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How many channels should aerial find?

lufc87 — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 09:23:33 GMT

I moved recently and had to have an aerial installed (through BT partner) and I'm just wondering if anyone knows how many channels the box should find via aerial?

I appreciate this might vary slightly by region, I'm in Leeds.

Currently showing 173 TV channels and 133 subscription channels.

Re: How many channels should aerial find?

naylor2006 — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 09:35:39 GMT

Freeview claims to have approximately 70 channels and Freesat over 170.

The subscription channels must be you additional entertainment and sport EETV stuff?

To be honest I think that @Midnight_Voice is going to be someone who can answer this.

I think you have a good number of channels, is there a specific concern?

Re: How many channels should aerial find?

Brucemeister5 — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 09:36:13 GMT

We get 166 aerial and 133 subscription. Possibly you have a slight overlap there and you may find you are duplicating some channels which would end up in the 800s on the EPG.

Re: How many channels should aerial find?

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 09:38:27 GMT

@lufc87

It depends upon which transmitter your aerial is pointing at.

Pop your details in to this website to find out what you are expected to get:

https://www.freeview.co.uk/freeview-channel-checker

If you find that you seem to be getting more channels than Freeview is actually broadcasting, it could be that you are picking up more than one region. For example, the checker says that I should "only" be getting 126 channels from the Sandy Heath transmitter, (BBC East / Anglia), but my aerial also "gets a sniff" of the Oxford transmitter, which carries BBC South and Meridian.

Re: How many channels should aerial find?

naylor2006 — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 09:39:23 GMT

@Brucemeister5

Can you check this on the EETV box in settings somewhere?

Re: How many channels should aerial find?

Brucemeister5 — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 09:46:26 GMT

@naylor2006When I tune ours I’m asked whether I want Southampton or London as our region. I choose Southampton which then gives us BBC South and ITV Meridian and the relevent local BBC radio stations. We don’t have any channels in the 800s which I assume means that we’re not picking up from more than one transmitter, but I’m not entirely sure about that. @Midnight_Voice will know I’m sure.

Re: How many channels should aerial find?

naylor2006 — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 09:52:30 GMT

Yeah I mean to say can you check after its been tuned?

For example im in IP mode anyway so I reckon my numbers will be set by BT and what channels they punt to me, I was just wondering for the benefit of this conversation if I can check how many channels I have, because the planner doesnt go from 1-130 etc.....you cant at a glance check unless its in settings?

Re: How many channels should aerial find?

Brucemeister5 — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 09:57:47 GMT

IP mode is different ball game, but you can still check by going into settings>tv channels and it will show you in there.

Re: How many channels should aerial find?

naylor2006 — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 09:58:25 GMT

Thanks ill take a look for my own interest!

Re: How many channels should aerial find?

Brucemeister5 — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 10:01:02 GMT

We’ve got 2 Pro tv boxes, one in aerial mode and one in IP mode. We bought the extra one off eBay. We’ve only got one EETV subscription though which means that we can only have one in IP mode.

Re: How many channels should aerial find?

Midnight_Voice — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 14:37:29 GMT

Rowridge transmitter, South region

DTR-T4000 - 168 TV Channels (including 25 radio), 132 Subscription. Nothing above 733.

DTR-T2110 - 168 TV Channels (including 25 radio), 131 Subscription. Nothing above 733.

LG C2 TV - Freeview 151 DTV, 25 Radio

Freesat 112 DTV, 34 Radio

LG Channels 183

LG GX TV - Freeview 142 DTV, 25 Radio

Freesat 112 DTV, 34 Radio

LG Channels Present, but no count available

The C2 offers 9 extra IP channels over Freeview, which it finds from somewhere, which the GX doesn’t

I suspect the T4000 finds a UHD Subscription channel that the T2110 can’t get

The Pro box may find one more than this, hence 133

I can’t find which extra channel the YouView boxes find that the GX doesn’t 😢

If you have Adult channels suppressed, YouView will report 9 less channels than if you don’t, I find. As the LGs report these, I have unsuppressed them to get the above figures more in line.

I’m on BT Broadband, though not EE TV, but the EE TV channels are shown to me in the EPG anyway.

Re: How many channels should aerial find?

naylor2006 — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 18:37:12 GMT

You can always rely on @Midnight_Voice for two things:

1: Accurate and historically accurate TV information.

2: To unsuppress adults channels

Jokes aside, great post mate.

Re: How many channels should aerial find?

Lսkе — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 19:27:45 GMT

@lufc87

Your 173 is close for "Leeds" (which is the Emily Moor transmitter).

The breakdown is:

BBC A 26 BBC B 11 D3&4 16 SDN 57 ARQ A 29 ARQ B 29 Local 5 to 7

which adds up to 173 to 175.

Re: How many channels should aerial find?

Midnight_Voice — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 20:53:25 GMT

@Lսkе

There are no Local channels on Rowridge. So 168 plus 5 to 7 exactly matches your 173 to 175.