Freeview Light on the Croyde (Devon, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Croyde (Devon, England) transmitter which serves 600 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 Croyde (Devon, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Croyde (Devon, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Freeview channels does the Croyde 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C44 (658.0MHz) | 116m | DTG- | 2W |
 1 BBC One (SD) South West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C41+ (634.2MHz) | 116m | DTG- | 2W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (West Country), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West Country), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 116m | DTG- | 2W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Croyde (Devon, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Croyde transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 83km south (177°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 84km south (171°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Croyde (Devon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 30 Jun 2019- | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 12 Aug 09 and 9 Sep 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 2W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-3dB) 1W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caradon Hill transmitter area
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Saturday, 11 August 2018
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Ken sims11:54 PM
Hi the Croyde transmitter has a fault on bbc1 and bbc2 all other channels are fine the problem is not with the bbc1 hd or 2 just the basic signals which keep pixelate the screen due to a lost signal I have retuned my tv but it still happens please can you check the output of this TX on BBC channels thank you.
Ken
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Sunday, 12 August 2018
MikeP
10:25 AM
10:25 AM
Ken sims:
There is no known fault at the Croyde transmitter and no one else has made any comments about problems with BBC 1 or BBC 2.
It is more likely that either you have too much signal, or too little signal , on those channels. The signal strength needs to be between 60% and 85%, any more or less will give the symptoms you state. Else you may have problems with the cables and connections.
Please check that your aerial cables and connections are in good order. Unplug each of the plugs in the feed and re-insert them into their sockets - corrosion/oxidation of the contacts can often cause the symptoms described.
Retuning does not help regain lost channels so please don't retune. Please also check that you are tuned to the correct channels. Put your post code into the Digital UK Coverage Checker at Digital UK - Coverage checker and scroll to the listing for the Croyde transmitter. That will tell you the channels being used. It will also tell you what aerial group you need, most people now need a wideband type, and when any future changes are expected.
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Tuesday, 3 December 2024
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Ken11:04 AM
BBC channels are fine along with hides itv3 4 &5 channels like film 4 still breaking up all this since the storm when the lot went
Some are saying it's not the Croyde transmitter but the feeder signal at fault
Signal strength on bbc and film 4 are the same so no lack of power just a fault with the sent signal?
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Chris.SE11:42 AM
Ken:
Can't find any faults reported at present, doesn't mean there is one BUT the Croyde relay is fed off-air from Caradon Hill which has planned engineering work at present, so this could be the cause of the problem.
Do NOT retune. You cannot tune to signals that aren't there or cannot be decoded, it will often just clear the correct tuning.
As you have Signal Strength figures, do you have Quality figures as well? If so, are these 100% for each multiplex's UHF channels? For Croyde they are C44, C41 & C47.
Do check that you are tuned to C41 which is the one for the PSB2/D3&4 multiplex that carries ITV, 4, 5 etc.
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