[mythtv-users] Tuning to BBC News / radio channels on Freesat

Nick Morrott knowledgejunkie at gmail.com
Mon Nov 8 19:28:20 UTC 2010


On 7 November 2010 14:49, Stephen Bridges <widget at stdin.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I can't tune to multiplex 2013 on Astra 2B, which is at 11954H.  When I try my
> Nova-S says that it's higher than its frequency range of 915000-2100000 (or
> numbers to that effect).  It seems unlikely that a card originally marketed
> for Freesat can't pick up two of the BBC multiplexes now.
>
> If I try just scanning with dvb-utils it doesn't work either:
>
> S 10714000 H 22000000 5/6
>
> Finds channel 4 etc
>
> S 11954000 H 27500000 2/3
>
> Just says tuning failed.

Here's my VDR-style output from scandvb on Friday:

BSkyB - BBC NEWS:11953:h:S28.2E:27500:5000:5001:5003:0:6704:0:0:0
BSkyB - BBC PARL'MNT:11953:h:S28.2E:27500:5301:5311:5320:0:6705:0:0:0
BSkyB - BBC ALBA:11953:h:S28.2E:27500:5500:5501:5503:0:6736:0:0:0
BSkyB - BBC R1:11953:h:S28.2E:27500:0:5401:0:0:6751:0:0:0
BSkyB - BBC R2:11953:h:S28.2E:27500:0:5402:0:0:6752:0:0:0
BSkyB - BBC R3:11953:h:S28.2E:27500:0:5403:0:0:6753:0:0:0
BSkyB - BBC R4 FM:11953:h:S28.2E:27500:0:5404:0:0:6754:0:0:0
BSkyB - BBC R4 LW:11953:h:S28.2E:27500:0:5405:0:0:6755:0:0:0
BSkyB - BBC R Scot.:11953:h:S28.2E:27500:0:5407:0:0:6757:0:0:0
BSkyB - BBC R Wales:11953:h:S28.2E:27500:0:5408:0:0:6758:0:0:0
BSkyB - BBC R Ulster:11953:h:S28.2E:27500:0:5409:0:0:6759:0:0:0
BSkyB - BBC Asian:11953:h:S28.2E:27500:0:5410:0:0:6760:0:0:0
BSkyB - BBC WS:11953:h:S28.2E:27500:0:5411:0:0:6761:0:0:0
BSkyB - ETV3:11953:h:S28.2E:27500:0:5401:0:0:6762:0:0:0
BSkyB - BBC R Cymru:11953:h:S28.2E:27500:0:5444:0:0:6763:0:0:0
BSkyB - BBC R1X:11953:h:S28.2E:27500:0:5412:0:0:6766:0:0:0
BSkyB - BBC 6 Music:11953:h:S28.2E:27500:0:5413:0:0:6767:0:0:0
BSkyB - BBC Radio 7:11953:h:S28.2E:27500:0:5442:0:0:6768:0:0:0
BSkyB - BBC R n Gael:11953:h:S28.2E:27500:0:5443:0:0:6769:0:0:0
BSkyB - BBC  London:11953:h:S28.2E:27500:0:5441:0:0:6770:0:0:0
BSkyB - T7 STRM-0:11953:h:S28.2E:27500:5100:5101,5102,5103,5104,5105,5106:0:0:6780:0:0:0
BSkyB - T7 STRM-1:11953:h:S28.2E:27500:5200:5201,5202,5203,5204,5205,5206:0:0:6781:0:0:0
BSkyB - ETV1:11953:h:S28.2E:27500:5000:5001:5003:0:6790:0:0:0

> Does anybody else have this problem with the Nova S?  Or have the multiplex
> with BBC News and the DVB radio channels somewhere else?

There were some changes a few weeks ago - see here for updated BBC details:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/info/sat_frequencies.shtml

> The card is detected as "cx88[0]: subsystem: 0070:9202, board: Hauppauge Nova-
> S-Plus DVB-S [card=37,autodetected], frontend(s): 1".  It's a 2.6.35 kernel.

Same as mine.

Have you configured the LNB as a UNIVERSAL type (10800-11800 MHz and
11600-12700 MHz) when running scandvb or in mythtv-setup? If it's
defaulting to a STANDARD or ENHANCED one it will not tune above 11450
MHz or 11700 MHz respectively.

Cheers,
Nick

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