The Musings of the Kat

the intriguing Mr Crichton-Seager's blog

Rowridge Retune

Posted by Kat Crichton Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:26:00 GMT

Notification of the changing of frequencies for Freeview channels broadcast from the Rowridge transmitter on the Isle of Wight came through a few weeks back.

I think I've picked up all the usual channels, but initial results in Poole are poor...

Not working:

ITV 1
ITV 2
ITV 3
ITV 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 +1
E4
More 4
Setanta Sports 1
Heart (radio)
Rabbit
Smile TV 2
Teletext

All the other channels (at least those that are broadcasting at midnight) seem to be alright. I could have quite happily done without "Premier Christian Radio" or "Teletext 1-2-1 Dating", but all the ITV channels?!

Hopefully they'll sort this out soon and restore the good reception I've been enjoying for the last few years.

Posted in MythTV | 12 comments

Commentary

Leave a response »

1. (about 15 hours later)
nuke edit
I too am having trouble getting channels in mythtv since the Rowridge update (I`m in Brighton) all channels were fine before the change over. Could you please let me know what frequencies (hz) you are tuned to on your mythbackend, so I can try them & see if i can get any improvement on my current config, At the moment I`ve lost the same channels as you as well as Sky 3, Sky News, Dave & other channels on the same MUX & BBC1,2,3, News etc are too glitchy to watch Cheers Ade
Ade
2. (1 day later)
nuke edit
Same problem with my myth box - lost all the ITV channels and Channel 4 (Mux 2 basically). No idea if they are going to return but my Sagem £20 freeview box picked up all the channels fine. Why?
Jeff Deacon
3. (1 day later)
nuke edit
Same problem with my myth box - lost all the ITV channels and Channel 4 (Mux 2 basically). No idea if they are going to return but my Sagem £20 freeview box picked up all the channels fine. Why?
Jeff Deacon
4. (1 day later)
nuke edit
Same problem with my myth box - lost all the ITV channels and Channel 4 (Mux 2 basically). No idea if they are going to return but my Sagem £20 freeview box picked up all the channels fine. Why?
Jeff Deacon
5. (3 days later)
nuke edit
My mythtv box is back to normal with all channels working again. Removed all the cards and connections in MythControlCentre and re-instated them and re-scanned. Hope this helps. Sorry for hitting submit multiple times earlier - it's my age!
Jeff Deacon
6. (5 days later)
nuke edit
I used to get all of Rowridge's full suite at "Good" strengths here in Southampton but now I only get the muxes on Channels 28, 30 & 32. Ofcom say that Digital.UK are responsible for providing Freeview - We are paying for channels that they have ceased to provide & their "Help" Desk say that they "will re-assess in 2012". So my advice is to play hell (like me)!
Nozzle
7. (6 days later)
nuke edit
Thanks for supplying the info, after a bit of fiddling about & retuning, I now have a full quota of channels available on 2 of my 3 DVB-T cards in my mythbackend machine (using Rowridge for 5 of the MUX`s & a Whitehawk frequency for the Sky, Dave etc MUX). I have 5 out of 6 Mux`s tuned ok on my 3rd Card, the Film4, Yesterday etc Mux are not being picked up, but i can live with that for the time being Once again thanks muchly for supplying the info & I hope you had some success in getting your system retuned successfully.
Ade
8. (16 days later)
nuke edit
brill site this blog.klaws.org formidable to see you have what I am actually looking for here and this this post is exactly what I am interested in. I shall be pleased to become a regular visitor :)
Crapscip
9. (22 days later)
nuke edit
brill site this blog.klaws.org nice to see you have what I am actually looking for here and this this post is exactly what I am interested in. I shall be pleased to become a regular visitor :)
Crapscip
10. (26 days later)
nuke edit
i you all need to contact your MP and also report it to watchdog via their website and write to Ofcom and Digital Uk. Addresses are: Digital UK, Met Building,22 Percy St, London, W1T 2BU Ofcom, Riverside House,2a Southwark Bridge Rd, London,SE1 9HA. To find your local MP. Go online to: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Doitonline/DG_4018047(map) Good luck. The more people who do this the quicker we will get back to normal.
peter catchpole
11. (26 days later)
nuke edit
i you all need to contact your MP and also report it to watchdog via their website and write to Ofcom and Digital Uk. Addresses are: Digital UK, Met Building,22 Percy St, London, W1T 2BU Ofcom, Riverside House,2a Southwark Bridge Rd, London,SE1 9HA. To find your local MP. Go online to: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Doitonline/DG_4018047(map) Good luck. The more people who do this the quicker we will get back to normal.
peter catchpole: support@sewingmachines.uk.com
12. (26 days later)
nuke edit
You all need to contact your MP and also report it to watchdog via their website and write to Ofcom and Digital Uk. Addresses are: Digital UK, Met Building,22 Percy St, London, W1T 2BU Ofcom, Riverside House,2a Southwark Bridge Rd, London,SE1 9HA. To find your local MP. Go online to: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Doitonline/DG_4018047(map) Good luck. The more people who do this the quicker we will get back to normal.
peter catchpole: support@sewingmachines.uk.com