DD Free dish | Installation Settings | TroubleShooting | FAQs

Here are some common questions/queries asked by visitors. You can get some DIY ideas from these answers.

What is ICAS in a DD-free dish?

Doordarshan's DD Free Dish is a multi-channel Free-To-Air Direct to Home (DTH) service. Prasar Bharati approved Indian manufacturers to produce new iCAS-enabled set-top boxes for DD Freedish. iCAS means the Indian Conditional access system which will be applied to the latest iCAS set-top boxes. Although TV channels will be free to access.

What are free-to-air channels?

Free-to-air. ... FTA also refers to channels and broadcasters providing content for which no subscription is expected, even though they may be delivered to the viewer/listener by another carrier for which a subscription is required, e.g. cable, satellite, or the Internet. But the TV channel available on DD Freedish is totally free of cost.

Is DD Direct Plus free?

DD Free Dish (previously known as DD Direct Plus) is an Indian Free-To-Air digital direct-broadcast satellite television service. ... DD Free Dish DTH viewers can watch 80 SD MPEG-2 TV channels and 18 SD MPEG-4 channels apart from 40 radio channels.

Is DD Sports free to air?

DD Sports converted free to air channel from July 17, 2003, Now it is completely free to air channel by Doordarshan.

What is the new frequency of DD free dish?

DD Free Dish has been upgraded from time to time and at present Doordarshan's DTH platform has the capacity of 64 SDTV channels along with 24 Radio channels. DD Free Dish is available in Ku-Band on INSAT-4B (at 93.5°E) having MPEG-2 DVB-S, 4 streams of channels with Downlink Frequencies -10990, 11070, 11150, and 11570 MHz.

What is ICAS in DD-free dish?

ICAS is an encrypted service by Prasar Bharti, DD Free dish launched new set-top boxes with encryption it is available on Flipkart and CATVIndia.com.

What are the channels in DD free dish? or How many channels do you get with a free dish?

At this time DD Free dish is providing about 80+ MPEG-2 TV channels and 20+ MPEG-4 TV channels including two HD channels. So total channels are 104.

DD Freedish also airing 50 Educational TV channels by MHRD and Vande Gujarat.

What should be the LNB frequency?

DD Free dish using LNB type "Universal" and LNB Frequency is 09750-10600.

Can I use any LNB on my dish?

Yes, you can buy any branded Ku-band DTH LNB.

Is Star Bharat free to air now?

No, It is becoming a pay-TV channel.

How do u find the frequency?

We have listed above to scan or tune your fta DD Free dish satellite receivers.

Which satellite is used for DTH?

DD Free dish is using GSAT-15 satellite at the position of 93.5°east.

How many channels does free DTH have?

DD Free dish currently offering 88 MPEG-2 channels, 17 MPEG-4/HD channels, and 50 educational TV channels. So it means total channels are about 155+ TV channels.

Is there any HD channel on DD free dish?