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Old Sky customer but Freesat not working - Error 29
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<blockquote data-quote="nstofberg" data-source="post: 797486" data-attributes="member: 387621"><p>Hi all,</p><p></p><p>First post here and I hoping you can help.</p><p></p><p>I used to be a Sky customer up until 2 years ago (just normal Sky with the older rounded box).</p><p>After that I had Freesat from Sky by doing nothing. Anyways, I then got a Freeview box to get the 'best of both worlds'.</p><p></p><p>Pretty much then never used the Freesat so unplugged it. A couple months ago we had some bad weather and the Freeview was struggling so I decided to see if I could get some channels at least through Freesat. Thats when I first got the 'No Satellite signal is being received - Error 29'</p><p>Didn't think anything of it given the weather and went back to Freeview.</p><p></p><p>Now yesterday, I reprogrammed / scanned my Freeview box for the digital switch over but now I can't get quite a few channels for some reason (but thats for another forum). So again I decide to try my Sky box for Freesat.</p><p></p><p>But I still get the same message. All the connections seem fine. I've tried forcing a software download as its been off for sometime, I've gone into the Installer menu and reset the settings and obviously called Sky who only want to send someone out for £65 - no real offer of help.</p><p></p><p>When I go into the settings the signal and strength show nothing. But after playing with the settings, and going straight to 103 (ITV1), it worked and I can see the TV guide and some channels so at least I get past that initial screen with the error 29 message.</p><p></p><p>But... I do get the following channels, so not sure why I don't get all of them that I should get with Freesat.</p><p>103 ITV1</p><p>118 ITV2</p><p>119 ITV3</p><p>120 ITV4</p><p>135 CH4+1</p><p>136 E4</p><p>137 E4+1</p><p>138 MORE 4</p><p>149 CBS DRAMA</p><p>168 BBC ALBA</p><p>180 ITV3+1</p><p>190 MEN&MOVIES</p><p>195 PROPELLER</p><p>321 TRUE MOVIES 1</p><p>322 TRUE MOVIES 2</p><p>323 MOVIES4MEN</p><p>324 MOV4MEN+1</p><p>325 MOVIES4MEN2</p><p>326 MOVIES4MEN2 +1</p><p></p><p>This is where I stopped.</p><p>Anybody got any ideas on what I should do to get the channels that are missing like BBC, Channel 4, etc?</p><p></p><p>Many thanks </p><p><img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nstofberg, post: 797486, member: 387621"] Hi all, First post here and I hoping you can help. I used to be a Sky customer up until 2 years ago (just normal Sky with the older rounded box). After that I had Freesat from Sky by doing nothing. Anyways, I then got a Freeview box to get the 'best of both worlds'. Pretty much then never used the Freesat so unplugged it. A couple months ago we had some bad weather and the Freeview was struggling so I decided to see if I could get some channels at least through Freesat. Thats when I first got the 'No Satellite signal is being received - Error 29' Didn't think anything of it given the weather and went back to Freeview. Now yesterday, I reprogrammed / scanned my Freeview box for the digital switch over but now I can't get quite a few channels for some reason (but thats for another forum). So again I decide to try my Sky box for Freesat. But I still get the same message. All the connections seem fine. I've tried forcing a software download as its been off for sometime, I've gone into the Installer menu and reset the settings and obviously called Sky who only want to send someone out for £65 - no real offer of help. When I go into the settings the signal and strength show nothing. But after playing with the settings, and going straight to 103 (ITV1), it worked and I can see the TV guide and some channels so at least I get past that initial screen with the error 29 message. But... I do get the following channels, so not sure why I don't get all of them that I should get with Freesat. 103 ITV1 118 ITV2 119 ITV3 120 ITV4 135 CH4+1 136 E4 137 E4+1 138 MORE 4 149 CBS DRAMA 168 BBC ALBA 180 ITV3+1 190 MEN&MOVIES 195 PROPELLER 321 TRUE MOVIES 1 322 TRUE MOVIES 2 323 MOVIES4MEN 324 MOV4MEN+1 325 MOVIES4MEN2 326 MOVIES4MEN2 +1 This is where I stopped. Anybody got any ideas on what I should do to get the channels that are missing like BBC, Channel 4, etc? Many thanks :) [/QUOTE]
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