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Channels on Freeview, but not in the Freesat Guide
&UYesterday +1, Al Jazeera Eng, Bay TV Clwyd, Bay TV Liverpool, Bay TV Swansea, BBC Four
, BBC Four (Scotland SD) 
BBC News, BBC One (SD), BBC Scotland SD , BBC Three, BBC Two, Big Centre TV, Blaze +1 Cambridge Presents, CBBC, CBeebies, Channel 4 (Wales) , Channel 4 (SD) , Channel 5, EarthxTV Estuary TV Doncaster, Estuary TV York, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! real, GREAT! romance mix HobbyMaker, ITVBe +1, Ketchup Too, Ketchup TV, Latest TV, LONDON LIVE, Made in Bristol Made in Cardiff, Made in Leeds, Made in Teesside, Made in Tyne and Wear, Mustard, Notts TV, NvTv POP MAX, Rok Sky +1, RTÉ One , RTÉ Two , Sheffield Live, STV (SD) , STV Edinburgh STV Glasgow, STV+1 , TCC , TG4 , That's 60s MCR , That's 80s , That's 90s That's 90s MCR , That's Berkshire, That's Lancashire, That's Manchester, That's Oxford, That's Salisbury, That's Solent That's Surrey, That's TV (UK), That's TV 2, That's TV 2 MCR, That’s 60s, The York Channel, Tiny Pop TV Warehouse+1 , U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, UTV (SD) , WildEarth, YAAAS! Channel 4 appears at position 8 only on Freeview in Wales. RTE TV channels can be received only in Northern Ireland.
Channels in the Freesat Guide, but not on Freeview
5STAR +1, 5USA +1, Arirang TV, BBC News HD, Bloomberg TV, CNBC, DMAX +1 E4 (Wales)
, Food Network +1, LEGEND XTRA 1, More4 +1, Quest Red +1, S4C HD, TRT World TRUE CRIME 1 E4 is not on Freeview Light in Wales only.
Channels on both Freeview and in the Freesat Guide
4seven, 5Action, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera English, BBC Alba HD
BBC Four HD, BBC One HD, BBC Parliament, BBC Scotland HD , BBC Three HD , BBC Two HD, Blaze CBBC HD, CBeebies HD, Challenge, Channel 4 +1, Channel 4 HD, Channel 4 HD (Wales) , Channel 5 +1 Channel 5 HD, DMAX, E4, E4 +1, E4 Extra, Film4, Film4 +1 Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), HGTV, ITV 1 (SD) , ITV 1 HD , ITV 2, ITV1 +1 ITV2 +1, ITV3, ITV3 +1, ITV4, ITV4 +1, ITVBe, Legend LEGEND XTRA, More4, PBS America, Quest, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really Sky Arts, Sky Mix, Sky News, STV HD , Talking Pictures TV, Together TV , TRUE CRIME TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Drama, U&W, U&Yesterday, UTV +1 , UTV HD E4 is not on Freeview Light in Wales. ITV is provided in the Border area of Scotland, not STV.
Sunday, 27 June 2021
The LG TV just gets text on channel 100. I haven't tried 555, as I'm currently watching the Toshiba TV in my bedroom. It gets the various links you describe on channel 100. On 555 the Toshiba gets a message that the accessible TV is starting soon.
Is Amazon Fire better than Chromecast? However, I don't know if Amazon Fire supports Britbox and Discovery+.
I'll try and find a mirroring app that works.
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Monday, 28 June 2021
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Chris.SE2:48 AM
Charles Stuart:
If you have HbbTV turned on, then Channels 100 & 555 should display correctly on the LG.
There are quite a few sets, your Toshiba is obviously one, that don't fully support Freeview Play and HbbTV and it's an oddity that such sets display 100 correctly but not 555, I have yet to discover why.
I'm afraid I can't help regarding Amazon Fire & Chromecast.
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Tuesday, 29 June 2021
With Hbb turned on 555 and 100 do work on the LG. Britbox still doesn't. I downloaded a free mirroring app but I couldn't get it to work. I phoned Britbox to see what they recommended and the customer service agent who took the call gave me the personal recommendation of using an Amazon Firestick. I bought the cheapest version at John Lewis (which was even cheaper because I work for Waitrose) and it works brilliantly.
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Chris.SE6:09 PM
Charles Stuart:
Well I'm glad you've got it resolved and thanks for the update, that's useful info.
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Thursday, 28 November 2024
Friday, 29 November 2024
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Chris.SE10:36 PM
Les:
I can't answer specifically as I don't have Freesat, hopefully someone who has will respond.
I suspect it'll be similar to Freeview and what's available will depend on which service you are watching.
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