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LG Freesat TV's - Switching Antenna to Sat

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  • #52
    Rippy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 966 ✭✭✭Rippy


    the latest Panasonics seem to have it sorted . Ive bought and set up a couple for elderly clients and they have no issues at all.

    They have proper Freesat, and can toggle between Freesat and terrestrial simply by pressing the TV button on the top right of the remote. 3 presses I think and just 2 buttons .


  • #53
    cojobt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 208 ✭✭cojobt


    Rippy wrote: »
    the latest Panasonics seem to have it sorted . Ive bought and set up a couple for elderly clients and they have no issues at all.

    They have proper Freesat, and can toggle between Freesat and terrestrial simply by pressing the TV button on the top right of the remote. 3 presses I think and just 2 buttons .

    Can you recall the model number?


  • #54
    spockety
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,494 Mod ✭✭✭✭spockety


    The easiest way I have found of doing this on my LG TV is to add one Sat and one Terrestrial channel to the "My Channels" list. So say, RTE One, and BBC One.

    Then all you have to do is hit the "HOME" key on the remote, click left to My Channels, then select which one you want. Voila, simple changing between Sat and Terrestrial...


  • #55
    belkotie
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭belkotie


    it is possible so seamlessly switch between aerial and sat channels via application. it may be a bit of pain to start the app every time you start TV (but with "recent" button it is reasonably fast process). have another TV now but i think i was using "SS IPTV" application. Had a playlist with freeview and soarview channels and was switching with "OK" button. SS IPTV will sort out your EPG as well cos navie epg support in LG is sh.t


  • #56
    cbeggan
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭cbeggan


    If your LG tv is running Webos 3.5 (e.g. a recent model 2017 onwards ) you can set Quick Access favourites onto buttons 1 to 9 on the remote. Set RTE1 onto button 1 and BBC 1 in button 2.

    Now a long-press on 1 brings you to RTE1 (and the saorview epg) and a long press on 2 brings you to BBC1 and the Freesat epg. If you have the magic remote with voice command you can also say "change channel to BBC1 " etc and you will switch between epgs. Google "webOS-3-5-quick-access" for instructions


  • #57
    cillo2000
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭cillo2000


    cbeggan wrote: »
    If your LG tv is running Webos 3.5 (e.g. a recent model 2017 onwards ) you can set Quick Access favourites onto buttons 1 to 9 on the remote. Set RTE1 onto button 1 and BBC 1 in button 2.

    Now a long-press on 1 brings you to RTE1 (and the saorview epg) and a long press on 2 brings you to BBC1 and the Freesat epg. If you have the magic remote with voice command you can also say "change channel to BBC1 " etc and you will switch between epgs. Google "webOS-3-5-quick-access" for instructions


    Great tip, thanks a lot. I tried to chansort my freesat channels to get rid of the junk and put the channels into a logical order. It works for a few seconds, but then the tv auto updates and screws it up. Apparently you can disable the auto update in hotel mode, but I can't seem to access HM on my 2017 oled panel. I tried long pressing the settings button and the home button, neither of them worked. The auto update can be disabled on the standard menu, but the tv keeps asking to switch it back on. Any ideas?


  • #58
    Kevin Finnerty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭Kevin Finnerty


    cillo2000 wrote: »
    Great tip, thanks a lot. I tried to chansort my freesat channels to get rid of the junk and put the channels into a logical order. It works for a few seconds, but then the tv auto updates and screws it up. Apparently you can disable the auto update in hotel mode, but I can't seem to access HM on my 2017 oled panel. I tried long pressing the settings button and the home button, neither of them worked. The auto update can be disabled on the standard menu, but the tv keeps asking to switch it back on. Any ideas?

    Factory reset maybe?


  • #59
    Pangea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭Pangea


    Just bought this tv https://www.currys.ie/ieen/tv-and-home-entertainment/televisions/televisions/lg-32lk6100-32-smart-hdr-led-tv-10178870-pdt.html

    and after setting it up here I am!
    I set the tv region to 'Ireland' but the satellite search is 'free to air' and even if I want to use that it looks like a hassle to switch over to satellite mode from terrestrial. I'm guessing the only way to get Freesat EPG is to set the TV as region Uk? thus losing Saorview? :(


  • #60
    hatchman
    Registered Users Posts: 317 ✭✭hatchman


    Pangea wrote:
    and after setting it up here I am! I set the tv region to 'Ireland' but the satellite search is 'free to air' and even if I want to use that it looks like a hassle to switch over to satellite mode from terrestrial. I'm guessing the only way to get Freesat EPG is to set the TV as region Uk? thus losing Saorview?


