You must link your Bell Satellite TV HD PVR to the Internet in order to stream On Demand programming. Bell’s Satellite TV Wi-Fi adaptor connects your HD PVR receiver to your home’s wireless network.
Move the cradle away from the receiver and other electrical instruments (microwave, phones, cameras, baby monitors) to get the best signal strength, and avoid positioning it in a closed environment as behind wooden furniture or behind glass doors.
What is a Wi-Fi satellite TV adapter?
Connect your PVR or receiver (6500, 9241, and 9400 models) to your Wi-Fi network to access on-demand programming and Crave (watch HBO and Showtime movies and TV series, as well as Crave originals).
*An Internet connection with a download speed of at least 2 Mbps is required. If you don’t have an unlimited plan, using On Demand or apps (like Netflix) on Bell TV counts against your monthly Internet consumption.
How can I set up Wi-Fi on my Bell Satellite?
- Connect the Wi-Fi adapter to a USB port on your receiver’s front or back panel. Wait for Attention 396 to appear on your television.
- Select Done after selecting your home Wi-Fi network.
- Select Done after entering your Wi-Fi password (or encryption key).
- The Wi-Fi connection will be tested by your receiver. Select Done after the test is finished.
- The strength of the Wi-Fi signal is indicated. To finish the setup, select OK.
Is Bell Satellite TV connected to the Internet?
Customers with a 9241, 9400, 9500, 7500, or 6500 receiver (check the front of your receiver) who are connected to high-speed Internet can use the service (2.0 Mbps download speed or faster).
What is Bell Whole Home PVR and how does it work?
PVR functionality is available on all compatible Bell TV receivers in your home with the Whole Home PVR. This means you can watch and manage your recordings on any TV that is connected to the internet.
You can also record up to four shows simultaneously and store up to 150 hours of 4K or 320 hours of HD video.
You can also record up to two shows at the same time and store up to 150 hours of HD footage, or double that with a second Whole Home PVR.
Why isn’t my Bell internet connection up and running?
Let us take care of the problem-solving. If a technician visit is required, our Virtual Repair tool will detect and correct most faults or assist you in scheduling one.
- Make that the modem and any other relevant equipment are powered up.
- You may have a phone line or a fibre patch connection connected to the rear of the modem, depending on your Internet technology:
- The phone line, which may be two in certain circumstances, should be connected to the wall jack as well as the modem’s DSL or DSL1 port (phone line port)
- The fiber patch cord should be firmly linked to the modem’s fiber port.
- Restart the modem.
- Remove any Internet-connected devices from your home.
- Check that you’re connected to the Bell network:
- Connect to your Bell Wi-Fi network at home (see network name on modem)
- Directly connect to the modem with an Ethernet cable attached to one of the modem’s LAN ports.
- If this is the case:
- Restart your computer and any other devices that are connected to the Internet.
- If you have Wi-Fi pods, disconnect and rejoin them.
- Attempt to use a different browser.
- Attempt to access the Internet using a different device.
- Improve the performance of my wireless network
- In Windows 10, fix the problem of being connected but unable to browse.
- Get assistance from a Bell Tech Expert.
Bell’s Wireless Home Internet service connects a small number of rural communities in Ontario, Quebec, and the Atlantic provinces to the Internet via our wireless network (cell towers).
- Ascertain that the modem and Power over Ethernet (PoE) adapter are both powered up.
- Ascertain that the modem is linked to the PoE:
- Remove any Internet-connected devices from your home.
- Restart all of your devices:
- The PoE adapter should be restarted (disconnect the power cable to the PoE adapter wait 30 seconds then reconnect it back in)
- Restart your modem (disconnect the power cable wait 30 seconds then reconnect it back in)
- Your services may take up to 5 minutes to reconnect.
- Restart your computer and any other devices that are connected to the Internet.
Which Bell receivers are no longer in use?
Sanmina-SCI in Guadalajara, Mexico, manufactures Bell Satellite TV satellite receivers for Echostar. There are now two different high-definition television (HDTV) receivers available, each having an optional or built-in personal video recorder (PVR):
- Bell Satellite TV’s latest PVR, the Whole Home PVR (9500), was released in 2018. It replaces the bigger 9241 and is as slim as the 6400. Up to 500 hours of SDTV or 150 hours of HDTV can be stored on the inbuilt 1 TB hard disk. It has HDMI and composite video outputs, however it lacks the component video and RF modulator outputs that many prior receivers had. The dual tuner on this receiver allows consumers to watch one channel while recording another.
- In 2018, the Whole Home Receiver (7500) was released as a single-tuner HDTV receiver. It’s limited to HDMI and composite video, much as the 9500. It does not have an inbuilt hard disk drive, but when connected to a 9500 on the same dish or when an external hard disk drive is connected to the 7500’s USB 2.0 connector, it can receive PVR capabilities. The drive has a one-hour data buffer, which allows you to rewind and pause a live TV show for that amount of time.
Bell has phased out outdated receivers that either only supported standard-definition television (SDTV) or had a number of functions that are no longer available on newer receivers. The following are some of the receivers that have been discontinued:
- Bell’s last standard-definition television (SDTV) receiver, the Standard-Definition Receiver (4100), was offered until March 2012. It has coaxial cable, composite video, S-Video, and TOSLINK outputs and is small. It didn’t have a built-in PVR, thus programmes had to be recorded using an external device like a VCR or DVD recorder.
- Bell’s Standard-Definition PVR (5900) was the company’s final SDTV PVR. It has the capacity to store up to 80 hours of programs. It was, however, a single-tuner receiver that could only receive one channel at a time.
- The HD PVR Plus Receiver (9242) had two tuners. Channel distribution (enabling this receiver to be used by several TVs in standard definition), picture-in-picture (viewing two channels on one TV at the same time), and an over-the-air TV tuner were all included (to watch and record non-satellite programming). The 9241, a dual-tuner PVR without these extra functions, was a popular Bell model.
While modern HD receivers offer the resolutions 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, and 1080p, broadcast channels are letterboxed 480i (effectively 360i in widescreen) for standard-definition channels and 720p for high-definition channels. Netflix, Crave (a Bell service), and Bell video on demand are among the services that offer 1080p content.
To accommodate older televisions, Bell provides composite video outputs on practically all receivers, including the 9500 and 7500. The resolution of this connection is limited to 480i. Gray bars mode is an optional feature on receivers that prevents burn-in on plasma displays.
Is it true that Bell cable boxes are wireless?
Thanks to Bell’s new wireless receiver, you won’t have to plug all of your TVs into a cable outlet to enjoy your television service for the first time ever. Fibe TV was already the best television service available. It is now the only provider of wireless television.
How do you link Wi-Fi to on-demand video?
To use On Demand on your PVR, you must first connect your PVR decoder to your home Wi-Fi network. To connect your home, follow the steps outlined below.
Allow the PVR to scan available Wi-Fi networks and then select your home Wi-Fi network > If prompted, enter your Wi-Fi password.
To enter your password, use the Astro Remote’s alpha-numeric keyboard.
To begin watching videos on demand, press the Home button and select On Demand.
To begin watching videos on demand, press the Home button and select On Demand.
Step 2 – When prompted, click “Yes, continue” to connect to a wireless network.
Step 3 – The Wi-Fi icon will display on the screen once you’ve connected. Now you may download Astro’s on-demand entertainment and enjoy it.
Step 4 – To begin watching videos on demand, press the Home button and select On Demand.
*The Wi-Fi dongle is only for PVRs that aren’t Wi-Fi enabled (as per the picture).