Your Sky HD box will automatically tune to the frequencies used for Sky TV and Sky HD TV in Spain.
The Sky TV frequency settings for Spain are the same as you your use if you were watching Sky TV in the UK, or France, or Germany, or Portugal.
Just because you are using your Sky box in a different country does not mean that the Sky Tv channels are using different frequencies for rception.
There are some extra frequency settings for "fringe reception" areas like Spain and Portugal.
Sky Default Transponder Frequency Settings for Sky TV digboxes Costa Blanca Spain
Used for helping boot the Sky box up
For reception of stronger signals and alternate regional variations of ITV1 and C4
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Saturday, September 4, 2010
Sky Satellite Default Transponder Frequency Settings For Sky TV in Spain
"What to do if you receive the message "NO SATELLITE SIGNAL BEING RECEIVED" on a Sky digibox receiver?"
"What to do if you are receiving a No Default Transponder message?"
"What is the best Sky Default Transponder frequency setting to use on the Costa Blanca Spain?"
"What is the best Freesat Default Transponder frequency setting to use on the Costa Blanca Spain?"
"My Sky digibox is showing a "searching for listings" message?"
When a Sky receiver / digibox is turned on the first time after being disconnected from the power, the box tries first tries to download approximately 6 hours of EPG information from a specific default frequency (or Transponder) from the satellite. The Sky digibox must have this information to start to work and allow you to watch Sky TV.
Unfortunately, the default frequency (transponder) that the Sky box is initially set to look for (11778) is one of the weaker signals in Spain and the Costa Blanca, especially during the afternoons, even on a 2.4m dish!
So sometime if your digibox is disconnected from the power, your Sky digibox may be unable to find this important frequency and fail to boot up, and display the on screen message "No Satellite Signal Being Received".
Therefore, to assist the digibox to receive the bare minimum information it requires boot up its "default frequency" must be changed to another frequency to enable the initial information download.
The best / most popular default transponder frequency for the Costa Blanca Spain is 12.129, although you can use any of the many frequencies that you can actually receive at the time. Yes ANY frequency will work, as long as you can receive the particular frequency!
In most cases, after a successful download the default transponder frequency will return to 11778. This is normal, and you should not really expect the digibox to keep the default transponder you have manually input.
NOTE: No matter what other people or installers say, changing this default transponder frequency on a Sky box does not increase how long channels are available. It is only used to “assist” the Sky digibox to boot up.
For example if you change the default transponder frequency setting to another frequency setting, say 12129, then when you go to watch Sky News the Sky digibox will use the frequency 12207, the frequency for Sky News.
The default transponder setting of 12129 that you have manually input is not used and overridden.
You do not have to do this process for Freesat or Generic receivers, just Sky receivers.
For more information, including a video on the process of how to change the default transponder frequency" and a downloadable instruction sheet please click on Sky Satellite Default Frequency Settings
For more information please visit:
The Sat and PC Guy - Digital Satellite and Terrestrial Installations and Maintenance for the Costa Blanca
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"What to do if you are receiving a No Default Transponder message?"
"What is the best Sky Default Transponder frequency setting to use on the Costa Blanca Spain?"
"What is the best Freesat Default Transponder frequency setting to use on the Costa Blanca Spain?"
"My Sky digibox is showing a "searching for listings" message?"
When a Sky receiver / digibox is turned on the first time after being disconnected from the power, the box tries first tries to download approximately 6 hours of EPG information from a specific default frequency (or Transponder) from the satellite. The Sky digibox must have this information to start to work and allow you to watch Sky TV.
Unfortunately, the default frequency (transponder) that the Sky box is initially set to look for (11778) is one of the weaker signals in Spain and the Costa Blanca, especially during the afternoons, even on a 2.4m dish!
So sometime if your digibox is disconnected from the power, your Sky digibox may be unable to find this important frequency and fail to boot up, and display the on screen message "No Satellite Signal Being Received".
Therefore, to assist the digibox to receive the bare minimum information it requires boot up its "default frequency" must be changed to another frequency to enable the initial information download.
The best / most popular default transponder frequency for the Costa Blanca Spain is 12.129, although you can use any of the many frequencies that you can actually receive at the time. Yes ANY frequency will work, as long as you can receive the particular frequency!
In most cases, after a successful download the default transponder frequency will return to 11778. This is normal, and you should not really expect the digibox to keep the default transponder you have manually input.
NOTE: No matter what other people or installers say, changing this default transponder frequency on a Sky box does not increase how long channels are available. It is only used to “assist” the Sky digibox to boot up.
For example if you change the default transponder frequency setting to another frequency setting, say 12129, then when you go to watch Sky News the Sky digibox will use the frequency 12207, the frequency for Sky News.
The default transponder setting of 12129 that you have manually input is not used and overridden.
You do not have to do this process for Freesat or Generic receivers, just Sky receivers.
For more information, including a video on the process of how to change the default transponder frequency" and a downloadable instruction sheet please click on Sky Satellite Default Frequency Settings
For more information please visit:
The Sat and PC Guy - Digital Satellite and Terrestrial Installations and Maintenance for the Costa Blanca
or the forum
The Sat and PC Guy FORUM - Digital Satellite and Terrestrial Installations and Maintenance for the Costa Blanca
Friday, March 5, 2010
ITV1 +1 test frequencies for Sky and Freesat receivers
ITV1 +1 is back up and testing again.
Currently test are in the clear - ie with no sky card required, and are currently showing some ITV1 regions as part of the test.
But expect them to be encrypted and require a Sky card very soon.
ITV1+1 Frequency
11.973
V
27500
2/3
Tagged as 7450, 7455, 7560, 7565, and 7570
These are on a south beam frequency so reception with a sky card should be easily available in Spain on a small satellite dish when ITV1+1 is officailly launched.....assuming they do not change anything between onw and then.
ITV1+1 was originally scheduled for launch in October 2009, but was delayed.
EDIT / UPDATE:
The above information, posted in March 2010, is now out of date, as ITV1+1 launched on 11th January 2011 on Sky and Freesat. Click here to go to the post about ITV1+1 regions and frequencies and channel numbers for Sky and Freesat
For more information please visit:
The Sat and PC Guy - Digital Satellite and Terrestrial Installations and Maintenance for the Costa Blanca
or the forum
The Sat and PC Guy FORUM - Digital Satellite and Terrestrial Installations and Maintenance for the Costa Blanca
Currently test are in the clear - ie with no sky card required, and are currently showing some ITV1 regions as part of the test.
But expect them to be encrypted and require a Sky card very soon.
ITV1+1 Frequency
11.973
V
27500
2/3
Tagged as 7450, 7455, 7560, 7565, and 7570
These are on a south beam frequency so reception with a sky card should be easily available in Spain on a small satellite dish when ITV1+1 is officailly launched.....assuming they do not change anything between onw and then.
ITV1+1 was originally scheduled for launch in October 2009, but was delayed.
EDIT / UPDATE:
The above information, posted in March 2010, is now out of date, as ITV1+1 launched on 11th January 2011 on Sky and Freesat. Click here to go to the post about ITV1+1 regions and frequencies and channel numbers for Sky and Freesat
For more information please visit:
The Sat and PC Guy - Digital Satellite and Terrestrial Installations and Maintenance for the Costa Blanca
or the forum
The Sat and PC Guy FORUM - Digital Satellite and Terrestrial Installations and Maintenance for the Costa Blanca
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