topic Sky Sports Ultra HD in Sky Q

Sky Sports Ultra HD

JackintheSkyQBox — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 10:43:05 GMT

Does anyone know the manual tuning frequencies for Sky Sports Ultra HD? I have found some info but it doesn't seem to be working on SKY Q. Thanks

Does manual tuning even work for ultra hd channels? I believ DVB-S is for SD channels and DVB-S2 is for HD chanels, but having updated the box it still doesn't work.

The info I have is this:

Freq: 122246.00

Pol: V

Standard: DVB-S2

Modulation: 8PSK

SR: 27500

FEC: 2/3

Re: Sky Sports Ultra HD

Dallen9798 — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 10:49:22 GMT

@JackintheSkyQBox

Why are you manually tuning your box?

When you're watching the Sky sports channel it will present you the option to watch in UHD if its avaiable, you shouldn't be fiddiling with tuner settings.

Re: Sky Sports Ultra HD

Invisiblename — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 10:55:17 GMT

@JackintheSkyQBox wrote:
Does anyone know the manual tuning frequencies for Sky Sports Ultra HD? I have found some info but it doesn't seem to be working on SKY Q. Thanks
Does manual tuning even work for ultra hd channels? I believ DVB-S is for SD channels and DVB-S2 is for HD chanels, but having updated the box it still doesn't work.

The info I have is this:
Freq: 122246.00
Pol: V
Standard: DVB-S2
Modulation: 8PSK
SR: 27500
FEC: 2/3

????????

Re: Sky Sports Ultra HD

Dallen9798 — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 10:55:52 GMT

@Invisiblename

I'm literally baffled myself

Re: Sky Sports Ultra HD

JackintheSkyQBox — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 10:56:22 GMT

Mostly so i can manually record. Sky Sports have become rubbish with this ability lately. series linking etc is poor for sports.

Re: Sky Sports Ultra HD

Invisiblename — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 10:58:30 GMT

@JackintheSkyQBox wrote:
Mostly so i can manually record. Sky Sports have become rubbish with this ability lately. series linking etc is poor for sports.

Not having any problems with recording Sky Sports here.

Re: Sky Sports Ultra HD

JackintheSkyQBox — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 11:01:24 GMT

It's, for example, on Super Sunday when they don't show the first part in UHD.

Do you know the frequency?

Re: Sky Sports Ultra HD

nigea99 — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 11:18:43 GMT

@JackintheSkyQBox wrote:

Mostly so i can manually record. Sky Sports have become rubbish with this ability lately. series linking etc is poor for sports.

You can't record off manually tuned channels on SKY Q - you can only record from the EPG or 'Tiles' on various pages

Re: Sky Sports Ultra HD

JackintheSkyQBox — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 11:21:42 GMT

Okay, different to SKY + back in the day.

Do you know the frequency?

Re: Sky Sports Ultra HD

nigea99 — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 11:28:27 GMT

@JackintheSkyQBox wrote:

Okay, different to SKY + back in the day.

Do you know the frequency?

That is correct SKy + let you set manual recordings and adjust times - SKY Q doesn't

There are a few different transponders that get used -for UHD feeds - I haven't looked for the actual frequencies

Like others, I really don't see any point in trying to set them up manually - the manual tuning on SKY Q is poor - it only allows you to watch live & is a bit of faff to access- for any channels that you have as part of your subscription best way to access them is through the EPG or other links

The manual tuning is really only useful for Freesat channels 'out of area' (e,g, for Ireland viewers wanting to access ITV)

Re: Sky Sports Ultra HD

lettice — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 11:29:38 GMT

You cannot manually tune any of the sky or Astra uhd transponders that are available to your Sky q box and dish combination.

They have never been available to view either via manual tuning on a Sky q box.

By the way you have an extra 2 in your frequency listing.

The main active uhd services on the Sky q dish alignment are below;

https://www.lyngsat.com/uhd/Astra-2E-2F-2G.html

There are some backup ones also.

Re: Sky Sports Ultra HD

lettice — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 11:40:58 GMT

@JackintheSkyQBox wrote:
I believ DVB-S is for SD channels and DVB-S2 is for HD chanels,

That is not the case.

If you wish to follow Sky transponder changes and ask questions around it, there is a thread dedicated to it on the digital spy forums here;

https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/2443286/sky-satellite-monthly-news-thread-march-2023

Re: Sky Sports Ultra HD

JackintheSkyQBox — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 11:42:08 GMT

No worries about the recording bit, albeit annoying.

