Teletext on Channel 4 through Sky

martyeds · 23-01-2009 1:32am #1

For some reason i cannot view teletext on Channel 4 through Sky Digital. The only way i can view it is on analogue, but i am able to view teletext on Sky News, Sky Sports News and BBC1 through digital. Does anyone know why.
Thanks

Mossy Monk · 23-01-2009 1:45am

Channel 4 don't transmit Teletext on satellie?

The text on BBC is extremely basic.

martyeds · 23-01-2009 1:51am

I Was able to view teletext on channel 4 through digital up until a few months ago on my own television. I was in my brother in laws house last week and i could check it through his sky. I puzzled by the whole thing.

Mossy Monk · 23-01-2009 2:52am

Are you on about digital text or the old fashioned teletext through the television set? I ask because digital text works perfectly for me on satellite when I try on Channel 4.

IrishHomer · 23-01-2009 11:23pm

Channel 4 text is online,

If you cannot find it i will dig out the link as i have it on another pc in my favourites.

martyeds · 24-01-2009 1:00pm

Yeah its the digital teletext that i cannot recieve. I have the old fashioned teletext through the television if i turn off sky but i rather the digital version as you can scroll through the pages at your leisure instead of waiting on the pages to changes.
I have sent an email to sky but have as yet received no reply.

Mossy Monk · 24-01-2009 1:23pm

Don't know what Sky can do about it. It works for me.

byte · 24-01-2009 1:49pm

Have you tried unplugging your Skybox from mains for a minute and plugging it back in?

martyeds · 24-01-2009 3:00pm

Yeah. i unplugged it last night for a few minutes and tried again but no joy.
I know it was a bit of a longshot by contacting sky but i was hoping they might be to give me an idea on how to sort it.

barnicles · 24-01-2009 4:35pm

I have also heard people saying C4 text on satellite is dead.

Mossy Monk · 24-01-2009 9:19pm

I was using it only this morning. Channel 104 on my EPG.

byte · 25-01-2009 6:37pm

@Mossy: So you have a UK EPG then?

Since C4 Ireland is on a different transponder (and, I believe, still encrypted) to the free UK ones, maybe that might explain why it's not available on Irish C4 version.

If you manually tune in a UK C4 variant, is it possible to get digitext that way? I've personally never tried accessing digitext from Other Channels.

Mossy Monk · 25-01-2009 9:46pm

Yes. I have a FTV card in the box. AFAIK text wont load through Other Channels. The different transponder for the RoI would explain it. I will try on a digibox with an Irish subscription and see what happens

Teletext on Channel 4 through Sky

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