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Mux 2 Launched / Saorview Rescan Required

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  • #1202
    Antenna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,419 ✭✭✭Antenna


    The Cush wrote: »
    On the Saorview Information channel they've changed to white text on a black backround, good decision.

    The original notice did not even say the name of the new channel, which could have caused confusion if viewers already had UTV tuned in (as many receivers will do automatically) - and taken to mean that there might be another new channel. Here's the current one:


    331480.jpg


  • #1203
    Oscarziggy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 637 ✭✭✭Oscarziggy


    Nice pro mo video running on UTV IRELAND -Coming soon .
    Sorry if people already know but all I've caught has been the green screen.
    Happy Christmas.
    Regards


  • #1204
    StreetLight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭StreetLight


    Currently on Aertel page 169:

    SAORVIEW LCN change notification:

    2rn wish to advise that the LCN signalling of services on the SAORVIEW platform has recently been updated.
    Viewers and installers may wish to ensure that in order to continue to enjoy the existing services on SAORVIEW, and to add new service introductions it may be necessary to rescan their SAORVIEW equipment...
    For more information on this LCN change from the SAORVIEW team, please Lo-Call 1890 222 012.


  • #1205
    royboymaps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25 ✭royboymaps


    A little bit different to whats being discussed here but I figured that some of yous might be able to help with the knowledge yous have.

    When the switchover happened I bought a 4ife non-saorview approved box, which I used with an analogue TV. The box would tune in both the saorview and freeview channels from NI, although it had no LCN's so the channels came up in random order. I recently purchased a new saorview approved Samsung TV, and I cannot get the freeview channels on it. An auto retune just takes the saorview channels, and there seems to no manual retune option.

    Anyone have any suggestions? Is is possible to get the TV to ignore the LCN's?

    Thanks for your help, and Happy New Year!


  • #1206
    Thurston?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,278 ✭✭✭Thurston?


    royboymaps wrote: »
    ... The box would tune in both the saorview and freeview channels from NI, although it had no LCN's so the channels came up in random order. I recently purchased a new saorview approved Samsung TV, and I cannot get the freeview channels on it. An auto retune just takes the saorview channels, and there seems to no manual retune option.

    So you've set up with Ireland as country, & the scan for channels only finds Saorview? Have you gone through everything in the channel list?

    Usually the 'other' country's services will be put in the 800 range of channel nos.


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  • #1207
    royboymaps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25 ✭royboymaps


    Yeah, it shows up the saorview TV channels from 1-23, then the radio channels from 200-208 and theres no more after that. I just tried typing in a few random numbers in the 800's to see if there were any hidden channels but nothing coming up.

    It's as if the TV is just blocking out the Freeview channels. Is a saorview approved TV supposed to do that? Cause the box I used to have wasnt saorview approved.


  • #1208
    Thurston?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,278 ✭✭✭Thurston?


    royboymaps wrote: »
    ... It's as if the TV is just blocking out the Freeview channels. Is a saorview approved TV supposed to do that? Cause the box I used to have wasnt saorview approved.

    Don't know about 'blocking' Freeview, I haven't come across a Samsung behaving like that. Poor Freeview signal could be the problem.

    On my 2 year old example, pressing menu, then channel, should bring up the tuning options. Entering UHF channel nos. or frequencies in the manual tuning option, brings up a basic signal quality display.


  • #1209
    Gerry Wicklow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,574 ✭✭✭Gerry Wicklow


    A few years back I had an official Freeview approved box. When set to IRL it only showed Saorview channels. When set to UK it only showed the region set by postcode even though I could get three UK regions, Wales, West and Cornwall. (Preseli, Caradon Hill and Redruth)


  • #1210
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,461 ✭✭✭✭watty


    2RN has changed something, as claimed above.
    It's not just adding UTV Ireland, something about the WAY the LCN is implemented has changed.

    My generic Hong Kong box (which does MHEG5) used to work with LCN.
    Now I get two different crazy versions of line up depending if LCN enabled or not.
    I rescanned to add UTVi
    This is what you get being a cheapskate and paying 1/4 price for a box.


  • #1211
    jonnygee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 603 ✭✭✭jonnygee


    Reset the country to UK and scan again.


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  • #1212
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 20,392 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    @Watty

    I beleive there is something going on with Saorview. They have gone to some trouble to disable a once working series link so it now works with the only approved PVR, but not with UK sourced PVRs like the Humax, nor does it work with Saorview approved TVs that can record.

    The summer-time problem needs sorting out.

    They have added 38 blank LCN headers to confuse non-Saorview boxes. They have added data channels in the first position in the data stream so as to screw up my particular TV LG **LD490, so position 1 is taken by the data channel and it cannot be moved. You, IIRC, have a LG **.LD450 - how is that working following a rescan?