I don't see why it matters. It's a manual channel anyway through the "select" button. It's not in the EPG and has been in the "other showings" part less and less; hence another reason why I am asking.

Re: Sky Sports Ultra HD

JackintheSkyQBox — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 11:47:36 GMT

These are the ones I have tried but they don't work for some reason. Why I was asking. I can access all the HD/SD channels that way just not the UHD channels.

the simple solution to all of this is to have UHD channels for both the SSpremier league and SSfootball channels. Solves all problems bar the fact you can only record 2 UHD channels at once despite Sky's marketing still advertising 5/6 channels

Re: Sky Sports Ultra HD

best+of+the+best — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 12:34:44 GMT

@JackintheSkyQBox wrote:
These are the ones I have tried but they don't work for some reason. Why I was asking. I can access all the HD/SD channels that way just not the UHD channels.

the simple solution to all of this is to have UHD channels for both the SSpremier league and SSfootball channels. Solves all problems bar the fact you can only record 2 UHD channels at once despite Sky's marketing still advertising 5/6 channels

@JackintheSkyQBox SSPremier Leaque have matches in UHD and So does SS Football which will be streamed on SS ME/UHD at the same time if available via the red button

So I can record SS ME/UHD SS F1 UHD and record either one or both in HD and watch live in UHD all at the same time.

Do you have the UHD subscription and is your tv set to 2160@10 bit?

Re: Sky Sports Ultra HD

ozsat — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 15:49:47 GMT

When the UHD channels first started you could manually tune them in using 'add channels'. Not only that but some who did found they also got made available to add in favourite channels.

I had Astra UHD channel in my list.

Even when Sky made them unavailable to add anymore - those who had already added them found they were still available. Buit I doubt if anyone still has them in there. They were lost on resets and frequency changes.

It didn't last long.

@lettice wrote:
You cannot manually tune any of the sky or Astra uhd transponders that are available to your Sky q box and dish combination.
They have never been available to view either via manual tuning on a Sky q box.

By the way you have an extra 2 in your frequency listing.
The main active uhd services on the Sky q dish alignment are below;
https://www.lyngsat.com/uhd/Astra-2E-2F-2G.html
There are some backup ones also.

Re: Sky Sports Ultra HD

JackintheSkyQBox — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 16:31:33 GMT

All my subscriptions/settings etc are fine. Nothing wrong with that. You can not record more than 2 UHD channels at once. You can record 2 UHD and 3 HD to make the 5, however, Sky's marketing is very misleading.

For most of the Super Sunday's this season, the first hour hasn't been on the SS ME UHD channel, hence another reason why I asked, do to this manually. I simply wanted a frequency if people had them, not asking me constantly why I was doing it 🙄

Re: Sky Sports Ultra HD

nigea99 — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 17:50:16 GMT

@JackintheSkyQBox wrote:

All my subscriptions/settings etc are fine. Nothing wrong with that. You can not record more than 2 UHD channels at once. You can record 2 UHD and 3 HD to make the 5, however, Sky's marketing is very misleading.

For most of the Super Sunday's this season, the first hour hasn't been on the SS ME UHD channel, hence another reason why I asked, do to this manually. I simply wanted a frequency if people had them, not asking me constantly why I was doing it 🙄

all the marketing around recording 5 channels was set up when there were only 2 UHD transponders available & it is only over the last year or so that more UHD transponders are in use at the same time

Re: Sky Sports Ultra HD

Doc5907 — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 17:56:56 GMT

@JackintheSkyQBox wrote:

I simply wanted a frequency if people had them, not asking me constantly why I was doing it 🙄

@JackintheSkyQBox you have been given this information in @lettice post above

Re: Sky Sports Ultra HD

best+of+the+best — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 21:16:32 GMT

@JackintheSkyQBox wrote:
All my subscriptions/settings etc are fine. Nothing wrong with that. You can not record more than 2 UHD channels at once. You can record 2 UHD and 3 HD to make the 5, however, Sky's marketing is very misleading.
For most of the Super Sunday's this season, the first hour hasn't been on the SS ME UHD channel, hence another reason why I asked, do to this manually. I simply wanted a frequency if people had them, not asking me constantly why I was doing it 🙄

@JackintheSkyQBox I have them it's called a UHD subscription I'm confused as why you want to manually tune in UHD channels

Sky Sports Main Event UHD show other sports in UHD

Liverpool v Nottingham forest isn't in UHD as SSME UHD is showing

Live SWPL Hibernian v Hearts

So according to tv guide for Sunday 11:30 to 6:30pm you have Live EFL UHD Live PL UHD Live SPFL UHD.

What SkySports package fo you have?