after that it was perfect for entire time we had it.
Recently we stopped with Sky and moved to a Freeview S8200. This is connected to the same dish as the Sky receiver was. Its run fine for 2 weeks on its default LNB (10.742) and all channels received well. In the last 48 hours we've had a large number of the channels disappear and can now only see tv4 and prime.
We've tried factory resets, satelite/blind scans and used the 2 LNB ranges (11.300 and 10.750) that Sky would normally supply their customers but still no luck.
Has anyone else experienced a similar issue and know of any solutions?
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and record programmes onto usb stick. I can access TVNZondemand, Netflix etc. What I cant do is watch catch up tv on freeview plus, When I click the backward arrow and go into past programmes , every programme comes up with "not available". Why is that? I can get the programme on TVNZ ondemand, but I thought the point of having freeview plus was so you can watch your programmes when you wanted. I have also tried acessing yr "how to videos" on this site, and they wont play. I have rung freeview plus and they couldnt help
Any help would be greatly appreciated. …
k me to, or tell me the codec specifics please?
I need to know that, to ensure that whatever FSM I decide to buy, will actually be able to look at the digital signal as transmitted here. Will any meter that can look at DVB-S/S2 and DVB-T/T2/C work or do I need to look for something more specific? Satellite should be painless enough, it is the terrestrial Freeview that concerns me because it seems to be something different to the rest of the world's DVB-T standards.
Currently looking at the SATLINK WS6980 unit.
Thanks. :)
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s constantly.
The coax is all new and good quality but I don't have a masthead amp.
I agree that it is probably best to get a professional installer in to advise me. I have this dish now and am hoping it will work ok. All my neighbours seem to be using a dish so I will try and get it going using this first.
I have a built in freeview tv in the loungue and a bedroom tv with no built in freview so am wondering what box/setup I would need to purchase for them to be running independently of each other.
Cheers James
Biggles said:
By "big traditional aerial" I presume you mean a large VHF aerial? That certainly won't work. You need a UHF antenna, good quality coax and probably a masthead amp. Looking at the coverage map for Sugarloaf it seems about half the Woolston are is unlikely to get UHF. Depending on where you are in Woolston you should be able to receive UHF. Have you checked your address here?
http://www.freeviewnz.tv/coverage.aspx
Failing that the dsh you have should work OK but you'll probably need a professional installer to set it up as you will need to know how to mount it with correct azimuth and elevation and also a satellite finder to fine tune the signal.
If you get a professional installer they will be able to tell you firstly if you can get UHF and secondly they can install the dish correctly.
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ct Installation and Press Ok
Select Factory Default and Press Ok
Enter the pin code for the receiver (The default is 0000)
Select Yes and press OK
After the factory reset process has completed you will be prompted to select your region and press ok.
Once the scan process has completed you should have access to all channels again. In some cases this process will not correctly add PRIME, BRAVO plus 1 & THE EDGE TV, you will need to then manually enter the Transponder details for PRIME, BRAVO plus 1 & THE EDGE TV.
The steps to do this are as follows
1. Press the Menu button to bring up the main menu
2. Select Installation and press OK
3. Select Tuning Wizard and press OK
4. Enter the PIN code for the unit (the default is 0000)
5. Select Satellite Scan and press OK
6. Press the left arrow to access the carrier list
7. Press the Yellow button to access the Setup menu
8. Select Add Carrier and press OK
9. Enter 12519 for the Frequency
10. Select Symbol rate and enter 22500
11. Check that Polarity is set to Horizontal
12. Check that network scan is set to Off
13. Press OK to start the Scan process
The scan process will take approximately 1 minute to complete.
Once the scan process is completed you will be returned to the Satellite Scan menu.
Press Exit to return to watching normal TV.
Once the scan process is completed press Exit to return.…
to normal after customers reported signal issues.
A replacement television transmitter for Nelson is on its way after signal problems were detected with the city's Kaka Hill tower.
Darren Richards of Nelson TV & Video Services said his company had fielded calls at the start of the week regarding the Freeview aerial service as some channels where " breaking up", due to poor signal quality.
He in turn had contacted Johnston, Dick and Associates (JDA), who operate the Freeview terrestrial platform for the Nelson region.
Subsequent tests by the company revealed an issue with the signal at the Nelson infill location, near the Centre of New Zealand.
"Our guy had a look at the transmissions in Nelson and found a slightly reduced quality signal coming from one of the transmitters on Kaka Hill," JDA's Warren Harding said.
Harding said a replacement transmitter was being sent to Nelson today and should be installed soon after.
Channels likely to be affected were Prime, Maori TV, Te Reo, Choice, The Shopping Channel and the Radio New Zealand Concert Program.
However, the issue would only affect some television as most of the region's television signal is sourced from Mt Campbell, west of Motueka.
Richards said another problem emerging in the last couple of weeks was the low noise booster on the front of satellite dishes starting to fail.
This also caused pixelation and breaking up of the picture on either Sky or the Freeview satellite service.
The issue was a common one at this time of year due to the better weather and hotter days, he said.…
Once rebooted, you will see a screen that will have Satellite, Country Name and City Name,
Please select your nearest city using the remotes arrow keys, then press OK &
TRANSMISSION & BROADCASTS
Status of Freeview New Zealand transmission and broadcasts are detailed below, as supplied by transmission providers and broadcasters.
UHF: NORMAL
SATELLITE: NORMAL
hooked into has been realigned to Optus D2 for the previous owner, so when you did a scan it picked up the 70 - 80 foreign and Christian channels on there.
So, if you're getting the likes of Abu Dhabi, Oman, KTV, Church, GOD TV, RT, Press, NHK World, BVN, TNT, Duna, ERT, etc, then those are definately channels off Optus D2 and you need to get an installer to realign the dish to Optus D1. Are you in the Waikato?, because we're based in Hamilton,
Cheers, Bill.
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