Cable/Aurora question

**mkhannah** · 29-07-09, 06:41 PM

I've set up my new cable stb and I can see the aurora channels - are these accessable at all? I have a legit card. Thanks

**urban_s0ulja** · 29-07-09, 06:48 PM

aurora is sat only and is a different service to foxtel / austar.

You will need a seperate smartcard.

**bambbbam** · 29-07-09, 08:23 PM

Isn't there Aurora cable in Darwin?

**satdancer** · 29-07-09, 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by bambbbam

Isn't there Aurora cable in Darwin?

No. Cable TV in Darwin is Austar.

**mkhannah** · 29-07-09, 09:16 PM

Originally Posted by urban_s0ulja

aurora is sat only and is a different service to foxtel / austar.

You will need a seperate smartcard.

Thanks for the reply -I had assumed it was Sat only, but why can I see it on cable, with signal strength etc? Provider comes up as optus which makes sense.

**urban_s0ulja** · 29-07-09, 09:18 PM

i think thats just the free to air channels available through foxtel/optus.

it is not the optus aurora service as this is sat only

encryption ir1/ir2.

**badass** · 30-07-09, 12:51 AM

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**satdancer** · 30-07-09, 02:34 AM

Originally Posted by urban_s0ulja

i think thats just the free to air channels available through foxtel/optus.

How do you know that?
The poster never gave details as to which cable network was connected to!
Was the device connected to Neighbourhood cable, Foxtel cable, Optus cable, Austar cable...... Lots of options and none of us can provide details until the OP realises that there isn't just a single cable service in this country!

**urban_s0ulja** · 30-07-09, 03:01 AM

Originally Posted by davmel

How do you know that?
The poster never gave details as to which cable network was connected to!
Was the device connected to Neighbourhood cable, Foxtel cable, Optus cable, Austar cable...... Lots of options and none of us can provide details until the OP realises that there isn't just a single cable service in this country!

austar doesn't do cable...

foxtel/bigpond/optus sell exactly the same cable product as fair as im aware ....

neighborhood cable doesn't do free to air channels as far as im aware...

Dont take my word for gospel, could be wrong

**satdancer** · 30-07-09, 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by urban_s0ulja

austar doesn't do cable...

Incorrect. Austar had an analogue cable network up in Darwin up to 2003 which they migrated to the DVB-C digital standard around the same time that Foxtel started migrating to DVB-C.

foxtel/bigpond/optus sell exactly the same cable product as fair as im aware ....

Nope. Different cable networks with minor differences in what is transmitted on each platform.

neighborhood cable doesn't do free to air channels as far as im aware...

I thought they did broadcast the regional FTA broadcasters. The owner Transact certainly offers the FTA channels on their Canberra network and Austar has the local FTA on the cable network up in Darwin.

**mkhannah** · 30-07-09, 10:58 AM

I'm connected to the foxtel cable. I was surprised to see the regional channels come up on my dreambox with optus as the provider. The 156 info channel also comes up, thus my assumption that the aurora service is for whatever reason being delivered via cable to some market. I have tried via ird1 and ird2 to view them but I can't, however being a dream novice I realise that there are many cam combo's to try. So I was wondering if anyone can actually view them via cable and how.

**admin** · 30-07-09, 11:16 AM

Are you sure they are the Aurora channels ? As in WIN , Imparja, GWN etc ?

**mkhannah** · 30-07-09, 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by Sanity

Are you sure they are the Aurora channels ? As in WIN , Imparja, GWN etc ?

Yep that's them. The only channel I get is help. The 156 info channel is encrypted by the way. Seems a mystery to me...

**satdancer** · 30-07-09, 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by mkhannah

Yep that's them. The only channel I get is help. The 156 info channel is encrypted by the way. Seems a mystery to me...

Sounds like all the C1 sat transponders are being injected into your cable headend. Which metro market are you in?
Also what multiplex frequency are the Aurora channels being transmitted on?
The Foxtel NIT information wouldn't have picked up the Aurora multiplexes unless you manually scanned for them.

If they are there then you could easily watch them with the addition of an Aurora card.

**mkhannah** · 30-07-09, 11:58 AM

I wondering if somehow I've downloaded all channels for c1 and not cable so I'll start from fresh and rescan everything in. I get a signal on the aurora channels but maybe the signal strength shows the whole time. I'll get back!

**satdancer** · 30-07-09, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by mkhannah

I wondering if somehow I've downloaded all channels for c1 and not cable so I'll start from fresh and rescan everything in. I get a signal on the aurora channels but maybe the signal strength shows the whole time. I'll get back!

Everything on C1 actually is transposed multiplex by multiplex onto the cable platform. If you do a manual scan in 6 MHz incremements across the full cable band then you'll see them all there. Once D3 goes up you'll see all those sat multiplexes on that sat transposed onto the cable platform too. The only difference AFAIK is that the cable platform currently has two additional channel multiplexes (at 634 and 642 MHz) for transmission of local FTA signals. An educated guess is that all the new Optus D3 transponder multiplexes will be added somewhere between 240 and 409MHz in the future.

**mkhannah** · 30-07-09, 04:24 PM

Also what multiplex frequency are the Aurora channels being transmitted on?

I forgot to note this. I flashed to pli and now cannot scan them in, so going back to gemini

**admin** · 30-07-09, 04:31 PM

Originally Posted by mkhannah

Yep that's them. The only channel I get is help. The 156 info channel is encrypted by the way. Seems a mystery to me...

The Aurora tuning channel is not encrypted and never has been. If you cannot get a picture on it chances are there is nothing there.

**mkhannah** · 30-07-09, 05:16 PM

Well I have rescanned and now they aren't there. I'm wondering if they ever were...I think I've confused the issue with an old channel list from C1. The FTA's are there of course but not regionals...sorry folks...