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Freesat
Freesat is a free-to-air digital satellite television joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc, serving the United Kingdom. The service was formed as a memorandum in 2007 and has been marketed since 6 May 2008. Freesat offers a satellite alternative to theFreeview service on digital terrestrial television, with a broadly similar selection of channels available without subscription for users purchasing a receiver. The service also makes use of the additional capacity available on digital satellite broadcasting to offer a selection of high-definition programming from the BBC, ITV plc, Channel 4, Channel 5, NHK and RT UK.

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    New Freesat Boxes for 2024

    The newest 4k Freesat boxes came out in 2020, any sign of a newer nextgen version now they are three years old tech? Sky Q gets turned off tomorrow after 12 years with Sky and don’t want to splash out £229 immediately on the 500GB box if a newer version is just around the corner. Anyone with...
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    Question SkyQ to Freesat no signal. No dish was needed for sky q prevously

    Help needed please. sky Q was working perfectly now trying to switch to freesat. please note we dont have a sat dish. Its a new build house 2019 so some kind of magic/voodoo/ wizardary I guess. Here is the TV media distribution box how Sky set it up I have set up freesat box in the same...
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    Question Best 4k Freesat box to replace Sky Q

    Having cancelled Sky what's my best box to purchase that will work with the Sky Q LNB, also will the dish be in the correct alignment to receive Freesat. Thanks.
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    Moving to FreeSat from Sky Q

    Hi Everyone My parents Sky Q subscription is coming to an end and due to them being pensioners, and with the current cost of living crisis, they do not want to renew their Sky Q subscription, so they have been looking at moving to FreeSat. Unfortunately they do not have a TV aerial installed...
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    LG OLED77C34LA Freeview and Freesat.

    I.ve tuned both in but I'm only getting Freeview how do I change over to Freesat please? I prefer Freesat as more HD programs there. Thanks
  6. davehutch

    Question Foxsat-HDR and Arris Freesat off the same LNB?

    Hi all, moving house and need to know if I can run a Humax Foxsat-HDR and an Arris Freesat 4K recorder off the same LNB? Which type would I need to get the maximum recordable channels from the Arris? Does the Humax accept a wide band LNB?
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    What Freesat Box

    ok so I have sky q and it will be offski in 2 weeks, Im using apple tv box for some stuff but would like a freesat box that can record and also 4k and also one that can use the sky q lnb, any thoughts, I know everyone hates the arris box so I guess thats out the window.
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    Freesat 4k recorder software update

    A few years ago I made the incredibly stupid decision to buy an Arris 4K recorder which from the outset was the worse piece of electronic kit I have ever seen, by far. Anyway after cursing at the thing daily it eventually stopped receiving a signal from the Wideband lnb just after the warranty...
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    Do new Samsung have Freesat?

    Have been looking at new 75"/77" Tv sets on Samsung website but they appear to be terrestrial only. Asked at the big TV shop and was told, and showed they had F sockets so yes they do have Satellite. Thanks
  10. mole

    Manhattan SX Freesat HD listing some channels but cannot view them

    Hi As per title really. Mums' box will tune and pick the channels and list them in Guide but upon trying to watch them comes up with an error - "Digital Service" Box isnt connected to internet and not really sure on what type of dish she has - block of flats with probably split signal. Signal...
  11. saint_ade

    Log in impossible on Arris Freesat 4 K box

    I have been going crazy trying to log in to my account on my Freesat 4 K box. I want to change the settings to get rid of that annoying start up message that says 'finding your satellite dish' which is irritating. Apparently you can change the standby mode from passive to active mode only after...
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    Question Interference From CH Boiler

    I have an old (16 years) Panasonic plasma TV connected to a Humax HB-1100S Freesat box via HDMI. For a while, although I couldn't say how long exactly, I've been losing signal on some channels temporarily - it'll go off for a second or two (normally a snowy picture like an untuned analogue TV)...
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    BBC on Freesat

    Has anything happened to BBC HD on freesat recently? Seem to have lost signal on BBC1HD, and all the regional variants.
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    Question Freesat 4k to 3 TVs same channels

    Hi everyone, newbie here, so apologies if this has been asked loads of times before but I couldn't find a specific post about what I'm wanting to do. I have recently purchased a Freesat recordable 4K tv box with 2TB HD, but it only has one output, HDMI. I was wondering how to go about sending...
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    Great movies gone

    All the Great movie channels seem to have disappeared off freesat.
  16. finnfather

    Question Freesat SkipForward and SkipBack functions not working

    Hey, We've had a Humax box for ten years (or more) and we replaced it with the new Arris box when the LNB connectors on the Humax started burning out. We use a Logitech Harmony remote and I set it up many years ago so we could just skip over advert breaks using the blue button to use the Freesat...
  17. WattsX99

    Channel 4 closing remaining music channels on Sky/Freesat/Virgin

    https://rxtvinfo.com/2024/channel-4-closing-five-channels-this-year-full-details/ Sorry if this isn't relevant, but I thought it was a bit of a shame. I fully understand their reasons for closing because people have generally moved away from music channels to streaming but for those last...
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    Question Freesat using sky+hd box

    I'm new on here so sorry if asked before. I use a sky+hd box to receive freesat but can't get any hd channels. Why? Do I really need a sky hd subscription? (Or a different box?) I have an ordinary sky HD box in another room and that gets all channels. What are my options please without...
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    What is going on....... driving me crazy!!

    I have posted a couple of times regarding getting two TV's up and running off one satellite using a signal splitter. Freesat works great on one TV but I couldn't get it tuned on the other. Last night my wife was watching the TV in another room and I decided to have another go with the...
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    Question Freesat problem. Manhattan box will only work when Humax FDR in other room is tuned to same TV channel

    Freesat problem. Manhattan box will only work when Humax FDR in other room is tuned to same TV channel? Our Freesat system uses 4 cable dish with 1 connected to Manhattan on 1st floor and 2 cables to Humax FDR on 2nd floor - 4th cable is not plugged to any receiver. The 'button' on dish...
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