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HOW TO GET TWR'S SATELLITE AUDIO CHANNEL 55 AT HOME

Trans World Radio's satellite to home radio station, called TWR Satellite Audio Channel 55, is available free-to-air via a DSTV decoder or via a Vivid decoder.

Trans World Radio on DSTV
Although TWR is free to air on DSTV, Multichoice charges a set-up fee and an annual fee for customer service and support on your decoder. (This is not the case with the Vivid decoder - See below for details).
   
DSTV OPTIONS
1. DStv Free-to-Air Bouquet
  This option enables you to receive DStv’s free-to-air television and radio channels, including TWR Channel 55. There is an annual administration fee of R500.00 for the first year and then R180.00 per year thereafter.
(This is available in South Africa only.)
2. DStv Full Service
  This is the entire package of DStv audio and television channels with a monthly subscription of R360.00.

How to purchase a DStv free-to-air option
1. Purchase a decoder and a satellite dish installation.
2. Contact Multichoice and tell them you want a free-to-air contract or a full service contract (See above)
3. Pay Multichoice R 500.00 - for setup, administration and technical support.
4. Connect to your television and/or sound system.
5. Follow steps below.

*Please note that with the free-to-air option you don't pay the monthly DStv contract   amount.
*Available in South Africa. For other countries Please contact your service provider.
*Prices subject to change.


How to tune to TWR Audio Channel 55 on Dstv
1. Press the audio button () twice.
2. A list of available bouquets appears
3. Use the () or () arrow to move to the DStv Audio Bouquet
4. Press (OK)
5. Type (5)(5) - TWR Christian Radio will appear on your TV.
 

What happens if TWR Christian Radio doesn't appear on your tv screen?

Please follow the following instructions to find Trans World Radio on your DSTV decoder if you cannot find channel 55 on your DStv decoder or your decoder displys the message "Searching for Signal at ---mHz" or "E45 Searching for Signal at---mHz"..:

When this happens this is what you do:

1. Press Menu on the remote control.
2. Scroll to Organising Services and press OK.
3. Scroll to Full Rescan and press OK twice.

If the decoder doesn't recover completely or if your decoder does not have the "Full Rescan" option, follow these steps:

1. Press Menu on the remote control.
2. Scroll to Advanced Options and press OK.
3. Press OK on Change Dish Installation.
4. Key in the numbers 9949.
5. Scroll to Retune IRD and press OK.

Still have problems?

Contact your local DSTV service provider for further instructions.

Trans World Radio on VIVID
TWR Channel 55 is also available free-to-air on the Vivid Decoder system public bouquet. There are no monthly charges or annual maintenance fees.
   

How to purchase a VIVID free-to-air option
1. Purchase a Vivid Decoder and Satellite dish from a satellite installation dealer.
2. Install the dish and decoder.
3. Follow the instructions on the reverse side of the leaflet.
4. Connect to your television and/or sound system.
5. Follow steps below.


How to tune to TWR Audio Channel 55 on VIVID
 1. Press the MENU button.
 2. Push the down arrow until installation is highlighted and push the OK button.
 3. Enter the PIN which is 1379.
 4. The dish Install is highlighted. Push OK.
 5. Push the down arrow to highlight SIGNAL SETUP. Push OK.
 6. You will now see “Signal 1” is highlighted.
 7. Push the right arrow until “Signal 4” is highlighted and then push OK.
   
 8. By using the arrow keys and numbers, enter the following:
 
Signal Source: Enable
LMB: 1
Frequency: 11 090
Symbol Rate 27 500
Polarization: vertical
FEC: 5/6
 9. Once all the items are entered, push OK. Then push EXIT. Signal Setup should now be highlighted.
10. Push the down arrow once to highlight Tune DSD and push OK.
11. The scanning will now start, looking for all new services. This will take 3 minutes to complete.
 
 
Switching Between Bouquets
  Press the Guide button - this will bring up the main menu.
  Press the blue ALT button - this will take you to the menu line where you can select the different bouquets. The VIVID bouquets should be highlighted.
  Use the right cursor buttons, to go accross to the Public Bouquet and press the OK button - wait for a minute or so while the green part of the screen slowly fills with information.
  Press the button - this will now change to show all the radio channels.
  ow use the Cursor Up / Down button, to find the Trans World Radio satellite radio channel. The channel number, at present, is 48 (this number might change from time to time). Press OK and you will hear TWR.

 

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