I need Antenna or dish in two different locations. What the best way to do this? Should I join SkyTV and they will do installation for free then afterwards cancel the subscription and you still got the dish there to view Freeview for free. Whats the standard installation prices?
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Freeview Antenna/Dish
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Freeview Plus and TNVZ on Samsung JS800 TV
Current peeve (and its only a minor one really) with the Samsung TV , Freeview Plus & TVNZ on Demand - The Samsung does not manage to remember my password so I have to log in every time to TVNZ on Demand.Annoying - anyone else with this issue?(one day I'll complain to Samsung I suppose :) )I'd buy a cheap Bluetooth keyboard, but I just know I'll spend hours hunting for the "missing keyboard".Thinking as I type - there must be an android app that lets me use my phone as a keyboard. I'll try and find one. But it would be nice if this was not an issue.
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Two receivers, one dish
I have only ever had freeview UHF before, but now our new house is not able to receive UHF, which means satellite only. I vaguely remember something about satellite having a polarised signal, so can I use two receivers through the one dish or will they interfere with each other?
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3Now Upgraded App - HbbTV for Freeview
For those who know, 3Now now has been upgraded and refreshed with new features, very much like the TVNZ OnDemand App.While the apps are ready for iOS, Android phones and tablets and Apple TV Air Play, the HbbTV (or FreeviewPlus app) is not updated at the moment, there has been no timeframe set yet, Which means you are still able to use the old 3Now HbbTV app as normal until the upgrade comes. By then get the 3Now Account set up to continue using the service.
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Satellive Freeview + PVR, Does anything reliable exist?
Hi all, I need something that's super easy, for a family who's becoming less mobile and less able to fault find. I got them a Dish TV PVR S7090 or something like that. That won't record anymore and is full of half English error messages such a "Media is not alive" or other such BS. We're not a big market, I get that, and as such you can't get a known name brand Sat PVR here (no Sony/Panasonic/Samsung etc) and only some rebadged Chinese box with limited NZ contributions to tailor the firmware. Does anyone know of anything Sat PVR ish that just works, and keeps working, and is simple and not super complex? If not, I'm considering Sky on that basic freeview only channels thing they do. Any ideas? Please and Thanks,Jaxson.
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aerialbox T1020 & new USB 3.0 powered external HDD's
Hi guysi've got a question I have an DishTV T1020 Arielbox http://www.dishtv.co.nz/Freeview|HD-aerialBox/151-aerialBox-T1020-Freeview|HD-single-tuner-twin-channel-USB- PVR/flypage_web2_lite.tpl.htmI've been trying to find an external 1tb hdd with external power supply to replace my failing one,doing a search I found most hdd available now are of the "usb portable type and are powered by usb 3.0" NOT by external power supply like I have now.. so I read this on dishtv's website regarding my settop box:"If your USB HDD does not have an external power source, we recommend you purchase an adaptor lead and power supply (plug pack) from a computer store."I've tried in vain to find one of these adaptor via google but I dunno what im looking forDoes anyone know where to get them from? or can you post a pic of one so I got some idea of what im looking for ? I have no clue as to what one looks like so its hard to ask a computer store for something I've never seenalso my external hdd is 12V not USB's 5V not enough to power an portable type hdd? any help would be appreciatedThanksGordon
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Strange channels
I just turned on Freeview UHF and discovered my channel settings all jumbled up with some mysterious, never before seen channels mixed in, like Rotorua Info, Dunedin, Canterbury, Channel North. These all give no signal when I try them though the EPG info is there. Just curious if anyone knows what this is about. Is it just an anomaly, some EPG screwup or something to do with Freeview +. My box is an old non-approved generic UHF receiver with limited EPG info.
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Indoor aerial *DICK SMITH CLOSING DOWN*
Hey guys
I was wondering, even with 90% off, are these indoor UHF digital antennas any good???
I have a TV that needs a Freeview box on it to get television channels. There's no aerial socket anywhere in the room, so I've never had it going except for games and DVDs.
