So - Fresat comes from the Astra Satellites, not the Hotbird one, to get around this you can run the Media Center TV Setup Wizard, and choose your own Satellite - 28.2E Astra 2A-B-D is the one you need.
The next problem I faced was that all the guides got out of sync, as well as the channel listings not showing any of the Freesat channels such as BBC1 HD, ITV1 HD, and the CBS Drama Channels. I followed the advice of http://www.hack7mc.com/2009/09/clearing-guide-data-and-tuner-setup-from-windows-7-media-center.html and this was a really bad idea - it corrupted my WMC installation - some say the way to return it to former health is to install again! No way!
So - what was the result of runing the above - none of the recording functions worked. You could select a program from the guide and record it, or just press the record button on Live TV you may be watching, but all it said was "This program will be recorded". Its the "will be" be that worried me, why would it not record, a reboot did not even help?
So - how did I resolve it? Easy. You do not need to reinstall windows like some people have suggested. Just to the following:
Go into Control Panel | Programs and Features | Turn Windows Features on or off | Select the Media | Windows Media Center option and un-tick the option. This will force a reboot of your Media Center. After rebooting you will notice the WMC is not installed. Go back into the Control Panel option and re-select it, it will ask to reboot again.
This will re-create the C:\Windows\Microsoft\ehome and C:\Program Data\Microsoft\ehome directories that comtain the WMC features and also the guide, TV setup data and Guide listings.
After this you will find the Recording starts working again - phew! All sorted!
Next blog item will be how to get the Freesat HD channels to appear (as they dont by default!)
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