Loading ...Taken from a post on DigitalSpy (thanks jzee!), we thought it might be a good idea publishing here to; showcase some of the many channels available on your Freesat box via the ‘non-Freesat’ mode. These channels are FTA (free-to-air) but have so far decided not to join the Freesat EPG (electronic programme guide) for full 7 day listings and an assigned channel number.
Just switch your Freesat receiver over to ‘non-Freesat’ mode, carry out a scan, and you’ll find hundreds of channels including these worth a look. Hopefully one day they will find themselves on the Freesat EPG, but that is down to the broadcaster and whether they are willing to pay the fee for inclusion.
Films/Drama
Brit Shorts – french short film & animation
11426 H, 27500 2/3
Film24 – films, classic kids progs, film previews, interviews, film festivals.
12690 V, 27500 2/3
Movies4Men+1 – if you miss something on the freesat channel (ch 304)
12524.00 H, 27500 2/3
Movies4Men2+1 – if you miss something on the freesat channel (ch 306)
11259 V, 27500 2/3
Paranormal – classic mystery, UFO and ghost stuff, old films
11488 V, 27500 2/3
World Movies – ‘highbrow’ world cinema
12643 V, 27500 2/3
Lifestyle/Travel
Horse & Country – UK countryside stuff, horse trials fishing, farming, stately homes
12560 V, 27500 2/3
Luxe HD – french channel showing premium food, fashion, travel, art, cars; in HD
12643 H, 27500 2/3
SA Direct – documentaries on southern africa, not all travel focused
11343 V, 27500 2/3
Sky Travel – travel deals shopping channel
10876 V, 22000 5/6
Thomas Cook – travel sales
11527 V, 27500 2/3
Travel Channel – travel documentaries, sales
12560 V, 27500 2/3
Travel Channel+1 – travel documentaries, sales
12690 V, 27500 2/3
Travel Deals Direct – thomson holiday sales
12560 V, 27500 2/3
News/Documentaries/Community
Channel M – Manchester news, documentaries; some sport
11527 V, 27500 2/3
Community Channel – charity activities in 3rd world and UK
12226 H, 27500 2/3
Controversial TV – political; plus supernatural/extraterrestrial/conspiracy theory
11222 H, 27500 2/3
Press TV – Iranian 24 hour news channel
12690 V, 27500 2/3
Sky News – UK 24 hour news (award winning)
12207 V, 27500 2/3
Zone Reality+1 – if you miss something on the Freesat channel (ch 136)
11261 H, 27500 2/3
Music
Bliss – mainstream pop
11642 V, 27500 2/3
Brit Asia TV – asian pop
12480 V, 27500 2/3
Channel AKA – hip hop
12690 V, 27500 2/3
Flaunt – house, trance, disco
11642 V, 27500 2/3
Flava – hip hop, R&B, garage, drum n bass
11642 V, 27500 2/3
Music India – indian pop
12643 H, 27500 2/3
NME TV – indy rock
11642 V, 27500 2/3
oMusic TV – classical
11223 V, 27500 2/3
Starz TV – youth orientated pop
11343 V, 27500 2/3
Radio
Arrow Rock
10862 H, 22000 5/6
Galaxy
10862 H, 22000 5/6
Heart
10862 H, 22000 5/6
LBC
10862 H, 22000 5/6
Magic
11623 H, 27500 2/3
Real Radio
10862 H, 22000 5/6
Smooth
10862 H, 22000 5/6
June 9th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Radio
Radio Caroline
You need to manually tune us in on Freesat’s Other Satellite Services.
Satellite: Astra2/Eurobird
Transponder Frequency: 11390
Polarisation: Vertical
Symbol Rate: 27.5 (or as Auto)
Tony HalesQuote
June 9th, 2009 at 11:16 am
personally ive been enjoying a channel called contervesial tv (used to be emtv ).some interesting and thought provoking programing
darnall 42Quote
June 9th, 2009 at 11:47 am
It would appear you`ve done Murdoch a favour by inadvertently
giving a plug for FREESAT FROM SKY in showing some of the
extra channels they have, including a full EPG!
johnboyQuote
June 9th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
I think you may have just done that, we are just making Freesat viewers aware of additional channels they can access; and hope that these broadcasters will sit up and take notice and pay for inclusion on Freesat.
adminQuote
June 9th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Is Freesat actually asking these channels if they want to join the EPG? If so, what are they saying?
Kevin McFarlaneQuote
June 9th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
I posted something similar a while ago over on
http://bobmarleypeople.blogspot.com/2009/04/heres-post-about-possible-freesat.html
and posted the link here. “admin” said thanks too, but never made it a full post
(I wrote the post before NHK World joined if you take a look)
Incidentally, you’re missing a few channels (such as CCTV-9 and the other POP channels’ timeshifts).
Peter (bobmarleypeople)Quote
June 9th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Be aware, when you can for the channels it may clear your planner.
RonnieQuote
June 9th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
I have a panasonic TV with built in Freesat, how can I access these FTA channels?
RogerdQuote
June 10th, 2009 at 6:29 am
@Ronnie. I’ve had the same problem with my Humax Foxsat HDR clearing my planner whenever I manually tune channels. Does anyone know if this is avoidable?
RobbieQuote
June 10th, 2009 at 9:25 am
Not avoidable – also fails to record anything you have scheduled in fresat, whilst in non-freesat mode. Hope it all gets fixed with the upcoming update. Just be cautious going into non-freesat mode if you are due to rcord anything.
