C4 HD

excollier

Watching this now FTA

12607 V
DVB-S2/QPSK
SR 28250
FEC 3/4
Tune and enjoy!!!:D

TiGeR KiNgS

working on Sky?

excollier

TiGeR KiNgS wrote: »

working on Sky?

No, Sky box won't tune, odd symbol rate

mjsmyth

Can't tune it in on my Bush Freesat HD either, pity.

rowa

not working for me either

Minstrel27

This will be a nice addition for however long it lasts

excollier

Just a test transmission for now, will become permanent FTA:)

Tonio

Works on Humax Foxsat

byte

Works on Vu+, though annoyingly my Bitrate Viewer is inactive atm. Can anyone check the bitrate?

liamtech

works perfectly on the Ross HD satellite box, and the Skyline HDSR400 - I have checked these personally -

Apparently works with the Triax 527 (NON MHEG5 Triax Combi)

Can confirm that it doesnt work at all with the 537 model - no surprise there then as nothing much works with that unit

pegasus1

excollier wrote: »

Just a test transmission for now, will become permanent FTA:)

so with this being a test trans. will it change symbol rate and therefore be viewable on the skybox?

Minstrel27

When it officially joins Freesat I imagine the tuning details will be more Sky box friendly

FRIENDO

Working on Ferguson Ariva HD Combo, Good work excollier

fishfoodie

Working on mvision HD300 combo !

JDxtra

Working on a Samsung IDTV (had to setup a custom sat). Will check the LG later...

liamtech

What about the licensing issues with having a British channel on a wide beam?
Thought they could only go on 2d?

excollier

It's has an ident of 55300 (I think) and no EPG info, so it is "hiding", also I read somewhere it's on EB1 Steerable beam, so maybe it's "steered" at Britain to keep it away (as much as possible) from Europe.
Anyway only a test so who knows how long it will last while waiting until April for Freesat EPG slot?

JDxtra

Getting very low signal quality on this channel (40%). The other channels I checked are around 80%.

liamtech

JDxtra wrote: »

Getting very low signal quality on this channel (40%). The other channels I checked are around 80%.

what set top box are you using?

I get 63% on SkyLine HDSR 400, 60% on the ROSS.
For comparison the HDSR gives 92% on BBC HD

I reckon its weaker than the majority of TP's but as long as you get a picture - cant complain-

Curious though about your box - its not a comag by any chance is it - a friend has one and it gives very low signal readings for loads of stations that are usually strong

sky23

JDxtra wrote: »

Getting very low signal quality on this channel (40%). The other channels I checked are around 80%.

yeah same here. I'm using mvision hd300 combo

JDxtra

Actually, getting same quality on Luxe HD. Are these both on Eurobird or something? Might be an alignment issue.

Using a Samsung TV with built-in sat tuner.

billyboy01

Works on the Triax HD527!

liamtech

billyboy01 wrote: »

Works on the Triax HD527!

what strength ?

Minstrel27

I have it at 58% but my dish is not alligned properly.

sky23

sky23 wrote: »

yeah same here. I'm using mvision hd300 combo

that 40% signal quality bty and 67% signal strength maybe it could be mistaken. not sure which is more important

watty

Quality is the important one. Try adjusting LNB rotation (skew). Start at angle of about 7 O'Clock.

reaper180

getting on my Edision mini argus fine,, but not been picked up on my Bush HD freesat box,, any ideas why

billyboy01

liamtech wrote: »

what strength ?

70%

mjsmyth

Generally speaking, if a channel is due to be added to Freesat, the Bush/GoodmansGrundig boxes can't add the channels to the non Freesat mode.

On a side note, my Bush HD displays BBC HD, BBC1 HD, ITV1 HD (London) perfectly well, but Luxe HD (or whatever it is called these days) and ITV1 HD (Granada) are jerkey. Am I right in thinking that Luxe and Granada are both transmitted at1920*1080 whilst the first 4 are at 1440*1080?

