Full Freeview on the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmitter

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4:45 AM

- BBC TWO Weak from 10:38 on 04 Aug to 10:43 on 04 Aug [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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4:45 AM

- BBC TWO Weak from 10:38 on 04 Aug to 10:43 on 04 Aug [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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9:40 AM

- BBC TWO Weak from 10:38 on 04 Aug to 10:43 on 04 Aug [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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9:40 AM

- BBC TWO Weak from 10:38 on 04 Aug to 10:43 on 04 Aug [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

Stuart O.

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8:11 PM
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Re: My Post dated Tuesday 2 August 2011 10:59PM

I contacted BBC Midlands Today last week and have had a reply today regarding my question.
Here's the reply I had from BBC Birmingham today:
"Hi

I saw this email earlier in the week via Paul Hunt - so I'm not sure who is replying to him.

In a nutshell, we had intermittent equipment failure on Tuesday, which caused Midlands Today to be switched to East Midlands Today a couple of times. The faulty switch has since been replaced. This affected '' only.

Martin"
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Here was my Original Post:
I posted this on Digital Spy tonight (2nd August) but looks like no-one could me:

Did anyone watch the on-air mistake on BBC () Midlands Today tonight?

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I was watching in Analogue on and was wondering if all analogue, freeview, and viewers were affected with the same as what I saw:

A couple of times, the broadcast switched to a recording of Antiques Roadshow!
As no other was showing that at the time, it couldn't have been an switching break or anything.

I'm guessing the production team at The Mailbox, Birmingham pressed the wrong button to switch out Midlands Today and start playing a VT of Fiona Bruce presenting Antiques Roadshow!

I'm just wondering if this was a mistake, whether the mistake went out on all platforms or just certain ones?

some others who saw this can let me know and what platform (analogue, freeview, freesat and Sky) they were watching it on.
Thanks.

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M Lee
8:09 PM

I have No tv at all from 6.8.11
Is there anything I can do?
I have unplugged box
sockets etc!!!

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oldpaul100
12:13 AM

Where can I find the layout for on after is complete?
You don't seem to have it linked on this page.

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Mike Dimmick

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1:29 AM

oldpaul100: At present there are no new carried after that did not already transmit before DSO.

Although the BBC A, Arqiva A and B multiplexes do have more capacity after than their pre-DSO equivalents, the same amount of SD capacity is lost by converting BBC B to DVB-T2 for HD broadcasts. 24Mbps gained, 24Mbps lost. The additional capacity on the Arqiva multiplexes after DSO is being matched by the BBC *before* DSO from the spare capacity on B, after they closed all the services that won't fit onto post-DSO BBC A.

So far that's only Sky Sports 1 and 2, which you won't see above as they're encrypted (this site only shows free-to-air channels). The matched capacity on Arqiva A isn't yet in use, because some transmitters have switched over and converted Mux B to HD, but haven't yet converted Mux C to the higher-capacity (e.g. , where this won't happen until 14 September, and on 28 September).

In terms of what goes where:

BBC Four, CBeebies, BBC Parliament and the BBC move from Mux B to BBC A at DSO 1 - for the two weeks between step one and step two, they are carried on both multiplexes;

Sky Sports 1 and 2 move from Mux B to Arqiva B.

Brian will update this page at each stage of DSO. For example, the and pages both already show PSB1/BBCA in place of Mux 1, with all the BBC channels.

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Perfinian
10:35 AM

M : If your neighbours do not have a problem you just need to set up your box and re-tune. Your existing should be connected to the "RF IN" aerial input socket of your Freeview box (STB)and a from it to your TV. If there are two SCART sockets on your STB choose the one marked TV. If your TV has more than one SCART socket use the main one marked "1" or "A". If this does not work get from a friend/British neighbour. Not an American neighbor!
Switch TV ON. Wait 20 seconds then switch ON Freeview box. The TV may find your STB and a Logo or a message. If not, use the AV or TV/AV button of your TV's remote to find it. If you go past it, just keep pressing until it comes round again. Next you need to get into the 'SETUP' menu of the STB. Find a button marked "MENU" and use Up/Down or Left/Right buttons to find the option then "OK" all the "YESes" until it starts tuning. Then watch and wait until it has finished.

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Perfinian
10:40 AM

PS The sentence: "If this does not work..... neighbor!" should have been at the end. Sorry, I must get rid of this tempramental keyboard"