woter324
Standard Member
Hi,
I've just moved into a house where the previous owner had a Sky setup. There is no TV aerial, only a satellite dish.
Until I can get an aerial installed, I've set up my old Samsung (2012 ES6800) which has Freesat built in.
However, I cannot view any Freesat channels. The auto-tuner will find about 600 Freesat channels, but when attempting to view, the message is "weak signal". In satellite mode, the TV can find 1094 satellite channels. Most are repeated, scrambled or encoded - no BBC channels. Only the likes of ITV, Pick and a selection of others work.
The satellite cable has two F-connectors I've tried both. Neither gets Freeview working, and one allows Satelite to work where the other doesn't, although the auto-tuner reports finding hundreds of channels with either cable connected.
I read here that Freesat needs to point to the Eurobird satellite. Although I can tick it, the TV reverts back to Astra 19.2E.
There are loads of settings, which I've left alone as I have no idea what they do: DiSEqC, frequencies etc. There are settings that lead me to believe the TV thinks the satellite dish has a motor in it to align it. I expect it's a Sky dish, so it will have to be manually positioned. I assume the "LNB" is the box that points to the concave face of the dish.
I note, in the TV settings, it mentions "Astra 19.2E" and "Eurobird ??.??E" **. Looking up info on Freesat, it references "Astra 28.2E". Am I right in assuming the satellite is now different to the one supported by the TV.
** This morning, only "Astra 19.2E" is showing.
As you can tell, I know little about satellites, however, I can turn my hand to most things. Is there anything I can do to "self-serve" a solution or is the TV too old now?
Any help is gratefully received.
Thanks.
W.
I've just moved into a house where the previous owner had a Sky setup. There is no TV aerial, only a satellite dish.
Until I can get an aerial installed, I've set up my old Samsung (2012 ES6800) which has Freesat built in.
However, I cannot view any Freesat channels. The auto-tuner will find about 600 Freesat channels, but when attempting to view, the message is "weak signal". In satellite mode, the TV can find 1094 satellite channels. Most are repeated, scrambled or encoded - no BBC channels. Only the likes of ITV, Pick and a selection of others work.
The satellite cable has two F-connectors I've tried both. Neither gets Freeview working, and one allows Satelite to work where the other doesn't, although the auto-tuner reports finding hundreds of channels with either cable connected.
I read here that Freesat needs to point to the Eurobird satellite. Although I can tick it, the TV reverts back to Astra 19.2E.
There are loads of settings, which I've left alone as I have no idea what they do: DiSEqC, frequencies etc. There are settings that lead me to believe the TV thinks the satellite dish has a motor in it to align it. I expect it's a Sky dish, so it will have to be manually positioned. I assume the "LNB" is the box that points to the concave face of the dish.
I note, in the TV settings, it mentions "Astra 19.2E" and "Eurobird ??.??E" **. Looking up info on Freesat, it references "Astra 28.2E". Am I right in assuming the satellite is now different to the one supported by the TV.
** This morning, only "Astra 19.2E" is showing.
As you can tell, I know little about satellites, however, I can turn my hand to most things. Is there anything I can do to "self-serve" a solution or is the TV too old now?
Any help is gratefully received.
Thanks.
W.