But when I asked the guy behind the counter what his opinion on these were, he kinda laughed and said "yeeeeeeah, the majority of people used to bring them back"
90% off $49.98 is about $4.99 and even at THAT price, I was weary of taking the risk :(
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Odd Message with Dish TV aerialbox T2100 and FreeviewPlus apps
HelloI am hoping someone can steer me in the right direction. I have a Dish TV aerialbox T2100, and The Warehouse VEON tv all connected and supposedly ready to access Freeview.My dilemma is I can access the OnDemand to select a program to view, etc but when I press "OK" to play the selected show, I get the following error message:"Sorry, we cannot load that app at this time, please try again later".I thought initially it was because my television was not on the channel that the OnDemand app related to, but that makes no difference.I also note, if I go direct to the screen showing the available OnDemand channels apps, if I select any of them I get the same error message, "Sorry, we cannot load..." etc.And, yes I am using wireless and yes my fibre router is active, etc.I'm totally mystified, and at a loss as I cannot fi via Mr Google, on the Freeview and Dish websites, or in the T2100 manual, any reference to this error. Is there anyone out there that can shed some light on my "challenge"? RegardsTheFatController
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Brand new DishTV S8200 - Issues
Hi, I bought my In-laws (who live just out of Thames) an S8200 last week to replace their S7090 which after three trips back to DishTV they have given up on.The S8200 has not restored their confidence in DishTV products.I went to Thames on Saturday to hook it all up for them. I thought it would be pretty simple. When I installed the S7090 a couple of years (if that) ago, it was plug and play - it found all the channels and just worked.The S8200 asked me to connect to WiFi, which I did, then it installed an update. All good, happy to do that.Then, after the update, it didn't scan for channels or anything - just sat there saying no channels (obviously, it hadn't done a scan). I factory reset it from the menu, and it connected to WiFi again, and this time did a scan. It took a while, but found nothing.Weird, I thought. I connected the S7090 back up and fired it up (it has HDD issues, but watching TV still goes). All channels working. Not the cable then.Connected the S8200 back up, ensuring cables firmly attached (and I used the loop through cable from the S7090 as the one that comes with the S8200 is a push on cable (push on to F-Sockets??)). Did a satellite scan - nothing. changed LNB settings (from 11300 to 10750) nothing again. (Optus D1, 160E by the way).I plugged the s7090 back in again. Checked the LNB settings in there, found that the LNB freq was 10742 (I don't know why). Plugged S8200 back in, changed LNB to 10742. Lo, it found 32 services, TV was working, all was good. Or, so I thought.After setting up TVNZ on demand and showing them how cool it was (and it worked beautifully), I went back to LiveTV and thought I'd just check that all channels were working OK. Went from TV1, to TV2, no worries. TV2, to TV3 - got a message that no channel is found, check cable. Then it comes on after about 20 seconds. same going from the TV3 Mux back to the TVNZ one, or to the Kordia one.At this point, frustration kicks in. I tell them I suspect either the DishTV unit is stuffed (as both their other satellite STBs are working without issue TV tuning wise), or the LNB on their dish is dying (possible, given that strange LNB Frequency). Note that the strength/Quality meter on the S7090 is 82% Strength, 100% quality, and on the S8200 it is S:67% Q:100%.I brought the S8200 back home, where I have an unused Sky dish and tried to test it yesterday (dish was in use up till 3 weeks ago). It would not tune any channels at all. I tried with what I thought/think is a cable direct to the dish, but as it was hosing down yesterday, I did not go and check it, so to be fair, and before I return this unit, I will check the cable run tonight.So, for anyone that read all of that - does it sound like a dodgy S8200? @joshhill96 - do you have any ideas? Is the reason that the S7090 had a strange LNB Freq a symptom of a dying LNB - I don't want to get the in-laws to spend money they don't need to to get it sorted.
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42" - 46" TV WITH Satellite DVB-S Tuner Built In?
Hi all, Does such a TV exist in NZ? -Where the TV itself has a freeview compatible (satellite DVB-S) tuner built directly in? Not worried too much about the official freeview EPG (They still broadcast the full EPG via EIT data on satellite don't they?) Just looking for the simplest turn on and go setup for satellite, to mimic what you can do with a terrestrial/UHF/DVB-T/freeview HD TV.Someone made mention of a TH55CS650Z Panasonic a while back, so I wonder if anything is actually available here in NZ. Thanks.
