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<\/p>\nIt is frustrating: a channel you watched yesterday has vanished, and the receiver shows “service not found”. This usually means the broadcaster has moved the channel to a new transponder \u2014 a frequency, symbol rate and polarization change. Rather than chasing a single dead channel, the cleanest fix is to rescan the satellite and let the receiver rebuild the list.<\/p>\n
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A full rescan can wipe your carefully arranged favourites and bouquets. If your receiver supports it, back up the channel list<\/strong> to USB first. On Enigma2 boxes, use the backup function. On simpler receivers, note down any custom channel order or favourites.<\/p>\n Most receivers offer two scan modes:<\/p>\n If you only want to add a handful of new channels, a network scan is enough. If the whole satellite seems to have shifted, run a blind scan.<\/p>\n For a single missing channel, look up the new frequency, symbol rate and polarization online, then add the transponder manually and scan just that one. This is faster and avoids disturbing the rest of your list.<\/p>\n Rescan produces a flat list of hundreds of channels. Use the favourites editor to organise them, and delete any unwanted radio or data channels. From then on, a monthly network scan keeps your list current without the disruption of a full blind scan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Broadcasters Move Channels All the Time It is frustrating: a channel you watched yesterday has vanished, and the receiver shows “service not found”. This usually means the broadcaster has moved the channel to a new transponder \u2014 a frequency, symbol rate and polarization change. Rather than chasing a single dead channel, the cleanest fix is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-satellite-software-configuration"],"yoast_head":"\nBlind Scan or Network Scan?<\/h3>\n
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Manual Transponder Entry<\/h3>\n
After the Scan<\/h2>\n