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I recently purchased a Freesat 1000s for our local theatre in order to show live performing art transmissions via Eutelsat and various events via Freesat on Astra.
Tuning into Astra is easy enough but could do with some guidance on how to tune to Eutelsat.
Any help would be appreciated.
If you mean Eutelsat 28A at 28.5E then you would have done this when you tuned to Astra 28.2E. The freesat EPG covers them both.
Sorry my mistake. It is Intelsat 10-02
I received this reply to my question directly to Humax which appears to give me the answer.
Thank you for contacting Humax Support.
Please follow the following guide for setting your HDR-1000S up to connecting to a non-Freesat satellite.
Press the Settings button
Go to System Settings
Select STB Mode
Press OK on Change to non-Freesat mode
Press the Settings button
Go to Non Freesat and press OK
Select Transponder and enter the relevant data, either by User Define or from the list
Select Next and enter any more information required for the satellite and then Search
To return to Freesat mode, press the Home button and press OK on Freesat mode.
There is also the small matter of having setting up the dish/second LNB to receive it and a switch.
That would be Intelsat 10-02 at 1.0°W ?
For Freesat you dish is pointed at Astra 2A at 28.2°E. I’ve not come across (so far) any dual LNB setup that would cover both, so I assume you have a 2nd dish with switch or motorised dish?
Yes a second 1.2mtr dish for the Intelsat 10.02, both dishes duel LNB, leads terminate into four connector wall box.
I rang the technical dept. at Humax and apparently if you are connecting two satellite dishes then the duel input connections on the !000s have to go one to each satellite.
Am still confused by the instructions above from Humax as they seem to be missing the point where you put in the code ( RED,GYBGYB) , and also how to easily switch between the two when needed.
Assuming it’s the same as the Foxsat-hdr. You need two diseqc switches each one with a input from each dish. Each switch output connects to one of the HDR-1000s inputs. If you only have one switch then on the Foxsat-HDR it must connect to input 1. The HDR1000 is a bit different to the Foxsat as it contains an internal link for single cable working. How this affects diseqc on this box not a clue.
Does anyone know for certain that the current firmware for the hdr1000/1010s now supports diseqc. I seem to remember it was one of the coming soon extras at launch ?
I don’t remember any firmware upgrades mentioning diseqc.
bandleader – 3 hours ago »
……………. Am still confused by the instructions above from Humax as they seem to be missing the point where you put in the code ( RED,GYBGYB) , and also how to easily switch between the two when needed.
I think if you have a DiSEqC switch it is said to be seen on Factory Reset.
There is not currently anything of interest in the antenna menu (that I see anyway) – just a single item “Fixed”. Switch to non-freesat and move to where you would select the transponder and input the secret code, Humax have said they plan to add unicable support here in the future, so perhaps other options as well like the Foxsat.
I would suggest you connect it up as Humax suggested and then do a factory reset and watch for any messages. I also suggest the 28.2/5E connection goes to LNB1.
Edit: See Graham got in before me.
Graham, I think one of Barry’s early posts on HDR-1000S mentioned that DiSEqC would be seen on install (it is a while back now). However this is the first time I have seen anyone trying a multi-sat setup.
Has any progress been made yet?
I replaced my old (dead) Humax with the HRR 1000S this morning.
I cannot get it to recognise Hotbird and some nominated transponders.
I live in a flat serviced by a pair of communal satellite aerials. The old Humax needed me to identify the Hotbird on a hidden menu (accessed by the sequence of colour buttons) and I associated it with Diseqc B as the communal system has one of these dish switching systems.
At one stage this morning I seemed to get a signal from the Hotbird dish but I never collected any channels. Now I cannot even see a signal.
I could not see diseqc on the install or when I re-installed. This is a real pain if the new machine cannot address the second dish in the same way that my old one did.
Tony
It seems you can use Diseqc on the HDR 1000S.
Getting to the hidden menu is documented elsewhere.
You pick your satellite – mine was Hotbird.
You pick the Switch Type as Diseqc B
LNB Frequency Normal
For 22kh switch you choose On rather than Auto – I think that was where I was going wrong last time. I had left it on Auto.
Oddlly when you pick the frequency you want to scan you often get zero Strength and Quality. On the old Humax HDR you saw when you were accessing a live frequency. However, if you then choose to Scan you should find some stations.
Not a great aide memoir or guide I am afraid. But the good news is that this particular machine will pick up non FreeSat satellites if you have access to the appropriate dish(es).
Tony
Two and a bit years on…..
I had to try a factory re-set yesterday as my Humax has lost its ‘on demand’ facility. It did not solve the problem but that’s another story.
I lost all my Hotbird settings and I can’t get them back.
A poster above said “I think if you have a DiSEqC switch it is said to be seen on Factory Reset.”
I did not see one and my attempts to follow the instructions I posted are not working. I wonder if more recent versions of the software do not detect DiSEqC and a second dish.
Has anyone tried to set up some alternative dish channels recently?
Tony
What did you set in the Antenna menu?
Since making that post earlier today I spoke to Humax about my machine refusing to do ‘on demand’ and they said it was ‘faulty’.
For £110 they would repair it which would involve me getting it to them and being without a recorder for X days/weeks.
For £164 I can have a refurbished machine before noon tomorrow.
No brainer…….
It will be interesting to see if the new machine spots the DiESqC when I install it tomorrow. I am not going to fiddle with the old machine any more. Even if I get it to work I’ll still have to sort the Hotbird out again tomorrow.
So apologies for not coming back about that Antenna menu. Was there something I should have been looking out for?
Tony
It’s quite a while since I looked in the Antenna menu but if it has not spotted the switch, then I would guess, it has assumed “two feeds same” rather than “two feeds different”.
I think that other sub settings appear after selecting “two feeds different”.
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