Freeview through Sky Satellite problems.

So I bought a new TV. A Samsung SUHD UN55KS8000. It comes with both digital and terrestrial inputs for both satellite and UHF broadcasts.

I have MySky. I don’t have a UHF aerial at all. The TV comes with Freeview built in.

I encountered an issue when trying to tune in the Freeview on the TV. After some research I discovered that the built in Freeview would only work If used a splitter and had the MySky connected at the same time.

I did this and it worked. The picture is far worse than the sky picture but that’s what you get for SD.

The problem is, when I unplug the sky and splitter and just run the digital line to the built in Freeview in the TV all I get is a sky test pattern! Why is this??

I am sure I am missing something. Is there a setting I need to adjust to get Freeview through the satellite on my TV?

The simple solution would just be to get a UHF ariel, thus avoiding sky all together and getting a better picture, but at this time of year its impossible to get an installer and there is the cost as well. I would like to exhaust all my option available to me now before implementing something else.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you so much

Byren

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Permalink Reply by Paul on January 12, 2017 at 14:57

Hi Byren

I think you may need to change a few settings to get the Samsung to work with Sky dish , The TV may not be supplying any power to the LNB or the settings are incorrect for your particular LNB .

They should be the same as the below , your menu options may differ.

Menu -> Broadcasting
-> Aerial = Freeview Sat
-> Channel Settings
->-> Country = New Zealand
->-> Satellite System (enter your PIN - default code is 0000)
->->-> LNB Power = On
->->-> LNB Settings
->->->-> Satellite = Optus D1 160E
->->->-> Transponder = 12483 MHz, H/L
->->->-> DiSEqC Mode = Off
->->->-> LNB Type = Single Oscillator
->->->-> LNB Oscillators = 10750 Mhz
->->->-> Tone 22 kHz = Off

Go back to the main broadcasting menu then select "Auto Tuning"

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Permalink Reply by Byren Watkins on January 12, 2017 at 15:03

Hey thank mate.

After phoning Samsung they confirmed as you have that the oscillator was the wrong frequency. 11300 versus 10750. The Tone was set to auto versus off. Changed just those two setting and hey presto...FreeviewPlus.

Thank you for the help mate.