Bannon Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Can anyone shed any light on why a French bought/German made satellite decoder lined up to Sky on it's Astra 2d satellite does not have any radio stations on it's menu? It scanned and stored all the usual 'free views' such as BBC and ITV television programs but no radio. Strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Assuming you had to do a full scan and add channels and have BBC Parliment then there may be a button marked Radio/TV on the remore control. If you post make and model on the decoder somebody may be able able to shed some light if the above is not the answer.Bit more detail and a link to a manual (second page of thread)http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/1/1145321/ShowPost.aspx#1145321 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezTinns Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 I found ours by accident. Instead of 101 for BBC1 or 102 for BBC2, try keying 0101 for Radio One into the sky remote, 0102 for Radio 2, 0103, etc etc. I find ironing on a Sunday morning whilst listening to the Archers almost enjoyable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 The above is on a Sky Digibox not a standard Digital decoder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannon Posted February 5, 2008 Author Share Posted February 5, 2008 Thanks both and yes Anton, it was a full scan. Once done this particular box allows you to view the channels found (unlike the sky box which mix n matches freeview with subscription) I just wondered if this was a general thing with decoders bought over here in France and if anybody else had the same problem. No tv/radio button on the handset by the way.We also know the signl componant is OK as its fed from a multiple LNB that runs to two other (Sky) decoders both of which work fine, so maybe the tuner or software is somehow different, but I cannot imagine how or why it would discriminate across the bandwidth. A real puzzle with pieces missing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 As has been suggested by Anton, most of, for example, the BBC radio stations are in the same 'bitstream' as the BBC Parliament channel, so, for a start, do you get this channel?By the way, which box is it?Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Our Optex definitely picks up the radio channels. Which make and model of decoder have you ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 The choice for TV or radio may not be on the handset but could well be part of the menu setup before the box searches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannon Posted February 5, 2008 Author Share Posted February 5, 2008 Its a Skymaster DX 24. Not tried Parliament yet... good tip, thanks. Maybe it's worth looking up the transponder settings and see where these channels are 'living' in relation to the others - although the box does not seem to have an option for inputing these direct unlike the Sky digibox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannon Posted February 5, 2008 Author Share Posted February 5, 2008 Oops, found the button marked tv/radio. Thanks guys, all working well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Been looking on the internet for your box - not easy to find - I'll stop looking now - glad you've found the button. Now you have the fun sorting the stations in the order you want them.Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Thanks for letting us know. I think I would miss radio more than TV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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