    You won't lose saorview if u have Freesat setup. There is a thread on how to best set up it up you will have search for it tho. It's not that bad to switch from one to other there is a few short cuts and it becomes second nature. I ditched Freesat as no channel 4 hd and set up FTA and set up favourites list. Only use it when sky box is recording two shows.


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  • #61
    cillo2000
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭cillo2000


    I got sorted in the end. The 'Anymote' app didn't give me the option for 'In-start' on my oneplus phone. I installed 'Anymote' on my old HTC M8 where I had the option to select 'In-start'. Pressing the blue button in the service menu got me into 'hotel mode' where I disabled the auto update feature. Now I have a cleaned up saorview channel list in the 'freeview' EPG. I also reorganised the freesat channels and deleted the junk channels, its a far better TV experience now. I also signed up to smartydns, now all the UK tv players work with freesat, except all4. I now consider the TV babysitter friendly!


  • #62
    Pangea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭Pangea


    cillo2000 wrote: »
    I got sorted in the end. The 'Anymote' app didn't give me the option for 'In-start' on my oneplus phone. I installed 'Anymote' on my old HTC M8 where I had the option to select 'In-start'. Pressing the blue button in the service menu got me into 'hotel mode' where I disabled the auto update feature. Now I have a cleaned up saorview channel list in the 'freeview' EPG. I also reorganised the freesat channels and deleted the junk channels, its a far better TV experience now. I also signed up to smartydns, now all the UK tv players work with freesat, except all4. I now consider the TV babysitter friendly!

    Do you still have to press list and switch to satellite that way? My sisters Panasonic TV has a one button switch from terrestrial to satellite I just assumed all tvs would be the same.


  • #63
    cillo2000
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭cillo2000


    Pangea wrote: »
    Do you still have to press list and switch to satellite that way? My sisters Panasonic TV has a one button switch from terrestrial to satellite I just assumed all tvs would be the same.


    Well now it's a one button operation thanks to cbeggan's tip. I've set up the quick keys so a long press on '1' brings me to RTE1 and then i can scroll through the Irish channels. Then a lot press on '2' brings me to BBC1, then i can scroll through the uk channels. Not that webos 3.5 is amazing or anything, but it's better than the firefox OS on the panasonics.


  • #64
    Pangea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭Pangea


    hatchman wrote: »
    I ditched Freesat as no channel 4 hd and set up FTA and set up favourites list. Only use it when sky box is recording two shows.

    Why couldn't you get ch4 HD on freesat?


  • #65
    Pangea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭Pangea


    cillo2000 wrote: »
    Well now it's a one button operation thanks to cbeggan's tip. I've set up the quick keys so a long press on '1' brings me to RTE1 and then i can scroll through the Irish channels. Then a lot press on '2' brings me to BBC1, then i can scroll through the uk channels. Not that webos 3.5 is amazing or anything, but it's better than the firefox OS on the panasonics.
    Brillant, thanks I somehow missed that post, great tip will try it out.
    I just tried my TV setting the region to UK, freesat working and the freeview section has the Irish channels but they are all in different order with lots of channels in between blank. I must go back and read your posts on cleaning it up.


  • #66
    cillo2000
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭cillo2000


    Pangea wrote: »
    Why couldn't you get ch4 HD on freesat?

    Channel 4 pulled HD due to the higher charges demanded from BBC and ITV (freesat owners), they also pulled the all4 app. C4 is still there in standard definition, its not that big an issue.


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  • #67
    cillo2000
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭cillo2000


    Pangea wrote: »
    Brillant, thanks I somehow missed that post, great tip will try it out.
    I just tried my TV setting the region to UK, freesat working and the freeview section has the Irish channels but they are all in different order with lots of channels in between blank. I must go back and read your posts on cleaning it up.


    You can manually update the freeview/saorview channels using the program manager. The hotel mode chansort takes a little more effort but it's worth it. One side effect, i have lost my voice search for some reason. Not that I used it anyway...


