Adding ITV regions to your Sky box

July 19, 2009

To add ITV regions

  • On the Sky box go to Services > System Setup > Add Channels 
  • Enter the following details:
    • Frequency: from the list below
    • Polarity: from the list below
    • Symbol rate: 22000 (22.0Mb)
    • FEC: 5/6
  • Go to Find Channels, highlight the required region(s), and press the yellow button, then Select.
  • then press the backup button repeatedly to exit
  • To view the channel go to Services > Other Channels, and select the channel.

Sadly this does not add the channel to the program guide and there is no way do so

Freq: 10758 Freq:10832 Freq: 10891
Polarity: Vertical Polarity: Horizontal Polarity: Horizontal
London Central South Border
Granada Central East Tyne Tees
Anglia North Wales Meridien South
Central west West Country West Meridien South East
West Country South Anglia South
Border England Yorkshire West

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BBC region numbers on your Sky box

July 19, 2009

Although your Sky box puts only one region for BBC, the other regions are available and here are the channel numbers:

BBC1
971   Scotland
972   Wales
973   Norhern Ireland
974   London
975   NE & C
976   Yorkshire
977   Yorks & Lincs
978   North West
979   West Midlands
980   East Midlands
981   East (E)
982   East (W)
983   South East
984   South
985   Oxford
986   West
987   South West
988   Channel Islands

BBC2
990   Scotland
991   Wales
992   Northern Ireland

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