What is DD Free Dish? Doordarshan’s Direct-To-Home (DTH) platform, DD Direct+ has been renamed to ‘DD FREE DISH’ now. The trademark has been registered and it highlights its unique proposition of being free from any monthly subscription/ payment for lifetime. Doordarshan’s DD Free Dish primarily known as DD Direct + is a multi-channel Free to Air Direct to Home (DTH) service. This service was launched in December’2004 with the modest beginning of 33 channels. This service was inaugurated by Honorable Prime Minister of India. DD Free Dish has been upgraded time to time and at present Doordarshan’s DTH platform has the capacity of 59 TV channels along with 22 Radio channels. DD Free Dish is available in Ku-Band on INSAT-4B (at 93.5°E) having 5 streams of channels with Down-link Frequencies -10990, 11070, 11150, 11490 and 11570 MHz. This Ku-Band DTH service provides the TV coverage throughout the Indian territory (except Andaman & Nicobar Islands). DTH signals can be received through a small sized dish receive system ( i.e. Set Top Box and Dish of size 60 to 90 cm in diameter) for which no monthly subscription fee is payable by the viewers. A separate DTH service in C-Band with a bouquet of 10 channels has also been provided by Doordarshan exclusively for Andaman & Nicobar Islands, which is also Free to Air. This C-Band DTH service is available on INSAT-4B (at 93.5°E) with down-link frequency of 3925 MHz. This service can be received through a STB and small sized Dish Antenna.(approximately 120 cm diameter) for which also no monthly subscription fee is payable by viewers. Currently Free Dish has about 11 million subscribers in India and 2 million subscribers in Pakistan. One Time investment of Rs.1500 to Rs.2500 needed for life time view - “DD Free Dish” – Antenna, FTA Set-Top Box (HD - DVB-S2 enabled) available in Open market. Expansion of DD Free Dish with 97 TV and 40 Radio channels: Doordarshan India: Expansion of DD Free Dish has been carried out time to time. The present capacity is likely to be enhanced to 97 TV channels and 40 Radio channels in near future. List of available Television channels on “DD Free Dish” 1. DD National 2. DD News 3. DD Sports 4. DD India 5. DD Bharati 6. DD Bangla 7. DD Chandana 8. DD Girnar 9. DD Kashir 10. Sobhagya Mithila 11. Aastha Bhajan 12. B4U Movies 13. Disha TV 14. DD North East 15. DD Oriya 16. DD Podhigai 17. DD Punjabi 18. DD Sahyadri 19. DD Saptagiri 20. DD Malayalam 21. Lok Sabha TV 22. Rajya Sabha TV 23. DD Uttar Pradesh 24. Dangal 25. Sadhna 26. DD Bihar 27. 9X 28. Big Magic 29. Chardikla Time TV 30. DD Vyas UGC-CEC 31. News 24 32. Aastha 33. Mastiii 34. Rishtey 35. DD Madhya Pradesh 36. Dabangg 37. Cinema TV 38. P7 News 39. Zee Smile 40. DW-TV 41. 4 Real News 42. NHK World 43. Sahara Aalami 44. India News 45. Russia Today 46. Sahara Samay 47. Enterr 10 48. Channel NewsAsia 49. News Nation 50. DD Gyan Darshan 1 51. Sanskar 52. Zee ETC Bollywood 53. France 24 54. DD Urdu 55. STAR Utsav 56. Zee Anmol 57. Sony Mix 58. DD Gyan Darshan 2 59. DD Rajasthan Radio Channels List on DD Free Dish (DD Direct Plus ) 1. AIR VBS 2. AIR TELUGU 3. AIR MARATHI 4. AIR TAMIL 5. AIR GUJRATI 6. FM RAINBOW 7. AIR PUNJABI 8. FM GOLD 9. AIR KANNADA 10. AIR BANGLA 11. AIR HINDI 12. AIR N E 13. AIR Malayalam 14. AIR Assamese 15. FM Rainbow Chennai 16. FM Gold Mumbai 17. Radio Kashmir 18. GYANVANI 19. DWS 20. AIR Ragam 21. FM Rainbow Banglore 22. AIR Urdu 23. AIR Oriya 24. Test Radio 25. DWS Present Status of Private Channels availability on DD Free Dish 1. Star Utsav 16-08-2013 to 15-08-2014 2. P-7 News 16-08-2013 to 15-08-2014 3. Cinema TV 16-08-2013 to 15-08-2014 4. Big Magic 16-08-2013 to 15-08-2014 5. News Nation 16-08-2013 to 15-08-2014 6. Zee Anmol 16-08-2013 to 15-08-2014 7. Zee 9X 01-11-2013 to 31-10-2014 8. Dangal 01-11-2013 to 31-10-2014 9. Aastha Bhajan 01-11-2013 to 31-10-2014 10. Aalmi Sahara 01-11-2013 to 31-10-2014 11. News 24 01-11-2013 to 31-10-2014 12. Time TV 01-11-2013 to 31-10-2014 13. Sadhna National 01-11-2013 to 31-10-2014 14. Sahara Samay 01-11-2013 to 31-10-2014 15. Disha TV 01-11-2013 to 31-10-2014 16. B4U Movies 01-11-2013 to 31-10-2014 17. India News 01-11-2013 to 31-10-2014 18. Aastha 01-11-2013 to 31-10-2014 19. Enterr10 01-11-2013 to 31-10-2014 20. Zee Smile 01-11-2013 to 31-10-2014 21. 