JoolsB

We are getting Foxtel installed this week (ok I know it's a bit pants but the teenager is arriving from London so....)

I've read that it doesn't show channels 7, 9 , 10 etc. However I still want to be able to watch these as quite good stuff in the evenings (Lewis, Life on Mars etc).

Sorry this is a dim question-I guess all I'll need to do is turn the Foxtel box off to switch back to normal channels? I wont have to re-tune them back in each time?

hitchcock71

no you can still watch 7,9 and 10 etc on foxtel however they dont show on the tv guide on tv whats on on them stations ( hope you understand that)

JoolsB

Aaah-thanku

hitchcock71

glad you understood that

Mumfords

what channel numbers are 7,9 and 10 on then, didnt think they were on foxtel yet

Ann

Pollyana

9 = 100
7 = 107
10 - 110
ABC1 = 102
ABC2 = 121
SBS = 104

(With grateful thanks to The Bloke!)

Siren & Brian

They only come through on Foxtel when you have cable, not on Satelite. (unless they have fixed it recently) You will need to switch your tv over to a differnt AV like you would do with a DVD player or PLaystation etc to watch 2, 7, 9, 10

Mumfords

ok i just checked no channel 7 9 or 10 on ours:curse: got sbs and abc, are you guys on cable tv because even a foxtel engineer we know says they not on there yet

Ann

Pollyana

We are on cable Foxtel, and they are definitely there on ours. The Foxtel, guy that set ours up managed to find them
Whether being in Brisbane not Perth makes a difference I don't know, sorry.....maybe Siren & Brian can help?

Mumfords

never mind def think its a cable thing, makes no diffrenece anyway thourght we only had playhouse disney on it,:curse: thats what always seems to be on lol

Ann

JackTheLad

Foxtel recently did a deal with Channel 7. They were the last channel that refused to be on the EPG (Electronic Programme Guide). They'd had an ongoing dispute with Channel 9 (part owners of foxtel) that they'd trashed channel 7s own attempt at a cable service.

They are all on there now.

Oh sod it, I'll look it up

http://www.wealthesteem.org/channel-...n-foxtels-epg/

http://www.ozcableguy.com/blog/?p=35


I have no idea why I know all this information, other than I had Sky in the UK and couldn't understand how any channel in Oz would be stupid enough to NOT be on Sky (Foxtel)

JTL

joho

10 is on satelite foxtell here on Central coast NSW but 7 is still to appear. Cable subscribers already have them. Not sure in other areas but sat should get 7 by next year.

Jo

comet555

We are also on foxtel satelite and we do get channel 10, but we do not get channel 7.

Channel 10 only came on satellite within the last 6 months, before that we didn't get it either. As mentioned, at some point in the near future channel 7 will also be available as well.

So for now if we want to watch channel 7 we just have to press the input button on the tv remote to switch over to the antenna (and ch 7).

hitchcock71

we are in yangebup perth and we get all the channels 7,9,10

Dorothy

When we were in Adelaide we got 7 9 & 10 on Foxtel cable. Here in Perth we're on satellite and have to have a seperate arial for them. Guess it's just the east coast that has the free to air channels on satellite.