LG Freesat/FTA

If your TV is a recent LG it may have Freesat. Set your TV to UK, put in a post code for the UK region you want and do a satellite scan. This will put the UK channels in order with a 7 day EPG and will automatically tune in any channels that change frequency. Much easier than sorting and uploading channel list files.

No, you need an aerial for Saorview.

Yeah, Saorview can still be tuned in as long as a working aerial is connected in addition to the cable from a satellite dish. As has been mentioned because the tv is in UK mode you will have to renumber your Saorview channels to get them in order. Then to switch quickly between terrestrial tuner (Saorview) and satellite tuner (freesat) use LG's quick access feature. I have it that a long press of 1 on my remote takes me to RTÉ 1 and a long press of 2 takes me to BBC One. As far as I can tell this is the quickest way to switch tuners.

Very much the same, the epg is a bit slower than on a Freesat box but still only takes seconds. I can't find series link, if I set up a recording I manually set it to repeat weekly or whatever.

The freesat on my LG tv is limited. Yes the channels are in order but there is no mini picture when in the tv guide. I also can't select a channel when in the tv guide. I have to type in the channel number. Other than that it is pretty good.

I have the saorview channels reordered but I have forgotten how to relabel the channel number so that rte1 would be 1 instead of 800?

To select a channel when in the Freesat epg, highlight the current program on the channel you want, there will be 3 lines at the end of the program name, select/click on it. This will bring up the program info along with a couple of options. One of the options is "watch", click/select it and the epg will bring you to the channel. For some reason this method isn't needed when viewing a channel on the terrestrial epg. The terrestrial epg also has the advantage of the mini tv picture working when viewing the epg.

Yeah it also works on terrestrial mode too. I would normally use it as I find it loads quicker than the full epg. That maybe just on my particular LG model though.

If you put UK for broadcast and Ireland for services you get Freesat and RTE player,TG4, and the other main apps but you loose All4.

You can put services to UK and download the All4 player and then put services back to Ireland and download the Irish players you want. All should now be saved to the home banner. Obviously the live channels don't work on All4 but I've never had a problem with the VOD stuff.

If you can say No, and know the DTT mast channel numbers used in your location, manually go into tuning and scan both those channels. It'll update maybe a channel but keep the orig numbers and order you set. You might just have to edit one to hide it then.

Other inputs and app can be used during recording, so you could watch Netflix/ YouTube while recording. Having only one Saorview and satellite tuner its not possible to switch during recording. I find I can't view an earlier recording while a programme is being recorded or I can't view a recording while the recording is ongoing, if that makes sense.

I tried that but the All4 app doesnt work for me? Its installed fine but when I open it it says it cannot connect to the server?

Irish apps like RTE Player work fine so the TV is online and can connect to other services. Just All4 seems to be blocked?

Still waiting for the TV to arrive, can anyone recommend a usb hard drive for recording the Freesat, thanks

The app crashing shouldn't be happening. You have probably tried it already but I would deleted the app, reboot the tv and redownload the app and see if that helps.