    The addition of 38 randomly placed blank channel headers makes slow TVs impossible to sort out. The MHEG5 display forced onto radio channels burns some screens and I have not found a way of disabling it.

    I note that the unapproved boxes I sold years ago (with no MHEG5) still function correctly - or at least the one I last looked at does.

    We should have a campaign for Saorview to sort this lot out.


  • #1213
    MBSnr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,260 ✭✭✭MBSnr


    ^^^
    Am I going mad or are there two RTE+1 channels on Ch55 Maghera - from memory LCN 8 and 21?
    If so why...?

    EDIT just seen post http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=93326611&postcount=1187


  • #1214
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 20,392 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    I would guess that the one at LCN 11 will become full time. It might well be joined by RTE 2+1 at LCN 12. Possibly other +1s at the LCN +10.


  • #1215
    h7nlrp2v0g5u48
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭h7nlrp2v0g5u48


    Test Channel 14 now showing colour bars was showing 2rn philips test card.


  • #1216
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 20,392 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    So maybe we will have TG4+1


  • #1217
    h7nlrp2v0g5u48
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭h7nlrp2v0g5u48


    Sam Russell wrote: »
    So maybe we will have TG4+1
    it would be nice to see TG4 HD appear.


  • #1218
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 20,392 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    I think TG4 HD will appear with UTVi HD and TV3 HD all together. They all must go HD together for the pricing to work, otherwise they pay €2.4m each. With two full muxes, HD costs about €1.6m or less.


  • #1219
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,559 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Sam Russell wrote: »
    The MHEG5 display forced onto radio channels burns some screens and I have not found a way of disabling it.

    Can you set a user preset for brightness/contrast to dim it as far as possible?

    I have a Blue Diamond Saorview approved TV, it has a button on the remote to turn the panel off but leave the sound on!

    I'm partial to your abracadabra,

    I'm raptured by the joy of it all.



  • #1220
    RED L4 0TH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 655 ✭✭✭RED L4 0TH


    Sam Russell wrote: »
    I think TG4 HD will appear with UTVi HD and TV3 HD all together. They all must go HD together for the pricing to work, otherwise they pay €2.4m each. With two full muxes, HD costs about €1.6m or less.

    Round the time of the Rugby World Cup maybe? Or will TV3 go HD on its own for this only on Sky/UPC?


  • #1221
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 20,392 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    RED L4 0TH wrote: »
    Round the time of the Rugby World Cup maybe? Or will TV3 go HD on its own for this only on Sky/UPC?

    The costings would suggest they all go together, or the minister over-rides the charging structures. It is up to Comreg, not 2RN or RTE.


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  • #1222
    StreetLight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭StreetLight


    Colour bar test on Channel 12 replaced by grayscale with tone (HD).

    333981.jpg


  • #1223
    h7nlrp2v0g5u48
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭h7nlrp2v0g5u48


    Teest channel 22 info bar says NEW Test Transmission from midnight tonight and when I press the I button on my remote it says.Test Transmission. (N,S,AD). Any idea what these letters stand for.


  • #1224
    Souriau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 788 ✭✭✭Souriau


    natashaob6 wrote: »
    Teest channel 22 info bar says NEW Test Transmission from midnight tonight and when I press the I button on my remote it says.Test Transmission. (N,S,AD). Any idea what these letters stand for.
    S = subtitles
    AD = audio Description
    N = I think is audio channel of a different language


  • #1225
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 20,392 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    Channel 22 is OTV I think.


  • #1226
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,090 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    Sam Russell wrote: »
    Channel 22 is OTV I think.

    Yes, according to the LCN policy schedule LCN 22 is reserved for the Oireachtas Channel.


  • #1227
    h7nlrp2v0g5u48
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭h7nlrp2v0g5u48


    The Cush wrote: »
    Yes, according to the LCN policy schedule LCN 22 is reserved for the Oireachtas Channel.
    So does this mean we could see OTV added to LCN 22 in the next couple of weeks?


  • #1228
    Hibrasil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 392 ✭✭Hibrasil


    natashaob6 wrote: »
    So does this mean we could see OTV added to LCN 22 in the next couple of weeks?

    Or if Oireachtas TV does not take up slot...could it be offered to Irish TV (another thread... I Know):confused:


  • #1229
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 20,392 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    No, LCN is for news type programmes. Irish TV would take LCN 9 or so. probably LCN 8 with RTE +1 taking LCN 11, which it already has (because it is on twice).


  • #1230
    StreetLight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭StreetLight


    RTE 1+1 is being dropped from LCN 8 to 11. This is what's currently on LCN 8 during RTE 1+1 downtime:

    saorviewlcn08.jpg

    341492.jpg

    The Saorview information page on LCN 23 has also been updated:

    341493.jpg

    saorviewlcn23.jpg


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  • #1231
    StreetLight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭StreetLight


    The "RTÉ One +1" label has now been removed from LCN 8 and is now blank.


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