Can't find channel

Kitchengoblin · 2011-01-10, 08:34 AM

I'm in Melbourne, Australia, and trying to get SBS to show up on N-PVR. All the other channels are showing up with a scan. The other weird thing is that there is another TV in the house, using the same aerial, which CAN get SBS.

I tried putting the frequency in manually and couldn't find anywhere to do so. I eventually stumbled on "NPVR\Tuning\DVB-T\Australia - Melbourne.ini", which does have the line "5=5,536500,0,0,7", and that's SBS's frequency according to various websites I've found it on. One site quoted it as 536625, so I added the line "6=6,536625,0,0,7", restarted N-PVR and scanned again to no avail.

Any ideas?

johnsonx42 · 2011-01-10, 09:27 AM

do a scan then post your logs.

Kitchengoblin · 2011-01-10, 11:21 AM

Done. Here you go.

IanSav · 2011-01-10, 12:41 PM

Hi Kitchengoblin,

If you are getting your signal from the Mt Dandenong transmitters then SBS comes via UHF-29 at 536.625 MHz. I am receiving this fine with NPVR via my HDHomeRun.

Regards,
Ian.

johnsonx42 · 2011-01-10, 05:59 PM

it doesn't appear to lock a signal at either of those frequencies.

I do see though that you're running the previous version of NPVR. You should install 1.5.36 and all the patches and try again. See the thread linked in my sig - the 1.5.36 installer is in post 1, the patch archive is in post 2.

***sub*** · 2011-01-10, 06:17 PM

Did you try ticking the scan offsets checkbox? This is required for some devices in the UK and Australia.

Kitchengoblin · 2011-01-11, 12:25 AM

johnsonx42 Wrote:it doesn't appear to lock a signal at either of those frequencies.

I do see though that you're running the previous version of NPVR. You should install 1.5.36 and all the patches and try again. See the thread linked in my sig - the 1.5.36 installer is in post 1, the patch archive is in post 2.

Great, thanks. Installing those now.

sub Wrote:Did you try ticking the scan offsets checkbox? This is required for some devices in the UK and Australia.

Yup, tried with and without.

Kitchengoblin · 2011-01-11, 12:28 AM

Come to think of it, I was getting similar problems when I was using Blaze DTV, except I wasn't getting channel 9 either. Switching to N-PVR meant I started picking up channel 9. I hope it's not something to do with the aerial connection in my room :/

Kitchengoblin · 2011-01-11, 12:41 AM

Damn, no change. Here's the log (with "scan offsets checked").

johnsonx42 · 2011-01-11, 02:00 AM

Now it looks like you're getting no channels at all. maybe uncheck scan offsets and try again.

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