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Hi,
I am new to freesat and I was wondering if there is anything to gain from doing a manual tune on a tv that has freeview built in. Thanks in advance |
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A tv with freeview or freesat ?
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Hi,
I am new to freesat and I was wondering if there is anything to gain from doing a manual tune on a tv that has freeview built in. Thanks in advance Ohhh and welcome to the forum.![]() Quote:
A tv with freeview or freesat ?
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Thank you for your replies,I think that freesat is great,it's just a little bit too high tech for me so I will stick to the basics
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Yes Panasonic do them As he mentioned both and manual tuning |
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Thank you for your replies,I think that freesat is great,it's just a little bit too high tech for me so I will stick to the basics
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Pegleg don't let the technology put you off . Go on give it a try you know where to come for advice, there are plenty of folks willing to help out.
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Thank you,I will do that.
![]() 300 or so tv and radio programs,channel 4 was now 5001 plus there was about 4 of them,same goes for for the other channels,some of them duplicated several times,all renumbered. When I inputed the normal number for BBC1 south east,there was no program. I must have done something wrong,I feel I was lucky to escape with my life after my trip into the unknown, I quickly did a freesat tune to get things back to normal. I know most of you will laugh at my ineptitude but I was bought up in the age of valve TVs. Anyone want to buy a crystal set? |
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Right,I gave it a go,went to SETUP/MANUAL TUNE/OK/SEARCH/OK once results displayed pressed SAVE.
300 or so tv and radio programs,channel 4 was now 5001 plus there was about 4 of them,same goes for for the other channels,some of them duplicated several times,all renumbered. When I inputed the normal number for BBC1 south east,there was no program. I must have done something wrong,I feel I was lucky to escape with my life after my trip into the unknown, I quickly did a freesat tune to get things back to normal. I know most of you will laugh at my ineptitude but I was bought up in the age of valve TVs. Anyone want to buy a crystal set? you should be able to switch from freesat to non freesat with out scanning again |
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Pegleg don't let the technology put you off . Go on give it a try you know where to come for advice, there are plenty of folks willing to help out.
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Pegleg, what you have done is tuned in all the FTA channels available at 28E. The reason for the duplications is that many channels have a number of regional variants (even if they are only for advertising purposes). The channel order is the order in which the HDR found them. As stated above, this channel list is completely independent of the freesat channels and you can switch between them.
If you want to reduce the number of channels available in non-freesat mode, one way of doing this would be to look up what channels are available and then only tune in the transponders that they are on (delete the unwanted channels you also get at each stage). Don't bother with the channels that are available in freesat mode as you can always switch back to freesat mode for them. You will need to delete all the non-freesat channels you have just tuned in first. You can find a list of available channels at http://en.kingofsat.net/pos-28.2E-fta.php for Astra 2, and http://en.kingofsat.net/pos-28.5E-fta.php for Eurobird 1. The charts are organised by transponder (which carries a number of channels). The only information you need to tune them is the transponder frequency and polarisation. This is towards the left of the light blue row at the top of each group (e.g. 10714.00 H for the transponder which carries Channel 4). Remember that, every time you do a manual tune or (I think) move or delete non-freesat channels, you will lose you freesat recording schedule. |
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Remember that, every time you do a manual tune or (I think) move or delete non-freesat channels, you will lose you freesat recording schedule.
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I'm not sure this applies to pegleg I was under the impression he is using a freesat tv not a set top box.
. Nevertheless, I'd probably be right in thinking that he wouldn't have any programmes scheduled to record after doing the manual tune .Being more serious, I hadn't remembered that it was a freesat TV we were talkning about but, even if I had done, I might still have included the warning (just not addressed it to pegleg) as this is the freesat+ forum. I suspect that a lot of lurkers take advice from this forum. I know I did from whatever the forum was before I joined. |
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I'm not sure this applies to pegleg I was under the impression he is using a freesat tv not a set top box.
What I have is a Samsung LCD tv with the freeview built in and a Humax HDR, not a tv with the freesat built in. However,I have already learned alot from you guy's and I am very grateful to you all for your time and trouble. Thank you |
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Sorry guy's,you are all being so helpful and trying to help me out,but I think I have explained things wrong.
What I have is a Samsung LCD tv with the freeview built in and a Humax HDR, not a tv with the freesat built in. However,I have already learned alot from you guy's and I am very grateful to you all for your time and trouble. Thank you or jump to conclusions about what equipment other users are operating ![]() but it's well worth sticking with the forum to enhance our knowledge and pick up little tips posted by other members. Before you know it someone will post a query and you will know the answer and respond and then chances are we wont be able to shut you up ![]()
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Thats ok most of us start out a little unsure and vague as to what we are trying to convey on the forum. In fact some including myself still do
or jump to conclusions about what equipment other users are operating ![]() but it's well worth sticking with the forum to enhance our knowledge and pick up little tips posted by other members. Before you know it someone will post a query and you will know the answer and respond and then chances are we wont be able to shut you up ![]() ![]() It's nice to know your not laughed at simply because you don't know ssomething that others find obvious. Thank you
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Ohhh and welcome to the forum.
. Nevertheless, I'd probably be right in thinking that he wouldn't have any programmes scheduled to record after doing the manual tune