Not getting saorview

Munster Magic

Just after setting up my new saorview approved tv but I cant get saorview? Have the aerial connected to the sky box and the sky box and a ps3 connected to the tv but when I try an automatic search for channels it only finds the channels on the sky box

anyone know whats wrong?

Peter Rhea

Is the Skybox connected to the tv's aerial socket via one of its RF outs?

Either do this or connect the aerial direct to the tv (if it is indeed a terrestrial aerial connection you're talking about & not the satellite dish cable).

Munster Magic

Peter Rhea wrote: »

Is the Skybox connected to the tv's aerial socket via one of its RF outs?
Either do this or connect the aerial direct to the tv (if it is indeed a terrestrial aerial connection you're talking about & not the satellite dish cable).

yes, sky box is connected from the Rf out to the aerial input on the tv

I have 2 aerials coming down from the roof, 1 from the sky dish and 1 from a terrestrial aerial

Peter Rhea

Try connecting the aerial direct to the tv.

Do you know which UHF channel the Skybox outputs on & which UHF channel your Saorview should be on?

Munster Magic

Peter Rhea wrote: »

Try connecting the aerial direct to the tv.
Do you know which UHF channel the Skybox outputs on & which UHF channel your Saorview should be on?

Saorview should be on channel 48 I think, not sure about the skybox, think it could be 1

Peter Rhea

Do you get anything with the terrestrial aerial connected direct to the tv?

The Skybox RF output will be on a UHF tv channel no. 21-69.

68 or 69 would typically be used as defaults, but if you're receiving from Maghera, this would have been changed to avoid clashing with TG4 analogue.

Munster Magic

No, terrestrial aerial doesnt find any channels

Peter Rhea

Assuming you're scanning correctly ... what about analogue channels? Did you have those on your previous tv (& how many)?

What part of the country are you in?

Munster Magic

In Clare, all channels I had were through the skybox which I have had for a couple of years but before that I had Rte 1 and 2, tv3 and tg4 from the terrestrial aerial

Munster Magic

In Clare, all channels I had were through the skybox which I have had for a couple of years but before that I had Rte 1 and 2, tv3 and tg4 from the terrestrial aerial

Charlie-Bravo

I'm not quite sure how your setup is. You say one cable for sat and one cable for aerial? Please clarify type of aerial you have (rough description).

Also, is your sky box a Sky+ box? Check if the two cables are coming from the LNB on the Sat dish are connecting to the Sky box??

Other option, the terrestrial aerial may need to be realigned in the direction of the mast and also to vertical or horizontal depending on polarisation of the mux.

The Cush

Munster Magic wrote: »

In Clare, all channels I had were through the skybox which I have had for a couple of years but before that I had Rte 1 and 2, tv3 and tg4 from the terrestrial aerial

How many aerials do you have on the roof? Saorview requires a UHF aerial.

Can you tune in the 4 analogue channels now with the aerial connected directly to the TV, bypassing the Sky receiver?

Maghera analogue required 2 aerials, a VHF for RTÉ1/2 and UHF for TV3/TG4.

Woodcock Hill analogue required 1 UHF aerial for all analogue channels.

Assuming you have the correct UHF aerial for Saorview and not used it since you installed Sky it may have moved and might require realignment to the transmitter or the connection at the aerial may have corroded or the cable from the aerial may require replacement.

Munster Magic wrote: »

Saorview should be on channel 48 I think, not sure about the skybox, think it could be 1

Use the Saorview coveage checker to identify the recommended Saorview transmitter, frequency/UHF channel no. for your area.