  • #68
    lgs 4
    Registered Users Posts: 667 ✭✭✭lgs 4


    Here is how to combine terrestrial (Saorview ) and Satellite in 20 channels quick access, in case its Astra 19e and Hotbird 13e and the same for Freesat.
    Follow the pictures to set up quick access.
    My tv is LG 43 UHD


  • #69
    lgs 4
    Registered Users Posts: 667 ✭✭✭lgs 4


    Here is how to combine terrestrial (Saorview ) and Satellite in 20 channels quick access, in case its Astra 19e and Hotbird 13e and the same for Freesat.
    Follow the pictures to set up quick access.

    Move along the bottom menu till you see my channels and then follow the pictures. That will give you quick access to 20 of your favorite channels


  • #70
    Pangea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭Pangea


    lgs 4 wrote: »
    Here is how to combine terrestrial (Saorview ) and Satellite in 20 channels quick access, in case its Astra 19e and Hotbird 13e and the same for Freesat.
    Follow the pictures to set up quick access.

    Move along the bottom menu till you see my channels and then follow the pictures. That will give you quick access to 20 of your favorite channels
    Thanks LG very helpful ☺

    Does anyone know If you have your region set to UK can you still download and use the Rte player app?


  • #71
    cillo2000
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭cillo2000


    Pangea wrote: »
    Thanks LG very helpful ☺

    Does anyone know If you have your region set to UK can you still download and use the Rte player app?

    My tv is set to the UK and the rte player worked fine until i switched on smartydns. I get the BBCi player, itv player etc I'm sure there is a way to get RTE player if i was bothered. Short answer is yes.


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  • #72
    Pangea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭Pangea


    When I go to the EPG of the freesat and flick through the channels it says in the preview box unable to preview, and when I press click to select the channel or on the programmes it doesnt respond. Hope there is some way to fix this.


  • #73
    cillo2000
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭cillo2000


    Pangea wrote: »
    When I go to the EPG of the freesat and flick through the channels it says in the preview box unable to preview, and when I press click to select the channel or on the programmes it doesnt respond. Hope there is some way to fix this.

    Ya it's not great in the freesat EPG, my TV is the same. I haven't really investigated it yet.


  • #74
    Pangea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭Pangea


    cillo2000 wrote: »
    Ya it's not great in the freesat EPG, my TV is the same. I haven't really investigated it yet.

    These guys seemed to have done a lot of digging but to no avail
    https://www.avforums.com/threads/lg-freesat-epg-channel-preview-issue.2066706/


  • #75
    cillo2000
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭cillo2000


    Pangea wrote: »
    These guys seemed to have done a lot of digging but to no avail
    https://www.avforums.com/threads/lg-freesat-epg-channel-preview-issue.2066706/

    Seem likes the other TV manufacturers have similar issues with the EPG preview. I was going to get my mum an LG for Christmas, but the freesat EPG could be an issue. I don't care about the program preview, its the multiple clicks on the EPG menu to watch a channel is the deal breaker. Any recommendation for an easy to use smart tv with Freesat for the older generations?


  • #76
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,679 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    cillo2000 wrote: »
    Any recommendation for an easy to use smart tv with Freesat for the older generations?

    Walker, Nordmende and some Toshiba models. Terrestrial and FTA satellite in a single list. FTA satellite channels start at 300. Now and next info for the sat channels. Nothing similar with Freesat.


  • #77
    MBSnr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,191 ✭✭✭MBSnr


    cillo2000 wrote: »
    My tv is set to the UK and the rte player worked fine until i switched on smartydns. I get the BBCi player, itv player etc I'm sure there is a way to get RTE player if i was bothered. Short answer is yes.

    My LG is set to UK and there's no RTE player. To get it do I have to install it as Ireland then change to UK? Changing location deletes the channel list but nothing else right? Hardly use that app in fairness so might not be worth the bother....


