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Freesat/Freetime/Scotland/ITV or STV player workarounds?
I want to ditch Sky and a Humax Freesat with Freetime rcorder looks almost ideal, were it not for the lack of any ITV catch-up capability for Scottish postcodes. I was sure I'd read somewhere that Border TV postcodes in Scotland could now access ITV Player (as the issue is with STV which doesn't serve the Borders region), but Humax have told me that this is not the case and that no Scottish postcodes can access ITV catch-up on Freesat. STV of course, don't care.
I can, I suppose, enter a Cumbrian postcode during set-up which I believe will give me ITV Player (albeit with Cumbrian programming), but that will also leave me with Cumbrian BBC and ITV listings in catch-up and the programme guide. We can live with that as long as there is a relatively pain free way of accessing Scottish programming for occassional viewing and recording. Can anyone advise if the programme guide and channel guide on Humax Freesat boxes works in a similar way to the Sky box? That is, to view a non-local version of a BBC or ITV channel, one just types in the channel number (ie 973 on Sky for BBC London) and to record, one similarly just types the channel number of the required programme into the programme guide and hits record? Can anyone suggest an alternative? |
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I want to ditch Sky and a Humax Freesat with Freetime rcorder looks almost ideal, were it not for the lack of any ITV catch-up capability for Scottish postcodes. I was sure I'd read somewhere that Border TV postcodes in Scotland could now access ITV Player (as the issue is with STV which doesn't serve the Borders region), but Humax have told me that this is not the case and that no Scottish postcodes can access ITV catch-up on Freesat. STV of course, don't care.
I can, I suppose, enter a Cumbrian postcode during set-up which I believe will give me ITV Player (albeit with Cumbrian programming), but that will also leave me with Cumbrian BBC and ITV listings in catch-up and the programme guide. We can live with that as long as there is a relatively pain free way of accessing Scottish programming for occassional viewing and recording. Can anyone advise if the programme guide and channel guide on Humax Freesat boxes works in a similar way to the Sky box? That is, to view a non-local version of a BBC or ITV channel, one just types in the channel number (ie 973 on Sky for BBC London) and to record, one similarly just types the channel number of the required programme into the programme guide and hits record? Can anyone suggest an alternative? 950 BBC 1 London 951 BBC 1 CI 952 BBC 1 E Mids 953 BBC 1 East (E) 954 BBC 1 East (W) 955 BBC 1 N West 956 BBC 1 NE & C 957 BBC 1 NI 958 BBC 1 Oxford 959 BBC 1 S East 960 BBC 1 Scotland 961 BBC 1 South 962 BBC 1 S West 963 BBC 1 W Mids 964 BBC 1 Wales 965 BBC 1 West 966 BBC 1 Yorks 967 BBC 1 EYrks&L 968 BBC 2 England 969 BBC 2 NI 970 BBC 2 Scotland 971 BBC 2 Wales 972 BBC ONE HD (England) 973 BBC 1 Scot HD You can watch and record the English versions after using customised channels by using the above channel numbers. To record any or use catch up epg simply tap in the appropriate channel number while in the epg. Incidentally itv player is by far the worst quality option of all the catch up services. Much better to record anything you want on ITV and use the iplayer-HD service to catch up with BBC content. eg entering 970 will jump to BBC2 Scotland at the current epg time near instantly. Incidentally STV player is available on the Amazon Fire TV stick. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KAKUN3E/ref=fs_m I have the Amazon Fire TV unit, it's excellent quality. |
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What Graham said above ....
Thanks again! |
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Why not enter a DG postcode?
This area is covered by ITV Border, and contrary to what you've been told it works! Doing a Google search for a random postcode in Langholm gave me DG13 0BH. I've just tried it on a Manhattan Freesat box, which uses the same Freesat postcode database for set-up as other Freesat devices. Basically, if its a postcode that's been assigned an ITV region on 103, ITV Player will be available. Unlike a Cumbrian postcode, you'll have BBC One Scotland on 101 and BBC Two Scotland on 102. The downside is you won't have STV, but everything else remains the same. Last edited by a516 : 09-09-2015 at 13:56. Reason: added more info |
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Why not enter a DG postcode?
This area is covered by ITV Border, and contrary to what you've been told it works! Doing a Google search for a random postcode in Langholm gave me DG13 0BH. I've just tried it on a Manhattan Freesat box, which uses the same Freesat postcode database for set-up as other Freesat devices. Basically, if its a postcode that's been assigned an ITV region on 103, ITV Player will be available. Unlike a Cumbrian postcode, you'll have BBC One Scotland on 101 and BBC Two Scotland on 102. The downside is you won't have STV, but everything else remains the same. https://myhumax.org/forum/topic/full...and-wales-only |
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For some strange reason this apparently doesn't work with second generation (G2) freetime boxes. From other posts I have seen I think the OP is correct. The postcode database and epg for freetime is different to first generation Freesat+ boxes.
https://myhumax.org/forum/topic/full...and-wales-only |
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That was my understanding and Humax appear to have confirmed it. What I don't understand, is why the postcode database would be different and why Border TV aren't upset that what appears to be an STV issue, is affecting their viewers?
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I contacted Freesat - several times. They spoke nonsense then passed the buck to STV. I contacted STV who said that the provision of STV Player on Freesat is "under constant review" but no decision has been made. I might contact Border, but don't hold out much hope.
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The issue is primarily down to freesat and the differing postcode data to the original freesat. Whether this is down to ITV/STV influence I don't have a clue. You could try contacting freesat but I wouldn't hold out much hope that it will make any difference.
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