Sorting Irish Channels on New LG TV

I've done this with 2 new LG tvs. Feeder tv is mine also. I must check mast I'm pulling from and can share here.

I'm on Maghera channels 46 and 48 so my list is no good to you.

FreeSat and Sky have fixed channel numbers. It's nothing to do with LG. They may allow you to hide unwanted channels but you cannot renumber / move them

It may not be exclusive to LG, but it's something LG have the power to fix. You can tune and reorder saorview channels and have Freesat on Sony and Samsung TV's

Just a thought on this, would it be possible to set up the saorview channels by creating a favourite list of them so you can put them in the order you want?

If it is then could you assign this favourite list to quick access number 1 and then maybe assign BBC One (Freesat)to quick access number 2?

OK I got it. Download this https://github.com/PredatH0r/ChanSort rescan all channels and make sure they're up to date on TV. Export to usb stick. Open file using ChanSort and arrange/delete as you like - it's a fairly intuitive app. Save the file and import from usb stick to TV.

The imported channel list will replace all channels aerial and satellite on your TV so be mindful of that. You will need to setup and quick access links you had programmed again. No idea if this list will last or will reset with every firmware update etc.

I have 'Programme List Update' turned ON for satellite and turned OFF for aerial in 'Programme Tuning & Settings', so in theory freesat epg changes should update fine without affecting the saorview channels. We'll see how long it lasts, but it's a quick fix if/when they do get jumbled up again or saorview gets a new channel.

Sony's Android TV's let you have Saorview and Freesat channels with 7 day EPG in the correct order (you'll have to rearrange the saorview channels and turn off automatic programme update for the aerial in settings to stop it jumbling them up again).

You can switch between saorview and Freesat in the TV guide fairly easily.

But if you have a laptop and a USB stick then you can rearrange the saorview channels on most smart tv's using the app I posted above. I turned off the automatic programme update for the aerial on my LG c2 and they've been fine ever since. With the short cut keys on the remote switching between Saorview and Freesat is easy and there's a 7 day EPG.

But for simplicity Sony Android TV's are probably best.

Got it sorted. Downloaded ChatSort from another website and it worked. Easy enough - just had to move RTE one to position 1 manually and then did an auto-sort and then just toggled the channels around. Imported back to TV and all now displaying lovely! Thanks for the tip.

Set FreeSat to update automatically now and disabled that option on Saorview.

I even did a Smart Retune of the Antenna/Saorview channels and it kept them in their correct positions (1, 2, 3 etc).

Annoyed me since I got the TV on a Bargain Alert a few months back!

In the second video I highlight the fact you cant edit the saorview...( DTV and Sat)

These are the videos I posted and emailed LG UK ( our nearest support centre)

Could we start to upload channel lists for regions ? I know the only problem is the various different saorview channels frequencies....

What if there was a generic UK list..( a copy of freesat withe the extra channels)....?

Then on the Saorview side.it will be ok?

Any cleaver bucks tried this?

I used an app (ChanSort) that let me open up the channel list on my Windows laptop and rejig them around, then import them back in to the LG TV.

Was relatively straightforward to use. Export the channels to USB stick, open on PC, edit, save, import back on the TV.