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The symbol shows the location of the Guildford (Surrey, England) transmitter which serves 48,000 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 Guildford (Surrey, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Guildford 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C41 (634.0MHz)192mDTG-2,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) London, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C44 (658.0MHz)192mDTG-2,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (London), 4 Channel 4 (SD) London ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 London ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (London), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C47 (682.0MHz)192mDTG-2,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD London, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV London), 104 Channel 4 HD London ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 V max
C37 (602.0MHz)192mDTG-82,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 V max
C31 (554.0MHz)191mDTG-82,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 V max
C32 (562.0MHz)191mDTG-82,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

The Guildford (Surrey, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .

If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Guildford transmitter?

regional news image
BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 46km northeast (43°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.
regional news image
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 47km northeast (44°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.

How will the Guildford (Surrey, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1318 Apr 2018
B E TB E TB E TB E TK T
C31ArqA
C32ArqB
C33_local
C37SDN
C40BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCB
C41BBCA
C43ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCA
C44D3+4
C46BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesD3+4
C47BBCB
C48SDN
C49tv_offArqB
C50tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C51tv_off_local
C52tv_offArqA

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 4 Apr 12 and 18 Apr 12.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 10kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 2kW
Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*(-17dB) 200W
Mux 1*, Mux C*, Mux D*(-20dB) 100W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area

Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated-Rediffusion†
Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1992Thames†
Jul 1968-Feb 2004London Weekend Television♦
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Carlton†
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc♦
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc†
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Guildford was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Friday, 29 July 2011
Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

10:25 AM

kieran r: Crystal Palace is to your east.

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Friday, 7 October 2011
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Ned
10:21 AM
Guildford

I have lost all my channels from October the 4th 2011. I have tried all the resetting procedures listed but nothing ever seems to come back. Multiple TV's one through a box and one through native FV TV. When will the Guildford Transmitter be back up or should I change my Transmitter?


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Matt
sentiment_satisfiedSilver

5:03 PM

You are predicted to get a perfect signal.
Therefore:-
1: Check the aerial cable going into the first box and all the others.
2: What do you mean multiple TVs coming from one box? If all the freeview boxes connect to the RF output of one, then remove the 'middle man'for a test.
3: What's a native FV TV?
4: Guildford digital is fine, only analogue is affected.
5:Have you looked at Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?

Sadly to provide a better response, more information is ideally required.

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ned
6:05 PM
Guildford

Understand a signal is not a guaranteed. We had one three days ago.

I mean I have two tV's one has a Freeview Box external and the FV TV is a TV with integrated Freeview. I have tried them both with multiple Anntena connections inside the house and they all act the same. Pixelated digital that is unwatchable or not there at all. This just appeared and worked fine just a couple f days ago. Nothing has happened to the external Antenna.

Thanks

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Thursday, 13 October 2011
Sunday, 27 November 2011
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Bruce Henderson
11:01 AM
Windsor

I have digital freeview box attached to my TV and at times I lose reception, I do have another TV which has a built in freeview and I dont have any problems. I have a rooftop aerial which was fitted many years ago. Do I need a digital aeriel to overcome my problem.

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KMJ,Derby
sentiment_satisfiedGold

11:38 AM

Bruce Henderson: There is no such thing as a "digital aerial" This is a marketing tool to encourage viewers to purchase a new aerial which is suitable for digital tv reception. As you have no problems with reception on your tv with in-built Freeview the aerial you already have is obviously suitable, the reception problem with your Freeview box could either be that the box is (unusually) less sensitive than the tv tuner, is tuning in channels on a weaker transmitter, or is picking up interference on a fly lead. Also check that cables and connectors are in good order. From your reception predictions it is most likely that you are receiving the Crystal Palace transmitter, which is shown to give good reception on all muxes both now and after switchover. If your aerial is set for horizontal polarisation and pointing East check the frequencies being tuned in against those for Crystal Palace to confirm that the correct frequencies are being stored.

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Wednesday, 21 December 2011
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Stuart Bradley
5:47 PM
Aldershot

Can you please advise how long we are to put up with a poor signal from Guildford. We bought a new Digital TV and it is so bad,we have bought a set top box to drive it. As we are pensioners, this is money we could well do with keep, especially at Christmas.

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Friday, 23 December 2011
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howard barratt
10:03 AM
Hook

Hi on digital TV we cant get ITV channels BBc is good my postcode RG27 0QY Our Analogue picture is snowy

Look forward
to hearing from you

Regards
Howard Barratt

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