How to add ITV HD to Sky+HD via new EPG

[daveh75]

tvspecv:the freesat version seems more betterHuh

.Care to elaborate?

 

[tvspecv]

i had a 46pz81b and watched footy and a few movies via the red button and the quality was wicked!

now i watch it via sky and a samsung not as good now

 

[daveh75]

That can only be down to differences in hardware, as Sky/Freesat receive the same signals/broadcasts

 

[tvspecv]

so if i have a sony ericcsson and nokia on the orange network i`m suppose to get the same speed on wap on both devices?

 

[Anonymous]

hello,

shame about the commentary though, very patronising and they tend to contradict themselves a lot, itv always ruin sport for me. The rest of itv is rubbish soaps or celebratory nonsense or rubbish factor.

oh no, please forgive me, i'm very opinionated and don't mind ramming down peoples throats. sorry, maybe i should write for the sun ha.

 

[daveh75]

tvspecv:so if i have a sony ericcsson and nokia on the orange network i`m suppose to get the same speed on wap on both devices?Mobile networks are a completely different kettle of fish to satellite broadcasting.....

 

[PIPPI]

Freesat on my Panasonic TX-P50G10B has a better picture than my Samsung HD box, but I would put that down to the tuner.

 

[daveh75]

PIPPI:
Freesat on my Panasonic TX-P50G10B has a better picture than my Samsung HD box, but I would put that down to the tuner.
Exactly my point, differences are down to the hardware as both your tv and sky stb are receiving the same signal!

 

[ROB2009]

Hi Clare, thanks for the tip...

However, once I set it up and select 10510 to view, my screen just just goes blue and I have select TV guide to return to the main menu!

Any suggestions, it all works fine until the last step

Any help greatly appreciated.

Rob

 

[matengawhat]

if you have just done it now - you have prob done it right as itv have lost the live feed on the hd channel and just goes blue

 

[ROB2009]

Clare, think it was a signal problem, all working fine, thank you

Rob

 

[bigboss]

ROB2009:

Clare, think it was a signal problem, all working fine, thank you

Rob

Matengawhat replied to your query, & you thanked Clare!

 

[Andrew Everard]

We should all thank Clare more often...

 

[bigboss]

Thanks Clare!

 

[Clare Newsome]

My pleasure

I've been on a Blu-ray boxset fest, so missed (or not) the ITV HD fuss... They really need to sort it; what with BBC HD's bitrates dropping off and ITV HD so patchy, Freesat/Freeview HD ain't got a lot to boast about right now

 

[matengawhat]

think i also originally posted the how to add itv hd a week earlier than clare as well in a different thread so quickly forgotten!

http://community.whathifi.com/forums/t/231101.aspx

 

[Clare Newsome]

UPDATE - ITV HD to become available as full, official channel on Sky (and Virgin) from April 2nd. More details here

 

[daveh75]

Clare Newsome:
I'm spending Good Friday a) suffering from a revolting cold and b) getting to grips with the new Sky+HD EPG.

Have just added ITV HD (not that there's anything on at the moment..). Here's how:

Hit the TV guide button on the remote

Scroll along the top menu and select the Options menu (one that looks like a Cluedo head!)

Select the Add Channels menu

Scroll down so 'Frequency' is highlighted - then hit the red button and change the GHz to '11.427'

Change the polarisation to 'H'

Symbol rate (Mbaud) = 27.5

FEC = 2/3

Then hit the yellow button to 'Find Channels'

ITV HD is channel 10510 - add that and save it.

To watch ITV HD, you need to go back to the 'Options' menu; 'Other Channels' and select 10510. And there you go!

For anyone who's interested ITV1 HD is now testing it's simulcast(full time) service on it's new home on Astra 2D.

So if you want to watch upscaled SD as well as occasional HD programmes, you now can(ahead of it's official launch), by manually adding it in the same way as above.

You just need to substitute the details Clare has posted above with the following............

Frequency(GHz) = 10832

Polarisation = H

Symbol Rate(Mbaud) = 22.0

FEC = 5/6

It's currently labelled as 10000/10001 rather than ITV1 HD

It can also be added to Freesat boxes and Freesat IDTV's by going into Non Freesat mode and tuning it manually.

 

[Dan Turner]

nice one - done!