4 Real News 01-11-2013 to 31-10-2014 22. Dabangg 01-11-2013 to 31-10-2014 23. Sony Mix 01-11-2013 to 31-10-2014 24. Rishtey TV 01-11-2013 to 31-10-2014 25. Masti 01-11-2013 to 31-10-2014 26. Sobhagaya Mithila 01-11-2013 to 31-10-2014 27. ZEE ETC 01-11-2013 to 31-10-2014 28. Sanskar 01-11-2013 to 31-10-2014 29. Gyandarshan-I 07-09-2013 to 31-03-2014 30. Gyandarshan-II 15-11-2013 to 31-03-2014 31. Vyas 09-03-2013 to 08-03-2014 32. Russia Today 30-11-2012 to 29-11-2013 Going to Expire Soon 33. DW TV 01-08-2013 to 31-07-2014 34. NHK World 09-04-2013 to 08-04-2014 35. ABC International 01-11-2013 to 31-03-2014 Not Added yet, Waiting to Add DD Platform 36. France 24 01-11-2013 to 31-03-2014 New Channels will be Available on DD Free Dish Here is latest announcement from Doordarshan, that 60 more channels will be live who will won e- Auction from march 31st 2014. This time Freedish will increase regional channels. so total channels would be around 110 to 120. This announcement related for e-Auction process under term and condition for who are participating in e-Auction. At this time 1 channel (ABC International )is already in queue for waiting to add on DD Freedish. * Live Program Guide (EPG) coming soon on DD Direct Plus DTH Channels: Recently Doordarshan announce a tender notification for Manage EPGs for all DD Channels and this EPG deliver to all MSOs / DTH Operators and also same EPGs deliver to all DD Direct Plus DTH channels. From Last 2-3 Month Prasar Bharati continuously is working on DD Direct Plus DTH for upgrade system. Program Guide (EPG): At this time DD Direct Plus dth providing 59 TV Channels without EPG, by EPG (Electronic Program Guide) subscribers can have all details about channels program. At this time all DTH providers giving Free EPG service to their subscriber including Doordarshan channels, only DD Direct Plus and Dish TV is not providing EPG for Doordarshan channels. Because Dish TV using same transponders of Insat 4B satellite which is of DD Direct Plus FAQ : > How To Install DD Free Dish Direct To Home System In Your Home? The Main Parts Of The DTH System are 1, STB – Set Top Box 2, KU Band Dish 3, KU Band LNB 4, Coaxial Cable and Connecters. These are Essentials of The DTH Installation . Q. What is DD DIRECT+ ? A. DD DIRECT+ is Indias first and only FTA Direct- To-Home (DTH) Service from Doordarshan. Q. What is FTA DTH ? A. Normally all over the world the DTH operator charges activation charges and monthly subscription charges depending upon the channels to be viewed. DD DIRECT+ is unique FTA-DTH (Free to Air DTH) in which the subscriber can buy the receiver from open market and start viewing the programmes without paying a penny. Q. What is the composition of DD DIRECT+ bouquet? A. DD DIRECT+ bouquet is a fantastic combination of Doordarshan channels, Private TV channels and Audio channels of All India Radio. Q. What is the maximum number of channels, which can be put on DD DIRECT+? A. There is no limit as such; the number of channels would be increased in phases depending upon the availability of the platform. Q. When the DD DIRECT+ service started? The DD Direct to home bouquet was formally inaugurated by our Honorable Prime Minister on 16/12/2004. At present