Freesat olympics

paulireland

Hi all
The BBC will be putting (I believe) 24HD channels on freesat
Any idea how to find them on a FTA receiver
Cheers
Paul

rurs

You have to do a transponder scan.

As it happens, they seem to have begun the HD tests yesterday.

So try a scan on frequency 12422 Mhz, polarity H, SR 29500, modulation DVB-S2, FEC 3/4.

You might have to add a new transponder first it this one isn't in your list.

They'll probably end up using several transponders for the 24 channels, so you'll have to do this again when all the channels are launched. Keep an eye on the King of Sat news for updates.

paulireland

Cheers for that
I have a Panasonic TV with FTA built in so I assume I do a quick scan for new channels

mike65

Will I have to add them to Extra Channels on a non sub Sky box? Or are they all available via the red botton?

rurs

Most receivers have the option of a full scan, or a single transponder scan. Either will get the new channels, but I prefer to do a transponder scan as a full scan takes longer and adds any channels you may have deleted.

I'm not familiar with the Panasonic, have a look through the menus for "Single" or "TP scan" or something similar. Maybe that is Quick scan?

rurs

mike65 wrote: »

Will I have to add them to Extra Channels on a non sub Sky box? Or are they all available via the red botton?

I think they're planned to be on the red button, but they haven't launched officially yet. If you want to see
,
use Extra Channels:D

Edit: I don't think Sky boxes can manually tune using the SR of 29500, so you'll have to use the red button.

paulireland

A bulb just lit over my head
Are they listed with just numbres like 512588 on the ch list

rurs

paulireland wrote: »

A bulb just lit over my head
Are they listed with just numbres like 512588 on the ch list

Quite possibly. I haven't actually scanned them myself yet, I did scan for the SD tests last week, and they were all labeled 7280 or similar.

Johnboy1951

rescanned today ...... they seem to be testing the feeds for Sky at the moment

championc

paulireland wrote: »

Cheers for that
I have a Panasonic TV with FTA built in so I assume I do a quick scan for new channels

I assume you have a G20B ?? If so, I just added them Manually into the section of Other Sat. alongside Sky News

paulireland

I have a TXL D25L si its nor Freesat just FTA

dxhound2005

This has just been posted on the Satelliweb feed site for 28 East. Caption on the screen is BBC Sport Test Feed To Sky.

Fréquence: 12441 - Pol: V - SR: 29500 - FEC: -

Catégorie: Sport - Autres

Transmis en: MPEG-2 4:2:0 (PAL)

Infos: BBC OLYMPICS 4Xmuxx BBC-TESTfeeds 1080i h.264 HDTV

paulireland

There seem to be around 9 channels at the moment

dxhound2005

I have 24 at the moment labelled 78xx. Lowest number is 7802, highest 7845 so all the numbers are not used.

Gerry Wicklow

This is my Olympics count so far :-

10920 H 22000 12xSD
11469 H 27500 8xSD
12129 V 29500 4xHD
12402 V 29500 4xHD
12422 H 29500 4xHD
12441 V 29500 4xHD

paulireland

On a Freesat box will they be Red Button I wonder

Mountjoy Mugger

According to the BBC website:

The BBC's Red Button service for the Olympics on Sky, Virgin Media and Freesat will offer audiences access to up to 24 live streams, while there will be an additional 24-hour channel of extra BBC Olympics content available via the BBC Red Button for audiences with Freeview and BT Vision.