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UPC's Dublin Analogue Frequencies

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  • 06-12-2012 3:57pm
    #1
    mackersdublin
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    Correct as of 01/12/2012

    CH 05 RTE Two
    CH 06 TV3
    CH 07 RTE One
    CH 09 UTV
    CH 10 TG4
    CH 11 BBC One NI
    CH 12 BBC Two NI
    CC 11 Sky1
    CC 13 Setanta Ireland
    CC 15 3e
    CC 16 Nickelodeon/Comedy Central
    CC 17 MTV
    CC 18 Sky News
    CC 34 Sky Living
    CH 21 E4
    CH 30 Channel 4
    CH 34 Discovery Channel

    NICAM sound available on all channels except Sky1, 3e, Sky Living and E4

    E4 and Discovery Channel are in Widescreen

    Mods, feel free to make this a Sticky


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    #2
    Mountjoy Mugger
    Registered Users Posts: 4,486 ✭✭✭Mountjoy Mugger


    Do you mean analogue channels rather then analogue frequencies?


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    Infoanon
    Registered Users Posts: 4,624 ✭✭✭Infoanon


    mackersdublin wrote: »
    Correct as of 01/12/2012

    CH 05 RTE Two - 176 Mhz
    CH 06 TV3 - 184 Mhz
    CH 07 RTE One - 192 Mhz
    CH 09 UTV - 200 Mhz
    CH 10 TG4 - 208 Mhz
    CH 11 BBC One NI - 216 Mhz
    CH 12 BBC Two NI - 224 Mhz
    CC 11 Sky1 - 232 Mhz
    CC 13 Setanta Ireland - 248 Mhz
    CC 15 3e - 256 Mhz
    CC 16 Nickelodeon/Comedy Central - 264 Mhz
    CC 17 MTV - 272 Mhz
    CC 18 Sky News - 280 Mhz
    CC 34 Sky Living - 408 Mhz
    CH 21 E4 - 471 Mhz (and in older cabled areas 64 Mhz)
    CH 30 Channel 4 - 543 Mhz (and in older cabled areas 56 Mhz )
    CH 34 Discovery Channel - 575 Mhz (and in older cabled areas 48 Mhz)

    Frequencies as above


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    Only the Irish channels look like they still have Teletext

    If you are using an old SKY box for free to air then you can set reminders on the EPG of when to switch over, series link is handy. Note - the i button only works in TV Guide for the encrypted channels.
    Infoanon wrote: »
    CC 11 Sky1 - 232 Mhz
    CC 16 Nickelodeon/Comedy Central - 264 Mhz
    CC 17 MTV - 272 Mhz
    CC 34 Sky Living - 408 Mhz
    CH 34 Discovery Channel - 575 Mhz (and in older cabled areas 48 Mhz)

    You can get a card to decode some of the Setanta programs. You need a sky box to activate it. It requires a power down to swap over the card each time you use it. (or you can add ITV/C4/C5 manually to other channels) An activated card will also work in some non-Sky boxes, but you'll loose the EPG.


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    #5
    Mountjoy Mugger
    Registered Users Posts: 4,486 ✭✭✭Mountjoy Mugger


    Thread has nothing whatsoever to do with Sky or Sky boxes.


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    #6
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Mountjoy Mugger wrote: »
    Thread has nothing whatsoever to do with Sky or Sky boxes.
    The picture quality of the Analogue channels leaves a lot to be desired. And who knows if they are going to pull the plug at some stage in the future ?


    Getting saorview receiver and free to air satellite will complement these channels. If the FTA box is a SKY box then you can use the EPG to remind you when to switch over to the analogue channels. - You can also daisy chain a saorview box off the sky box so anything set on it's timer takes over.


    It's good to know the options. It's good to be able to see some of those channels in HD.
    It's nice to know that if UPC pull the plug then much of what I think is worth watching on those channels can been accessed on other FTA satellite channels if you don't mind waiting for the latest series.