the transmission is ON with 33 TV and 12 Radio channels. Q. What is the reach of DD DIRECT+? A. DD-DIRECT is available throughout the country except Andaman & Nicobar Islands and reaches even those places where cable is not available. Q. What are the advantages of DD DIRECT+ over cable connection? A. DD DIRECT+ ensures excellent Picture Quality for all the channels in the bouquet. There is no intermediary and one gets the signals directly from the broadcasters. There are no recurring charges to be paid to anybody to view any of the programmes. Q. Can DD DIRECT+ be viewed without disconnecting existing cable connection? A. Cable connection can be viewed in normal TV mode and DTH channels can be viewed in AV mode by choosing the AV option from the remote of your TV set. DTH channels can be changed using STB remote control. Q. Once the Dish & Decoder are installed, will it be possible to receive all channels? A. Yes all the channels available in the bouquet can be received once the receive equipment is installed. Q. If there are more than one TV set in one house; will all TV sets require separate STBs/Dishes to receive DD DIRECT+? A. Yes, for each TV a separate STB will be required. Q. How much is the power consumption of a receive system ? A. It consumes approximately 40 Watts of electric power. Q. If one changes his residence or moves to some other city, can he continue to use the same STB and the Dish to receive DD DIRECT+? A. Yes, he can carry the equipment anywhere in India and continue to enjoy DD DIRECT+ after installing dish in the new location. Q. Will the reception be affected by rains/snowfall? A. Though provision exists in the uplink system to take care of fading of the signal due to rains, yet heavy rains may result into outage for a few minutes in the DTH signal. Q. Where can the Dish be installed? A. Dish can be installed on the rooftop or on the wall. Q. Are any Audio (Radio) channels also available in DD DIRECT+? A. Yes, at present there are about 21 Radio channels available in the bouquet. Q. Is Doordarshan marketing/selling/appointing dealers for the Receive Equipment? A. NO. The equipment is available in the open market and can be had from any TV Dealer. Doordarshan has not authorized anybody to sell the Receive Equipment nor has given any dealership etc. for the purpose. Q. Has Doordarshan authorized anybody to collect any money for Receive Equipment or as subscription Fee etc? A. It is clarified that no subscription fee is required to be paid to ANYBODY for receiving the DD DIRECT+ signal. The service is totally free and expenditure involved is only one time i.e. on the Receive Equipment, which is available in the open market and can be purchased and installed through the dealer of this type of equipment. Q. Is Doordarshan appointing any dealer in future for marketing the platform/receive equipment/ subscribers/customers? A. NO. Q. What should be the cost of the Receive Equipment for DD DIRECT+? A. The indicative price of a Receive System may be less than Rs.3000. It may however vary with the make of equipment and will also depend upon the local taxes/prevailing custom duty etc. Q. Can the receive System be installed by the viewer himself? A. Detailed procedure for installation is given in the website. However, it is advisable to take the help of skilled technical person for the installation of the system. Q. What are the channels available on the DD DIRECT+ platform? A. The information is available in the FAQs. Q. Can the Receive Dish be fixed on the window grill? A. It may be possible to get the dish fixed on the window grill with slight modification on the grill or the fixtures but it is desirable to fix the dish on rigid wall or roof top . Q. Will the DD DIRECT+ available in a particular