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morgansweep

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Hi
My first post.
I have a problem with a receiver I have just bought, my old one had one too.
It will only find freesat channels with a manual tune and then the channel numbers are all starting with 5000. This makes looking for programmes to watch awkward.
It is an old model so I thinking that help for it might be scarce.
I probably also need to be more specific about it, but I will see if I get any response.
Thank you in advance

| Thu 20 May 2021 19:33:54 #1 |
grahamlthompson

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morgansweep - 1 min ago »
Hi
My first post.
I have a problem with a receiver I have just bought, my old one had one too.
It will only find freesat channels with a manual tune and then the channel numbers are all starting with 5000. This makes looking for programmes to watch aw
It is an old model so I thinking that help for it might be scarce.
I probably also need to be more specific about it, but I will see if I get any response.
Thank you in advance

You must be running a non freesat tune. To retune in Freesat mode requires access to the Freesat home transponder which is a horizontally polarised transponder.

Guessing you only have verticals.

Easiest first action is replace the LNB. Other than that tell us which channels you can view in non freesat mode

Any of these. ignore the channel numbers - they only work in non freesat mode

104 Channel 4 10714 H
122 E4 + 1 10714 H
125 More4 + 1 10714 H
300 Film4 10714 H
974 Channel 4 10714 H
173 BBC Four 10773 H
110 BBC Four 10773 H
608 Cbeebies 10773 H
949 BBC Two HD 10773 H
950 BBC One Lon 10773 H
951 BBC One CI 10773 H
954 BBC One East W 10773 H
965 BBC One West 10773 H
968 BBC Two Eng 10773 H
981 BBC RB 1 10773 H
109 BBC ALBA 10802 H
174 BBC Scotland HD 10802 H
700 BBC Radio 1 10802 H
701 BBC Radio 1X 10802 H
702 BBC Radio 2 10802 H
705 BBC Radio 5L 10802 H
706 BBC Radio 5SX 10802 H
709 BBC Asian Net 10802 H
735 BBC R Cymru 2 10802 H
955 BBC One N West 10802 H
956 BBC One NE&C 10802 H
959 BBC One S East 10802 H
960 BBC One Scot 10802 H
966 BBC One Yorks 10802 H
970 BBC Two Scot 10802 H
112 ITV +1 West 10832 H
112 ITV +1 Wales 10832 H
112 ITV Anglia East +1 10832 H
103 ITV Wales 10832 H
103 ITV West 10832 H
103 ITV West Country South 10832 H
112 ITV +1 10891 H
114 ITV2+1 10891 H
119 ITVBe+1 10891 H
112 ITV West Country + 1 10891 H
112 ITV Central West + 1 10891 H
112 ITV London + 1 10891 H
103 ITV Meridian TV South 10891 H
103 ITV Tyne Tees TV North 10891 H
103 ITV Yorkshire West 10891 H
103 ITV Border 10891 H
105 Channel 5 HD 10964 H
128 Channel 5 +1 10964 H
129 5 USA 10964 H
130 5 USA +1 10964 H
132 Paramount 10964 H
131 5STAR 10964 H
133 My5 10964 H
141 5Spike 10964 H
112 ITV Tyne Tees 10994 H
103 ITV Central East 10994 H
103 ITV Border Scotland 10994 H
112 ITV Yorkshire TV East +1 10994 H
103 ITV Mediian TV North 10994 H
103 ITV Anglia TV West 10994 H
103 ITV Yorkshire TV East 10994 H
107 BBC Four HD 11023 H
108 BBC Scotland HD 11023 H
200 BBC NEWS HD 11023 H
601 CBeebies HD 11023 H
973 BBC One ScotHD 11023 H
976 BBC One Wal HD 11023 H
119 ITV HD (Tyne Tees) 11053 H
162 BLAZE 11082 H
203 Al Jazeera Eng 11082 H
207 CNN 11082 H
516 Spotlight TV 11082 H
690 Inspiration TV 11082 H
807 JewelleryMaker 11082 H
140 BET 11141 H
724 Absolute 11223 H
726 Absolute 80s 11223 H
733 Heart 11223 H
786 BFBS Radio 11223 H
691 DAYSTAR TV 11263 H
155 PBS America 11344 H
731 TalkSPORT 11582 H
160 Really 12129 V
166 HGTV 12129 V
139 horror ch+1 11389 H
999 freesat info 11427 H
801 QVC Beauty 11493 H
802 QVC Extra 11493 H
803 QVC Style 11493 H
800 QVC 11493 H
171 YANGA! 11552 H
176 Live 360 11552 H
719 Capital 11552 H
720 Capital XTRA 11552 H
721 Classic FM 11552 H
722 Gold 11552 H
723 Radio X 11552 H
730 PlanetRock 11552 H
732 Smooth RadioUK 11552 H
736 Virgin Radio 11552 H
750 RTE Radio 1 11552 H
751 RTE 2fm 11552 H
752 RTE Lyric fm 11552 H
753 RTE RnaG 11552 H
790 TWR 11552 H
805 Gems TV 11552 H
817 HOCHANDA CRAFT 11552 H
724 Absolute 11582 H
726 Absolute 80's 11582 H
733 Heart 11582 H
734 LBC 11582 H
786 BFBS Radio 11582 H
691 DAYSTAR TV HD 11612 H
812 IDEAL WORLD 11667 H
813 CREAT&CRAFT 11667 H
146 Challenge 11836 H
150 DMAX 11836 H
151 DMAX +1 11836 H
165 Forces TV 11836 H
145 Pick + 1 12070 H
147 Sky Arts 12070 H
202 Sky News 12207 H
144 Pick 12050 H
148 Food Network 12382 H
149 Food Network +1 12382 H
168 QUEST +1 12382 H
169 QUEST RED +1 12382 H
170 QUEST RED 12382 H