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    lucernarian
    Registered Users Posts: 9,235 ✭✭✭lucernarian


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    The picture quality of the Analogue channels leaves a lot to be desired. And who knows if they are going to pull the plug at some stage in the future ?


    Getting saorview receiver and free to air satellite will complement these channels. If the FTA box is a SKY box then you can use the EPG to remind you when to switch over to the analogue channels. - You can also daisy chain a saorview box off the sky box so anything set on it's timer takes over.


    It's good to know the options. It's good to be able to see some of those channels in HD.
    It's nice to know that if UPC pull the plug then much of what I think is worth watching on those channels can been accessed on other FTA satellite channels if you don't mind waiting for the latest series.
    I'm not a mod but at least admit you're going completely off topic and that discussing the merits of Free to Air satellite is for a different forum, let alone thread.


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    icdg
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    Okay there's a lot of off topic discussion and some back-seat modding to boot on this thread. Lets get back on topic please.


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    mackersdublin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,431 ✭✭✭mackersdublin


    Correct as of 01/03/2013

    CH 05 / 176 MHz - RTE Two
    CH 06 / 184 MHz - TV3
    CH 07 / 192 MHz - RTE One
    CH 09 / 200 MHz - UTV
    CH 10 / 208 MHz - TG4
    CH 11 / 216 MHz - BBC One NI
    CH 12 / 224 MHz - BBC Two NI
    CC 11 / 232 MHz - Sky1
    CC 13 / 248 MHz - Setanta Ireland
    CC 15 / 256 MHz - 3e*
    CC 16 / 264 MHz - Nickelodeon/Comedy Central
    CC 17 / 272 MHz - MTV
    CC 18 / 280 MHz - Sky News
    CC 34 / 408 MHz - Sky Living*
    CH 21 / 471 MHz - E4**
    CH 30 / 543 MHz - Channel 4
    CH 34 / 575 MHz - Discovery Channel**

    * NICAM sound available on all channels except 3e and Sky Living

    ** E4 and Discovery Channel are in Widescreen


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    #10
    bonkers
    Registered Users Posts: 815 ✭✭✭bonkers


    I can only get bad versions of e4 discovery sky news MTV and living. Doing an analogue channel scan on sharp hdtv. Any advice


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    coylemj
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    bonkers wrote: »
    I can only get bad versions of e4 discovery sky news MTV and living. Doing an analogue channel scan on sharp hdtv. Any advice

    Have you set the country on the setup menus to 'Ireland'?


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    mackersdublin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,431 ✭✭✭mackersdublin


    Correct as of Monday 02/09/2013

    CH 05 / 176 MHz - RTE Two
    CH 06 / 184 MHz - TV3
    CH 07 / 192 MHz - RTE One
    CH 09 / 200 MHz - UTV
    CH 10 / 208 MHz - TG4
    CH 11 / 216 MHz - BBC One NI
    CH 12 / 224 MHz - BBC Two NI
    CC 11 / 232 MHz - Sky1
    CC 13 / 248 MHz - Setanta Ireland
    CC 15 / 256 MHz - 3e
    CC 16 / 264 MHz - Nickelodeon/Comedy Central
    CC 17 / 272 MHz - MTV
    CC 18 / 280 MHz - Sky News
    CC 34 / 408 MHz - Sky Living
    CH 21 / 471 MHz - E4
    CH 30 / 543 MHz - Channel 4
    CH 34 / 575 MHz - Discovery Channel

    NICAM sound available on all channels except 3e and Sky Living

    UTV, Setanta Ireland, Comedy Central, Sky News, E4 and Discovery Channel are in Widescreen


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    Commander Shepard
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 46 ✭Commander Shepard


    I have UPC bb is there any way I can get these channels free?


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    Commander Shepard wrote: »
    I have UPC bb is there any way I can get these channels free?
    For most parts of Dublin just hook up the TV and tune away with the analog tuner.

