Free Stations on DSTV Decoders

When you saw the above heading, you probably thought 'here we go again'. I do not blame you for your skepticism  However, for the purpose of making a point, let me continue.
It is true that DSTV is beamed to the rest of Africa (aside from Southern Africa) on the EutelSat EW4/7 at 36 degrees east. On this same position, which is on Ku by the way, there are other channels that are also being beamed from that same satellite. But, unlike DSTV channels, they are unencrypted and are free to air.
The aim of this article is to illustrate how these free stations can be watched on the DSTV receiver. The DSTV receiver creates three bouquets which is a collection of stations depending on the region one is staying. The one that is of importance to us the PUBLIC bouquet and it is in this bouquet that we get to watch the free stations.
This stations will not just appear there, we will have to do some things to get them there.

1. Press menu and go to advanced options, click on dish installation

2. Enter 9949 when it asks for pin and you are in

3. You will notice that there are many networks there that can be used. This is equivalent to Satellite in
FTA receivers. We have the Home network, dont touch that if you dont want trouble.

4.On Network 2 or the next free Network, click and change the options from disabled to any satellite whose FTA frequency you want to scan. For instance, EW4 or EW7.

5. Click on the one you have chosen and it will bring a window, where you enter the frequency and symbol rate of the FTA channels you want to watch.

6. Go to line 11 and accept all displayed values.  Once that is done, on line 8 of the new window,you will see 'scan all networks', click on that.

7.Once the scanning is complete, press TV on your remote and click on the public bouquet option and  you should see the FTA channels there.

Happy Viewing.