Non Freeview satellite Channels on Panasonic TV

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#261762 13-Dec-2019 17:38

My parents have a dual tuner (DVB-S and DVB-T) Panasonic TH-43EX600Z. I want to try and add Prime Plus 1 from 12519 on Optus D1, but I can't for the life of me work out how to manually tune a transponder on it. It seems Panasonic have been 'helpful' and dumbed the TV down so that you can only tune official Freeview channels from satellite. While the DVB-T tuning menu offers a way to manually tune, I can't seem to get this option for satellite.

Is anyone aware of a way to fix this or work around this? They really like the +1 channels, so Prime would be a good addition.

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#2375096 14-Dec-2019 01:07

I just checked Prime+1 on my system and it is now showing up as not encrypted, so if you can find the right options in the Panasonic, it should work. Last time I looked at it, it was encrypted and so was available for Sky customers only.

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#2375351 14-Dec-2019 15:57

Yeah, it's the seemingly locked down options I'm struggling with! I'm pretty familiar with the satellite side of things.

cb1

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#2375381 14-Dec-2019 17:06

Presume there is a setting to change the LNB frequency - any sub menus available once you are in there?

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#2375391 14-Dec-2019 17:38

cb1:

Presume there is a setting to change the LNB frequency - any sub menus available once you are in there?

Which can't possibly help.

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#2376615 16-Dec-2019 20:22

Spyware:

cb1:

Presume there is a setting to change the LNB frequency - any sub menus available once you are in there?

Which can't possibly help.

My intention was there might be some sub menus regarding satellites and/or transponders.

Anyway, if you are already able to get Bravo+1 and Prime via satellite then you are already accessing the transponder 12519 as they are in the same channel group.

The info on https://freeviewforum.co.nz/forum/topics/new-satellite-program-groups says Prime Plus 1 ** not all STB /or Tvs will be able to tune in this channel ** so you may be out of luck.

Freeview forum also has this page with retune info for Panasonic tvs https://freeviewforum.co.nz/rescan/panasonichybridtv - does have a support phone no.

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#2376647 16-Dec-2019 22:06

cb1:

Spyware:

cb1:

Presume there is a setting to change the LNB frequency - any sub menus available once you are in there?

Which can't possibly help.

My intention was there might be some sub menus regarding satellites and/or transponders.

Anyway, if you are already able to get Bravo+1 and Prime via satellite then you are already accessing the transponder 12519 as they are in the same channel group.

The info on https://freeviewforum.co.nz/forum/topics/new-satellite-program-groups says Prime Plus 1 ** not all STB /or Tvs will be able to tune in this channel ** so you may be out of luck.

freeview forum also has this page with retune info for Panasonic tvs https://freeviewforum.co.nz/rescan/panasonichybridtv - does have a support phone no.

Thanks. Yeah, I definitely know what I'm looking for, but of the life of me can't find it. I'd find it a bit absurd that Panasonic would lock the tuner to Freeview only channels, but I guess that's easier to support for them. I am quite familiar with the workings of satellite TV in NZ, so it really seems like a gap in the TV functionality to me. I was hoping that someone knew about it and may be able to advise if this can be worked around. All the official Freeview channels work without issue.

I have emailed Panasonic to see if they can advise anything, will add it here if anything useful comes back (I'm not sure it actually will)

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#2389600 10-Jan-2020 11:29

In case anyone else has the same issue, you do need to do a reset back to the 'out of box' condition (I can't recall the exact working) and then re-tune the TV. Upon changing it from Freeview to Free TV on satellite, it will then tune non-Freeview channels such as Prime+1. But you will also need to manually order the channels etc etc