    Like I said earlier most are available on saorview ( Tesco might still have some TV Star boxes for a tenner) or FTA satellite. And you can stream Channel 4 too on BB

    They are still there but don't expect them to be there forever though as they are likely to be phased out eventually.

    Saorview from Kippure is on channel 54,58
    But Three Rock is on 30,33 - so might possibly interfere with Channel 4 / Discovery if you have a long cable run or try to connect both aerials at the same time .


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    mackersdublin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,431 ✭✭✭mackersdublin


    CH 05 / 176 MHz - RTE Two
    CH 06 / 184 MHz - TV3
    CH 07 / 192 MHz - RTE One
    CH 09 / 200 MHz - UTV
    CH 10 / 208 MHz - TG4
    CH 11 / 216 MHz - BBC One NI
    CH 12 / 224 MHz - BBC Two NI
    CC 11 / 232 MHz - Sky1
    CC 13 / 248 MHz - Setanta Ireland
    CC 15 / 256 MHz - 3e
    CC 16 / 264 MHz - Nickelodeon/Comedy Central
    CC 17 / 272 MHz - MTV
    CC 18 / 280 MHz - Sky News
    CC 34 / 408 MHz - Sky Living
    CH 21 / 471 MHz - E4
    CH 30 / 543 MHz - Channel 4
    CH 34 / 575 MHz - Discovery Channel

    NICAM sound available on all channels except Sky Living

    All channels are in Widescreen 16.9


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    The McAttack
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4 ✭The McAttack


    Hi I am in naas and after a an analogue tune I have 16 channels discovery is not one of them I am having trouble manually tuning any advice in terms of band and tv system it's given me options for different bands and tv systems


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    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,516 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    PAL-I always and VHF usually. But analogue line up differed from area to area and ex-Chorus areas would have a different line up to ex-NTL areas.


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    Mike1961
    Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭Mike1961


    I bought a new 32" tv for my father.. to watch the world cup in his bedroom (replacing his old banger of a telly. Signal is analogue. All 16 stations tuned in ok but ... rte2 has NO SOUND. Any ideas? Do I need a signal booster?


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    Infoanon
    Registered Users Posts: 4,624 ✭✭✭Infoanon


    Mike1961 wrote: »
    I bought a new 32" tv for my father.. to watch the world cup in his bedroom (replacing his old banger of a telly. Signal is analogue. All 16 stations tuned in ok but ... rte2 has NO SOUND. Any ideas? Do I need a signal booster?

    Try Manually tuning in RTE 2 - use to have this problem when auto tuned.


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    Mike1961
    Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭Mike1961


    Infoanon wrote: »
    Try Manually tuning in RTE 2 - use to have this problem when auto tuned.
    I tried the manual tuning and fine tuning options but no luck.


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    if all else fails the get a saorview box, mainly for the HD picture.

    try tuning RTE2 in on a different channel, some TV's allow you to adjust the sound level per channel

    or try tuning in with a video recorder


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    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,345 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    or tell your Dad to watch the World Cup matches on BBC and UTV


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    Mike1961
    Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭Mike1961


    Thanks for all the comments (even the 'watch BBC' one :D).

    It was my fault - I had three options when scanning in the channels (DK, BG, I). I hadn't a clue, left it as the default (DK) and scanned away - getting all the channels and just RTE2 having no sound.

    On googling it I found that I should have scanned using the 'I' setting (appropriate for western Europe apparently), did a manual channel scan using the RTE2 frequency and the 'I' option and hey presto... picture and sound.


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    Mike1961
    Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭Mike1961


    And now for my next question ...

    The parents have a digital UPC box downstairs but they only have a connection point upstairs (no box) .. the cable from the upstairs connection point runs directly into the back of the TV and so appears the 16 analog channels with a fairly poor picture (when compared to the digital picture).

    Could I purchase a digital box and run the cable thru the digibox to the TV .. and get the digital picture? Would I get the same 16 channels or ??