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Dish T2100 and USB PVR
I've just purchased the Freeview+ box. However it refuses to recognise my WD Elements HDD. Is there an HDD that you recommend for this model. I've tried formatting to Ext4 and Fat32 but still nothing. I think the WD is underpowered for recording, although it worked fine on my old T1000. Any advice you can give me?-Cheers
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Trying to get an older TV + FreeView working - What am I missing here?
Alright. I'm sure I've probably just got the wrong plug in somewhere, but cant find which one.I've had the aerial going straight into the TV + The freeview box, for no joy. Its an older Freeview, it doesn't have a Hard Drive. I've currently got it on AV1. I've tried AV2 also, no luck. Cant seem to pick up any channels? Is this Freeview box obsolete? I'm sure im missing something small, just dont know what...Pictures coming within the next 10 minutes...
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MagicTV 3700 Wireless adaptor
Has anyone tried using any old wireless adaptor with this or does it have to be the MagicTV branded wireless adaptor. Cheers
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FreeviewPlus now on Freeview Satellite
Launched this morning officially, see press release here: http://www.freeviewnz.tv/news/on-demand-on-your-tv-now-available-everywhere/ Compatible Devices: - Hybrid Satellite built in TVs (Freeview Approved) with HbbTV - satBox S8200 by Dish TV NZ (MyFreeviewPlus)
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Freeview delivery via RG6 or CAT6
Just a quick one here, wondering what you are using for distribution of your Freeview signal. I have about 8 outputs for the signal of which only a couple would be used together at any one time.
What I'm wanting to know is should I just run RG6 cable or can I utilise cat6 for the Freeview signal since I'm already going to be running that everywhere?
Note nothing has been purchased / done yet.
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Media level error on T2100 - help please!
Hi there, I was browsing and deleting recorded programmes from the library, then I got a "media level error occur" message. I cold booted the T2100. I can still see all the programmes in the library but cannot watch any of them. They all ask to play from beginning or resume point (some I haven't watched) then I get the "media level error occur" error message. It's a newish seagate drive - had working for about 5 months. Ran a non destructive diagnostic on the laptop and the drive checked out fine. I cannot however see any volume information, so not sure if something has become corrupted. Any chance I can rebuild any index or other information to allow me to recover the recorded programmes? Thanks,David
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DVB-S Freeviewplus hardware requirements
I am interested in the DVB-S Freeviewplus.I am in a satellite TV only area.At present I have a DishTV S7070R set top box and a Sony KDL-60W600B TV.The TV is Freeviewplus capable with Aussie and maybe with NZ after various firmware updates.I am not sure where the Freeviewplus processing occurs...Looks like I might need to update the set top box according to the NZ Freeviewplus web site...Anyone got a few pointers?TIA.
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MyFreeviewPlus record to NAS
I ditched Sky several years ago in favour of my Roku3 running Plex, and Freeview satellite for the occasional free-to-air content. I have a Qnap T-421 NAS with about 7TB of space remaining where I store all my media for Plex.My satellite's LNB bit the dust some time ago so I am thinking of getting a UHF aerial and a new FreeviewPlus set top box, but I don't want to spend money on a product with a built-in HDD such as the AerialBox T2200. What I am searching for is a product that:- Works well with the new FreeviewPlus;- Has PVR functionality (i.e. pause, rewind, record live TV, series link, etc.); BUT- Does not have an internal HDD - instead recording and playing back from a network device (i.e. my NAS)- Lower price point (ideally < $200) Does such a device exist?
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What about the DVB-T standard and compliancy of overseas receivers.
Hi there wiki freeview does not help solve the following:I am thinking of buying a dual DVB-S (which works here) and DVB-T2 which I dont know, but going by wiki it looks like our standards are not same as below can anyone confirm please?DVB-T2 system standard ETSIEN 302 755Support MPLPDemodulation: QPSK,16QAM,64QAM or 256QAMForward error correction rate 1/2,2/3,3/4,3/5,5/6Guard interval :1/4,19/256,1/8,19/128,1/16,1/32,1/128Bandwith: 6/7/8MHzInput range:54--860MHz Input Impedance:75 ΩInput Signal level: -84 dBm to 0 dBm (average power)ANT. Connector:IEC TYPE, female
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