BT TV Pro Internet Channels
Thursday 8th September, 2022 21:49 Comments: 0
BT finally updated the software on their BT TV Pro box last month so you can watch pretty much all their channels without needing an aerial. It seems you need to do a factory reset as you're only offered the option to not use an aerial during first setup; but if you've got an aerial connected it won't ask you what you want to do. To see the TV Channels Mode stage you need to unplug your aerial if it's already connected. Otherwise it will assume you want to use an aerial and won't prompt to let you switch over to the Internet only mode.
You lose a few Freeview channels (e.g. Dave), you can only record 2 channels at the same time, you need to sign in to view ITV shows, and BBC Radio involves using an app; but you get BBC News HD (I believe it was lost via aerial due to recent Freeview changes), and I think BBC One should show regional content in HD on channel 001 (and HD versions of channels replace the SD versions for the first 10 channels). A full list can be found at https://www.bt.com/help/tv/guide/ip-freeview-guide.
You lose a few Freeview channels (e.g. Dave), you can only record 2 channels at the same time, you need to sign in to view ITV shows, and BBC Radio involves using an app; but you get BBC News HD (I believe it was lost via aerial due to recent Freeview changes), and I think BBC One should show regional content in HD on channel 001 (and HD versions of channels replace the SD versions for the first 10 channels). A full list can be found at https://www.bt.com/help/tv/guide/ip-freeview-guide.