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| Thread ID: 108240 | 2010-03-20 08:08:00 | Freeview: self-install or serviceman install? | braindead (1685) | PC World Chat |
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| 868657 | 2010-03-20 20:11:00 | Freeview HD is the way to go. You just use a UHF aerial. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 868658 | 2010-03-20 20:17:00 | i also have a question about freeveiw............. does it use the same dish as a sky dish? as i have a dish on the roof, and im presuming its a sky dish. does that mean i would just need a receiver box thingy? and way it goes? cos the dish is surely pointing in the correct direction? im tired of fuzzy bunny ears pictures on my telly.:( beetle the answer to your question is yes the sat dish should be fine, go to dick smiths and get a sat freeview box and plug it in to the cable inside your house. If it doesn't work just take it back. As someone mentioned DS might not be the ideal place to get it from but you can't beat it for convenience or a refund if it doen't work |
plod (107) | ||
| 868659 | 2010-03-20 21:29:00 | Go here to see whether you're in the Freeview HD terrestrial reception area. The image quality is better than from the satellite. www.freeviewnz.tv I'm thinking of the Globo 4100C receiver. The Globo is an alright basic unit and better value for money than the Freeview approved receivers but if you have a Full HD television I recommend you go for a satellite receiver which supports HD upscaling. An HD receiver can upscale the 576i Freeview channels to 1080i and output it to your TV via HDMI. This will improve the image quality. There's more on the satellite Freeview uses than just the Freeview channels. You can also tune into SBS Tasmania and some radio stations. www.lyngsat.com What some people do is buy a 90cm dish and point towards this satellite www.lyngsat.com and have a second receiver attached to the side to tune into Optus D1/Freeview. But that's more technically involved. |
GoodHour (12218) | ||
| 868660 | 2010-03-21 00:50:00 | These links might help. www.freeviewshop.co.nz www.youtube.com The hardest part is not falling of the roof. |
rebels181 (14841) | ||
| 868661 | 2010-03-21 01:49:00 | On using a sky dish: This is fine, but there are a few things you need to know . If you plug it in and it works straight away, all good . If not here are some things to try: - The LNB (low noise blocker - the part that looks back at the dish with the cable attached) may be stuffed . The older ones Sky used had a tendency to leak, fill with water and thus, crap out . - The LNB frequency could be wrong . There are 2 main frequency LNB's that Sky use . One is 11300 Mhz and the other is 10750 Mhz . The frequency of the LNB on the roof has to match the settings of your set top box . If they don't, you simply change the settings of your set top box, rescan and usually - hey presto . Because all set top boxes aren't the same and have different menus etc, its hard to provide instructions . But if someone needs specific instructions with this, I could interpret the settings in their menu and tell them what needs changing . - The dish could be out of line and may need re-aligning . The easiest way to do this is with a satellite finder and again, if anyone needs to know how, i can help . - The cable could be damaged . - The connections could be damaged . I've found that most of the time if a freeview STB wont work on a sky dish, it's usually the LNB frequency that's the problem . Had one weird one where the dish kept on going out of alignment, and needed re-aligning every 2-3 weeks . Found out later that the house was actually moving! The foundations were dodgy, and the whole house was leaning to one side . |
pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 868662 | 2010-03-21 02:15:00 | Pine you might be on to something for houses in unstable areas you could make a device that could go whoop whoop if the house moved lol. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 868663 | 2010-03-21 02:24:00 | It's called a measuring tape! Except that doesn't go woop woop. I suppose you could have like a spirit level with photo beam sensor. | pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 868664 | 2010-03-21 02:46:00 | Pine you might be on to something for houses in unstable areas you could make a device that could go whoop whoop if the house moved lol. Mother-in-law on a moving toilet will make similar sound effects while building up steam to go crook. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 868665 | 2010-03-21 02:50:00 | - The LNB (low noise blocker - the part that looks back at the dish with the cable attached) may be stuffed . Minor correction here, LNB means "Low Noise Block" and this is the down-convertor from Satellite frequencies to the input required for your decoder . Low Noise simply means that it generates minimal noise within itself so the the output is not degraded . It doesn't "block" anything per se, and could just as easily have been called a 'low noise box' which probably would have been more appropriate . The LNB carries out the same function as the mixer circuit in a radio or a TV tuner, it is different only in its operating frequency and low internally-generated noise level . Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 868666 | 2010-03-21 03:26:00 | Minor correction here, LNB means "Low Noise Block" and this is the down-convertor from Satellite frequencies to the input required for your decoder. Low Noise simply means that it generates minimal noise within itself so the the output is not degraded. It doesn't "block" anything per se, and could just as easily have been called a 'low noise box' which probably would have been more appropriate. The LNB carries out the same function as the mixer circuit in a radio or a TV tuner, it is different only in its operating frequency and low internally-generated noise level. Cheers Billy 8-{) Noted. |
pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
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