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Do you have a shared or communal aerial system and want to get HD?
About Freeview HD
Do you have a shared or communal aerial system and want to get HD?
Freeview recommend asking your landlord or management company to check with the aerial system installer to see if you are set up to receive Freeview HD. This only applies if you live in one of the following areas:
London - Crystal Palace
Newcastle and Tyneside - Pontop Pike
Glasgow, Central Scotland - Black Hill
Birmingham - Lichfield (Sutton Coldfield)
Leeds/Bradford - Emley Moor
To deliver Freeview HD to 50% of the UK homes, in time for the 2010 World Cup, we have had to make some changes to the way some channels are transmitted.
As a result there are a small amount of people in flats with shared aerial systems where the frequency used may be actively filtered out by filters within the communal aerial systems. These will need to be changed to pass the Freeview HD signal to each individual household.
The households which are affected by this problem will receive a weak Freeview HD signal or missing HD Channels, however other SD channels reception should be fine. The experience may vary between adjacent flats, depending on how the aerial system has been installed.
You may want to try Freeview HD before having an aerial survey carried out. If you do want to try this, make sure you buy the equipment from a retailer who has a refund return policy.