Nigeria Communications Satellite Limited (NigComSat) has said its replacement satellite

NigComSat 1R scheduled to be launched in December this year in China would crash the cost of

satellite television acquisition through lower broadband cost and fast-track the migration

from analogue to digital television broadcasting. The federal government agency satellite

will provide large quantities of bandwidth to satellite and cable television stations,

quicken the development of Direct-To-Home (DTH) local platform and the migration to High

Definition (HD) digital broadcasting.

NigComSat, Nigeria’s newest communications satellite, looks set for a December 25 Launch.

The satellite, NigComSat 1R, will replace a previous communications satellite that was

decommissioned in 2008.

It is expected to significantly improve internet connectivity options in Nigeria.

Preparations for the launch are reported to be well advanced and a roadshow is being staged

to brief stakeholders and interested parties about the benefits of the satellite. The events

are slated to run from November 21 to 23 at the Lagos Sheraton and Towers.

Earlier this year, two other Nigerian satellites were sent into orbit aboard the Dnepr

rocket in southern Russia. The NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X satellites were successfully

launched from Yasny in southern Russia.

With your HITV signal and decoder you can watch a number of free to air channels. However you will need to scan your decoder to be able to watch these channels. You can do this by:

Press [MENU]
Go to [INSTALLATION] and Press [OK]
Enter Pin Code [0000]
Go to [TP SETUP] and Press [OK]
Select satellite [EUTELSAT]
Go to TP [FREQUENCY/SR]
On TP [FREQ/SR], use the right volume button to access the box on the right side of your screen
Press [OK] on any other frequency apart from 12092 and 12130.
In the box that appears, do the following:

Scroll down to frequency and input the numbers [12437]
Scroll down to symbol rate and input the numbers [23437]
Scroll down to polarity and use the volume right or left button to select [HOR]
Press [OK] to save
Use the left volume button to scroll back to TP [FREQ/SR]

Note: Check the Signal Strength and Signal Quality at the bottom of your screen to make sure you have persentage values displayed [Preferably above 50% for Signal Quality].

Scroll down to scan all channels and Press [OK]
After Scanning Press [OK] to save the channels.

Exit back to [TP SETUP] and repeat the above procedure individually for each of the following frequencies and symbol rates:

FREQ [11843] SR [27500] POL [VER]
FREQ [12034] SR [27500] POL [VER]
FREQ [11860] SR [27500] POL [HOR]
FREQ [11939] SR [27500] POL [HOR]

NOTE: Take note of these frequencies including the 12437 that you have added and scanned so as not to change them while attempting to add the others.
Some encripted Stations will also be added but you can delete them [Check Hitv Problems and Solutions]

The Free to Air stations include:

LCF, EBRU, GOLFE TV, ORTB TV, LOVEWORLD PLUS, OH TV, OLIVE TV, CCTV DOC, CCTV NEWS, CCTV 4, CCTV F, DSTV DISH

USING YOUR HITV DECODER FOR OTHER SATELLITE SERVICES

You can equally use your HITV decoder for other satellite services ranging from free to air channels to other smart card enabled services. What you need is a signal and the frequency(s) from the satellite servce provider.