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DVB-T in Singapore

August 1st, 2008 Leave a comment Go to comments

Spent a little time getting DVB-T to working in Singapore and while I managed to pick up the FTA channels, I don’t know if any of the pay channels would work.

You can put the following snippers into $HOME/.tzap/channels.conf and symlink to it from the relevant program directories.

The following free channels work(ed) for me as of 2008-08-01 in Tiong Bahru.

Digital 5:538000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_1_2:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:0:4
Digital 8:538000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_1_2:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:0:2
Digital CNA:538000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_1_2:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:35:99:3
TVMobile:626000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:160:80:1

And these are the pay channels I picked up:

Bloomberg TV:554000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_1_2:FEC_1_2:QPSK:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:0:39
CNBC:554000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_1_2:FEC_1_2:QPSK:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:0:38
ESG:554000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_1_2:FEC_1_2:QPSK:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:0:36
ESPN:586000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:1639:1637:1
ESPN:586000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_1_2:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16:HIERARCHY_NONE:1639:1637:1
Football Channel:586000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:2059:2058:18
Football Channel:586000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_1_2:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16:HIERARCHY_NONE:2059:2058:18
Innoxius TV:546000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:0:1
Innoxius TV:546000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_7_8:FEC_1_2:QPSK:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_8:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:0:1
Mobile ESPN:554000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_1_2:FEC_1_2:QPSK:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:0:40
StarHub EURO2008 Premium:586000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:2052:2051:20
StarHub EURO2008 Premium:586000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_1_2:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16:HIERARCHY_NONE:2052:2051:20
STAR SPORTS:586000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:2062:2061:2
STAR SPORTS:586000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_1_2:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16:HIERARCHY_NONE:2062:2061:2
SuperSports:586000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:301:302:3
SuperSports:586000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_1_2:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16:HIERARCHY_NONE:301:302:3
Tone:602000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_1_2:FEC_1_2:QPSK:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:82:5
Tone:626000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_1_2:FEC_AUTO:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:82:5
Tone:626000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:82:5
Trial:554000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_1_2:FEC_1_2:QPSK:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:0:50
TV2GO1:554000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_1_2:FEC_1_2:QPSK:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:0:37
TV2GO2:554000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_1_2:FEC_1_2:QPSK:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:0:41

Best of luck!

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  1. Stephen Lee
    March 25th, 2009 at 21:20 | #1
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    Hi u managed to get Chanels 5 and 8 on DVB-T, Does that still work now?

    I can’t seem to receive those channels. Only managed to get TV Mobile.

    Please send me a mail with the tuner that you are using also ?

    Thanks !

  2. yeesoong tang
    April 24th, 2009 at 00:08 | #2
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    hi, what hardware did you use?
    i don’t get any signal with the small mobile
    antenna with my usb dvb-t stick.
    did you have to use a roof top antenna?

  3. peter
    April 26th, 2009 at 14:49 | #3
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    @Stephen:

    I DID use to have 5 and 8 although where I currently live, I cannot get a signal.

    @Yeesoong:

    A WinTV HVR-1200 and a “Daiyo HDTV Digital Antenna model EU1701″. As I remember it, the antenna was picked up in Sim Lim Square.

  4. Joe
    June 16th, 2010 at 21:33 | #4
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    Is DVB-T signal in Singapore extremely weak. I tried installed one in Car but signal is terribluy bad. Even portable unit have problem decoding signal in open space. I would tthink the signal are good since TV mobile used to be on buses previously and picture quality was quite ok?? Are those transmitters broadcast in cell like DAB and are they well covered in this respect.

  5. peter
    November 18th, 2010 at 16:42 | #5
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    @Joe, apart from Tiong Bahru I haven’t been able to pick up a proper signal anywhere on the island. I have an antenna for sale if you want one! ;-)

  6. wy
    December 23rd, 2010 at 02:49 | #6
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    I’ve been trying to get my dvb-t to work at Clementi. Failed horribly.

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