Help with freeview DVB-T frequencies

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#175721 9-Jul-2015 17:46

Hi guys sorry my internet has been throttled (yes!) and googling is very slow. Luckily GZ still loads fast.

Anyway, moving a few things around temporarily and had to whip out my Hauppauge HVR-900H !!! and an autotune on Media Portal / Win 10 TP has missed out all the TVNZ channels ...

Does anyone know the frequencies for Mt Cargill (Dunedin) for current TVNZ channels (inc the Wimbledon pop-up one)?

Edit: as well as Network ID, Service ID, PMT PID?

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#1340130 9-Jul-2015 17:51

562, 578, 594

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#1340132 9-Jul-2015 17:54

does network ID, service ID, PMT PID matter? I guess i'll plug in the numbers and see ...

what about +1 channels?

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#1340133 9-Jul-2015 18:00

Sorry, I didn't read properly the first time.

TVNZ is 578, Mediaworks is 562, and Kordia is 594. I think MediaPortal might need some 0's, so 562000.

No Idea about the popup, but to the best of my knowledge, those are the only 3 frequencies broadcast from there.

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#1340214 9-Jul-2015 20:41

joker97: Does anyone know the frequencies for Mt Cargill (Dunedin) for current TVNZ channels (inc the Wimbledon pop-up one)?

They're here:
http://www.rsm.govt.nz/online-services-resources/pdf-and-documents-library/publications-and-guides/broadcasting/digital-television-channel-usage/table-of-digital-television-channel-useage

Edit: as well as Network ID, Service ID, PMT PID?

My advice is don't try and add channels manually. Those details are required, but you won't easily be able to find them. Scanning should be much easier (because it will add all TVNZ channels, and you won't have to faff around trying to find the technical parameters you mentioned) now that you have the required frequencies.

[edit: Make link work. Geekzone, are you not able to handle links automatically like every other forum I use? Note underline doesn't seem to work either.]

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#1340215 9-Jul-2015 20:43

Scanning failed to find any tvnz channels :(

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#1340217 9-Jul-2015 20:45

joker97: Scanning failed to find any tvnz channels :(

Thanks

...and the parameters you're using are...?

Selecting NZ and Dunedin may be insufficient if the tuning details are out of date. In that case you would have to do a manual scan for the relevant frequency.

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#1340219 9-Jul-2015 20:46

yes I did that. don't worry it's more of a OCD that I am trying to get it right. I don't watch tv normally :)

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#1340358 10-Jul-2015 08:56

http://www.rsm.govt.nz/online-services-resources/pdf-and-documents-library/publications-and-guides/broadcasting/digital-television-channel-usage/table-of-digital-television-channel-useage

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#1340360 10-Jul-2015 08:59

thanks all. ahh the beauty of software/hardware marriage. lets you do amazing things. then once in a while it misses something and the poor soul has no idea why :)

i'm going to blame hauppauge-win10-mediaportal interface being the problem ;p

waiting to relocate the mysky to this location ... !

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#1340361 10-Jul-2015 09:00

i can't help but wonder what Windows 7-WMC might find, but I don't have the energy to act on that thought ;p
i'm guessing probably the same ... in which case I can't blame W10-MP

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#1340496 10-Jul-2015 11:45

joker97: thanks all. ahh the beauty of software/hardware marriage. lets you do amazing things. then once in a while it misses something and the poor soul has no idea why :)

i'm going to blame hauppauge-win10-mediaportal interface being the problem ;p

waiting to relocate the mysky to this location ... !

I had a similar problem here in Auckland with my HVR2200 after the Auckland frequency restack last year. It was a software problem. The software (WinTV 7) was setup for autotuning by Region in NZ and of course the frequencies changed. I had to do a NZ Wide scan and then delete the stations in the list I didn't want. There was no provision for a manual scan. Hopefully the software has been fixed with updates but I haven't used it for a year or so now.

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#1341275 11-Jul-2015 18:48

ok ... it turned out it was signal strength/quality. found another way to get the signal from 30-40% to around 60-80% and immediately a scan found all the TVNZ channels.