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Setting up Freesat
I have started using a Humax PVR for caravanning in place of a Sky receiver.
When setting up a 60cm dish at any new (U.K.) location with a sat meter I can find Astra 28 without problem (10 years practice with the Sky box) but the Humax does not show any signal strength or quality readings at all. If I do a search it cannot find a signal and it shows my postcode as "invalid". Doing a manual search will then find programmes after which the SS and SQ read as normal, 100% on both. Anyone any idea what I am doing wrong? With a Sky receiver previously set up, connecting to the dish, aligning on Astra 28 produces SS and SQ readings and all the channels. Why doesn't this happen with the Humax? . |
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Odd, to work in freesat mode the hdr needs to access 11426 H on Eurobird 1 at 28.5E. Best suggestion turn on the hdr select manual tune and choose the above transponder. Line up the dish using the displayed quality and sig strength.
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Odd, to work in freesat mode the hdr needs to access 11426 H on Eurobird 1 at 28.5E. Best suggestion turn on the hdr select manual tune and choose the above transponder. Line up the dish using the displayed quality and sig strength.
What I can't understand is if the receiver has been set up previously then connecting to a dish correctly aligned to Astra 28°E it should not need re-tuning. For example, on returning home, the Humax is connected up to the house dish and works immediately. The Sky box didn't need re-tuning each time I changed location. It couldn't (?) have been the dish alignment because, when I eventually tuned in, the dish hadn't been moved from where the meter indicated maximum strength. Ah well, next month, try again. |
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Thanks. I think you are correct as the instructions state to do exactly that if "invalid postcode" shows. I didn't check the "trouble shooting" appendix at the time...familiarity breeds contempt / when in doubt RTFI etc etc...........
What I can't understand is if the receiver has been set up previously then connecting to a dish correctly aligned to Astra 28°E it should not need re-tuning. For example, on returning home, the Humax is connected up to the house dish and works immediately. The Sky box didn't need re-tuning each time I changed location. It couldn't (?) have been the dish alignment because, when I eventually tuned in, the dish hadn't been moved from where the meter indicated maximum strength. Ah well, next month, try again. |
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The sky epg comes from Astra2 at 28.2E, the Freesat one from Eurobird1 at 28.5E. If you aligned the dish on a Astra2 transponder you might be a tad off for EB1.
Thanks for the reply. |
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You don't need the meter to tell you which satellite you are aligning on. If you align on 11426 H you are aligning on 28.5E (there's no 11426 H on Astra 2). This should get you both 28.2 and 28.5E
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