  • #78
    sweathead
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭sweathead


    Change network location to Ireland and RTE player works


  • #79
    MBSnr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,191 ✭✭✭MBSnr


    MBSnr wrote: »
    My LG is set to UK and there's no RTE player. To get it do I have to install it as Ireland then change to UK? Changing location deletes the channel list but nothing else right? Hardly use that app in fairness so might not be worth the bother....
    sweathead wrote: »
    Change network location to Ireland and RTE player works

    Thanks. I left the broadcast location as UK (to keep the Freesat listing) and changed the LG services location to Ireland. I'd thought it might drop all the UK TV apps, but they remained and the RTE app also appeared. ;)


  • #80
    Pangea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭Pangea


    We got two different LG tvs and both are having the same problem with freesat, the EPG Guide is effectively useless , I could get over not seeing the preview pane but I cant actually select any channel to watch from it. Crazy stuff. Currently weighing up my options, would Currys accept the return? It is a fault so I imagine so. Such a hassle though. That would raise another question in what TV would I then buy with good Freesat integration.
    Might just plug in my old Humax and just use the Saorview on my LG.
    The other Tv was for my parents, I was just going to plug in their old freesat box for handiness but there is no scart on theirs.


  • #81
    Pangea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭Pangea


    MBSnr wrote: »
    Thanks. I left the broadcast location as UK (to keep the Freesat listing) and changed the LG services location to Ireland. I'd thought it might drop all the UK TV apps, but they remained and the RTE app also appeared. ;)

    When you select a channel from the Freesat epg, does it open the channel for you?


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  • #82
    MBSnr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,191 ✭✭✭MBSnr


    Pangea wrote: »
    When you select a channel from the Freesat epg, does it open the channel for you?

    Fairly sure it did but just checking there and it didn't... I did change the LG service location to Ireland. Can't imagine that makes any difference. Now I have to click the three line menu at the end of the program in the EPG and then click Watch. It has worked before though....

    Annoying but to be honest, this LG TV isn't our main set and we only watch a few channels which I have added to the My Channels in the home menu or access directly by typing the channel number.

    Could see this TV being awkward for others like the parents.


  • #83
    Pangea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭Pangea


    cillo2000 wrote: »
    Seem likes the other TV manufacturers have similar issues with the EPG preview. I was going to get my mum an LG for Christmas, but the freesat EPG could be an issue. I don't care about the program preview, its the multiple clicks on the EPG menu to watch a channel is the deal breaker. Any recommendation for an easy to use smart tv with Freesat for the older generations?

    My sisters Panasonic Viera 49ES500 works great with Saorview and Freesat, the guy that installed it for her had the Irish channels all in order and one press of home brings it to Freesat


  • #84
    MBSnr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,191 ✭✭✭MBSnr


    MBSnr wrote: »
    Fairly sure it did but just checking there and it didn't... I did change the LG service location to Ireland. Can't imagine that makes any difference. Now I have to click the three line menu at the end of the program in the EPG and then click Watch. It has worked before though....

    Annoying but to be honest, this LG TV isn't our main set and we only watch a few channels which I have added to the My Channels in the home menu or access directly by typing the channel number.

    Could see this TV being awkward for others like the parents.

    Actually I found using the List mode (shows On Now and Next - press red button repeatedly for next hour / 2nd hour / 3rd hour) to work better in place of the guide. After all, the guide lets you plan ahead and record but not necessarily with a need to change to that channel.


  • #85
    Pangea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭Pangea


    MBSnr wrote: »
    Actually I found using the List mode (shows On Now and Next - press red button repeatedly for next hour / 2nd hour / 3rd hour) to work better in place of the guide. After all, the guide lets you plan ahead and record but not necessarily with a need to change to that channel.

    Is it possible to clean up the Irish channels to put them in order?


  • #86
    MBSnr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,191 ✭✭✭MBSnr


    Pangea wrote: »
    Is it possible to clean up the Irish channels to put them in order?

    In Program Manager you can edit and renumber the channels. Doing that puts then in order. I also hid/skipped the 20 or so other channels found by the DTT search so they don't appear.


  • #87
    tnegun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,741 ✭✭✭tnegun


    Anyone have this issue in the EPG for FreeSat? I can usually switch stations using the OK button once, after that if I use the EPG again I have to move right from the channel id to the current program, right once more to highlight the menu entry, select it and then select watch and exit out of the EPG.


  • #88
    MBSnr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,191 ✭✭✭MBSnr


    tnegun wrote: »
    Anyone have this issue in the EPG for FreeSat? I can usually switch stations using the OK button once, after that if I use the EPG again I have to move right from the channel id to the current program, right once more to highlight the menu entry, select it and then select watch and exit out of the EPG.

    Yeah mine does the same. I find the list function much more useful.


