Reception: connections, tuners and scanning
Start with the cable and the distribution system. Knowing what the socket supplies is the basis for configuring the tuner and the scan. Installing a channel list does not configure the reception path.
From connection to first picture
Section titled “From connection to first picture”- Check the wiring drawings.
- Configure the connection: single satellite feed, cable TV or DVB-T2 aerial.
- For shared systems, establish the Unicable allocation or DiSEqC satellite mapping first.
- Choose a scan method and check reception.
- Understand recording and watching with one tuner before configuring additional tuners.
Where are the controls?
Section titled “Where are the controls?”Start at Menu → Setup → Tuners, Scanning & Reception. “Tuner Configuration” configures the connections; “Tuner Settings” contains general tuner selection and operating rules. Plugins extend this menu depending on installation and hardware.
| Task | Chapter |
|---|---|
| Automatic scan and provider entry point | Automatic scan, CableScan, FastScan |
| Measure reception, discover frequencies | Signal finder, Blindscan |
| Toneburst, Astra + Hotbird, switch ports | DiSEqC and AutoDiSEqC |
| Quad, Quattro, C/Ku band, LOF | LNBs and frequency bands |
| Cascaded switches and specialist satellite systems | Advanced configuration, motor/USALS |
| Cable and aerial on one input | Hybrid tuner and SPAUN TAR 5 |
| Frequencies, MIS/PLS/T2MI | Manual scan |
| Blindscan and provider fast scans | Additional scan modules |
| Automatic provider bouquets | AutoBouquetsMaker |
| DAB+ by satellite or USB | DAB+ |
| General tuner rules, another receiver | Tuner settings, fallback |
| Find a particular form field | Tuner option reference, scan option reference |
| FBC: eight reception paths | DVB-S FBC and DVB-C FBC |
The handbook covers shared Enigma2 functions. Visible entries depend on the frontend, driver, setup level and plugin version. The test installation verifies a conventional Astra connection. Other topologies are explained connection examples; sources and verification distinguish these explicitly.
Source revision: OpenATV Satconfig.py.
FBC with native menu screenshots: universal LNB and one/two cables, eight Unicable SCRs and cable FBC.