buster mammy
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But here in Ireland you will just get our Saorview channels.
This may be a related query, so I'll put it on this thread, if nobody minds.
I have a Panasonic TX-P42GT50B which has a built-in Freesat HD tuner built in (UK only).
I have a (free) satellite dish, so get all the free-to-air satellite channels, but the Irish ones are all locked in this "Satellite" setting.
When I try to manually tune the frequency for Saorview (Three Rock) @738MHz (ref [broken link removed]), the TV says "Please enter a frequency between 10700 and 12750 MHz."
Is it possible to pick up the Irish channels via Saorview with this TV, without the need for external aerial? Any ideas?
Check the country settings of the TV. My bet is that it is set to the UK. If you bought the TV in Ireland, it should be Saorview compatible and you should be able to change the country to Ireland.
How can country settings be changed?
This may be a related query, so I'll put it on this thread, if nobody minds.
I have a Panasonic TX-P42GT50B which has a built-in Freesat HD tuner built in (UK only).
I have a (free) satellite dish, so get all the free-to-air satellite channels, but the Irish ones are all locked in this "Satellite" setting.
When I try to manually tune the frequency for Saorview (Three Rock) @738MHz (ref [broken link removed]), the TV says "Please enter a frequency between 10700 and 12750 MHz."
Is it possible to pick up the Irish channels via Saorview with this TV, without the need for external aerial? Any ideas?
I think you're confusing the two transmission systems. When you connect to the satellite dish you can get freesat, this will give you the UK channels. The Irish channels are received using an aerial they aren't on freesat. In short you need a dish for the UK channels and an aerial for the Irish ones.This may be a related query, so I'll put it on this thread, if nobody minds.
I have a Panasonic TX-P42GT50B which has a built-in Freesat HD tuner built in (UK only).
I have a (free) satellite dish, so get all the free-to-air satellite channels, but the Irish ones are all locked in this "Satellite" setting.
When I try to manually tune the frequency for Saorview (Three Rock) @738MHz (ref [broken link removed]), the TV says "Please enter a frequency between 10700 and 12750 MHz."
Is it possible to pick up the Irish channels via Saorview with this TV, without the need for external aerial? Any ideas?
I suspect this means your TV has the capacity to be linked to a Satellite Dish and has a Satellite Receiver, built into the TV - in which case you may actually be able to get the free to air, satellite tv channels on it. Is there a slot for a card, about the size of a credit card, built into the TV by any chance ?
... if so, I suspect you may be able to acquire a free to air tv card (such as the old Sky "Yellow House" cards which were offered for near nothing on Ebay) from someone living in the UK and once inserted, perhaps also get BBC, ITV etc.
I think you're confusing the two transmission systems. When you connect to the satellite dish you can get freesat, this will give you the UK channels. The Irish channels are received using an aerial they aren't on freesat. In short you need a dish for the UK channels and an aerial for the Irish ones.
True. I can't find any evidence that there is an aerial built in to the tv, so the only way to get the Irish channels easily, it seems, is with an aerial.
I'm not very technical but we have the free UK channels, ITV and BBC etc. Plus RTE radio etc. I'm on the continent so we get them via a satellite dish, Astra I think, and a sky box, purchased via the UK with a card. So you should be able to get something similar. The only costs were the satellite dish and the sky box.
You'll need a dish connected to your tv to get the freesat programmes
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