Not receiving all the freeview channels.

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luke5853

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#171282 12-Apr-2015 21:07

Hi,

I have recently brought a new Samsung TV with the in-built freeview tuner. After not having much luck getting a signal from the dish even though it is there and working, I read a few posts and changed some of the settings for the LNB.
This managed to get only a few of the channels available. I have tried adjusting other options(e.g., set 22 kHz to off) but I don't seem to be getting any better results.
Is there anything else I can try. Any help would be appreciated.
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#1281630 12-Apr-2015 21:12

Most built in tuners are for terrestrial broadcast and require a UHF aerial.

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#1281632 12-Apr-2015 21:15

KiwiNZ: Most built in tuners are for terrestrial broadcast and require a UHF aerial.

If he's got a few channels it would stand to reason his has a DVB-S tuner, which is becoming more and more common.

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#1281634 12-Apr-2015 21:28

What settings have you used?

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#1281665 12-Apr-2015 23:05

If the dish hasnt been used in a long time, chances are its just a stuffed LNB or it has moved off target. Get an installer in to tweek it. What quality are you seeing on the ones that work? I only had a brief play with an LG that had sat built in and was connected to a dish so dont really know what to expect on a samsung unfortunatly.

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#1281707 13-Apr-2015 07:26

when you select Broadcasting menu did you choose Satellite or Freeview Satellite. On my Samsung choosing Satellite wouldnt get all channels straight off. Choosing Freeview Satellite it all worked well for the freeview channels

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B1GGLZ

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#1281740 13-Apr-2015 08:35

KiwiNZ: Most built in tuners are for terrestrial broadcast and require a UHF aerial.

New Samsung have Terrestrial and Satellite Tuners.

hyperman

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#1281745 13-Apr-2015 08:40

B1GGLZ:
KiwiNZ: Most built in tuners are for terrestrial broadcast and require a UHF aerial.

New Samsung have Terrestrial and Satellite Tuners.

as do LG

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#1281764 13-Apr-2015 09:04

I also bought a new Samsung TV, and took the sat dish plug out of the sky box and put it in the TV and cant get any channels at all...
If anyone gets this going then please tell me what settings I need to change.

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hyperman

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#1281768 13-Apr-2015 09:08

Bee: I also bought a new Samsung TV, and took the sat dish plug out of the sky box and put it in the TV and cant get any channels at all...
If anyone gets this going then please tell me what settings I need to change.

If the dish was working fine (and it sounds like it is) and you have a net connection to your tv

Call samsung on 0800 SAMSUNG (0800 726 786) and they can remote in (scary I know)

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#1281770 13-Apr-2015 09:09

B1GGLZ:
KiwiNZ: Most built in tuners are for terrestrial broadcast and require a UHF aerial.

New Samsung have Terrestrial and Satellite Tuners.

Was not aware of that, thank you. That is good from Samsung

I have Panasonic so would not have noticed

B1GGLZ

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#1282027 13-Apr-2015 12:34

Bee: I also bought a new Samsung TV, and took the sat dish plug out of the sky box and put it in the TV and cant get any channels at all...
If anyone gets this going then please tell me what settings I need to change.

Check settings in your Sky box and set TV the same.

luke5853

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#1282509 13-Apr-2015 20:59

Thanks for all the advice. I am experiencing the same issue as the user Bee so I am confident the dish is working. I will try using the sky settings and if that fails go through Samsung direct.