city/locality? A. The signal can be received anywhere in India except in Andaman and Nicobar. Q. Which are the dealers of the equipment in a particular city/town? A. Receive equipment is generally available with the TV dealers / shops. Q. Will DD DIRECT+ signal be available to my remote village, where no TV tower is installed? A. Yes, the DD DIRECT+ signal is made available to you through satellite and doesn’t require any tower or cable for its distribution. Q. Are you providing any value added service like Internet etc. over your DTH platform? A. No, presently there is no such plan. Q. Channel name in TV channel list is different then the Actual TV program shown? in that case what shall I do A. In the STB the change in program (TV channel) is detected but the information of changed channel name is not stored automatically. The required change of information can be stored by deleting the earlier information and reinstalling (scanning) the new channel information. Q. How to update the changes in TV channel name manually? A: The procedure to update the changes in program name varies from make to make of STBs. Follow the procedure mentioned in the installation manual supplied along-with the STB. For some more details click- EXAMPLE-1. Following are the steps to be followed to scan or search the channels in DTH bouquet. 1. Press ‘Menu’ 2. Go to ‘installation’ or ‘Setup Programme’ 3. Fill the details as below • ‘Satellite’ INSAT 4B • ‘T P Frequency’ 11490 MHz* • ‘LNB Frequency’ 09750 MHz* • ‘Symbol rate’ 27500* • ‘Polarization’ V * • ‘22K’ OFF * • ‘Search mode’ FTA • ‘Disc. Equal’. Off 4. After filling the above values Go to ‘search’ 5. Press ‘OK’ 6. The new TV and Radio services will be displayed. The above-mentioned steps may be in different order in some of the STBs. In case there is any difficulty, viewers are advised to contact the nearest STB dealer. The different transponder frequency, LNB frequency, symbol rate etc. required to tune the STBs for all the channels available in the DD Direct plus. Q. How to delete TV channel programme in STB manually? A. The procedure to delete TV Channel programme in the TV channel list varies from make to make of STBs. Follow the procedure mentioned in the installation manual supplied along-with the STB. For some more details click- EXAMPLE 2. Following are the steps to be followed to delete channels in TV channel list. 1. Go to ‘Edit Programme’ 2. Go to ‘Delete programme’ 3. Select the channel, using up down key. 4. Press ‘OK’ > Can I Connect DD Free Dish To My Home Theater ? Answer is Yes, You Can. If You Connected the Same to Your Home Theater You Can Enjoy the Radio Channels. Also Can Enjoy Your Favorite TV Programs In Good Sound Quality. Connect the Audio Output (Left/Right) Channels to Your Home Theater Input. > KU Band Dish Details – DD Direct Plus DTH Installation We are Using KU Band Dish For DD Direct Plus and Other Direct To Home Service. Its Normally in the Size 60 C.M or 90 C.M. You Can Catch the Signals On a Small Dish, But it need Experience. Ku Band Dish is Available In Electronics Spare Sparts Selling Shops, Its Cost 200-600 Depends On The Size. While Purchasing the Dish Make Sure That all Attachments in the pack. > Can I Use My Existing C Band Dish To Catch DD Direct Plus Signals ? Yes, Its Possible To Catch The DD Direct Plus Signals On Your Existing C Band Dish. You Can Buy KU Band LNB Fitting Clambs Or Can make one To Fit The KU Band LNB On The Dish. If You are Using a Ca Band Dish, You Can Get Good Quality Signals and Make Use Of The Old One. If You are already Using a C Band Dish, You Can Fit an Extra LNB To Catch The DD Direct Plus Signal. Remember – This Need Some Technical Skill and Experience. > How To Manage Satellite in DD Free Dish STB? Managing