Channel 4 HD is on Freesat EPG - at last!
Brian Butterworth published on UK Free TV Almost three years after the launch of Freesat, Channel 4's high definition channel has finally appeared in the electronic programme guide of the free-to-air satellite service.
The service can now be found at position 126.
This now means you can watch the same four HD services on Freeview HD and Freesat HD: BBC One HD, ITV1 HD, Channel 4 HD and BBC HD.
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Wednesday, 20 April 2011
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Phil6:36 AM
Scarborough
Good news indeed
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Josh
9:33 PM
Scunthorpe
9:33 PM
Scunthorpe
I've read rumours somewhere that E4 HD has been testing FTA, and if it has been doing and it becomes FTA and goes on the Freesat EPG, Freesat will become even more worth it then Freeview! But as things are, this is simply great news!!
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Thursday, 21 April 2011
Josh: They do have a whole transponder there, and Film4 HD is currently "exclusive" to Virgin Media too.
I would expect the HD versions of such "national" channels as E4HD and Film4HD to appear in Freesat EPG in the "normal" EPG numbers.
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JeepUK3:25 PM
Aylesbury
At what point will 4HD start transmitting pictures on Freesat? I get the EPG listing showing the programs in the main guide, but when I select the channel the screen is blank except for the pop-up channel info initially.
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JeepUK: The channel has been transmitting for some months now. You may need to check your dish is correctly aligned.
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JeepUK5:43 PM
Aylesbury
I get all the other channels no problem - using a Panasonic Freesat/Freewiew HD TV bought new at Xmas. Channel 126 is just a blank screen with no sound and just the pop-up guide when first changing to the channel - this shows what the current program should be.
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JeepUK5:57 PM
Aylesbury
Just tried auto setup of freesat on the TV - seems to have sorted it. I'd better check the recorder next.
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Wednesday, 4 May 2011
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John2:28 PM
Hi, While looking for Channel 4 HD, I noticed that I now have ITV Player listed.. Anyone have any idea when it will start transmission.
John
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John: ITV Player is not a transmission service, it is provided via the Ethernet connection on the device.
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John10:27 PM
LOL, I know that, but when will it start. I have Iplayer, but thats rubbish on my old HD Bush box..
John
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Thursday, 5 May 2011
John: I think the current situation is "in due course".
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Tuesday, 10 May 2011
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Chris5:32 PM
I use a portable dish and free to air decoder in my caravan.
I can align the dish and get nearly all the channels available without great difficulty except for CBS Action. Why is that one channel so hard to position the dish for ? (50,1.37)
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Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Chris: The beam for that transponder is slightly different to the "normal" ones for the UK - see Eutelsat satellites : EUROBIRD 1 satellite at 28.5 degrees East - this could be the cause.
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Tuesday, 17 May 2011
John: Yes, that would seem very sensible. Except they are going to use a totally different satellite for their service...
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Friday, 20 May 2011
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Ronald12:48 AM
Hi, I'm trying to decide whether to install freesat or freeview. Not concerned about number of channels, happy(ish) with current terrestrial batch, but I'm concerned about freeview 'pixellation' / 'freezing' of picture. Is this something one just has to expect (presumably more so in bad weather)with freeview? But then I read that the freesat picture is 'softer' than freeview. Could anyone dispel/confirm? Grateful for any help.
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Ronald: The pictures on satellite and Freeview are technically identical.
You don't get "'pixellation' / 'freezing'" on Freeview if you install it correctly (use a rooftop aerial) and are in a serviced area. This is hard to say for you as you have not provided a full postcode.
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Ronald7:00 PM
Ipswich
Briantist, thanks for your reply. My Postcode is IP4 2XD. Predicted coverage doesn't seem good according to Digital uk site, yet aerial installers are saying there shouldn't be a problem.
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Saturday, 21 May 2011
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Ronald10:40 AM
Thanks for your response Braintist, and for answering the above question elsewhere. I'm planning on installing a dish myself, see they're cheaply available on Amazon. Has any one any tips on what to go for/avoid? What type of cable/quality should I use? Re. receiver, although not concerned about HD as don't have HD T.V. (should I be - will an SD box become obsolete soonish?), see everyone seems to rave about Humax - am I likely to achieve a qualitative difference in terms of reception/ease of use over say A Bush SD box for £20 from Argos?
Thanks again for your help.
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Ronald: Les Nicol replied to you on this on the Ipswich Stoke digital switchover date | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.
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Friday, 3 June 2011
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Ronald10:57 AM
Hi again,
could anyone tell me whether it's possible to connect up my cherished old analogue Sony trinitron with only UHF socket to receive Freesat, and if so how? Thanks in advance, great site.
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Ronald: I am assuming from your question that your old TV doesn't have a SCART socket.
If not, there are two options.
