyn: Regarding that chassis used by your PVR, or to be more precise the tuner which is the cause of the problem by its AFC (auto frequency control) the acceptance range being virtually rigid thereby not coping with the negative offset on the frequency of Ch28.

Be advised that even if the software referred to in the link did manage to allow the channel to be pulled in, you would find that the slightest glitch in the signal would have an exaggerated affect on reception compared to a device that could cope with negative offsets right from the start, as even Vestel's later chassis is notorious for recording's skipping and jumping.

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S.BADDELEY
5:28 PM

Hi,i live at the western end of herne bay.
since the power increase at crystal palace
i receive good signals, usually the quality
is 8/10 except on channel 28 which is 3/5
this does not cause a problem, as i receive
goood signals from blue bell hill and sudbury.
just curious if there is a technical reason
for lower levels on chan 28
regards sid baddeley

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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

5:53 PM

martyh: Update regarding your 9625. I popped into at a service depot today whilst on my travels and managed to have a good study at the manual for the model in question, the result being that it appears that there is only one part number listed for the tuner and with no qualifications being made for model variations such as /05 etc, this same tuner also seen used in a few other older models as well, albeit that as would be expected these reportedly having a similar problems to your own.

That said, just out of interest I decided to have a check on the price range charged for the tuner plus I fully intended to query the items supplier regarding its suitability for 8k use, however as things transpired I didn't even manage to get to that stage, as although the item was listed at just under £20.00 it was also tagged as being "no longer available", and with the likely reason for this being that the advertiser of the said item was aware that it was a bit of a red herring by being useless for 8k applications.

I also had a similar result on a second attempt, so it unfortunately appears that you will have no option but to go down the separate box route.

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