New Schedules Direct Astra satellite line-ups
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New Schedules Direct Astra satellite line-ups
I am puzzled by an email received from Schedules Direct this morning asking me to change my line-ups that refer to the Astra satellite services. They say they are going to drop line-ups:
ZZZ-103.0W-DEFAULT
ZZZ-105.0W-DEFAULT
ZZZ-127.0W-DEFAULT
ZZZ-19.2E-DEFAULT
ZZZ-28.2E-DEFAULT
ZZZ-99.0W-DEFAULT
ZZZ-FTA.NORTHAMERICA-DEFAULT
And instead provide the following line-ups:
Belgium BEL-1000380-DEFAULT
Belgium BEL-1000363-DEFAULT
Belgium BEL-1000370-DEFAULT
Germany DEU-1000099-DEFAULT
Italy ITA-1008137-DEFAULT
Netherlands NLD-1000425-DEFAULT
Norway NOR-1000488-DEFAULT
Spain ESP-1000211-DEFAULT
UK GBR-1008138-DEFAULT
The trouble is when I go to the EPG123 GUI to change my line-ups I do not see any line-ups with the above names. Is EPG123 perhaps not showing the full names of the available line-ups?
I see for example “Freesat London (London)” (which I am already subscribed to) but not “GBR-1008138-DEFAULT”, which seems to be the new line-up I need to select. I also do not see any of the old ZZZ- line-ups listed above.
Am I being really dim here?
ZZZ-103.0W-DEFAULT
ZZZ-105.0W-DEFAULT
ZZZ-127.0W-DEFAULT
ZZZ-19.2E-DEFAULT
ZZZ-28.2E-DEFAULT
ZZZ-99.0W-DEFAULT
ZZZ-FTA.NORTHAMERICA-DEFAULT
And instead provide the following line-ups:
Belgium BEL-1000380-DEFAULT
Belgium BEL-1000363-DEFAULT
Belgium BEL-1000370-DEFAULT
Germany DEU-1000099-DEFAULT
Italy ITA-1008137-DEFAULT
Netherlands NLD-1000425-DEFAULT
Norway NOR-1000488-DEFAULT
Spain ESP-1000211-DEFAULT
UK GBR-1008138-DEFAULT
The trouble is when I go to the EPG123 GUI to change my line-ups I do not see any line-ups with the above names. Is EPG123 perhaps not showing the full names of the available line-ups?
I see for example “Freesat London (London)” (which I am already subscribed to) but not “GBR-1008138-DEFAULT”, which seems to be the new line-up I need to select. I also do not see any of the old ZZZ- line-ups listed above.
Am I being really dim here?
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It looks like the new lineups are not in the "DVB Satellie" selection in the Lineup Search. If you select 'Great Britain' and search by your postal code, you should see a lineup "Astra FTA (National)". Hover over that lineup and you will see the lineup ID is "GBR-1008138-DEFAULT".
EDIT: To add, the ZZZ lineups are in the "DVB Satellite" country option in the search.
EDIT: To add, the ZZZ lineups are in the "DVB Satellite" country option in the search.
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Thanks Gary. I will try that later. The IDs are quite well hidden then!
Steve
Steve
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Gary, I followed through and selected the Astra FTA (National), and hovering over it showed the GBR-1008138-DEFAULT ID, and so I selected it, but what I got was clearly a list if mostly German stations, and no British ones. It looks to be displaying the stations for the wrong Astra satellite. If I log onto the Schedules Direct website and interrogate my line-ups there, it confirms that I have selected Astra FTA (National) GBR-1008138-DEFAULT. Is this likely to be an SD problem that I should report to them?
But I now cannot remove that faulty line-up using the EPG123 GUI. I select the line-up and click the "remove" button but nothing happens. I think something is now screwed in my EPG123 database.
Steve
But I now cannot remove that faulty line-up using the EPG123 GUI. I select the line-up and click the "remove" button but nothing happens. I think something is now screwed in my EPG123 database.
Steve
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Yah, that lineup is definitely mostly German stations. You can submit a ticket to SD about that... not sure if you can reply to the email you received.
When you remove a lineup, you have to click the checkbox for the Astra FTA lineup and then click the [Remove Selected] button. Certainly keep using the old ZZZ lineup you were until SD figures it out.
When you remove a lineup, you have to click the checkbox for the Astra FTA lineup and then click the [Remove Selected] button. Certainly keep using the old ZZZ lineup you were until SD figures it out.
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Gary, Yes I probably failed to click the check box. Removing the line-up worked fine when I came back to it later.
I have raised an SD ticket against the faulty line-up.
I have raised an SD ticket against the faulty line-up.
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Still waiting for SD to correct this problem with their new Astra satellite line-ups. They say they are waiting for their 'upstream' to fix the problem.
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Patience is your friend!
I've experienced long wait times for lineup changes to be made. In one case it took about a month and a half. It's my understanding that SD is currently making some system level changes that (most likely) put lineup changes further down in their queue.
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SD has just emailed to say that the new Astra line-ups are available. I will check it out tomorrow.
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Yes, that now seems to be the correct Astra 28.2 line-up. One puzzle though, the EPG123 GUI seems to have check-boxed all the channels in that line-up for download. I shall have to wade through and de-select the 200 or so that I don't need.
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When adding a new lineup, epg123 will select all "new" stations if you have the 'Automatically download new stations in lineups' option enabled. The new stations will be highlighted in pink.
- Gary
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