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Many people have asked me about how to view FTA channels ( Free to air channels ) using TATA SKY set top boxes, thats why I created this blog posting. This particular information is applicable to people at India willing to view some free channels through TATA SKY set top box. however this is equally applicable to other FTA services if you can catch right frequencies /signals.
1) First thing to do is select right LNB frequency.
for that press Guide button and navigate to organiser and press 5. This will show you System setting, now press 0, 1, select and you will see Installer Setup - fig 01
fig 03
Manual Tuning - fig 04
For that you need to point your dish to Insat 4B at 93.5°East so that you can see the service provider name in side the red horizontal stripe (DD DIRECT + in our case) see the below figure Signal Strength - fig 05. If you can not see the provider name then you may have to try repositioning your dish until the name appears in the red colored bar below signal level.
It would be better to take your TV to terrace and adjust the dish position. ( please do this only if you are confident enough to so that you can switch back to TATA SKY signals once you are finished testing with FTA channels.) You can buy an extra dish for experimentation if you want, leaving the TATA SKY dish untouched. I suggest to use an extra dish as tampering with TATA SKY dish may cause you some serious trouble. The choice is yours.
Signal Strength - fig 05
you need to navigate back to Systems setting screen by pressing back back, back, back and 5 on your remote( press back 3 times and select add channels option) to add channels of your interest which are available on that satellite. See below figure
Adding channels - fig 06
S/n. | Transponder Frequency (MHz) | Symbol Rate (ksps) | Polarization |
1 | 10990 | 27500 | Vertical |
2 | 11070 | 27500 | Vertical |
3 | 11150 | 27500 | Vertical |
4 | 11490 | 27500 | Vertical |
5 | 11570 | 27500 | Vertical |
7) Now its time to enjoy all your hard work:
After you are done with all the frequencies listed above in the table navigate to the Other channnels option under Organiser menu and press 7 ( or select other channels by scrolling down). You will be shown with the list of stored channels like below.
Now select the channel you wish to watch.
That's it, we are done. :)
Note: In some case there is a possibility that these set top box may have been locked by the manufacturer and it can not be used to view other signals other than it is customized to use.
I do appreciate comments from readers if they can spend some time.
49 comments:
Thanks,
programmes.
Is it possible to view Tatasky programmes with other make STBs- ofcourse with proper view card.
I have HUMAX STB
Regards
Devas
devas47@yahoo.co.uk
Sorry earlier post is a mistake
Thank you for the write up. Obiviously once it is done we cannot view Tatasky programmes.
Is it possible to view Tatasky programmes with other make STBs- ofcourse with proper view card.
I have HUMAX STB
Regards
Devas
devas47@yahoo.co.uk
Hi, i tried everything to view FTA channels in TATASKY, I changed my dish position but there is no result. Let me know how is can i see 93.5 Degree angle, pls reply that.
Hi, i tried everything to view FTA channels in TATASKY, I changed my dish position but there is no result. Let me know how is can i see 93.5 Degree angle, pls reply that
As I told,
Tata sky does not provide TP entry in the Manual Tuning menu for the satellite Insat 4B,
Only way to ensure you are catching right signal is to selectIN4A-18 in the Manual Tuning menu, and go to Signal strength screen by selecting Save Setting option and then adjust the position of dish until you see service provider name ( dishtv in our case) . This is what i did.
I think there are many other methods available like using a generic set top box first and then replacing it by tata sky box once ur dish positioned and then storing channels or else getting help from a cable guy who is familiar with these adjustments.
Hi,
Thanks for replied me, If my set top box locked by manufacturer then how
should i unlock it, pls reply me Shubha Murthy If there any other step will
follow that
I don't think any hack available publicly to unlock the feature locked by provider
At least I haven't found any
@devas
how HUMAX STB different from the one
they generally provide like Thomson?
does it display piracy code i.e, 8 digit number every 15 minutes or so .
It is very annoying thing I noticed in TATA SKY
Yes, displaying 8 digit code regularly, how i rectify it
I have noticed many times that this 8 digit number temporarily disappears whenever "Active" indicator displayed on screen and you press back button.
Pressing the back button doesn't swap channels instead it hides the 8 digit number.
All I want to say is that the set top box reads your digi card every 15 minutes or so and generates this unique number ( which they term it as piracy code) and displays it on screen.
If any one trick to hide it permanently would really be appreciated.
If i have to use other LNB on my TATASKY dish it will give signals for FTA channels. where is it available in chennai (LNB), which one is the best, what is C band
Im able to position dish and got signal from the dishtv satellite but unable to store channels. At different frequencies, even I can able to see the list of channels, but can't add channels with yellow button. Can anyone help me out ?
It is strange,
Why you are not able to add channels.
Are you totally cant add any channels at all or it is not allowing you to add further channels because you have already crossed memory limit.
It happened to me as I was trying to add too many channels both scrambled as well as FTAs.
Only FTAs can be watched.
May be the set top box software is not allowing you to add channels as they (DTH providers) have put some restriction.
Because if you discontinue paying them and keep watching FTAs it is a loss to them ( I mean if people like me and you).
Any way I appreciate that you have tried this
Regards
i have dish tv zenega stb and tata sky stb and also 2 dish for these 2....plzzz tell me [i can't take my tv to the terrace but with the dish tv antenna can i get the tatasky fta channels plzzzz reply
Hi,
You can watch FTA channels using TATA SKY set top box using any Dish antenna which are capable of receiving these KU band transmition signals.