GlynQuote
June 10th, 2009 at 10:29 am
@rogerd – if you haven’t found it yet, it’s in your menu-setup-add other sat services-manual tune
Input the sat details and the tv will list a number of available channels, tick the ones you like. You can save quite a lot, and the tv will search as many times as you like until you have used up the space
PierreQuote
June 10th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Its a pity we cannot access 4HD in non freesat mode.
DenisQuote
June 10th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Shame that the Goodmans SD Freesat box won’t let you scan for anything other than 3/4 for the FEC. No Bliss for me
AshQuote
June 11th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Any chance of publishing the non-Freesat epg channel numbers allocated to the stations listed above?
Andrew MorrisQuote
June 12th, 2009 at 10:31 am
Hi-def news
Channel 5 has been awarded the last Freeview HD slot so expect this on Freesat as well.
Meanwhile, Sky has announced that its Sky News channel will be available in HD from 2010.Sky News HD will be a simulcast of the current standard definition channel, The BBC has previously announced plans to transmit BBC World News in HD, but this isn’t scheduled to start until 2012.
Sorry if this is a bit off topic but there is no where else to post it.
Tony HalesQuote
June 13th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Re: Hi Def News, the Digital TV Group site (dtv.org.uk) says :-
“The launch of Sky News HD is scheduled to take place in Spring 2010 following an upgrade to studios, production facilities and newsgathering operations in the UK and overseas.
“Sky News HD will be simulcast alongside Sky News’ existing standard definition channel, and include an updated HD studio, HD resources in the field and HD graphics capable of delivering a 3D look on-air.”
You can imagine the cost of all this! $ky can just put their hands deeper into subscribers’ pockets, but broadcasters who are struggling financially through the recession can be forgiven for moving at a pace they can afford.
HD ScepticQuote
June 13th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Re Channels Worth Watching In Non-Freesat Mode
World Cinema + Community Channel
Dunno if anyone else has found this, but my Humax HD box is producing pretty poor signal reception on the two above channels, both on a Non-Freeview and a Manual Tune, using the frequencies, polarisation and FEC settings given in the posting. Finds them Ok but repeated signal break-up or complete drop. All other Non-Freeview channels (about +/- 400 incl. 17 bimbos on couches just waiting for my phone call…!) excellent reception…Any thoughts? Or is it just a dodgy transponder?
Bernard KasparasQuote
June 15th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Correction to post 17. above
The film channel with poor reception is called World MOVIES and not World Cinema.
Apologies for any confusion caused.
Bernard KasparasQuote
June 22nd, 2009 at 1:41 pm
I am thinking of buying DMR SS350 with built in FreeSat, but I already have a TV with built in Freesat. Does this matter? will they conflict? or do I just not need the recorder with FreeSat? Please help, I need to buy a new recorder urgently.
Thaks
flofloQuote
June 24th, 2009 at 4:19 am
LBC 97.3 has moved, now on..
11222 H, 27500, 2/3
horslipQuote
June 25th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
floflo – you’ll need separate connections from your dish to the panny recorder, so you may need to get a new quad LNB on your dish and run some extra coax’s.
Al CatrazQuote
July 4th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Hi all,
Perhaps a silly question – but here goes.
I’m a teacher, so I thought TeachersTV might be worth a look. The problem is the channel is really poor – with constant breaking up and image pixillation.
Any way of improving it?
thanks
PeterQuote
July 11th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Great shame that ITV Teletext is not included in the Humax line-up. BBC Ceefax is there…..when is Teletex gloing to be included?
drummerboyQuote
July 17th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
i heard teletext was being killed off early due to the rise of the internet
superseagullQuote
September 2nd, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Some of the channels there are ok I guess, but it will be better if they add them self to freesat EPG.
JamesQuote
September 20th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
I had an email from Film24 a few days ago saying they “hope” to join the EPG by the end of the year. I use quotes because it pays to be cautious with Freesat developments.:-) I also know that the recently launched True Entertainment (available in non-Freesat mode) would like to join. No timetable given though.
Kevin McFarlaneQuote
June 4th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
I am completely mystified by the non-Freesat channels.
My Goodmans HD box will not scan for them and it seems that the tuning details are required in order to find the channels manually.
Can anybody nudge a complete newbie in the right direction so that I can sample these channels?
Two Pen’orthQuote
October 7th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
I cannot now receive film24,have they closed down,if not what frequency for film24 from northern ireland
welshterry41Quote
November 28th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
Welshterry41, I’ve just put Film 24 on my FTA. 11585H 27500
Dave EQuote
December 26th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Can i receive DAVE on my Freesat
DAZ PQuote
January 2nd, 2011 at 8:45 pm
Is there any sign of FX joing the stations? Thinking about Dexter and True Blood as I’ve abandoned SKY for the Freesat clan.
DanreyQuote
January 2nd, 2011 at 9:35 pm
FX is tied in contract to Sky as a subscription only channel; it won’t be available on Freesat unless FX decide to change their broadcasting.
adminQuote
January 21st, 2011 at 11:13 am
has anybody got the channel frequencies for al jazeera sports channels
for freesat , have a sagem box but cant seem to find any decent sports channels also lookin for setanta ireland
wul73Quote
June 11th, 2011 at 8:44 pm
i am on sky at the mo,my friend has just bought a humax freesat hd recorder he said its ok,is it worth cancelling sky and going onto freesat or should i stick with sky,i enjoy my comedy is there anything on freesat thats funny.
rickster22011Quote
June 13th, 2011 at 3:24 pm
i have just purchased a sagem dsi86hd freesat box, could anyone please tell me how i add these non freesat channels as i have the option to add non freesat channels but it finds nothink. many thanks for your time .
themill72Quote