Satellite (Add/Edit) In DD Direct Plus Direct To Home Set Top Box: All knows That DD Direct Plus Using The Satellite Insat 4B at 93.5 East For it Reception. For Installation we need To configure the STB. You can get the Satellite Under In The Menu. Some STB’s will Preload The Insat 4B, In This case You no need to Add The same. Other Wise Select The Add New Satellite and Enter Name as Insat 4B, Pick LNB frequency as 09750 and Select 22K as Off. You can choose These Satellite for Tuning the DD Free Dish. > DD Free Dish Trouble Shooting – No Audio/ Sound Getting, how To Fix It ? If you are not getting No Audio in your DD Direct Plus DTH, Please do the Following Things 1, Make sure that your Receiver Audio not in Mute – If in Mute, Un Mute or Click Volume + Button. 2, Check for Receiver Volume, if it at “0 “, Increase by Pressing the Volume Button. 3, Make sure that your Television Audio not in Mute – If in Mute, Un Mute or Click Volum + Button. 4, Check for Television Volume, if it at “0 “, Increase by Pressing the Volume Button. 5, Check the Connected Wires (Audio/Video Code), if the damaged replace it. How to Check it : You can Check it by using a Multimeter or If Video is Ok that means That code wire is ok, use that code to connect Audio, If you getting audio this time, ie that code is damaged. 6, If the Sound issue only for a Particular Channel, Try This Press the ” Sound/Audio ” Button in Receiver Remote Control You can see Three Options there, Stereo (Left/Right), Left Audio (L) and Right Audio (R),Simply Change the Current one to any of the Two (Ie Stereo to Left or Right). > How To Receive DD Free Dish DTH Service ? > DD Free Dish DTH Reception Receive System includes a small satellite dish (which is an antenna for receiving a satellite broadcast signal); a digital integrated receiver/ decoder (IRD) also called STB (Set Top Box), which separates each channel and decompresses and translates the digital signal for viewing over a television; and a remote control. Investment on the part of subscriber for receiving DD-DIRECT signal is only one time on receive system and no recurring monthly expenditure will have to be incurred by the viewer. As compared to other DTH systems, where a huge activation fee and a monthly subscription fee is charged, the DD DIRECT+ can be received without payment of any activation fees. Price of a receive system is less than Rs 3000/-. Once the technology gets induced the demand for the receive systems will increase and the prices would further comedown. > Installation of the Receive System: Installation of the System is very easy and does not take much time. However the viewer has to take the services of skilled technical personnel to get the dish installed and oriented towards the Satellite, which is required to be carried out before the system starts receiving the DD DIRECT+ signals. Tuning/configuring the STB also is required to be done initially. Tuning procedure is normally supplied by the manufacturer along with the STB. Some of the parameters which are required to be fed to the IRD are mentioned therein and are also given under the heading ‘Satellite in use’. > Satellite in use: A powerful Satellite INSAT-4B is being used to uplink the DD DIRECT+ signal. Reception of the signal has been checked to be available throughout the country. > Salient features of the satellite are listed below: Orbit type: Geo-synchronous Orbital location: 93.5° E INSAT-4B is the latest Geo-synchronous Satellite of INSAT series with high power kU Band Transponders launched by ISRO in the beginning of the year 2007. Service parameters of the bouquet of channels, which have been put into operation at present, are as follows: Transponder Up/Down Polarization Uplink freq. (MHZ) Downlink freq. (MHZ) LNB