woolybanana Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Since moving have been able to get all the Freesat channels I want except BBC Channel 4 (though I can get CBeebies), in the evenings. As the dish is huge and well pointed on the Astra 2 group of satellites, the cable has been checked with the ends tidied and the plug things sorted, TV fine, it would seem to point to the digibox as not being able to get whatever the missing channel is on.How can I check this, please guys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyaudeman Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 HiI suggest you find a local Brit with a decoder and see if you can try it on your system You are near enough to the UK to eliminate the new narrower satellite transmissions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Have you tried a re-scan and/or re-tune? If you're getting Cbeebies then you should get BBC4 as you know.I'm not very far from you and I get all the channels on an 80 cm dish without any problems (except very heavy rain of course) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vette Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I thought that BBC4 was only available online via the internet now. I'm sure it changed a few weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Nah, that's BBC3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vette Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Ah! I knew it was one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 18, 2016 Author Share Posted April 18, 2016 Thanks, guys, I'll check out what you suggest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Is it actually a "freesat (TM)" box or just a free to air sat receiver?If the latter you need to delete CBeebies, then AFTER 19.00 BST you need to rescan on the relevant frequency.If it's a "freesat (TM)" box then I suggest a complete re-install (ie factory reset) after 19.00 BST.You can tell if it's a real "freesat" box by checking the logo on the front, which has the freesat word and a symbol remarkably like that of Futuroscope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 21, 2016 Author Share Posted April 21, 2016 It is a free to air receiver. Factory rescan produced total chaos, but even got me BBC4 for about five minutes before it disappeared again.Looks as if I might have to bite the bullet and get a new box as this one is quite likely to be severely trampled if it continues this way. Humax seems to way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 +1 for a HumaxMine is the best Sat box I ever had. Additionally, I like the layout of the remote and the on-screen menus. Sounds trivial I know but irksome if it is not laid out logically Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 21, 2016 Author Share Posted April 21, 2016 Pierre, which one do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Umm I don't remember but I can check tonight.It doesn't have a recorder built it (one can be added I think) but that's not a feature I would use anyway.It's a few years old now but works as good as ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 So my Sat box is a Humax 'Foxsat HD' I is not made anymore but I would think the newer models are worth looking at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 Thank you, Pierre, I shall be researching a bit this weekend and also looking into the old moneybox to see whether the pensioner's mite will stretch to anything more than a single smartie!Anyone else having a good box, please do join in with recommendations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pip24 Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 I have a Humax box in the uk it works well and has had no problems. One thing to remember is that on the Humax box that has the recorder, two inputs are required from the LNB. I think that one is for the viewing channel and one is for the recording channel. I have not used the Humax in france so i cannot confirm that it would pick up BBC4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 [quote user="pip24"] I have not used the Humax in france so i cannot confirm that it would pick up BBC4.[/quote]My friend's Humax box picks up BBC4 in very southern Brittany with no problem at all. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh4 Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 I have had a range of boxes from various manufacturers (not just UK Freesat boxes but also continental boxes tuned to Astra 28E) and the only two that have stood the test of time are the Sky box and a Humax box. The others have all proven to be false economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmite Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I have used both Humax and a Sky box, the only problem I have found is the Humax takes ages to fire up, much longer then the Sky box. That freetime logo takes ages to disappear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 Thanks, chaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Sorry my suggestion produced total chaos wooly, although I only recommended a factory reset in the case of a "freesat" box, and as you have discovered an ordinary free to air receiver doesn't have the "brains" to sort channels into a logical order, although BBC 4 should have lasted more than five minutes!Generally Humax products are good, although in the case of a Foxsat I purchased on behalf of friends it failed catastrophically a few days within the guarantee period (but before anyone could contact Humax to say so) and we then discovered that the after sales service of Humax leaves a lot to be desired, with quite shirty technical staff with a "take it or leave it" attitude. I must say as a result I'd personally never buy anything else from Humax but I think in this case we had somewhat bad luck.At the moment I'm using a cheap Manhattan freesat box (£44) - many years ago I swore I'd never buy Manhattan again after endless failures of an Astra Digital Radio receiver (I exhausted the last of the UK stock, getting through four receivers in a year!) so maybe that'll come back to haunt me..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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