ASTRA 28.2° EAST monitored by Wild Pete

TESTS AND OTHER CHANNELS NOT NUMBERED ON THE SKY EPG

Most channels carried on Astra satellites at 28.2E are already on the Sky EPG, but the table below shows tests and some others that are available. The names of various channels that have ceased broadcasting also still appear in the list. Access them through manual tuning of your receiver. TV channels are in blue, audio channels in green. These are what I see with my system; if you have a different level of subscription, results will likely vary. Manual tuning does not let you see subscription channels for free!

See my front page including a list of the main Sky Digital channels or see what extras are available from the Eurobird satellite.

Page last updated 22nd August 2010

Selected recent changes:
Tp 52 - Sky Travel removed
Tp 25 - snr3, 5705 & HSSNR removed
Tp 52 - channel 5107 removed

Transponder no. / Frequency Channel Name Description         Astra 2A & B transponders 1-39 use Symbol Rate 27.5 & FEC 2/3 2 11739V Challenge+ Challenge as on EPG ch 125 2 11739V Bravo+ Bravo as on EPG ch 123 2 11739V Bravo~ Bravo as on EPG ch 123 2 11739V 6008 Blue screen 3 11758H 5562 Blue screen 3 11758H 5563 Blue screen 3 11758H 5560 Blue screen 3 11758H 5561 Blue screen 4 11778V (blank) Blue screen 6 11817V UKTV Food +1 Blue screen 6 11817V Uktv Docs~ Used by cable operators. Showing Eden as on EPG ch 532. 6 11817V 7611 Blue screen 6 11817V UK Food~ Good Food as on EPG ch 249 7 11836H 9006 Channel upgrade screen 10 11895V MTV Trax The Trax service otherwise available throught the red button on MTV 10 11895V Mti MTV One. Used for interactive service 13 11954H ETV3 Technical fault message but with BBC Radio 1 audio 13 11954H BBC London BBC Radio London, only on the EPG in the London area. 13 11954H T7 STRM-0 BBC interactive mosaic 13 11954H T7 STRM-1 BBC interactive service 13 11954H 6780 Blue screen 13 11954H 6781 Blue screen 14 11973V ITV1 Central S ITV1 regions 14 11973V ITV1 Central E 15 11992H 6103 G.O.L.D. +1 as on EPG ch 133 15 11992H 7601 Home +1 as on EPG ch 247 15 11992H UKtv Gold +1~ G.O.L.D. +1 as on EPG ch 133 15 11992H 7616 Blue screen 15 11992H UKTV Docs +1~ Technical Fault message 15 11992H UKTV G2 +1. Blue screen 15 11992H 7360 Home +1 as on EPG ch 247 17 12032H QVC Test QVC as on EPG ch 640 18 12051V Toonami I CN Too as on EPG ch 602 18 12051V Cartoon l Cartoon Network as on EPG ch 601 18 12051V 5606 CNN Radio. News feeds for other stations. 22 12129V 7308 S4C as on EPG channel 134 23 12148H SP News Sky Sports News as on EPG ch 405 23 12148H S1Test British Eurosport 2 as on EPG ch 411 25 12188H 5711 British Eurosport as on EPG ch 410 26 12207V Sky News UK (Cable) Sky News 26 12207V Sky News Eire (Cable) Sky News 26 12207V SNR Sky News Radio 26 12207V 1869 Sky Sports 2 as on EPG channel 402 (moved from 12266H) 26 12207V 8039 Sky News as on EPG channel 501 27 12226H 1837 Sky 1 as on EPG ch 106 27 12226H 1871 SOM Test Sky 2 as on EPG ch 107 30 12285V Realmadrid TV Blue screen; channel recently removed from the EPG 30 12285V yd1oe6 Sky 1 as on EPG ch 106 30 12285V yd2oe6 Sky 1 as on EPG ch 106 30 12285V Sky News +1 Blue screen 30 12285V Sky 1 ETV Slot1 Technical fault message 31 12304H Retail Info Sky promos, intended for retailers 31 12304H Sky Active Ads Sky info card 31 12304H 1429 SkyPoker.com as on EPG ch 865 35 12304H (blank) Blank screen 36 12402V ITV1 Mer SE ITV1 regions 36 12402V ITV1 