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Satelite Tuning on Sony XG95 (Android TV)

samuelsmith — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 17:52:33 GMT

Hi all,

I have Sky (UK) but recently bought the XG95 so I could receive the free to air satellite channels and get rid of Sky.

I currently have Sky Q (Zone 1 Dish, Universal LNB) which is working fine.

I took the cable out of the Sky Q box & plugged in into the main sat connection on the TV.

If you do the simple full tune I get about 4 channels e.g. Bloomberg, etc - but I can't seem to figure out how to get any others.

I've tried going to https://www.lyngsat.com/Astra-2E.html to get the individual freq/polarity/symbol rates but still not finding anything.

Am I doing something obviously wrong?!

Many thanks,
Samuel

Re: Satelite Tuning on Sony XG95 (Android TV)

LightFoot — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 20:20:37 GMT

Hi @samuelsmith

Sky Q uses a wideband LNB. Are you using a Hybrid LNB with six outputs? Sky usually replace the standard LNB with one only suitable for Sky Q.

Re: Satelite Tuning on Sony XG95 (Android TV)

samuelsmith — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 07:52:31 GMT

Thanks @LightFoot - I should have said I have a single cable universal Dcss LNB. In the settings I input fixed antenna with single cable. So hoped that would have worked...

Like this one:

https://m.ebay.ie/itm/143208130076?ul_ref=https%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F1%2F5282-53468-19255-0%2F1%3Ftype%3D2%26pub%3D5575403537%26toolid%3D10001%26campid%3D5338343602%26item%3D143208130076%26customid%3Dvms%253Aeb%253Ap%253A143208130076%253BCjwKCAiAluLvBRASEiwAAbX3GVaX7sRBXqkuvCOG-DK8ZWA5zMeilwHJl0Ys7YTJGHPkxf3D0NVvjxoCMc4QAvD_BwE%26gclid%3DCjwKCAiAluLvBRASEiwAAbX3GVaX7sRBXqkuvCOG-DK8ZWA5zMeilwHJl0Ys7YTJGHPkxf3D0NVvjxoCMc4QAvD_BwE%26srcrot%3D5282-53468-19255-0%26rvr_id%3D2226544132601%26rvr_ts%3D17faf01216f0a4d12a911dd0ffdc75c6&_mwBanner=1&_rdt=1&ul_noapp=true

Re: Satelite Tuning on Sony XG95 (Android TV)

Mick_D — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 10:56:35 GMT

Hi @samuelsmith

Have you looked into going the Firestick/Chromecast/AppleTV route?

Mick

Re: Satelite Tuning on Sony XG95 (Android TV)

samuelsmith — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 09:56:56 GMT

Hi all,

So I bought the new LNB, changed it over and then re ran the full scan tuning on the TV.

This time it's a little better - It picks up approx. 230 channels (although most are duplicates). However it seems like only half the channels shown actually work.

e.g. these are the ones that do work:

Channels	Freq	Polarity	Symbol Rate
Travel, DMAX, Quest, Food	12382	H	27500
Astra Promo	12441	V	29500
SkyNews Arabia, Pick	12148	H	27500
Channel 4, Film 4, E4	10714	H	22000
Channel 4, Film 4, E4	10936	V	22000

Which means channels like BBC 1/2/4/News, ITV 1/2/Be, Channel 5/5Spike/5Star, Challenge, Bloomberg, etc don't work.

One thing I notice on https://www.lyngsat.com/Astra-2E-2F-2G.html is that the ones listed under Sky seem to work, but the ones listed under Freesat don't seem to work.

Does anyone know what I need to do to get these working?!

Many thanks,
Samuel