Full Freeview on the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter which serves 410,000 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 Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
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 Freeview channels does the Oxford 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.
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 Oxford transmitter?
BBC South (Oxford) Today 0.4m homes 1.6%
from Oxford OX2 7DW, 6km west-southwest (258°)
to BBC South (Oxford) region - 6 masts.
BBC South (Oxford) Today shares 50% content with Southampton service
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 102km south (183°)
to ITV Meridian/Central (Thames Valley) region - 15 masts.
Thames Valley opt-out from Meridian (South). All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian+Oxford
How will the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 23 May 2018 | ||
| VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | W T | ||
| C2 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C31 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C37 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C46 | _local | ||||||||
| C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C50tv_off | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C51tv_off | LOX | LOX | |||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCA | +BBCA | +BBCA | |||
| C55tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | com7tv_off | |||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off | ||||||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C59tv_off | -ArqA | -ArqA | -ArqA | ||||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | |||
| C62 | SDN | ||||||||
| C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 14 Sep 11 and 28 Sep 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 500kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 50kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-11dB) 40kW | |
| com8 | (-14.7dB) 17.1kW | |
| com7 | (-14.8dB) 16.4kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, LOX | (-17dB) 10kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-18dB) 8kW | |
| Mux A*, Mux B* | (-19.2dB) 6kW |
Local transmitter maps
Oxford Freeview Oxford DAB Oxford TV region BBC South (Oxford) Meridian/Central (Thames Valley micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Oxford transmitter area
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Saturday, 15 September 2012
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ian proctor 9:49 AM
live in the tring area lost all freeview channels at 20.00 hours last night still off this morning...we are on the oxford transmitter.
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Wednesday, 19 September 2012
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Algernon Black7:04 PM
It seems that Freeview have made some channel
changes but there has not been a "pop-up" to tell us. Anyone seen the "pop-up" in the last 7 days?
As of this moment all the old channels are still there and if I re-tune I get the new ones as well.
Algy 19.9.2012 7pm
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Thursday, 20 September 2012
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
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MH10:04 PM
Had Toshiba freeview 19" TV that worked perfectly for a year, then unable to tune chanels on C55/C59 MUX. Did full resets/tune etc but did not remedy. I also have 2 old TV's using freeview box, and another Toshiba freeview TV which tune in to ALL MUX available from Oxford transmitter (Ch53, 55, 59, 60 & 62). Had to be problem with TV so I returned it under warranty and have just received it back from repair (new pcb board fitted and apparently tested and ok). When I set it up, still unable to tune in to any of MUX 55 channels - did retune on my other toshiba freeview TV and all MUX channels duly found! Called repairers, who said replaced pcb met manufacturers spec and,Toshiba who could not offer any advice. It seems bizarre that i have 3 ither freeview tuners that work perfectly yet the 19" toshiba no longer picks up MUX55 (using same lead/aerial socket other receivers use successfully).
Live in OX14 and very good signal strength/good guality and no problems on Oxford transmitter.
Original provider of TV has offered me a new like/like replacement but would welcome any views/ideas re this bizarre situation.
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Thursday, 27 September 2012
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jb3812:06 AM
MH: Unfortunately that model is listed as being an "HD Ready" device, this meaning that its capable of showing HD images but only if they are fed from an external HD receiver via the HDMI socket.
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J
jb3812:14 AM
MH: Ignore my comment regarding HD ready (albeit correct) as I had mixed you up with another persons query.
Presently looking in to your TV's problem!
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jb3812:41 AM
MH: Although I can see that you have tried various things in an attempt to resolve the problem did this also included trying a manual tune of either of these channels? as although I am not 100% sure about your particular models tuning facilities, but generally if you go into the tuning menu / manual tune and enter the mux channel number that you want to scan, because as soon as this number is entered the signal level will appear without actually having to scan, although in your model you may have to.
I would suggest that you blank out the tuners memory before carrying out this procedure, blanking of the memory done by auto-tuning without the aerial being connected. (or another factory reset)
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jb386:55 AM
MH: The other thing I also meant to say was if when you were informed that the PCB had been changed it has to be assumed that the tuner is part of it, as the tuner is the prime suspect with this type of problem.
The other thing that crossed my mind was that the signal level you receive in the OX14 area could be a little on the high side and which could cause problems in a tuner with an iffy oscillator, so if you have access to a set top aerial I would be interested to know if anything was received scanning with that rather than your main aerial.
And regarding the main aerial, taking it that there isn't any type of booster being used? as if there is then for a test try by-passing it.
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