I live in . Like much of Reigate, we get our transmissions from , because the Reigate and transmissions are blocked by the confused local topography. Given our height, the is generally fine, at least on the main , although annoyingly both BBC and ITV regional bulletins completely ignore anything happening north of Crawley. However, in the last 48 hrs the TV has started to pixelate on all channels. This hasn't happened before. Any ideas?

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C55 (746.0MHz) before switchover
Friday 13 April 2012 12:18PM

Could someone! We live in , Surrey. Though regional TV editors refuse to acknowledge the fact, a large number of people in this area receive their transmissions from because local topography (the Greensand Ridge) completely blocks the line of sight to the Reigate . Until all was fine. We received all digital loud and clear from Midhurst - BBC South, Meridian etc. After switchover, nothing. Have done several factory re-sets and re-tunes and can only pick up a handful of minority channels (we get Play, something called Gay Rabbit, Film 4 and a couple of shopping channels). We've swung the round to the north to see if an increased from Reigate will help it bend round hills, but nothing from there either. So now we have no TV where previously we had loads. We can only watch TV through , meaning just one TV in the home. Could someone explain what on earth they have done to mess things up so spectacularly, and is there anything we can do to fix it?

Thanks.

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C55 (746.0MHz) before switchover
Friday 13 April 2012 1:15PM

Thanks Dave.

Our postcode always predicts health coverage from the but the postcode predictor doesn't take account of topography.

In any case, I've just discovered what the problem is. I have a Philips 28DW6557, which I see is not compatible with 8k format. The other TV is working off a similar vintage box. So that explains it. New telly's all round.

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