  • #89
    cillo2000
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭cillo2000


    LGs reply to me about the issue:

    I have had a further look in to this for you and this TV does posse the capabilities to decode satellite signals however, it is not fully optimised for satellite use and this is why the TV will not be able to perform all freesat features. The TV is not marketed by LG directly as having freesat, we have marketed this as satellite but it can have basic features of freesat.



    Due to the fact the TV is not fully optimised for freesat there will be certain aspects of this that are not compatible with this unit.



    I do apologise for any inconvenience caused.


  • #90
    Tigerandahalf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,816 ✭✭✭Tigerandahalf


    Interesting - what does the epg layout look like. Is it the green colour?


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  • #91
    cillo2000
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭cillo2000


    I bought my mum a new 43" webos 4.0 TV today. Interestingly the preview works when initially switching to freesat, but after selecting a channel and then reopening the EPG the preview doesn't work. So I assume its technically possible but they can be bothered fixing it.


  • #92
    Tigerandahalf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,816 ✭✭✭Tigerandahalf


    cillo2000 wrote: »
    I bought my mum a new 43" webos 4.0 TV today. Interestingly the preview works when initially switching to freesat, but after selecting a channel and then reopening the EPG the preview doesn't work. So I assume its technically possible but they can be bothered fixing it.

    That's not the humax 1100s freesat epg. It makes me wonder how they are getting the 7 day epg (permission from freesat or not I wonder, or maybe a downgraded version)


  • #93
    tnegun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,741 ✭✭✭tnegun


    Same EPG on mine it doesn't seem to cache the content though eveytime you access it it loads on the fly slowly! Have to say I didn't buy the TV for FreeSat its a nice bonus just a pity its poorly implemented.


  • #94
    mackersdublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,464 ✭✭✭mackersdublin


    cillo2000 wrote: »
    I bought my mum a new 43" webos 4.0 TV today. Interestingly the preview works when initially switching to freesat, but after selecting a channel and then reopening the EPG the preview doesn't work. So I assume its technically possible but they can be bothered fixing it.

    That image is not Freesat, ITV HD is on channel 111. Did you set country to UK or Ireland?


  • #95
    tnegun
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    This is FreeSat right?
    6034073


  • #96
    tnegun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,741 ✭✭✭tnegun


    Any tips on how to disable the narrator audio stream and set the other as default?
    edit. Found it under Settings, All Settings, Accessibility, Audio Description


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  • #97
    leex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,233 ✭✭✭leex


    Santa bringing one of these. Do they all have screen cast ability? Tempted to get a Chromecast still reduced in Argos if it doesn't.


  • #98
    tnegun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,741 ✭✭✭tnegun


    It does but haven't got it to work yet. Shows up as a device to cast to but didn't connect from my android phone. Connected my Win 10 laptop very easily though and most of the apps I'd cast from are available in the LG store too


  • #99
    deezell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,917 ✭✭✭deezell


    I've been pursuing this lack of combined EPG quest since i bought a Samsung Qled, a very similar problem to those with LG combi tuner Tvs. See this blog.
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057816908

    I settled for the fact that I managed to get the Freesat EPG on Satellite even though the TV was in region Ireland so that I could get Saorview terrestrial with RTE1 on button 1 etc. I'v left well enough alone since, 11 buttons to change from RTE1 to BBC1. I received an Alexa gadget for a christmas gift, and I though it might be smart enough to operate the TV through its 'skills'. Samsung TVs weren't listed though, but the Samsung SmartThings app could be added by an extended process. I done all this but so far all i can do is turn the TV off mostly, it doesn't always turn it on, and I've no luck changing tuners via Alexa. It's only semi skilled it seems, bu I did notice there was mention of LG in the Alexa app device settings, perhaps LGs have more skills for Alexa than Samsung, and this could be an option to overcome this ridiculous problem. If some one has an Alexa echo and an LG, maybe they can have ago at this.


  • #100
    JRH
    Registered Users Posts: 142 ✭✭JRH


    dammit , now i see this thread ...
    how could they be so stupid , picked up a 28 LG today for the mothers kitchen tv , figured it must be at least as workable as my own panasonic ( just hit the tv button to toggle ) The LG quick button fix works well enough , but then it seems to go onto all channels ... forget it , mothers 80 , forget apps . Ordered Ariva 153 combo .


  • #101
    Spires
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭Spires


    Also find this frustrating with my LG tv. Looking to buy a second tv that will list all channels together, I think Samsung has same issue, any recommendations?


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