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    The Cush
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    Mike1961 wrote: »
    It was my fault - I had three options when scanning in the channels (DK, BG, I). I hadn't a clue, left it as the default (DK) and scanned away - getting all the channels and just RTE2 having no sound.

    On googling it I found that I should have scanned using the 'I' setting (appropriate for western Europe apparently), did a manual channel scan using the RTE2 frequency and the 'I' option and hey presto... picture and sound.

    That did occur to me but unusual that it only affected 1 channel after a full scan so that's why I ruled it out. In analogue terrestrial days this would happen with Walker/Silvercrest (Lidl) family of TVs even though Ireland was selected during setup - PAL I (Ireland/UK/Hong Kong/South Africa/Macau).


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    The Cush
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    Mike1961 wrote: »
    Could I purchase a digital box and run the cable thru the digibox to the TV .. and get the digital picture? Would I get the same 16 channels or ??

    The digital channels on UPC are encrypted and only available with a UPC supplied box and multiroom sub.


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    Antenna
    Registered Users Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭Antenna


    Mike1961 wrote: »
    On googling it I found that I should have scanned using the 'I' setting (appropriate for western Europe apparently),.

    Well for most of mainland western Europe it would be BG (except France who have had a very different analogue TV system compared to the minor difference between PAL-I and PAL-BG)

    The Cush lists the correct countries for PAL-I
    The Cush wrote: »
    this would happen with Walker/Silvercrest (Lidl) family of TVs even though Ireland was selected during setup -
    mind boggling that this problem happened after country Ireland had been selected on the TV, its a very basic thing that the designers should have got right


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    mackersdublin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,431 ✭✭✭mackersdublin


    Frequencies with Activation Code 131

    CH 05 / 176 MHz - RTÉ2
    CH 06 / 184 MHz - TV3
    CH 07 / 192 MHz - RTÉ One
    CH 09 / 200 MHz - UTV Ireland
    CH 10 / 208 MHz - TG4
    CH 11 / 216 MHz - BBC One NI
    CH 12 / 224 MHz - BBC Two NI
    CC 11 / 232 MHz - Sky1
    CC 13 / 248 MHz - Setanta Ireland
    CC 15 / 256 MHz - 3e
    CC 16 / 264 MHz - Nickelodeon/Comedy Central
    CC 17 / 272 MHz - MTV
    CC 18 / 280 MHz - Sky News
    CC 34 / 408 MHz - Sky Living
    CH 21 / 471 MHz - E4
    CH 30 / 543 MHz - Channel 4
    CH 34 / 575 MHz - Discovery Channel

    NICAM sound available on all channels except Sky Living

    All channels are in Widescreen 16.9


    Frequencies with Activation Code 121

    CH 05 / 176 MHz - RTÉ One
    CH 06 / 184 MHz - TG4
    CH 07 / 192 MHz - BBC Two NI
    CH 09 / 200 MHz - UTV Ireland
    CH 10 / 208 MHz - E4
    CH 11 / 216 MHz - BBC One NI
    CH 12 / 224 MHz - TV3
    CC 11 / 232 MHz - Sky News
    CC 13 / 248 MHz - MTV
    CC 15 / 256 MHz - 3e
    CC 16 / 264 MHz - Sky1
    CC 25 / *** MHz - RTÉ2
    CC 26 / *** MHz - Channel 4

    NICAM sound available on all channels

    All channels are in Widescreen 16.9 except 3e

    Setanta Ireland, Nickelodeon/Comedy Central, Sky Living and Discovery Channel are not available


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    teileann
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭teileann


    Thanks for advice re lack of sound on Network 2which I sorted after reading this thread. It worked by trying manual scan and putting in I setting. However, I started messing with the tuning again in order to try an eliminate slight "hiccup" when clicking between rte 1 and 2. Now, I have lost all the radio channels which I had before. Am totally confused now. I think I tuned in using digital/analogue. I have stations on 1 to 17. Before my "messing" I was able to get the radio stations when I clicked the button to go lower than 1. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.


