Walker set top box - ITV etc was gone and reset gone pearshaped

protexblue

Hi there,

I've Walker satellite/terrestrial HD settop box (Model WPS818C). Its maybe 4yrs old?

Maybe 6 months ago, a number (but not all of the ITV channels (ITV, ITV+1, etc) disappeared in whole or in part.

Blank screen with or without sound.

I tried reinstalling from scratch and now its worse! Along with most ITV channels blank screen, the BBC's have gone the same way.

The terrestrial channels seem okay.

Anyone got any suggestions what to do next?

Thanks

MenloPete

No experience with a Walker, but, in general, boxes come with a predefined list of transponders and parameters - this will become out of date as things are changed by the satellite operator. So just doing a retune will not help you in those circumstances.

You need to do a Network Scan or a Blind Scan to find new transponders/parameters. I can't give you specific instructions for this, but it should be there in the menu somewhere.

Or alternatively manually add the new transponders and parameters - which would be tedious if you haven't done it before.

The third option is to import a SATCODX file from somebody who has already done the work for you.

HTH

The Cush

I have a satcodx channel list from a Walker TV. I have sent it to various people here on boards for uploading to their TVs.

Don't know if I'll work for the STB but worth trying I guess.

decor58

I have used a number of Walker boxes over the years and it is often best when doing a scan to download all encrypted and unencrypted and sort from there. The likes of C4, more4, e4, are fta but come up in the encrypted list, it may be the same with your choice. Going this way will give you a huge job deleting and sorting, so it might be best to just scan the frequencies you want.

The Cush

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122173090#Comment_122173090

I've had Walker/Toshiba TVs for many years so the channel list is well sorted, and transferred between TVs, including those FTA channels tagged as encrypted. Occasionally a bit of tweaking is required when channels move/added/deleted.

Sigma101

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058352511/walker-set-top-box-itv-etc-was-gone-and-reset-gone-pearshaped

Have you considered if there's a problem with your satellite dish rather than the set-top box? Disappearing channels over time is consistent with a defective or deteriorating LNB.

donaghs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122173339#Comment_122173339

I've had Blazer and Walker boxes for FTA tv from Power City over the years. All have lost channels at different times. I can get then back by doing a full rescan, but I don't want EVERY FTA channel back.

Any advice on how to retune one channel? There doesnt seem to be any online guides for this. e.g. for a Walker box.

The Cush

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122223390#Comment_122223390

Haven't ever used a Walker box, only TVs.

On the TV simply select manual channel scan under installation in the settings menu. In manual scan select or input the frequency that carries the particular channels required, ensuring the parameters are correct and press ok.

decor58

Which model Walker box do you have, a few photos of the tuning on the early models, which channels are you looking for.

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To tune ITV London for example, do a manual scan on this frequency ,12363 v 27500.

donaghs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122224186#Comment_122224186

I have a Walker WPSTBW23 currently.

I can see if you click on Home on the remote, the Settings, Installation, Manual Channel Scan, you can choose Satellite search.

The you can enter the "frequency", "polarisation", "symbol rate". And the Satelitte is listed below. e.g Astra 2 28.2E (this can be changed in another menu option).

I've tried inputting frequency and symbol rate for channels with irish info online, but havent found the ones I was supposed to be seeing,

byte

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122224513#Comment_122224513

What channels are you after?

Try https://www.lyngsat.com/Astra-2E-2F-2G.html full list of frequencies and channels here.

decor58

You won't get Irish/ Saorview in the satellite settings, it will be scrambled. The Irish channels will be in the terrestrial settings through your aerial rather than the dish.

donaghs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122224551#Comment_122224551

Thanks. There's a few I was looking for - Satelitte only. Those "great tv" ones. "talking pictures". I was looking at that Lynsat site earlier. Will keep trying.

cedbro

Hi all , joined boards to get just this help.
can I ask a question…. ex sky q customer. Plugged in the satellite cable. Followed the first installation instructions and loaded the preset channels…. Got nothing ! 
re attempted first installation steps, this time manual scanned channels, picked up itv, ch4, bbc south, and a couple of the U+drama etc, but not tuned in the multiple channels indicated .

I’ve followed the list shared above , and attempted to manually scan frequencies for the channels, getting channel not found error 😩

Any suggestions on how to resolve this for a non techie that can’t afford to stay with sky!

Thanks .

The Cush

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122516939#Comment_122516939

When you got rid of SkyQ did you change the LNB on the satellite dish?

SkyQ uses a wideband LNB while non-skyq receivers require a universal LNB.

Attaching a SkyQ LNB to a standard satellite receiver wil only give you a small selection of the available FTA channels.

decor58

Doing a manual scan can be tedious if you want to tune in all the free to air channels, you have to do each transponders and there are many of them, best to do a blind scan, that option should be available, and scan for encrypted and unencrypted as the likes of C4, e4, etc come up as encrypted for some reason on the Walker box. The down side is that you will end up with a load of unwanted channels and some duplicates but you can delete the ones you don't want and put the remainder in your own order. On earlier Walker boxes there was a SatFree option which mirrored Freesat and put the channels in a reasonable order.

cedbro

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122516959#Comment_122516959

no I did not change LNB. That is beyond my skills!
now I know the reason. thanks for that.

cedbro

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122516966#Comment_122516966

You are right, it wasn’t a manual scan that I did, again beyond my skills. Im using the wrong terminology!
I used the manual set up option for installation which is the blind scan you describe, it captured the few channels to tune. thanks for that.