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Thread ID: 100717 2009-06-18 07:54:00 Panasonic TV and in built Freeview !!HELP!! mark1978 (13845) PC World Chat
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783343 2009-06-18 07:54:00 Hi everyone, I just got a new TV Panasonic TH-L32X10Z and it has a inbuilt freeview.... but.... I do not know how to use it!
I went into the settings of the TV and let it search for channels but it can not find anything, It is not clearly explained in the manual, does ANYONE know how to do this???
Much appreciated!!
mark1978 (13845)
783344 2009-06-18 08:06:00 1. You MUST have a UHF aerial
2. You MUST live in an area that receives a Freeview HD signal
3. The signal must also be reasonably strong

If you have an existing UHF aerial, it may just need to be re-aimed; UHF aeriels are usually highly directional, which means if they're off just a little bit you won't get anything.

What area of NZ are you in Mark?
nofam (9009)
783345 2009-06-18 08:11:00 Hi nofam, thanks for your reply, I have my "normal" aerial hooked onto the tv as well, I can receive tv1 2 3 CV4 etc
I live in Rotoroa..

I have a sky box hooked up to the tv....and I have a freeview decoder in the bedroom
mark1978 (13845)
783346 2009-06-18 08:20:00 Cool - so are you receiving SKY via an aerial (UHF), or a satellite dish? nofam (9009)
783347 2009-06-18 08:22:00 a satellite dish...


am just looking on the freeview website and it appears you need a special aerial?!
mark1978 (13845)
783348 2009-06-18 08:34:00 a satellite dish...


am just looking on the freeview website and it appears you need a special aerial?!

Yeah - that's the UHF aerial I mentioned; looks something like this (www.gogog.co.nz)

Go here (www.freeviewnz.tv) and enter your address, and see what the coverage is likely to be.
nofam (9009)
783349 2009-06-18 08:36:00 It says "Unlikely!" and I do not have that aerial... :-(
How much are they??
mark1978 (13845)
783350 2009-06-18 08:44:00 www.dse.co.nz

I have more like an aerial like this..
mark1978 (13845)
783351 2009-06-18 08:47:00 The Freeview TV are a bit of a con. They sell them in Masterton but we are never going to have a UHF transmitter here so it is a total waste of money getting them. mikebartnz (21)
783352 2009-06-18 09:07:00 If you download the Tauranga map from the link below, you'll see Rotorua fares very poorly for Freeview DTT reception...

www.freeviewnz.tv oads%2Fpdfs%2Fpalmerston_north.pdf&x=24&y=4
seltsam (13470)
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