The first is to use a different sort of 'direct input' - there is probably a 'video in' socket on the back of the TV, probably an 'phono socket', along with two for 'left and right audio in'. If there is, then you just need a SCART to phono lead.
If there isn't, the you can buy an 'RF modulator' for about £20 that allows your TV to 'tune in' to a Freesat box.
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Saturday, 4 June 2011
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Ronald1:11 PM
Ipswich
Thanks Briantist -
there's only a UHF socket (it's an 'antique' portable Trinitron in a wooden cabinet - superb picture). I had read elsewhere that I could run it 'through' a VCR (I have an old one that would suffice) which would have it's own modulator, or that some freesat receivers have their own modulators - could anyone recommend one?
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Mike Dimmick3:23 PM
Ronald: I don't think there are any Freesat receivers with UHF modulators. Try rf modulator scart switch connectors phono plug lead adapter for a SCART-to-RF modulator.
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Steve4:28 PM
Spalding
Ronald, yes you could run it through a vcr as long as that had some form of external input. To the best of my knowledge all Freesat branded boxes do not have the required modulator.
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Sunday, 10 July 2011
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Mike10:00 PM
Hi,just a couple of things if anyone can help.I'm having free sat installed through the government help scheme,and have been told by the company that they only use two recievers. A Sagem and a Metronic.I'm wondering if anyone knows exactly which ones they use,so that I can check them out.And secondly,which would be the best/cheapest way to to get the signal in my two separate bedrooms.Thanks,Mike.
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Monday, 11 July 2011
Les Nicol
7:53 AM
7:53 AM
Mike - I doubt that either of these receivers will have a recording capability. It's a matter of personal choice here on the two receivers offered. Personally I would accept the installation and the latter of the two receivers. This would get your initial installation in to your home and then you could think about perhaps an SD receiver for the bedroom and perhaps upgrading the lounge receiver later to something more of your choosing and moving the metronic to the other bedroom. Some wiring upgrading and perhaps a switch of the LNB on the dish but that wouldn't be overlay expensive to do.
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Les Nicol
11:54 AM
11:54 AM
Mike - You could ask the installation fitter to put in a 4 port Quad LNB at the outset. This would avoid any further outlay at a later stage where you simply have to have cable runs made to the bedrooms.
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Thursday, 8 September 2011
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Nick Labs9:06 PM
Hi
I have a hd ready freeview Samsung tv. I have all digital channels working fine although no hd channels have been detected.
Any help would be great.
Thanks
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Friday, 23 September 2011
Hi all,
can anyone help me with the full tech details of the EPG transponder.
Frequency
Polarity
FEC
PID
SID
I have a TechniSat HDFS box and the EPG is knackered, I need to manually set all the above by hand as the default transponder for the EPG is set to Astra 1.
Cheers.
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stephen46710@yahoo.de3:53 PM
PS:
Sorry but I forgot to mention for what!!.
Eurobird_Astra2
Cheers again.
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Wolfman: There isn't an "EPG transponder" as such. Sky does have one, but it is only compatible with their own boxes, not generic receivers. The Freesat EPG is free to air and is carried on all transponders that have a Freesat service.
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Hi Briantist,
I have a Technisat HDFS receiver and the default EPG settings are for Astra 1 due to an oversight (I assume) by someone at TS, It has a separate EPG function and without it; I only get up to about 7 hrs EPG instead of the advertised 8 days!!.
Thanks.
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Saturday, 24 September 2011
Brian: sorry the dumb annoying one again here! If I manually add non freesat channels, is there anyway I can get programme info on the EPG? or is it because they are non freesat channels then freesat doesnt recognise them?
Thanks in advance Brian!
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Monday, 26 September 2011
Gareth Smart: You are right, if they are not in the EPG, you don't get an EPG...
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Monday, 17 October 2011
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reboot2471:15 PM
Briantist, your information regarding Freesat EPG being FTA and carried on all transponders is a little misleading, only the now and next which is standard DVB is on each transponder. The seven day Freesat EPG uses the MHEG5 data on transponder C5 11.426H. Its the MHEG5 middleware which makes the Freesat recievers different from non-generic FTA receivers.
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Raye3:58 PM
Sandhurst
I have until recently had very good freeview coverage . Over the past two weeks the signal has gone from good to bad then non-existant then back again. Today nothing at all. I have run the "install from factory settings" on my two TV's and nothing. Analouge is OK. I am pointing at Hannington with a booster also installed. The aerial is 3 year old. Any guidance or inforamtion appreciated.
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Raye: Can you please check the suggestions on the Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page?
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Wednesday, 7 December 2011
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Phil Tilson4:39 PM
Can somebody please tell me why ITV don't put subtitles on their HD Freesat channel?
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Thursday, 8 December 2011
Phil Tilson: It seems unclear why this is the case. Ofcom do not seem to specifically have it as a requirement, but it hardly the world's largest technical challenge.
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