Mediastar 783 - DVB-T;T2 RF Multiplex Organisation

DVB-T/T2 RF Multiplex Organisation
An ‘RF Multiplex’ is a group of digital TV and radio stations that are ‘grouped’ together and transmitted ‘over the air’
to viewer’s TV aerials at one particular RF frequency. The UK has 6 RF Multiplexes with approximately 120 TV/radio
channels that are transmitted at dierent frequencies in each geographical area of the UK. Other countries use the
same DVB-T/T2 transmission scheme but have their own combination of channels and RF multiplexes. Much the same
applies for Cable TV and radio channels, except that these stations are ‘grouped together’ and transmitted over cable.
The LAN-Caster is able to scan all the signals coming
from the Aerial, and automatically detect the DVB-T/T2
RF multiplexes that it can ‘see’. When it detects a mul-
tiplex, it determines the TV and radio stations that are
available and shows them on the channel setup menu.
Some TV/radio services are encrypted to prevent
un-authorised viewing/listening. These are shown in
the Channel Setup menu with a ‘padlock’ symbol ( ).
This stream can be passed onto the network, but IPTV
decoders or PC software will have to decrypt the
stream before it can be viewed. The LAN-Caster can
be tted with a plug-in CAM module to de-crypt the
streams before launching them on the network.
A single LAN-Caster unit can select ONE RF multiplex,
then extract up to 15 TV or radio services that the user
chooses from that multiplex and stream them onto the
IP network. If a user wants to see more than 15 TV or ra-
dio services from a single multiplex, another LAN-Caster
unit will be required. If a user wants to simultaneously
access TV channels from two dierent RF multiplexes,
then they require two LAN-Caster modules.
At the time of writing, the UK RF multiplexes contain
the following channels (the channel numbers and
names are shown): For Cable TV, the multiplexes
available are dependent on the services provided by
the cable provider.
MediaStar 782-DS Digital Media Player
Quick Start Guide
783 DVB Lan-Caster Unit
200-2342_v2
4/12
PSB3/BBC B (DVB-T2)
50 BBC One HD
51 ITV1 HD
52 Channel 4 HD
54 BBC HD
117 The Space
304 301 HD
PSB1/BBC A (DVB-T)
1 BBC ONE
2 BBC TWO
7 BBC THREE
9 BBC FOUR
70 CBBC Channel
71 CBeebies
80 BBC NEWS
81 BBC Parliament
105 BBC Red Button
301 301
302 302
700 BBC Radio 1
701 BBC R1X
702 BBC Radio 2
703 BBC Radio 3
704 BBC Radio 4
705 BBC R5L
706 BBC R5SX
707 BBC 6 Music
708 BBC Radio 4 Ex
709 BBC Asian Net.
710 BBC World Sv.
193 193
723 talkSPORT
COM6/ARQ B (DVB-T)
12 Yesterday
15 Film4
18 4Music
21 VIVA
22 Ideal World
24 ITV4
32 Big Deal
35 QVC Beauty
40 Rocks & Co 1
41 Sky Sports 1
42 Sky Sports 2
47 4seven
85 Russia Today
89 Al Jazeera Eng
93 ADULT smileTV2
95 ADULT Babestn
100 ADULT Section
110 VISION
111 CCTV
112 Sports
116 Racing UK
306 Channel Zero
711 The Hits Radio
712 Smash Hits!
713 Kiss
714 heat
715 Magic
716 Q
718 SMOOTH RADIO
722 Kerrang!
725 Premier Radio
106 Mail Travel TV
113 CONNECT 1
114 CONNECT 2
115 CONNECT 3
194 194
307 TOPUP Anytime1
309 TOPUP Anytime3
310 TOPUP Anytime5
311 TOPUP
Anytime6
724 Capital FM
727 Absolute Radio
728 Heart
COM 5/ARQ A (DVB-T)
11 Pick TV
19 Dave
20 Really
25 Dave ja vu
29 E4+1
36 Create & Craft
37 price-drop
43 Gems TV
46 Challenge
49 Food Network
62 TV Stars
82 Sky News
87 COMMUNITY
90 TV News
94 ADULT smileTV3
96 ADULT PARTY
97 ADULT Blue
98 ADULT Babestn2
108 Sky Text
PSB2/D3&D4 (DVB-T)
3 ITV1
4 Channel 4
5 Channel 5
6 ITV2
13 Channel 4+1
14 More 4
28 E4
33 ITV1 +1
102 Rabbit
103 Gay Rabbit
COM4/SDN (DVB-T)
10 ITV3
16 QVC
17 G.O.L.D.
23 bid
26 Home
27 ITV2 +1
30 5*
31 5 USA
34 ESPN
38 QUEST
39 The Zone
44 Channel 5+1
60 The Jewellery
Channel
72 CITV
91 ADULT Section
92 Television X
99 ADULT Playboy
101 Teletext Hols
104 1-2-1 Dating