Full Freeview on the Tacolneston (Norfolk, England) transmitter

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1:09 PM

D. McDonald: At just over 9 miles from the , I think that one possibility is that the level going into your mother's TV/box could be too high.

See this page for an explanation:

Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice

If there is a signal , then remove it. Consider getting an attentuator (£4 or £5 from eBay and other places).

Is this issue on all or on particular channels?

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Scott
9:01 AM

Why are they constantly messing about with the Tac . It annoys me that this affects the radio . What are they actually doing and why is this disrupted so much?

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Trevor Wadsworth
1:12 PM
Great Yarmouth

Have a new Samsung tv and can see the HD after retuning but cannot view them due to 'weak '. Postcode is NR29 4NQ. Is it possible is not pointing at but some other transamitter?

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2:18 PM

Trevor Wadsworth: Looking at the predictor it's doubtful.

Tacolnestion is at 238degrees (between South and West South West) with your mounted horizontally. See here for a of a horizontally mounted aerial:

Aerials, TV Aerial and Digital Aerial

On the strength screen it should say that it is tuned to UHF 62 (when you have it on one of the HD ).

I had a quick look at your area on Google Streetview and all the aerials I could see are on . I did see a few bungalows, which by their very nature does mean that aerials are lower to the ground. Also look to see if there are any trees in the line of your aerial. They could affect some frequencies (multiplexes) and not others.

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Hollie
9:34 PM

I'm in bowthorpe, Norwich and we cant get any whatsoever and had the same problems with that Ann had before the changeover. It is so annoying considering I've paid for a licence and cant watch tv :(.

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9:49 PM

Hollie: If you have a , remove it.

What sort of did you have before ?

Can you not get any TVs in your house to work?

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Chris
11:00 AM
Norwich

Hi. Since the my Thompson PVR cannot recieve any to a watchable degree (they stutter/glitch constantly). Before the switchover I used a with the device and it always recieved all channels without a problem. Since the switchover I have tried it both with and without the booster (also altering the boost rate on the booster itself) but it makes no difference.
I live at NR9 4JL, have and external ariel on my and other TV devices which all work ok (including a TV on a portable ariel) - none of these require boosters.
I understand that the Thompson PVR may be old/not a top make, but it did recieve all channels okay before switchover. I've tried retuning it several times in the last week. On some occasions it only pickups a few channels, sometimes it pick up all of them, but they are never watchable. Is there anything which is going to change, or that I can do? Many thanks.

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11:43 AM

Chris: If the set-top works fine on the Thompson PVR, then I suggest that the problem might be too much .

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Chris
1:07 PM

Oh sorry, I meant the portable ariel is working okay on a different TV. However, I did try the portable ariel on the Thompson PVR but I couldn't recieve any chennels like that.

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Trevor Wadsworth
3:01 PM
Great Yarmouth

Thanks Dave, I'll check the things you suggest when I get home at the weekend. Using Google Streetview though (I hadn't thought of that!) the seems to be pointing in the right direction and is high enough but is of rather than high type. Would upgrading the aerial much do you think?