Mer N 36 12402V ITV1 Anglia W 36 12402V ITV1 Yorks E 36 12402V ITV1 TT S 36 12402V ITV1 Central SW 36 12402V 12199 ITV1 Central 37 12421H Channel TBC Blue screen, channel recently removed from the EPG 40 12480V Channel 4 etc C4 family of channels, Irish regional variations (not free to air)         Transponders 41-63 use Symbol Rate 22.0 & FEC 5/6 Note Astra 2D transmissions on transponders 41-56 are tightly focussed on the British Isles and a larger dish will be required by viewers in continental Europe 41 10714H Channel 4 Six C4 regional variations (only difference is adverts) 41 10714H c4l Channel 4 42 10729V Channel 4 +1 Six C4 +1 regional variations (only difference is adverts) 42 10729V c4m +1 Channel 4 +1 42 10729V e4 E4, as on EPG channel 136 42 10729V c4l+1 Channel 4 +1 43 10744H RTE One 'This programme is not available' message in Great Britain - channel only available to viewers in Rep of Ireland and Northern Ireland 43 10744H RTE TWO 'This programme is not available' message in Great Britain - channel only available to viewers in Rep of Ireland and Northern Ireland 43 10744H TG4 'This programme is not available' message in Great Britain - channel only available to viewers in Rep of Ireland and Northern Ireland 43 10744H 9604 'This programme is not available' message (although I understand that in Ireland this shows a blank/snowy screen) 43 10744H TV3 'This programme is not available' - channel only available to viewers in Rep of Ireland 44 10758V ITV1 Granada ITV1 regions 44 10758V ITV1 Anglia E 44 10758V ITV1 Central W 45 10773H ETV CBeebies/BBC Four 45 10773H BBC TES 2 Blue screen 45 10773H BBC TES 3 BBC Three as on EPG channel 115 46 10788V ETV5 BBC1 W Midlands 47 10803H ETV2 BBC1 Wales 47 10803H ETV3 Audio channel. Technical fault message / silent. 48 10818V ETV6 BBC1 West 49 10832H ITV1 Wales ITV1 regions 49 10832H ITV1 West 49 10832H ITV1 W Country 49 10832H G49 ITV1 Wales 52 10876V SkyRealLive +1 Blue screen. Channel recently removed from the EPG. 52 10876V Sky Real Lives Blue screen. Channel recently removed from the EPG. 52 10876V SkyRealLives2 Blue screen. Channel recently removed from the EPG. 52 10876V 1356 At The Races as on EPG channel 415 53 10891H 10135 Blue screen 53 10891H Men & Motors Blue screen. Channel recently removed from the EPG. 53 10891H ITV1 Border (2 sub regions) ITV1 regions 53 10891H ITV1 TT N 53 10891H ITV1 Meridian S 53 10891H ITV1 Meridian E 53 10891H ITV1 Anglia S 53 10891H ITV1 Yorks W 53 10891H G53 Showing ITV1 Border 54 10906V ITV Channel Is ITV1 regions 54 10906V STV (3 sub regions) 54 10906V UTV 54 10906V G54 Showing ITV3

Manual Tuning

To access the above channels, you need to add them to the "Other Channels" section of the Digibox "Services" menu.

Bring up the Services menu and choose option 4 for System Setup then 4 again for Add Channels. Type in the frequency as given above, together with the polarity letter. For transponders 1 to 40 leave the Symbol rate and FEC at their default values, for other frequencies change them to the settings shown in the above table. Choose Find Channels and the list of channels being broadcast by that transponder appears. Highlight the name and press the yellow button for all the ones you wish to add to your list. Pressing the Select button saves your choices; your selected channels will now be available under the "Other Channels" option on the Services menu. You can save up to 50 channels in this fashion.