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I’ve done a SMART retune, but can’t pick-up the Smithsonian channel (Freeview99?).
I’m on Crystal Palace transmitter so it should be on COM7 HD, on Channel 55, but I’ve tried a manual search on Channel 55 and it finds no channels.
Am I doing something wrong?
If you already have 99 tuned in (to the old channel whatever it was) try deleting 99 and then do a manual tune on 55.
SSThing – 18 minutes ago »
If you already have 99 tuned in (to the old channel whatever it was) try deleting 99 and then do a manual tune on 55.
Crystal Palace used to be a group A aerial transmitter. The new frequencies for COM 7/8 are out of band for a group A. Group A only goes up to UHF channel 39.
If Freeview is your only source of TV you may be able to get a wideband aerial fitted for free.
I have posted this before.I am on Crystal palace transmitter too.
Smithsonian works on my smart Tv so aerial OK.But not on my 5000 humax box with smart retune.
I found that a default retune on humax put Smithsonian channel into humax.
make a note of what you want to record before doing so as all wiped out with default retune.
it worked for me.Good luck.
Graham is quite right. In many parts of any transmitter area that was Group A, Ch 55/56 are very likely to be missing as the old aerial cannot manage it. Only if you are in a strong signal area (and most are not) will you be lucky.
Of course what we should be asking, instead of hypothesising about aerials etc., is can the OP receive ANY of the programme material on com7 or 8 or is his problem limited to Smithsonian and he can ‘get’ all the other stuff?
Trev – 8 hours ago »
Of course what we should be asking, instead of hypothesising about aerials etc., is can the OP receive ANY of the programme material on com7 or 8 or is his problem limited to Smithsonian and he can ‘get’ all the other stuff?
The OP says in Post 1
“I’ve tried a manual search on Channel 55 and it finds no channels”
so the answer for Ch55 is “No”.
My point was if you can get Smithsonian on your TV and not on the humax 5000 with a smart humax retune do a default retune on humax and it may work mine did.
What do the high technical members make of that. comments??? why a default humax retune gives more usable channels than a humax smart retune.
Their are some good programmes on smithsonian.
I forget the details but the Humax defaults to DVB-T which searches only for SD channels. Hence, if you do a manual tune, DVB-T will only find SD channels.
You must set it to DVB-T2 and do a search to find HD channels.
An automatic tune does two passes, one for SD with DVB-T and a second for HD with DVB-T2, so finds all channels.
See https://myhumax.org/forum/topic/can-fvp-400t-receive-the-new-freeview-signal#post-65120
JohnH77 – 2 days ago »
I forget the details but the Humax defaults to DVB-T which searches only for SD channels. Hence, if you do a manual tune, DVB-T will only find SD channels.
You must set it to DVB-T2 and do a search to find HD channels.
An automatic tune does two passes, one for SD with DVB-T and a second for HD with DVB-T2, so finds all channels.
See https://myhumax.org/forum/topic/can-fvp-400t-receive-the-new-freeview-signal#post-65120
Yay, thanks John – you nailed it! I selected DVB-T2 and Channel 55, and bingo, Smithsonian and some others got found.
Many thanks.
I have the same problem with the Smithsonian channel reception. Tried a automatic search and then a manual one on DVB-T2, but still nothing. I can receive this channel on the TV we use with the Humax and on all our other TVs, but not through the Humax box. I don’t think it can be a weak signal as we can see the transmitter form our house! May have to resort to asking Humax for advice!
SteveZ – 1 hour ago »
I have the same problem with the Smithsonian channel reception. Tried a automatic search and then a manual one on DVB-T2, but still nothing. I can receive this channel on the TV we use with the Humax and on all our other TVs, but not through the Humax box. I don’t think it can be a weak signal as we can see the transmitter form our house! May have to resort to asking Humax for advice!
Is your transmitter Crystal Palace if not which is the transmitter you can see ?
Check with the Postcode Checker at https://www.freeview.co.uk/help and choose DETAILED VIEW so you see the full details for all the different transmitters you can receive at your location.
Use this site: https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Mendip and find the transmitter your aerial is pointing to and what programmes are in each multiplex.
Can you see the other programmes in the same multiplex as Smithsonian? If so, you should get Smithsonian.
Other posts in this (old!) thread suggest Smithsonian is an HD channel.
However, you have hijacked an old thread and things may have changed.
I don’t think it is HD. I think it is an SD channel on the COM5/ArqA SD Multiplex, along with Pick, Dave, Film 4+1 etc. When I follow the Smithsonian link it says
Quote:Freeview multiplex: Smithsonian Channel is on multiplex COM5 in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.So, can you see Pick, Dave, Film 4+1 etc on COM5?
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