DVBLink 6.0.0 DVB-T/T2 Freeview HD Crystal Palace Channels Missing after tuning

System Requirements:

  • DVBLogic, DVBLink 6.0.0
  • Be in the London Region tuning against Crystal Palace

The Problem:

After tuning DVBLogic DVBLink against Crystal Palace, you are missing a number of channels from the channel list despite having a strong signal. the missing channels may include:

  • 5STAR + 1
  • BT Showcase HD
  • Forces TV
  • FreeSports
  • More4+1
  • PBS America
  • QVC Beauty HD
  • QVC HD
  • Rocks & Co 1
  • London Live
  • POP Max
  • Sony Movie Channel+1
  • The Vault
  • Tiny Pop
  • True Crime
  • True Movies

More Info

The transponder definitions provided for Crystal Palace within DVBLink are currently out of date. consequently, DVBLink only scans 7 transponders instead of the current 9 on the transmitter.

The Fix

You can add the missing transponder data by following the following steps:

  1. Open the DVBLink TVScource configuration web interface and log-in if applicable
  2. Ensure that the “Advanced mode” check box in the top right corner is selected
  3. Go to Sources > TV Sources
  4. Click the config (spanner) icon next to your tuner/tuner group for Freeview
  5. Select search channels
  6. Under ‘select your TV provider’ choose “DVB-T UK (Crystal Palace)” and click next
    Note: The specific transponder settings below will not work for other transponders, however if you can identify transponders for another transmitter, the process is identical
  7. On the left hand side of the current screen there is a long, vertical black bar. Click on it!
    Black bar
  8. At the bottom click the “Edit transponders” button
  9. Add the two missing transponders to the end of the list:
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    9=586000,H,9600The entire configuration should look like:
  10. click ‘save’
  11. Click the ‘scan’ button on the right hand side of the screen
  12. TVSource will now add the missing channels (16 in my case) to the system
  13. Press OK and configure the new channels as normal