Cable Television - FAQ

• What are the tuning frequencies of each channel?
• Why do I have snowy pictures?
• Why won't my TV tune to the cable TV?
• How does cable television work?
  
  

 

 

 

What are the tuning frequencies of each channel?

The following are tuning details for tuning your TV to Crossan Cable's basic channels. Different brands of TV's use different details for tuning.

Example: For RTE 1 newer TV's use Ch 05 (and may need to be fine tuned) where as older TV's use VHF High as the tuning band.

 

Set-Top No.		Channel Name		Tuning Details		Frequency
1		RTE 1		CH 05 or VHF High or VHF Band 3		176 MHz
2		Network 2		CH 06 or VHF High or VHF Band 3		184 MHz
3		BBC1		CH 07 or VHF High or VHF Band 3		192 MHz
4		BBC2		CH 08 or VHF High or VHF Band 3		200 MHz
5		UTV		CH 09 or VHF High or VHF Band 3		208 MHz
6		Channel 4		CH 10 or VHF High or VHF Band 3		216 MHz
7		TG-4		CH 11 or VHF High or VHF Band 3		224 MHz
8		TV3		CH 91 or VHF High or VHF Band 3		240 MHz
9		Eurosports		CH 02 VHF Low or VHF Band 1		56 MHz
10		Sky News		CH 03 VHF Low or VHF Band 1		64 MHz
11		Nickelodeon		CH 11/90 or VHF High or VHF Band 3		232 MHz
12		MTV		CH 12/92 or VHF High or VHF Band 3		248 MHz
13		Cbeebies / BBC3		S 23 or VHF High or VHF Band 3		320 MHz
14		CBBC		S 24 or VHF High or VHF Band 3		328 MHz
15		Channel 5		S 25 or VHF High or VHF Band 3		336 MHz
16		ITV 2		S 26 or VHF High or VHF Band 3		344 MHz
17		ITV 3		S 27 or VHF High or VHF Band 3		352 MHz
18		Sky Sports News		S 28 or VHF High or VHF Band 3		360 MHz
19		Setanta Sports Irl		S 29 or VHF High or VHF Band 3		368 MHz
20		TCM Movies		S 30 or VHF High or VHF Band 3		376 MHz
21		Sky 1		S 31 or VHF High or VHF Band 3		384 MHz
22		Sky 2		S 32 or VHF High or VHF Band 3		392 MHz
23		Sky 3		S 33 or VHF High or VHF Band 3		400 MHz
24		National Geographic		S 34 or VHF High or VHF Band 3		408 MHz
25		Wild		S 35 or VHF High or VHF Band 3		416 MHz
		To be announced		S 08 or VHF High or VHF Band 3		144 MHz
		To be announced		C 22 or VHF High or VHF Band 3		312 MHz
		Decoder Output Channel		CH 50 or VHF High or VHF Band 3

The above details are correct as of December 2007. Some brands of TV may differ from the tuning details given above. If the above details do not correspond with your TV please refer to the dealer who supplied your TV.

 

Why do I have snowy pictures?

• If your cable signal is passing through your VCR, check that your VCR is powered on.
• Confirm that you have picked the TV Data port on the white wall socket, and not the FM radio port.
• Confirm that all connections are tight.
• Only use high quality metal cable splitters. All white plastic splitters should be removed.
• Have you had new windows or fascia boards fitted, if so, has the cable been damaged during their installation.
• If your bad pictures are RTE, TV3 or TG4, confirm that you haven't tuned your TV to UHF off-air reception. Please use the tuning details above.

Why won't my TV tune to the cable TV?

• Is your TV a UHF only TV, if so, you will have to buy some other tuning equipment e.g. Subscribe to our premium sports or movie package and we will supply you with a cable set-top box which has a scart output or buy a VCR which has a multi band tuner.
• Is your TV a plasma TV which was designed for office use, with scart inputs only. Subscribe to our premium sports or movie package and we will supply you with a cable set-top box which has a scart output or buy a VCR that has a multi band tuner and use the scart output