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Freesat on Samsung F8000
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![]() I've done a search already but no info so I guess it's just me. Basically I can get the freeview to work but when I try to setup freesat instead it's unable to find any channels ( satellite signal not found ). I've fiddled around with all the settings check the cable is coming out of the box on the wall which says 'SAT' & screwed the other end in the satellite connection on the back on the tv, I screwed it into both satellite connection just to make sure but still no joy. Does the freesat work in the uk on these tv's if so what is the configuration if anyone knows how to set it up on this model? |
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The spec lists Freesat, and Freesat is a UK (only) service, so it should work with Freesat.
Are you absolutely certain your dish is working, and aligned on the correct satellite?. |
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I've got a dreambox in another room which is fine and all the boxes in every room on the wall use the same satellite dish source.
I went into curry's earlier to ask if I was doing something wrong he said to do a factory reset and try again which I've done 3times.
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I've got a dreambox in another room which is fine and all the boxes in every room on the wall use the same satellite dish source.
Assuming it is?, and the socket you're using to feed the TV is working?, then it might be poorly aligned - Freesat uses 28.5E, and won't work at all if it can't find the signals from that. If the dish is aligned on the wrong side of 28.2 it might get 28.2 OK, but not 28.5E |
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Freesat is 28.5
,that may explain it then, I've been using the same settings I would use for sky uk for my dreambox assuming that I would get the free to air channels.I'm scanning again now on Eutelsat 28.5E, 10% 107 channels found. Fingers crossed the channels work. |
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Ok I cancelled that scan and rescanning just doing the free to air channels and quick scan and It found over 400 channels most don't work and are foreign channels with no information.
Well at least I know now that its just the setting on the tv I have to get right. Thanks for your help Nigel. |
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Freesat is 28.5
,that may explain it then, I've been using the same settings I would use for sky uk for my dreambox assuming that I would get the free to air channels. |
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As it's a Freesat TV why not just do the default Freesat scan?, no need to enter anything.
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That's what I did initially but it didn't work. Freeview worked fine but I was on the upstanding that freesat had all the channels of freeview plus a lot more which was the reason why I wanted to set it up.
I'm still dubious about what satellite your dish is aligned on, particularly as you got hundreds of non-UK channels, it sounds like it's not on 28.2E/28.5E, which would explain why the Freesat tuning doesn't work. |
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That's what I did initially but it didn't work. Freeview worked fine but I was on the upstanding that freesat had all the channels of freeview plus a lot more which was the reason why I wanted to set it up.
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...but I was on the upstanding that freesat had all the channels of freeview plus a lot more which was the reason why I wanted to set it up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...s_at_28%C2%B0E Some channels which are FTA on Freeview are not free (and, therefore, not on Freesat) on satellite. It certainly sounds like your dish may be pointing at either 26E/23E/19E/13E if it's receiving non-UK channels. Could you name a few of the channels and/or check the relevant satellites from the lists here http://en.kingofsat.net/ |
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,that may explain it then, I've been using the same settings I would use for sky uk for my dreambox assuming that I would get the free to air channels.