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    mackersdublin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,431 ✭✭✭mackersdublin


    August 2016


    Frequencies with Activation Code 131

    CH 05 / 176 MHz - RTÉ2
    CH 06 / 184 MHz - TV3
    CH 07 / 192 MHz - RTÉ One
    CH 09 / 200 MHz - UTV Ireland
    CH 10 / 208 MHz - TG4
    CH 11 / 216 MHz - BBC One NI
    CH 12 / 224 MHz - BBC Two NI
    CC 11 / 232 MHz - Sky1
    CC 15 / 256 MHz - 3e
    CC 16 / 264 MHz - Nickelodeon/Comedy Central
    CC 17 / 272 MHz - MTV
    CC 18 / 280 MHz - Sky News
    CC 34 / 408 MHz - Sky Living
    CH 21 / 471 MHz - E4
    CH 30 / 543 MHz - Channel 4
    CH 34 / 575 MHz - Discovery Channel

    NICAM sound available on all channels except Sky Living

    All channels are in Widescreen 16.9


    Frequencies with Activation Code 121

    CH 05 / 176 MHz - RTÉ One
    CH 06 / 184 MHz - TG4
    CH 07 / 192 MHz - BBC Two NI
    CH 09 / 200 MHz - UTV Ireland
    CH 10 / 208 MHz - E4
    CH 11 / 216 MHz - BBC One NI
    CH 12 / 224 MHz - TV3
    CC 11 / 232 MHz - Sky News
    CC 13 / 248 MHz - MTV
    CC 15 / 256 MHz - 3e
    CC 16 / 264 MHz - Sky1
    CC 25 / 336 MHz - RTÉ2
    CC 26 / 344 MHz - Channel 4

    NICAM sound available on all channels

    All channels are in Widescreen 16.9 except 3e

    Nickelodeon/Comedy Central, Sky Living and Discovery Channel are not available


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    7upfree
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    mackersdublin wrote: »
    August 2016


    Frequencies with Activation Code 131

    CH 05 / 176 MHz - RTÉ2
    CH 06 / 184 MHz - TV3
    CH 07 / 192 MHz - RTÉ One
    CH 09 / 200 MHz - UTV Ireland
    CH 10 / 208 MHz - TG4
    CH 11 / 216 MHz - BBC One NI
    CH 12 / 224 MHz - BBC Two NI
    CC 11 / 232 MHz - Sky1
    CC 15 / 256 MHz - 3e
    CC 16 / 264 MHz - Nickelodeon/Comedy Central
    CC 17 / 272 MHz - MTV
    CC 18 / 280 MHz - Sky News
    CC 34 / 408 MHz - Sky Living
    CH 21 / 471 MHz - E4
    CH 30 / 543 MHz - Channel 4
    CH 34 / 575 MHz - Discovery Channel

    NICAM sound available on all channels except Sky Living

    All channels are in Widescreen 16.9


    Frequencies with Activation Code 121

    CH 05 / 176 MHz - RTÉ One
    CH 06 / 184 MHz - TG4
    CH 07 / 192 MHz - BBC Two NI
    CH 09 / 200 MHz - UTV Ireland
    CH 10 / 208 MHz - E4
    CH 11 / 216 MHz - BBC One NI
    CH 12 / 224 MHz - TV3
    CC 11 / 232 MHz - Sky News
    CC 13 / 248 MHz - MTV
    CC 15 / 256 MHz - 3e
    CC 16 / 264 MHz - Sky1
    CC 25 / 336 MHz - RTÉ2
    CC 26 / 344 MHz - Channel 4

    NICAM sound available on all channels

    All channels are in Widescreen 16.9 except 3e

    Nickelodeon/Comedy Central, Sky Living and Discovery Channel are not available

    Analogue channels don't need an activation code.........


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