MJ

watty

Could be true.
I think all terrestrial HD is 1440 x 1080i (basically animorphic shape pixels) and thus they do the same on matching Satellite channels. I'd heard one ITV HD was better. Not checked myself.

sky23

bbc one hd and bbc hd are 1440 x 1080i and itv london and the test C4 HD is 1920*1080i, don't know about luxe hd

Gragon

JDxtra wrote: »

Getting very low signal quality on this channel (40%). The other channels I checked are around 80%.

Have MVision HD-300 Combo & CH4 HD signal Quality @ 78% (BBC1HD @ 98%).

CH4 SD showing scrambled tonight though ???? CH4+1 ok.

Rick_

ITV 1 HD Granada, ITV 1 HD Central and STV HD are the only ITV 1 regions in 1920x1080.

ITV 1 HD London and HD Meridian are 1440x1080.

BBC HD and BBC ONE HD are 1440x1080.

Channel 4 HD is 1920x1080.

mjsmyth

Hmmm..... Chances are my Bush HD might struggle with it then if it stays at that resolution.

I was thinking of upgrading to a PVR, this might be the spur needed.

sky23

its saying its scrambled now:eek: is that happening to anyone else?

timmydel1

sky23 wrote: »

yeah same here. I'm using mvision hd300 combo

How did you tune this in on Mvision, sky23? I put in the freq and scan but nothing shows up.How can you change symbol rate and fec etc ???

sky23

timmydel1 wrote: »

How did you tune this in on Mvision, sky23? I put in the freq and scan but nothing shows up.How can you change symbol rate and fec etc ???

- press the red button(edit TP) when you are in the satellite search
- then press the green button (add TP)
- then add all the info Frequency :12607 V
Polerisation : DVB-S2/QPSK
SR : 28250
FEC /4
- then select start search and you are up and running it will show up as 55300 (although it is scrambled again at the moment )

slim1919

are the ever going to put on sky its abit sht that you can get it on freeview and not on sky

watty

It's a UK channel. I thought it's been on Sky in UK for a while.

JDxtra

watty wrote: »

It's a UK channel. I thought it's been on Sky in UK for a while.

Yes, since December 2007 in fact. Bizarrely, it was never made available to Sky HD subscribers in Ireland - even though E4 HD is available.

slim1919

ye it is but u can not get it in ireland not even in other channels

JDxtra

slim1919 wrote: »

are the ever going to put on sky its abit sht that you can get it on freeview and not on sky

It should be possible (maybe only via other channels) to recieve this on a Sky box in Ireland from April. See: http://www.joinfreesat.co.uk/index.php/c4hd-to-launch-on-freesat

Rick_

Depends, it may be launching on that satellite instead of joining 2D apparently.

A post from Digital Spy has this...

I'm very reliably informed, Channel 4 HD's transmission is in no way connected to any uplink deal with the BBC, unlike the Channel 5 SD stream for Freesat, and of course the DVB-T2 Freeview mux

So, it may not be moving on to 2D and may not be changing it's tuning parameters, so Sky boxes in Ireland won't be able to tune it in as Sky boxes are software crippled and won't allow 28250 as a symbol rate.

timmydel1

sky23 wrote: »

- press the red button(edit TP) when you are in the satellite search
- then press the green button (add TP)
- then add all the info Frequency :12607 V
Polerisation : DVB-S2/QPSK
SR : 28250
FEC /4
- then select start search and you are up and running it will show up as 55300 (although it is scrambled again at the moment )

Cheers Sky23, never even noticed the options at bottom of screen before !

mjsmyth

@slim1919 C4HD has not launched FTA yet, wait till it does and then you should be able to add it to your Other Channels.

sky23

timmydel1 wrote: »

Cheers Sky23, never even noticed the options at bottom of screen before !

took me a while to figure it out too..is it scrambled for you too? or is it just my mine? dam it i hope i don't have to wait till April to see it again

slim1919

ye but its at 29500 and on sky only goes to 27500

Minstrel27

sky23 wrote: »

is it scrambled for you too? or is it just my mine?

It is encrypted for me too.

sky23

dam

timmydel1

Ya. Scrambled now.:mad:

listermint

El scrambledino