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ITV on Sky Digital Your viewing card's local ITV1 will be on channel 103 but you can receive ITV from any region . This can be handy if your region is showing local programmes and the network is showing something else. This often happens with Gaelic programmes and football in Scotland. On you Sky remote go to Services then "4 Add programmes" and set the following. Key in the frequency. To move to the next category use the up and down arrows. Now use the left and right arrows to make changes. Do not forget to save changes by pressing Select before exiting. Follow the on screen prompts.
The five ITV transponders are: 10.891 H, 10.832 H, 10.906 V, 10.714 H, 10.758 V 22000, 5/6
To view the stations use Services then "6 Other Stations" and use the up and down arrows to select the station you require. Press Select to view. All the stations are in widescreen.
If my list is not up to date try this page http://www.digitalsat.co.uk/itvregions.html or for a full Astra satellite list http://en.kingofsat.net/tv-28.2E.php
    Scottish Television does not use the ITV1 yellow logo
All ITV channels are Free to Air - you don't need a Sky viewing card to watch. ITV 1 is on EPG 103 (Electronic Program Guide) and should be your local ITV if you have a Sky viewing card. ITV1 London is also transmitted on EPG 993 to the whole of the UK (apart from London where its on 103). This carries audio description though you do have to turn it on in the menus. ITV2 is on EPG 118. Essentially this is intended to be a "younger audience" station aimed at under 40s. ITV3 is on EPG 119. ITV launched this channel to compliment ITV1 and ITV2. It will show mostly repeats of old ITV dramas and movies. ITV3 was launched on Freeview, most cable networks and Sky Digital on 1st. November 2004. In order to launch the new station on the overcrowded EPG Granada Plus has ceased transmission. ITV4 is on EPG 120. Programmes started on 7th. November 2005. The line-up includes sport, cop shows and US sitcoms. The channel is intended to appeal to a more male audience than ITV2 and a younger audience than ITV3. ITV4 is now on the air most of the day and evening though not quite 24 hours a day. On air from around 9:00AM till 4:00AM the following day the rest of the time it carrys ITV Night Screen and Tele shopping. CITV carries day time programmes for younger viewers. Men & Motors is part of the ITV presence on Sky and is also free to air. EPG is 131 till March 17th 2008 then 184. There are also ITV2+1 and ITV3+1 services.
If you do not have a Sky viewing card contact Sky and for a small one off fee they will give you a card for the encrypted but free to view stations on Sky. These include Channel 4 and Five.
BBC1 & ITV1 regional variations are free to air on Sky see below.
The BBC, ITV and Sky have reached an agreement that will see your local BBC One and BBC Two remain on EPG positions 101 and 102 respectively. Other BBC regions are available in an extended BBC regional section of the EPG in the 971 to 988 range. The additional regions have been available on the EPG since July 29th 2003. ITV1 channels have to be viewed through the Add Programms menu as detailed at the top of this page. The eight BBC channels went Free To Air from 10th July 2003. As part of this change all BBC stations have moved to the Astra 2D satellite. Viewers in the UK should not notice any difference and will not need to retune their receiver. However this will make reception more difficult and in some cases impossible without a very large dish outside the UK as 2D has a more focused transmission beam. Conditional access puts your local BBC TWO on EPG 102 but don't forget you can watch BBC TWO for other areas on EPG 989 990 991 and 992. There are only four BBC TWO stations. These are BBC TWO (the main station for England) on 989, BBC TWO Scotland on 990, BBC 2W (BBC TWO for Wales) on 991 and BBC TWO Northern Ireland on 992.
The BBC regional services are free to air. Try this link to the BBC reception advice pages. If you have a problem with BBC 1 stations how to tune is listed below. http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception
Other BBC ONE TV for the regions can be found along with other BBC services on these transponders and on the EPG from 941 (942 if you receive BBC1 Scotland on 101). BBC ONE London 10.77325 H, SR 22000 FEC 5/6 BBC ONE Scotland 10.80275 H, SR 22000 FEC 5/6 BBC ONE Wales 10.80275 H, SR 22000 FEC 5/6 BBC ONE Northern Ireland 10.77325 H, SR 22000 FEC 5/6 These along with BBC TWO, BBC THREE, BBC FOUR, BBC News 24, CBBC and CBEEBES are free to air. BBC Parliament was already free.
Frequencies for BBC One regions 10.788 V, SR 22000 FEC 5/6,
BBC ONE BM = Birmingham / West Midlands 10.818 V, SR 22000 FEC 5/6.
BBC ONE BS = Bristol / South West In some cases 10.788 may need to be changed to 10.787 and 10.818 may be changed to 10.817.
10.847 V, SR 22000 FEC 5/6.Transponder 50 BBC ONE = East (West) BBC ONE CI = Channel Islands is also available on EPG 958
BBC Radio 2 & BBC Radio 4FM are more widely available outside the UK as they are on
Astra 2B (28.2° East)
A minimum of a free to air viewing card is
required.
FEC 2/3
five has just one transponder for all of the U.K. on 12.304 GHz / H A minimum of a free to air viewing card is required.
Transponder 31 SR27500 FEC 2/3
Full details of all programmes from the Astra satellites which transmit the signals Sky Digiboxes receive can be found at http://www.ses-astra.com/consumer/en/channel-guide/index.php
INSTALLER MENU
Warning! It is possible to really screw up a couple of things from
this menu so don't mess with it unless you are confident you know what you are
doing.
To access the installer menu press the 'Services' button on your sky remote
control. Select 'System Setup' from the menu. Here comes the clever bit ...
now press 0 (zero) followed by 1 and then the 'Select' button.
For the record this is what the settings should be: LNB SETUP
Low Band LO Frequency (Ghz)
9.75
High Band LO Frequency (Ghz) 10.60
LNB Power Supply
ON
22 KHz Command
ON
DEFAULT TRANSPONDER
Frequency (Ghz)
11.778
Polarisation
V
Symbol Rate (Mbaud) 27.5
FEC
2/3 TELEPHONE SETTINGS
Dialling Type
Tone
Dialling Prefix
<blank>
RF OUTLETS
RF Channel Number
<will vary>
Second Outlet Power Supply OFF
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ITV2+1 is swapping places with Men & Motors on March 17th 2008. Currently they
are on 184 and 131.
