Itv be and other channels lost....Black screen

There is a STICKY at the top of this forum and it gives all the new frequencies. Whether you can retune is another matter as you don not say what make and model of receiver and some of the channels no longer transmit in SD.

If you are unsure post back and you will get sorted.

Good, look at post 1925 in the zgemma h7s thread and you wont get caught out again.

Could you post a link to the thread?

I could only find this which I'm not sure is the right thread/post.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2057971250/zgemma-h7s-guide/p39

Thx

HD

its such a dose how they move.. on my elderly aunts ariva box they gone and she wondering why.. hard to explain to her.. and not a chance of retuning them over the phone.. hopefully will get to visit soon to retune for her.. why do they actually move? is it a cost play?

I have the same problem, three boxes myself and others with elderly relatives. It used to be a minor inconvenience going around and tuning them back in once in a while, but it is becoming far more frequent recently.

It is the price we pay for not paying a price (subscription) for a service provider to manage it for us. 😁

" Is there any way to auto-track channels that move, or is manual update the only way?" YES but the answer depends on the box one uses. If you use an enigma2 box like a ZGEMMAH7S or Gigablue, or Octagon or Vu+ etc you can set up a piece of software in the box called " automatic bouquets maker" ABM and that will run late at night and update all the channels.

For other boxes like ARIVA I don't know if they possess such a facility.

I would say the big moves are almost over and peace at last.

Sorry to be digging up old comments but I cannot for the life of me properly tune in ITV on my Zgemma H7s.

I had a Sky Box earlier this year and I was able to use the details found in this guide https://www.balls.ie/football/how-to-get-itv-in-ireland-for-euro-2024-473093 to get them but using the same ones on my Zgemma results in unwatchable channels (unchanged from how they are automatically being tuned in).

I also tried using the KingOfSat details https://en.kingofsat.net/channelhistory.php?ch=11623 but to no avail (not sure what to do with "SID:8274 PID:1701/1702").

I'm having the same issue with some other channels like PBS America.

Any chance you could tell me which parameters to follow on the RTX page https://rxtvinfo.com/itvstvutv-satellite-manual-tuning/ because I don't see any for Ireland?

I had Sky Q and I changed the receiver on the dish so that I could use the dish for Freesat.

I was able to use the same dish and the sky box to tune in ITV following a guide on Balls.ie of all places and it was very straightforward so I don't see why it wouldn't work with this box if the BBC and channel 4 and them all work away.

The box knows the channels are there and it nearly has them tuned in. I have the EPG info and all. It's like I just need to adjust the frequency up or down a touch to refine the feed.

That guide above is completely wrong and way out of date.

clashoftheash, you are on the wrong track, the zgemmah7s has to be built almost from scratch, ideally one should flash Openvix image, so after you have done the language, resolution, network, 2 tuners for sat and one tuner for Saorview you then set up AUTOBOUQUETS to scan for all the FTA channels and select the region you want, London. NI etc. You can hide bouquets you dont want to see and you include saorview. A lot of users have the abm set to run regularly, eg weekly or daily and so on in case a channel changes frequency.

Next you set up epg ie configure for all FTA and select regions etc run that and your good to go,

With openvix you get all the bits you needed included they just need configuring. With Openatv you have to add them via plugins and need box connected to internet.

To add one channel or frequency you use signal finder and where it says predefined you toggle to make it user defined and then enter parameters.

This has me totally baffled

" Some FTA channels are tagged encrypted, Channel 5 group of channels iirc, they won't be stored on a FTA scan, so they and other can only be found using an encrypted channel scan"

When ABM is set up correctly you need no reference to an encrypted channel scan, it's only free scan Yes OR No and will always be No.

Box has 3 slots so can have 4 images.

If you say image I can say a bit more go menu information about and it should say.

I have to go to a call today to fix legend etc so i know its a vertical frequency and i will check the skew on the lnb first and then the focal lenghth and then the aim and the dish elevation and then change the lnb. I will use an app dish align on iphone.

To make your box work you will need it connected to the internet and you need to change image to the latest image version of Vix, 6.7.017 multi you can go back to Openatv later but its now at 7.6 and 6.7 is ancient.

Before you do anything you need to check dish, do this using signal finder. put in 11343V 27500 2/3 dvb-s2, 8psk and if you don't get a signal then dish is out or you have wrong lnb etc see first para. If you do get a signal it will show strength and agc I'll give figures on mine in a little while. With a signal green to scan and see what you get. This is it on signal finder, 2 pages so arrow down. Openatv7.5.1 testing.

