I've done a SMART retune, but can't pick-up the Smithsonian channel (Freeview99?).
I'm on Crystal Palace transmitter so it should be on COM7 HD, on Channel 55, but I've tried a manual search on Channel 55 and it finds no channels.
Am I doing something wrong?
If you already have 99 tuned in (to the old channel whatever it was) try deleting 99 and then do a manual tune on 55.
SSThing - 18 minutes ago »
If you already have 99 tuned in (to the old channel whatever it was) try deleting 99 and then do a manual tune on 55.
Crystal Palace used to be a group A aerial transmitter. The new frequencies for COM 7/8 are out of band for a group A. Group A only goes up to UHF channel 39.
If Freeview is your only source of TV you may be able to get a wideband aerial fitted for free.
I have posted this before.I am on Crystal palace transmitter too.
Smithsonian works on my smart Tv so aerial OK.But not on my 5000 humax box with smart retune.
I found that a default retune on humax put Smithsonian channel into humax.
make a note of what you want to record before doing so as all wiped out with default retune.
it worked for me.Good luck.
Graham is quite right. In many parts of any transmitter area that was Group A, Ch 55/56 are very likely to be missing as the old aerial cannot manage it. Only if you are in a strong signal area (and most are not) will you be lucky.
Of course what we should be asking, instead of hypothesising about aerials etc., is can the OP receive ANY of the programme material on com7 or 8 or is his problem limited to Smithsonian and he can 'get' all the other stuff?
Trev - 8 hours ago »
Of course what we should be asking, instead of hypothesising about aerials etc., is can the OP receive ANY of the programme material on com7 or 8 or is his problem limited to Smithsonian and he can 'get' all the other stuff?
The OP says in Post 1
"I've tried a manual search on Channel 55 and it finds no channels"
so the answer for Ch55 is "No".
My point was if you can get Smithsonian on your TV and not on the humax 5000 with a smart humax retune do a default retune on humax and it may work mine did.
What do the high technical members make of that. comments??? why a default humax retune gives more usable channels than a humax smart retune.
Their are some good programmes on smithsonian.
I forget the details but the Humax defaults to DVB-T which searches only for SD channels. Hence, if you do a manual tune, DVB-T will only find SD channels.
You must set it to DVB-T2 and do a search to find HD channels.
An automatic tune does two passes, one for SD with DVB-T and a second for HD with DVB-T2, so finds all channels.
See https://myhumax.org/forum/topic/can-fvp-400t-receive-the-new-freeview-signal#post-65120
JohnH77 - 2 days ago »
I forget the details but the Humax defaults to DVB-T which searches only for SD channels. Hence, if you do a manual tune, DVB-T will only find SD channels.
You must set it to DVB-T2 and do a search to find HD channels.
An automatic tune does two passes, one for SD with DVB-T and a second for HD with DVB-T2, so finds all channels.
See https://myhumax.org/forum/topic/can-fvp-400t-receive-the-new-freeview-signal#post-65120
Yay, thanks John - you nailed it! I selected DVB-T2 and Channel 55, and bingo, Smithsonian and some others got found.
Many thanks.
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