Hence if it is Dish TV or Tata Sky, Sun or else Airtel Dish antenna it should not matter as long as the option for adding FTA channels is enable/Available in your set top box.
I would suggest to refer Free TV from India - LyngSat
enjoy FTA.
great article..!! From lyngsat I can see that there are few FTA channels available for inset4A, which is used by TATASKY. How can I add those channels into the list. I mean any change in the frequency table that you have added for channel add.
kannadadhora nevu paravagala superknre.one more thing tataksy stb and its card are paired .it will only work with its digicomp .
There are 100 other free channels available on Insat 4A, the problem is that when we are recieving TataSky signal our boxes are locked and nothing can be done, but once u change the allignment to Insat 4B as said it's unlocked and i guess we'll be able to add more channels.
This i tried about an year back, haven't tried now.. May be they allow u to add some free channels manually from insat4A.
This post is very helpful, Thanks.
Kunal Janu
Is it possible to view FTA Channels in Deactivation Period?
yes, remove the smart card and try, but make sure your STB model is not locked to watch FTAs.
I heard recently DTH providers are blocking adding of FTA channels.
hi, i spend more than 8 hr to adjust dish n im getting above 80% signal stength but signal quality is still 0% whats wrong with it my stb is made by thomson. PLZ REPLY.
I feel sorry about you,
Hope you are not wasting any more time trying it.
This works most of the time, check if you have positioned your dish to receive DD direct signals and your STB is not locked for FTA.
I think if any Service provider deliberately locking their STB, then it is a serious crime.
Hi
I have a Tatasky STB and Card currenly in deactivated and not used last 3 months. is it possible to get the FTA Channels using same Tatasky Box. Please Let know how I can align
Regards
Manoj
Procedure is same, just give a try, when you position the dish to 93.5 degree East, you will see service provider name as DD Direct, I will update the blog with right image
I updated the post with new images.
Thanks for all the responses.
Thank you moothy
I Had tried but only bank scrren is comming, Please hellp me with imgages of settings if u have
It appears that TATA SKY must have released a patch after this article was posted and those with new boxes or latest driver in their STB is not able to scan through FTA channels and add them.
I am still able to receive these DD Direct signals in my STB ( Thomson make) by fallowing these instructions as I did not recharged my account for long time and stooped watching TS as I had shifted to FTA channels.
My Driver version: 01.43.01 Nov 15 2008
Core: 3.1.1.1.4Oct 22 2008 CR31...
1.4.2.001 14th April 2010 1.4.0.001 this is my box sfot ware version and its also Thomsson make, still am not able to view the channels, Any other problem
With DD Direct Plus planing to upgrade for 200 chanels this year. it useful to give a try and utilize ur old stb box.
I am able to scan and add the channels. However after that, when I got to other channels and select the added channel to view, it displays a messgae saying cannott view the channel. Has anyone else seen this?
Same here all successful but displays a message saying cannot view the channel .did the tuning on 4th June used sun direct dish tatasky receiver.
Thanks for the nice info. I first installed DD Direct+ using generic STB then switched to TataSky STB. In my case signal strength was shown to be zero and DD service name was not coming. Since I knew DD signal is physically there on my antenna I went ahead, fed the frequencies, polarity etc. & added & stored "Other Channels". Next I repeated the process with another antenna but with TataSky STB from the first phase. It is working. For aiming your antenna at INSAT-4B or any satellite you can use the azimuth, elevation calculator of the website www.dishpointer.com. You can locate your antenna position there using google map or Lat/Long. N.B. For new satellite explorers like me 90cm Ku band antenna with universal LNB seems to be good enough.
Hi sir,
i have a TS set of box and i try to watch FTA chanals of dd+ . Can u help me sir my mail id is 786janji@gmail.com
Thanks for replied me, If my set top box locked by manufacturer then how anlock
Thanks for replied me, If my set top box locked by manufacturer then how anlocked
No way you can unlock
is this trick working now?
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Hello Can anybody help me with the technical parameters to get Tatasky/Dishtv/Airtel or similar indian DTH HD service in IRAN. Thanks.
Hi in Iran signals are covered for TATA SKY, but you can check this site for dish size and coverage and frequency for others DISH/AIRTEL etc
Not sure if these providers sell box out side India.
http://www.satbeams.com/footprints?position=83
http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/tatasky.html
Do google search "lyngsat DTH PROVIDER NAME"
ex lyngsat AIRTEL DTH
lyngsat TATA SKY etc.
Oater Add All the FTA channel in Tata Sky But their message appear "sorry, this channel is not available"
please tell me how to see that and resolve the problam
please tell me my mail id- amitsagar4u@gmail.com
Oater Add All the FTA channel in Tata Sky But their message appear "sorry, this channel is not available" plzzzz help
It is our right to view any free channel. Just because the pay channel provider charges us exorbitant amount, it need not mean they can refuse to provide free channels along with pay channels. That amounts to blackmailing.Their main aim is to boost their income. The general population is at a loss as to what can be done. I feel these companies should provide all the free channels along with a minimum number of pay channels. Is there no legal remedy to control these companies and make them give all the free channels? Legally challenging them may be the only way and it has to be done by some legal group. Do express your opinions.
i accidentally pressed the reset button on my TATA Sky Set top box- how do i do the manual settings
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it's fake there is no idea to watch dd direct in tata sky stb only way you can watch it with another stb like china reciever this is fake
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