How to manually check if I can see a TV or Radio channel(s)?
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E1 Enigma 1 or E1 menus. Click here for the E2 MenusYou can at any time manually scan for any TV or radio channels. For instance, you may have found a new channel on a satellite list web site like Lynasat or SatcoDX or in a web forum and you want to try it out in your DM box.
So lets do this for the satellite Asiasat 3s located at 105.5 degrees East, with the following Transponder details
Frequency: 3700
Polarity: Vertical
Symbolic Rate: 27500
you may also see this expressed as : 3700-V-27500
- Satellite: Simply select the satellite you have already defined in the Satellite configuration section. Once you select this option it will fill in the details below with a default entry. If you are on the C band it will enter the C band details. If you are on the Ku band it will enter the Ku band details. If you are on the S band it will enter the S band details. As shown in the example below it has entered the C Band details for the Asiasat 3s satellite at 105.5 degrees East.
- Frequency: Use your remote control unit to enter in the following details with the number keys 3700
- Inv: Either enabled or disabled
- Polarity: Use the left or right arrows to change from either vertical to horizontal or visa versa
- FEC: If you do not know what it is, select auto. With the newer 8/9th and the older 7/8th it does pay to select them to ensure your TP will lock as it should. Use the left and right arrow keys on your remote control to make your selection.
Now if you have entered these details correctly you should see the LOCK and SYNC enabled like this example
if there is no lock you will need to check;
- Your satellite dish position (is it tuned to the strongest signals?)
- Are the details you entered correct?
- Does you LNB support the frequency you entered? (i.e. a frequency of say 11025mhz is not supported by a Ku single LNB in most cases)
For Manual PID scans (Yellow button)
An Australian example thanks to news24x7
Press the Yellow Button and this screen will appear
This example is for Al Jazerra English on the Optus C1 satellite that has hidden PIDS. It also applies to any satellite transponder that does the same thing in your part of the world;
- In the previous screen 'manual transponder scan' make sure you enter the frequency, polarity and the symbolic rates and then press the yellow button to come to this page to the details.
- Press the 'Red button' to change Dec (Decimal input) to Hex (Hexadecimal input) then input the PID data you have (or the other way around depending on what data you have)
- In this example we will use VPID 1121 APID 1122 PCR PID 1121
- Now move and highlight the DVB option and press OK so a tick appears
- Now move and highlight the hold name option and press OK so a tick appears
- If you think you have entered the correct details simply press the 'Yellow button' to test (you should have a picture like the example below)
TIP: If you do not have a picture you may have entered the wrong PIDs so repeat the process above, checking your HEX or DEC PID data
- If you have the channel up and showing pictures like the example above simply press the 'Exit button' and then the 'Blue button' to Save.
- Now exit to channel list (Satellite or All Services) and in the New Found section you should see a channel called'unnamed service'. This should be Al Jazerra English, so simply rename it.
To find out the Channel details go to the World Wide Web Interface and open the "Stream Information" as shown in this example below.
For Cable users
For Terrestrial users
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