ITV NATION

Living in exile? Want to watch Scottish football matches, but find yourself stuck in Norwich and forced to watch Hull games instead?
Thanks to modern technology, we can help you. To anyone with a Sky digibox, every regional ITV channel in the country can be
accessed freely and watched at the press of a button. Well, several buttons, anyway. This information isn't widely publicised, but it's
perfectly legal.
 

TO VIEW REGIONAL ITV CHANNELS

Switch on your TV and press the "Services" button on your Sky remote. Select option 4 ("SYSTEM SETUP"), and
from the subsequent menu select option 4 again ("ADD CHANNELS").

Now, using the number pad, enter the appropriate frequency from the table below. (Just type the numbers, the decimal point will be
added automatically).

Select the appropriate Polarity, Symbol Rate, and FEC for the channels you want. (You don't need to know what these things mean.)

Now go to "FIND CHANNELS" and press Select. After a short pause, you should be presented with a list of channels, which
should include the appropriate ITV regions. Choose the ones you want with the Yellow button, then press the Select button
when you're done.

You can now view these channels at any time by pressing the Services button and selecting option 6 ("OTHER CHANNELS")

 

REGION FREQUENCIES AND SETTINGS

For Carlton/LWT, Carlton Central, Carlton Westcountry, HTV West and HTV Wales, select:

FREQUENCY 10.832, POLARITY H, SYMBOL RATE 22.0, FEC 5/6


For Anglia, Border England, Border Scotland, Granada, Meridian, Tyne Tees and Yorkshire, select:

FREQUENCY 10.891, POLARITY H, SYMBOL RATE 22.0, FEC 5/6


For Grampian, Scottish and Ulster, select:

FREQUENCY 10.906, POLARITY V, SYMBOL RATE 22.0, FEC 5/6