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WTF is non-Freesat mode
i keep reading about this non-Freesat mode, what exactly is it, how do i access it, and is it of any benefit ?
sorry for the really basic question
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Freesat mode allows you to view the channels that have signed up to the Freesat 'group'. Sky News is not part of the freesat group so it's not visible on your EPG. If you go into non freesat mode you can tune into that and any other free to air channel.
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Allows you to view the many other FREE TO AIR channels that haven't paid for a Freesat EPG listing / number.
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i keep reading about this non-Freesat mode, what exactly is it, how do i access it, and is it of any benefit ?
sorry for the really basic question ![]() You access it from the MENU, SETTINGS then STB MODE and switch back and forth from there. Is it of any benefit? That depends. In my case, I would say yes but then I have Diablo CAM in which I have an expired (but still active) Sky subscription card (the older blue one). By the time I have pared down the Channel List and got rid of all the dross (shopping channels etc etc), I'm left with a total of 82 channels which includes all the ones normally on Freesat (minus its shopping channels and other junk) but with the addition of free stuff on Sky like Sky News and a couple of the Travel channels but best of all, another 2 HD channels. Luxe TV HD you can get FTA (with no card at all) but in the case of Channel4 HD, Sky3, Fiver, Fiver+1, Five USA & Five USA+1, these are all encrypted but free with a FreesatfromSky card (or expired like mine) and that is where the Diablo CAM comes in handy... Saves having to switch to Freeview if there is anything on them we want to watch (and you certainly can't get Channel4 HD on freeview... yet anyway...) Your mileage may vary of course... |
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Freesat mode allows you to view the channels that have signed up to the Freesat 'group'. Sky News is not part of the freesat group so it's not visible on your EPG. If you go into non freesat mode you can tune into that and any other free to air channel.
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You access it from the MENU, SETTINGS then STB MODE and switch back and forth from there.
I deffo haven't got STB MODE in the settings ![]() just TV set-up, language, time, parental control, recording and other, and STB MODE is not in other ![]()
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I deffo haven't got STB MODE in the settings
![]() just TV set-up, language, time, parental control, recording and other, and STB MODE is not in other ![]() ![]() |
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i was asking questions, but when i posted CPN had already answered them in the post above
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Any need for the "expletive" in the subject line !!
Keep it clean mate. |
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Can i ask where you got the Diablo CAM from please?
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Can i ask where you got the Diablo CAM from please?
http://www.sateuropa.co.uk/product_o...id=10&subcat=6 |
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Can i ask where you got the Diablo CAM from please?
[Edit:] apparently ok now as it has appeared... These damned adverts are a pain in the rear and keep popping up completely unformatted and all over the pages
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If you have never done it yet, you are quite correct. You have to go to SETUP, then MANUAL TUNE (as opposed to Freesat Tune) and do a scan for ALL first before STB Mode will appear on that menu but that is where you (eventually) switch back and forth from one mode to the other... I was forgetting the first step for a box that has never been "there" before...
can you record these channels ? |
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Can i ask where you got the Diablo CAM from please?
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thanks CPN , i did it this morning, but only for FTA channels, didn't notice Fiver or FiveUS in the listings though, will redo in ALL later
can you record these channels ?
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A warning, the new white Sky cards do not work with these CAMs, and it is likely the blue cards will be turned off in the next few months.
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It's a shame you can't add "non Freesat" channels to the Freesat channel list yourself manually.
I realise there would only be now/next schedule information, but at least all the channels would be in one place - with PVR functionality! Cheers, David. |
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didn't notice Fiver or FiveUS in the listings though, will redo in ALL later
can you record these channels ? You can't do scheduled recordings of non-Freesat mode channels, only instant ones. |
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It's a shame you can't add "non Freesat" channels to the Freesat channel list yourself manually.
I realise there would only be now/next schedule information, but at least all the channels would be in one place - with PVR functionality! Cheers, David. |
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Fiver and FiveUS aren't currently FTA, so won't appear.
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They will if he selects "ALL" and not just "FTA" in the scan. However, as you pointed out, they will appear in the list with an "ENC" flag next to them...
![]() i don't think i've gained anything really, only odd channels i might watch if i was really bored |
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i got them just doing a FTA scan, but they are encrypted
![]() i don't think i've gained anything really, only odd channels i might watch if i was really bored
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i keep reading about this non-Freesat mode, what exactly is it, how do i access it, and is it of any benefit ?
sorry for the really basic question ![]() |
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A warning, the new white Sky cards do not work with these CAMs, and it is likely the blue cards will be turned off in the next few months.
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