Re: Quest and Quest Red go free-to-air on satellite...
Posted:
Fri Jun 30, 2017 6:51 pm
by dutchman
Update:
Quest+1 and Quest Red+1 are now also free-to-air but not yet listed in the Freesat channel guide.
11.876 H, 27.500, 2/3, DVB-S, QPSK
Quest +1
11.582 H, 22.000, 5/6, DVB-S, QPSK
Quest Red +1
Re: Quest and Quest Red go free-to-air on satellite...
Posted:
Mon Oct 09, 2017 7:06 pm
by dutchman
Quest frequency changeQuest and sister channel Quest Red (Sky 144/162*; Freesat 167/169) have moved to a new satellite transponder on the 28°E orbital position as part of a shuffleround of channels operated by parent company Discovery. Sky and Freesat boxes should automatically handle the change, but for those who have manually tuned in the station, the new parameters are:
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Satellite: Astra 2E (28.2E)
Frequency: 12382
Polarisation: Horizontal
Symbol Rate: 27500 (27.5Mbaud)
FEC: 5/6
Mode: DVB-S
NB: Quest and Quest Red are now full 720x576 resolution on Freesat (but not on Freeview).
There are reports that some boxes are having problems tuning the new frequencies and that even doing a factory reset has not helped.
Re: Quest and Quest Red go free-to-air on satellite...
Posted:
Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:11 pm
by dutchman
Found this advice for Sony Bravia owners in another forum:
Re: Sony Bravia.
There is another way to tune the Quests in, but it has to be done in the following order -
(1) factory rescan.
(2) Skip satellite turning.
(3) When setup is complete, go to satellite auto turning section - but instead of full scan or hidden network scan, pick the hidden manual scan.
(4) And this is important bit, because it has to be done first before any other type of scan - it will not work after you do any other scan - punch in the Quest frequency.
Once you have Quest installed, manual scan the frequencies of a few of your other favorite channels so you can watch a show . The rest of the channels automatically tune themselves in on the Sony Bravia within a hour or so (make sure satellite auto service update is on for preferred satellite and general satellite). This works, but you have to manual scan/tune the quests in first before you do any other scan - the TV tuner won't find the new Quest frequency afterwards - it will just find the old frequency again.
To clarify - the manual scan I refer to is 'Scan for new Services' - not the 'Normal Scan' or 'Reset Satellite Settings'.
Sony Bravia owners will know what I mean.
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