Which channel do you get at the lowest channel number ?

| Thu 20 May 2021 19:47:22 #2 |
grahamlthompson

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Alternatvely. Which channels do you find at the lowest channel numbers
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| Thu 20 May 2021 19:55:55 #3 |
grahamlthompson

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I do not have a Foxsat-HD. If you press opt+ does it show the current transponder details like the Foxsat-HDR. If it does it will help a lot to sort this out.

| Thu 20 May 2021 20:10:10 #4 |
morgansweep

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Hi
First of all thank you for your help.
I have checked and the Transponder is set to All in manual tune.
In freesat mode the "Satellite 28.3E" is greyed out and then the STB reboots after a brief search
My old "Bush" STB works in Freesat mode from my dish, so that means my LNB is the correct polarisation.?
I don't fully understand how the channel number system works. I used to enter 101 and get BBC1 now in Non freesat mode BBC1 is obtained by typing 5027.
The lowest channel number I get is on the list is 5192 Quest+1
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1. manualscreen.JPG (627.2 KB, 1 downloads) 3 years old
2. ManualTune.JPG (737.3 KB, 0 downloads) 3 years old
3. FreesatTune.JPG (995.8 KB, 0 downloads) 3 years old
| Fri 21 May 2021 11:06:33 #5 |
morgansweep

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Hi
First of all thank you for your help.
I have checked and the Transponder is set to All in manual tune.
In freesat mode the "Satellite 28.3E" is greyed out and then the STB reboots after a brief search
My old "Bush" STB works in Freesat mode from my dish, so that means my LNB is the correct polarisation.?
I don't fully understand how the channel number system works. I used to enter 101 and get BBC1 now in Non freesat mode BBC1 is obtained by typing 5027.
The lowest channel number I get is on the list is 5192 Quest+1
Attachments
1. manualscreen.JPG (627.2 KB, 0 downloads) 3 years old
2. ManualTune.JPG (737.3 KB, 0 downloads) 3 years old
3. FreesatTune.JPG (995.8 KB, 1 downloads) 3 years old
| Fri 21 May 2021 11:07:12 #6 |
morgansweep

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Soryy my pics are on their side

| Fri 21 May 2021 11:09:06 #7 |
grahamlthompson

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In order to setup the box in freesat mode you need to ensure you get reception from the Freesat Home transponder. In non freesat instead of transponder all scroll down the list to find and select 11426 H 27500 2/3. The frequency 11426 might be slightly different on your box.

At the bottom it should say the signal strength and quality that the box is getting. If it has no signal. Chances are your lnb has failed so not getting Horizontally Polarised channels.

| Fri 21 May 2021 12:17:11 #8 |
grahamlthompson

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I will try and get a photo of what you should see this afternoon.

I take it the box is the non recording Foxsat-HD and not the Foxsat-HDR that has a internal Hard Disk and can record.

And that you live in the UK ? If Europe you need to post your approx location.

| Fri 21 May 2021 12:17:54 #9 |
morgansweep

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Thank you I will look at the transponder input and signal strength,
If the old STB works in Freesat mode that proves that the LNB is working?

| Fri 21 May 2021 15:58:06 #10 |