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Adding More ITV 1 Regions to Sky Digibox

The procedure below details how to add additional ITV regions on your Sky TV receiver if you live in England, Wales or Scotland.

This information has been updated in September 2008 following the recent transponder changes which affected ITV1 Meridian SE and North, Anglia West, Yorkshire East, Tyne Tees South and Central South West - all of which moved Sky Digital transponders.

Please note that ITV reception on Astra 2D at 28.2E uses transponders which are optimised for UK reception via a narrow spot beam. Because of this a large satellite dish may be required to get good reception in southern and eastern Europe where signal levels are weak. See our page on Sky TV reception in Europe for more help and information on receiving BBC and ITV by satellite in other European countries.

Procedure

In order to add more regional ITV 1 channels to a Sky TV Box EPG (out of your normal viewing region), follow the procedure below:

  1. Press "Services" on the Sky handset (button 4)
  2. Select "Add Channels" by pressing button 4 again on the Sky Handset.
  3. Enter the five digit frequency (from the table below) using the handset number buttons.
  4. Move to the next Sky onscreen menu item (below) using the down arrow button.
  5. Use the left / right arrow button to select the correct polarity (H or V) from the table below.
  6. Use the down arrow buttons to set Symbol Rate and FEC as shown in the table below.
  7. Scroll down to the "Find Channels" option onscreen menu and then press "Select"
  8. Select the ITV 1 region/s required and press the Sky handset yellow button to store it.
  9. Press "Backup" repeatedly to exit the "Add channels" menu.

Add ITV Regions to Sky EPG

To add the additional ITV 1 regions, press "Services" on the Sky handset and then scroll down to "Other Channels" (button 6). Simply scroll down to the alternative ITV1 region you have manually added and press select to view it. To return to your existing Sky EPG channels by using the Channel up and Down buttons on the Sky handset.

It is not possible to add the additional ITV1 regions into the Sky EPG. This makes things a little awkward as access to these ITV channels to view them must always be made through Services > Other Channels. In case you are unaware, all BBC1 and 2 regions are transmitted on Sky EPG channels 941 to 962.

ITV 1 Region As Transmitted From Frequency (MHz) Polarity Symbol Rate FEC
Anglia (West) Sandy Heath 12402 V 27500 2/3
Anglia (South) Sudbury 10891 H 22000 5/6
Tyne Tees (North) Pontop Pike 10891 H 22000 5/6
Tyne Tees (South) Bilsdale W. Moor 12402 V 27500 5/6
London (Sky Ch 963) Crystal Palace 10758 V 22000 5/6
Anglia (East) Tacolneston 10758 V 22000 5/6
Central (W. Mids) Sutton Coldfield 10758 V 22000 5/6
Granada Winter Hill 10758 V 22000 5/6
Central (South) Oxford 10832 H 22000 5/6
Central (East) Waltham 10832 H 22000 5/6
Border (England) Caldbeck 10832 H 22000 5/6
HTV Wales Wenvoe 10832 H 22000 5/6
HTV West Mendip 10832 H 22000 5/6
Westcountry Caradon Hill 10832 H 22000 5/6
Border (Scotland) Selkirk Hill 10891 H 22000 5/6
Yorkshire (West) Emley Moor 10891 H 22000 5/6
Yorkshire (East) Belmont 12402 V 27500 2/3
Meridian (North) Hannington 12402 V 27500 2/3
Meridian (S. East) Dover 12402 V 27500 2/3
Meridian (South) Rowridge 10891 H 22000 5/6
Ulster (UTV) Divis 10906 V 22000 5/6
Channel Fremont Point 10906 V 22000 5/6
STV Grampian Durris 10906 V 22000 5/6
STV Scottish (West) Black Hill 10906 V 22000 5/6
STV Scottish (East) Criagkelly 10906 V 22000 5/6
Central (SW) Ridge Hill 12402 V 27500 2/3
 
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