Frequency Symbol Rate (MHZ) FEC C13 (36 MHz) H/V 14040 10990 9750 27.5 3/4 C15 (36 MHz) H/V 14120 11070 9750 27.5 3/4 C17 (36 MHz) H/V 14200 11150 9750 27.5 3/4 C 19 (36 MHz) H/V 14290 11490 9750 27.5 3/4 C 21 (36 MHz) H/V 14370 11570 9750 27.5 3/4 In the beginning Doordarshan DTH started with three streams of 20 TV Channel, which is now upgraded to 5 streams of DTH bouquet, capable of transmitting 50 TV channels. To install the channels following procedure is to be followed which is only suggestive. Viewers are advised to consult the installation manual supplied with STB or contact the nearest STB Dealer. Other FTA Channels: Here is list of Free to Air channels which can be receive by DD Direct Plus DTH, You just have to put frequency in your set-top box and search manual. Transponder Channel name Type Resolution Compression SID V-PID A-PID PCR-PID Frequency: 11037 Polarity: Horizontal Symbol Rate: 40700 FEC: 3/4 Mode: DVB-S Default Plate TV SD MPEG-2 33102 8087 8088 8087 Frequency: 12595 Polarity: Vertical Symbol Rate: 40700 FEC: 3/4 Mode: DVB-S Zee Tamil and TV SD MPEG-2 33065 1676 1677 1676 Zee ETC Punjabi TV SD MPEG-2 20331 1701 1702 1701 Frequency: 12647 Polarity: Vertical Symbol Rate: 27500 FEC: 5/6 Mode: DVB-S Bhakti TV 33172 3212 3213 3212 Frequency: 12688 Polarity: Vertical Symbol Rate: 27500 FEC: 5/6 Mode: DVB-S Zee Punjabi 20365 4531 6116 4531 1. Satellite Name: a) Go to Installation menu or setup Programme from remote.b) Select Satellite Edit menu.c) Select Add New Satellite menu.d) Select Sat Name Edit menu.e) Enter Satellite Name as INSAT- 4B.f) Enter Satellite Longitude as 93.5 E. g) Press Before You Exit Ten. 2. LNB Configuration a) Go to LNB Configuration menu. Ensure that satellite selected is INSAT- 4B only.b) Set LNB Types as Universal.c) Set LNB Power on. d) Press Exit 3. Transponder (TP) Edit: a) Go to Transponder Edit menu. Ensure that satellite selected is INSAT- 4B.b) Select Add New TP menu.c) Enter TP Frequency as 10990 MHz.d) Select Symbol rate as 27500 ksps.e) Select Polarization as Vertical.f) Select Scan as FTA.g) Press OK.h) ‘22K’ OFF*i) ‘Disc. Equal’. Off After filling the above values Go to ‘search’ Press ‘OK’ The new TV and Radio services will be displayed. Similarly add all other four TPs by entering the frequency, symbol rate and polarization as given in Table above Note: – The above-mentioned steps may be in, different order in some of the STBs. > What Is The Price of STB for DD Free Dish ? Its May Depend on the Build Quality and Features, Please Make Sure That You will get good service support for the same. You can Purchase Local/ Cheap STB’s From 500 Rs Onwards. > What are The Features of STB for DD Free Dish? DD Direct Plus Service Now Using MPEG2 Technology, But Can Expect an Upgrade to MPEG4, So Please Try to buy a MPEG4/DVBS 2 Compatible STB. > Where I can Purchase DD Direct Plus Set Top Box ? Question: Where I can Purchase DD Direct Plus Set Top Box ? Answer : You can purchase this Set Top Box anywhere from your Local Market or Local Dealer. if you have another question in your mind that what is price for this Box, you can get it from Rs1500 to Rs.5000 Its totally depends make of Quality, Brand and Box features. At this time so many featured Set-Top Box available. Latest Free to Air Set Top Box from Solid India launched with given bleow features: 1. Full HD / MPEG-4 / DVB-S2 / 8 QSPS Technical Data 2. Live TV Recording in USB Pen-drive or Hard Drive. 3. You can watch Youtube Videos by connectvity of Internet 4. Fast Scan Satellites 5. Full Asian Satellites and Transponders already saved and other Features.. Can I purchase Online : Yes, you can purchase your Set-Top Box with any features depends on your needs.
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