Adding non-Freesat services to Bush Freesat Digibox

The recent upgrade to the Bush Freesat Digibox's operating system allows the box to receive non-freesat services. This means that you can program the digibox to receive a plethora of other free-to-air television channels over and above the standard ones that the box is programmed to find. In general, free to air services include many channels that you would have received if you had installed any service from Sky. Alternatively, you could purchase third party satellite decoder digiboxes and receive the free to air channels using these boxes. Luckily the freesat boxes all have the ability to receive any television channel that is broadcast via the Eurobird satellite (at 28.5 degrees E) or the Astra 2A, 2B, 2C or 2D (28.2 degrees E).

The original release of the instruction manual doesn't show how to add the non freesat services, and it is a touch un-intuitive, so I'm going to help you out.
First, using your remote, select "Menu", choose "Settings" and then scroll down to Add Non-Freesat Services, click tho "Ok" button and then select "Manual Tune". It should look like this:Now you have a screen where you can add the non freesat services. There are three settings you need to be aware of: Frequency, Symbol Rate and LNB Polarisation. You also have signal strength and quality indicators down the bottom. Here's a screen shot:

Ok, this is a lot less complex than it looks at first. We need a good reference for the various channels that are available to us. Luckily, here it is:
Eurobird
Astra

Lovely. So just type in the frequency and the symbol rate listed on those pages, check the polarisation and then highlight the "Scan" field and hit the right arrow. You'll add your new channels! Wehey!

Now, how to view these channels? Well get to your "TV Listings" and then hit the "Swap" button on your remote and voila......free to air satellite channels to view on your freesat box!

Great stuff.

What's that I hear, you don't want to decipher the frequencies you need.....ok, 'cause I'm a gent, just type these in to your manual tune.....

Astra 2A/2B/2C/2D 28.2 East

Frequency	Symbol Rate	LNB Polarisation
10714	H	22000
10729	V	22000
10744	H	22000
10758	V	22000
10773	H	22000
10788	V	22000
10803	H	22000
10818	V	22000
10832	H	22000
10847	V	22000
10862	H	22000
10876	V	22000
10891	H	22000
10906	V	22000
11052	H	22000
11778	V	27500
11876	H	27500
11914	H	27500
11934	V	27500
11954	H	27500
11973	V	27500
12012	V	27500
12032	H	27500
12051	V	27500
12070	H	27500
12090	V	27500
12110	H	27500
12129	V	27500
12188	H	27500
12207	V	27500
12226	H	27500
12266	H	27500
12285	V	27500
12304	H	27500
12382	H	27500
12402	V	27500
12422	H	27500
12441	V	27500
12460	H	27500
12480	V	27500

Eurobird 28.5 East

Frequency	Symbol Rate	LNB Polarisation
11222	H	27500
11223	V	27500
11259	V	27500
11261	H	27500
11307	H	27500
11307	V	27500
11343	V	27500
11390	H	27500
11390	V	27500
11426	H	27500
11426	V	27500
11469	H	27500
11488	V	27500
11508	H	27500
11527	V	27500
11546	H	27500
11565	V	27500
11603	V	27500
11623	H	27500
11642	V	27500
11661	H	27500
11680	H	27500
12524	H	27500
12524	V	27500
12560	V	27500
12607	H	27500
12607	V	27500
12643	H	27500