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| Thread ID: 136608 | 2014-03-22 04:28:00 | Setting up new TV Help | happyg01 (15676) | PC World Chat |
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| 1370922 | 2014-03-22 04:28:00 | Hi I got a new tv a panasonic viera ET60 tv, I got a sky dish which is plugged into my freeview which is connected to the new tv thru the yellow and white cable so I can install analog tv. But I want to install digital tv how do I go about doing that. I tried connecting the dish directly to the tv with an adapter thing (not sure what it is called) does not work. Can any1 help please. They are telling me I might need to get bunny ear for the tv. | happyg01 (15676) | ||
| 1370923 | 2014-03-22 04:37:00 | You will need a UHF antenna, either on the roof or a bunny ears type thing. Where about in NZ are you based? If you have good reception something like this will do www.trademe.co.nz |
Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1370924 | 2014-03-22 09:29:00 | Hi I got a new tv a panasonic viera ET60 tv, I got a sky dish which is plugged into my freeview If you have a Sky dish feeding Freeview you are almost certainly on satellite, so you can't access terrestrial TV. A UHF antenna is no use to you unless your new TV has an inbuilt terrestrial freeview decoder. I'm guessing that you want to connect the output of the decoder direct to your TV, thus bypassing the UHF tuners etc used for terrestrial viewing and using the TV purely as a monitor. This presumption is based on your statement "I got a sky dish" which I assume to mean that you already had a satellite dish installed and operating with your previous TV. More information is needed about your previous and present installations, or you could go back to your retailer and get them to provide the service you need to get it all up and running. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1370925 | 2014-03-22 18:53:00 | Hi I got a new tv a panasonic viera ET60 tv, I got a sky dish which is plugged into my freeview which is connected to the new tv thru the yellow and white cable so I can install analog tv. But I want to install digital tv Freeview is digital. There is no analog anymore. To view TV you plug the Freeview box into TV. The other alternative is Sky. In which case you ring them and they bring the Sky box round and hook it up. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1370926 | 2014-03-22 19:52:00 | check here to see if you have uhf coverage www.google.co.nz %3Fpdf-maps%3D%2Fuserfiles%2Fpdfs%2FHaywards_Standalone_F reeview.pdf&ei=iektU_m9DYfzoATfuoEI&usg=AFQjCNHU_4cj_FZL8WkMVI0O5ZkAEkBxJQ&sig2=sBKgjLl7vWHThXCO017GXA&bvm=bv.62922401,d.cGU if you do then either buy bunny ears or get a uhf aerial installed. then you plug the aerial into the tv and scan for channels. at this point the freeview satellite box can be removed. |
psycik (12851) | ||
| 1370927 | 2014-03-22 21:04:00 | Your satellite box is getting digital tv for you already. If you want higher quality digital with 3D then you need an aerial for your new TV - probably one of the new compact aerials will do the job. The leads from satellite box to TV are usually red and white for audio and yellow for picture. Don't remove your satellite box because there are a some channels on satellite tv that are not on terrestrial tv and vice versa - you may want to see them all. | coldot (6847) | ||
| 1370928 | 2014-03-23 00:36:00 | If you have a Sky dish feeding Freeview you are almost certainly on satellite, so you can't access terrestrial TV. A UHF antenna is no use to you unless your new TV has an inbuilt terrestrial freeview decoder. There is nothing to state they aren't in a UHF area here. You will have a very hard time finding for sale in NZ that doesn't have an inbuilt DVB-T (UHF Antenna) tuner. Freeview is digital. There is no analog anymore. To view TV you plug the Freeview box into TV. The other alternative is Sky. In which case you ring them and they bring the Sky box round and hook it up. As above, pretty much ALL tvs have a built in digital tuner now. Plugging a DVB-S (Satellite) box into the TV is last resort quality wise. check here to see if you have uhf coverage www.google.co.nz %3Fpdf-maps%3D%2Fuserfiles%2Fpdfs%2FHaywards_Standalone_F reeview.pdf&ei=iektU_m9DYfzoATfuoEI&usg=AFQjCNHU_4cj_FZL8WkMVI0O5ZkAEkBxJQ&sig2=sBKgjLl7vWHThXCO017GXA&bvm=bv.62922401,d.cGU if you do then either buy bunny ears or get a uhf aerial installed. then you plug the aerial into the tv and scan for channels. at this point the freeview satellite box can be removed. All correct +1 If you want higher quality digital with 3D then you need an aerial for your new TV - probably one of the new compact aerials will do the job. There is no 3D content being broadcast on DVB-T. |
Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1370929 | 2014-03-23 01:14:00 | As above, pretty much ALL tvs have a built in digital tuner now . Plugging a DVB-S (Satellite) box into the TV is last resort quality wise . . However we haven't ALL run out and bought a new TV . Mine has nothing, not even USB ports . . . . . just AVI . |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1370930 | 2014-03-23 01:41:00 | Not sure what that has to do with this. The OP states they have a new TV, and that model def has a built in digital tuner. | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1370931 | 2014-03-23 02:15:00 | Lots of useful information hinted at, but if you're still confused let me try to lay it all out. Analogue TV - uses the Large VHF & UHF Aerials on the roof, has been phased out and no longer available at all anywhere in NZ Satellite TV - Sky & Freeview, uses a Dish and a set top box, sometimes called DVB-S, is digital but lower quality. Sky do offer some HD content. Same dish will work for either, different set top boxes, can not connect directly to a TV Terrestrial TV - Freeviews HD Digital offering using UHF aerials (the ones that look like arrows pointing the wrong way), sometimes called DVB-T Built into all current TV's for sale in NZ and can use a DVB-T set top box for older TVs For terrestrial Freeview you need a UHF Aerial like what was previously used for sky in many parts of the country. In some areas with high signal strength you can manage with an inside aerial. This connects directly to the back of the TV using the Aerial connection and you then use the built in tuner to receive the channels. To repeat previous statements, the freeview box connected to the dish is digital freeview Via satellite and cannot be connected directly to the TV as it doesn't have the right kind of tuner for that (DVB-S). It will only have the other type of tuner (DVB-T) |
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