myPVR Support

Initial freeview Channel Scan

You need to follow this part of the guide if you have never loaded any freeview channels onto myPVR.

The set-up tool should already be running as you will have been following our DVB-S Card set-up guide

Step 1 Channel Editor

Select the channel editor option, and you should get the screen to the right, and then select the Video Source of “myPVR NZ DTH“.

If no channels have been loaded the channel list should be empty.

In order to load additional channels you need to click on the “Channel Scanner” button.

You need to make sure that the following Channel Scanner options are correctly defined, as shown in the image to the right.

• Video Source: ? “myPVR NZ DTH“
• Capture Card: ? [DVB:0]
• Scan Type: ? Full Scan (Tuned)

Because freeview use a number of satellite transponders to provide their services you will have to run several channel scans.

Freeview transponders

Select transponder values from the table bellow and click on the Next button to start the channel scan, as shown to the right.

Setting	Transponder 1	Transponder 2
Frequency	12456000	12483000
Polarity	Horizontal	Horizontal
Symbol Rate	22500000	22500000
FEC	Auto	Auto
Inversion	Auto	Auto

Sky TV transponders

Sky have now made a switch to HPol, which means you can get all of the freeview channels without using Sky’s re-broadcast of selected channels.

PLEASE NOTE - We now advise all customers to not use the following transponders.

Setting	TVNZ Channels	Maori TV	Radio NZ
Frequency	12671000	12608000	12519000
Polarity	Horizontal	Horizontal	Horizontal
Symbol Rate	22500000	22500000	22500000
FEC	Auto	Auto	Auto
Inversion	Auto	Auto	Auto

You should now have a series of new channels loaded as shown in the screen shot to the right. At present these won’t have the correct channel numbers, icons or EPG information. In order to correct this you will need to load the correct management package.Type “Alt + X” on your keyboard to bring up a terminal window. In this you need to type -

• sudo apt-get install mypvr-nz-dth

If the package has already been installed you will need to type the following as shown in the screenshot to the right

• /usr/local/share/myPVR/tools/mypvr_nz_remap_dth.sh

Once the channels are mapped type “exit” to close the terminal window.

Now return to the “Channel Editor” window in the set-up tool, and select

• Sort Mode: ? Channel Number
• Video Source: ? “myPVR NZ DTH“

You should now see the new freeview channels.

You need to follow this guide if you have already loaded some freeview channels onto myPVR and need to refresh because additional services have been launched.First make sure that you have no pending recordings, and then exit the main myPVR gui so that the myPVR Welcome page is displayed.You can then activate the set-up tool by pressing Alt + S on the keyboard, and then select:

• 5.Channel Editor

Now select the “Channel Scanner”. You will need to make sure that the following Channel Scanner options are correctly defined, as shown in the image to the right.

• Video Source: ? “myPVR NZ DTH“
• Capture Card: ? [DVB:0]
• Scan Type: ? Existing Transport Scan
• Existing Channel Treatment: ? Minimal Updates

The “Transport” field should have the following options:

• 12456000 Hz (22500000) (47) (21)
• 12483000 Hz (22500000) (47) (21)

You will need to perform a scan for each of these values.

After performing a rescan you need to make sure that any loaded channels are mapped to the correct channel numbers.Type “Alt + X” on your keyboard to bring up a terminal window. In this you need to type -

• /usr/local/share/myPVR/tools/mypvr_nz_remap_dth.sh

Once the channels are mapped type “exit” to close the terminal window.

Now return to the “Channel Editor” window in the set-up tool, and select

• Sort Mode: ? Channel Number
• Video Source: ? “myPVR NZ DTH“

You should now see the new freeview channels.