Is lnb new and where did you buy it?

here is vix

https://www.openvix.co.uk/index.php/downloads/zgemma-images/zgemma-h7/

for saorview and ABM its how you configure abm and i always use london sd custom.

If you are new to vix i can say more. One last thing does box have HDD sticking out at rear?

NB flashing with usb should only be done once and make sure epg location is hdd not intenal flash. All other flashing is done via the internet. With your openatv6.7 its possible they have turned off online flashing but you could try, fo software manaement and look for flash online and see if yellow button shows a link like distros or it may just show openatv versions. You could select 7.3 and flash that to another slot and start from scratch. With 7.3 I know you can get Vix and put that in another slot. But that 6.7 is too old and may dead.

I can assure you with Openvix its easy peasy and all I need now is the skin, so menu information about, it may say simple 1080 under skin.

Your lnb is out and needs a tweak, ie skew, from the front you need a slight twist clockwise and you may need to move it in an out a tad. Freesat is no more and I use sky uk and a lot better.

But you have to get dish signal sorted. I fixed that dish today and it was only out a fraction. That true crime is weak and good to align signal, ie if you get it at 80 or better then everything else will be fine.

You should have read the zgemmah7s guide thread.

I'll tell you how to mount ssd tomoro and be warned box is saving epg to internal flash and that is not good. For now I would put usb in rear and reboot then go epg settings location toggle to change to usb, it may say hdd but that is usb.

Those boxes are buggers for beginners but great when sorted.

Box is latest.

I am laid up at the moment so have spare time. I'm going to show you how to configure the box correctly from scratch but you have to follow each step and don’t assume you know the next bit and take a chance. I have the same box as you and with the same skin etc. it will be spot on. Here goes.

1. You changed the LNB not the receiver. The receiver is the zgemma. Are you sure it’s a universal LNB and not a quattro or wideband? Did you replace it exactly in the same position as the SKY Q LNB? Those are usually crimped and hard to undo the cables. Is it a quad LNB and where did you buy it. If you can’t get a strong signal on the 2 polarities Horizontal and Vertical box is not any use. Can you do a few pics of the dish, i.e. zoom in from ground.
2. To setup box do the following:
3. Change skin to simple ten eighty, menu setup user interface skin selection, select simple and ok gui restarts. It will become clear later why this skin is best for now.
4. tuners, menu setup tunes scanning tuner setup A says single 28e, same for B, Saorview is ok. red.
5. Menu setup epg settings long list grip epg, event info, media/hd, epg, no. no. enabled, yes, yes,no,no,yes,yes,no,yes,disabled,yes,yes,auto detect, arrow down page 2 auto detect yes off, green to save.
6. now go to opentvepg downlaoder, enable, yes, astra 28.2, auto, update interval say 3 for now, pip for download yes. green, then exit
7. menu setup user interface, channel election, alternative numbering mode yes, arrow all way down to end show picons yes green,
8. menu setup tuners scanning autobouquetmaker configure schedule scan NO for now, then no
9. , yes,no,none,bottom.yes, no for the rest. green.
10. Providers, no no no saorview yes, region, woodcock hill, no, yes no,no,no.no. sky uk yes, region you have to toggle to London sd custom , fta only, yes, yes, yes, yes, swap channels yes, no
11. hide sections, this is where you put a tick against those you dont want to appear, shopping adult, religion and so on the more you hide the better the end result will be.
12. keep here you tick the bouquets you want to keep like the one you did for saorview, which you may delete later, you will have 2 for now but a learning point. green. exit.
13. for security you need a password menu setup network, new password, press OK, keyboard, type in I use 4 chars, then over to return key marked green press ok and then green.
14. Picons look nice so menu plugins green down to picons , select snp-full 220x 132-190x102. dark on reflection, it takes a while to download as its a big file, it may ask where to save say hdd. These are the correct size. exit

Box is now setup and almost ready. To get SSD and I hope it is an SSD and not a HDD from laptop etc. Do this, power off with remote. Now go to rear of box and press white button so it pops out. Now take out ssd, wait a few secs and then carefully push SSD back in until it can go no further, it takes a firm push.

1. Power back on and wait and then go BBC1 or saorview so you have a channel.
2. Menu setup vix mount manager and now you should see the SSD and the USB, now VIX is good in that it may have mounted them automatically and show as mount/media/hdd typr ext4 R/W. and same for USB but if not see blue button press that and wait. I then press green and then green and box will restart.
3. menu setup storage settings hard disk standby as its an SSD no standby green.

You are done, here are a few pics that will show the look when you fix dish signal and run abm,

a bouquets.

b saorview.

c epg

Thats it, the next post is to help align lnb.