LG Freesat/FTA

Delighted with the LG TV, thanks for all your help and shared information Guys

I set it to UK and have the Freesat Satellite channels, entered Newry post code

All the Apps I want and the most popular are easily accessed from the remote

Bought a small usb for recording on TV satellite, easy (You can't watch another satellite channel when recording, but can access all other sources and apps during recording, so no big deal)

Using Saorview Connect Box for Saorview channels and Saorview recordings

Excellent picture quality, 4k physical media disc's looks really good.

Sounds from all sources work perfectly with the sound bar E-ARC, Dolby Atmos, Dolby Audio, PCM Etc.

Excellent choice of picture setting for bright or dark rooms Etc.

Family are delighted with it, easy to use.

70" Nanocell from Powercity

https://www.lg.com/in/support/product-help/CT20150005-20150384421089

The big plus for me on LG TVs is the Quick Access buttons. Long Press 1 for Saoview and Long 2 for Freesat, that's my set up anyway

I have a 4 x 43" LG TVs in the house now with Freesat and Saorview - TV set up as UK. The latest one does not allow the saorview channels to be renumbered or reordered. :( Any way around this?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120095617#Comment_120095617

That's a pity newer models won't let you re-order DTV. My Samsung has the same issue, they have to stay on 8xx number. I have a Favorites setup so atleast the Saorview channels are in the right order rather than A-Z and I just use Chanel + and - rather than keying in 8xx. You could try that

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120095507#Comment_120095507

Thanks Macker, I'll give it a go, will it work for selecting a source HDMI1 Etc?

webpal

I’ve just tried this on mine. I’ve got sky coming in as normal via sky+ box and I’ve got satellite for free uk channels. I use the short cuts to flick between the 2. When I changed my location to uk, I lost sky and couldn’t retune it, I had to change location back. I like the uk guide, is there anyway around this or am I doing something wrong?

doney84

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120095714#Comment_120095714

Yeah, you can assign the different HDMI inputs to a quick access number.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120096130#Comment_120096130

Thanks

byte

You can even assign specific apps to the quick access. I use it for NOW (TV) as I use it often enough.

decor58

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120095617#Comment_120095617

I bought an LG last August, LM6370, made in 2021 and the Saorview channels can be renumbered, what is the model number on your tv, someone might be able to suggest a workaround.

That's brilliant Guys, the Quick Access is so easy.

I press No.1 for Freesat and No. 2 for Saorview and No.3 for my Bluray/4k player

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120096576#Comment_120096576

Thanks. 43UQ75006LF

In Program Manager on old ones you can Move, Edit, Skip, Lock etc. In the new one there are only Skip and Lock options.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120097969#Comment_120097969

See my post #11 on the first page of this thread

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120099214#Comment_120099214

Thanks. That function is not present on my 4th LG TV in the house. It is there in the other 3 older sets. All are 43 inch TVs.

St Senan

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https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120095617#Comment_120095617

Put a blank usb in to the newest 1 of your other 3 tvs and copy channel list from tv to usb, then insert usb into the new tv and copy channel list from usb to TV, hopefully this sorts it out. I have done this with a lot of newer LG's ive set up over the christmas for customers. if your other 3 tvs are 2019 models then this wont wont.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120112980#Comment_120112980

That's a great idea. Thanks. I'll try that.

St Senan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120114941#Comment_120114941

no bother, let us know if it worked.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120032314#Comment_120032314

Thanks for that tip. That message comes up every few months on my LG too. I have broadcast country set to UK. Worth noting to make sure you are watching a Saorview channel when you go to those settings

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120112980#Comment_120112980

That worked perfectly. It has made things a lot easier. Thanks for the tip. Strangely enough the move and edit functionality remains for the satellite channels but not the digital aeriel (saorview) ones.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120125173#Comment_120125173

That tip didn't work, I turned on my TV earlier and that Map prompt came up. Prob got to do with this https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120146545/#Comment_120146545

Weird issue with my LG Oled C2

I've location set to a Belfast postcode to tune the Freesat Channels to BBC Norn Iron / UTV, but the EPG will then fairly randomly switch of its own accord, always reassigning Freesat channel 101 as BBC London.

I've tried restoring it to factory settings but the issue persists.

Anyone experienced similar?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120175846#Comment_120175846

You're not the only one https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/comment/102265154#Comment_102265154 - seems to only affect NI Poscodes since the BBC HD upgrade rollout

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120177963#Comment_120177963

Interesting

Though if Freesat randomly switching between BBC Northern Ireland and BBC London were an issue with the broadcast signal itself, I'd imagine reports of it would be widespread? It's not happening on my Humax Foxsat in the other room, so perhaps it's an oversensitivity in the LG Oled C2 tuner?

Gerry Wicklow

BBC are doing a huge amount of chopping and changing behind the scenes to facilitate the regionalisation. I'd be inclined to cut them some slack for a while.

jack12a

Hi,

I’m having an issue at the moment with freesat on an LG television set to Northern Ireland region, today while watching ITV1 hd news bulletin at 1.30pm and NI regional news until 2.00pm, after this point I lost satellite signal on this channel, I left it a few minutes to see if it would restore itself to no avail,

I then briefly selected BBC1 hd which was working fine and then switched back to ITV1 which was now restored and working fine?. this has happened a few times lately, is anyone else experiencing this and or could satellite reshuffle be causing this?.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120181378#Comment_120181378

That's grand Gerry, but it's only an issue affecting my LG Oled C2. My other LG set and the Humax Foxsat aren't experiencing the same issue

[Deleted User]

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120228560#Comment_120228560

I had a potentially related issue on my LG C2 a couple of weeks ago. Channels BBC1 (101) and BBC1 HD (106) just disappeared. I had to retune to get them back. I'm using a BT postcode too. Also, on my C2, the channels cannot be renumbered/reordered as described in posts here. Clearly, there are differences between LG models.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120231641#Comment_120231641

Yeah, I've retuned numerous times but the issue persists. I think the channel # reordering thing could be a proprietary issue with Freesat. Can't renumber the Saorview channels either, which you could on older LG's

Didn't reckon an LG C2 would be a retrograde purchase but so far, my older LG handled Freesat and Saorview considerably more capably

Still a mighty weird thing going on with Freesat on my LG Oled C2.

It's tuned to a Belfast postcode and will show Channel 101 as BBC Norn Iron for a period until it randomly switches and 101 becomes BBC1 London. Also, if I'm watching UTV on Channel 103 that will randomly switch so that I'm then viewing ITV4 (with 103 now showing as ITV1). If watching Ch4 it will turn over to Channel 4+1.

Never had any problems with LG in the past and unsure if this is a problem with the onboard sat tuner.

There's no issues on the Saorview side whatsoever