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Freeview Query in Dublin
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SOH77
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12. July 2009 @ 15:18 |
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Hi.
I recently bought an Astratec Freeview Cablebox from eBay hoping to get any freeview channels available in Dublin but when i scan for channels it finds nothing.
Am i right in saying that using my NTL cable connected to my freeview box won't find any channels and if so, is there any other way i can get freeview through this box? Do i need an aerial?
I know that this box works perfectly well in the UK and didn't think there would be any problems but obviously the Ireland setup in different to the UK setup when it comes to getting freeview.
Any thoughts greatly appreciated.
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12. July 2009 @ 17:02 |
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Originally posted by SOH77:
Hi.
I recently bought an Astratec Freeview Cablebox from eBay hoping to get any freeview channels available in Dublin but when i scan for channels it finds nothing.
Am i right in saying that using my NTL cable connected to my freeview box won't find any channels and if so, is there any other way i can get freeview through this box? Do i need an aerial?
I know that this box works perfectly well in the UK and didn't think there would be any problems but obviously the Ireland setup in different to the UK setup when it comes to getting freeview.
Any thoughts greatly appreciated.
do or did you get a freeview card with your box, also i think you need to connect it to a satelite dish.
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SOH77
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12. July 2009 @ 17:09 |
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Its not a FreeSat Box. Its a cablebox like the Starview/Eurovox but it does accept a card. It is supposed to pick up over 40 stations when connected to a wall cable connection but i'm not sure if my NTL connection can pick up Freeview.
Connected to a Cable connection in the UK, it can pick up 40 channels, just a quick scan and it tunes them in but for whatever reason, when i do a scan it picks up nothing. Any ideas why?
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12. July 2009 @ 17:18 |
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Originally posted by SOH77:
Its not a FreeSat Box. Its a cablebox like the Starview/Eurovox but it does accept a card. It is supposed to pick up over 40 stations when connected to a wall cable connection but i'm not sure if my NTL connection can pick up Freeview.
Connected to a Cable connection in the UK, it can pick up 40 channels, just a quick scan and it tunes them in but for whatever reason, when i do a scan it picks up nothing. Any ideas why?
im sorry to say i am not familiar with that type of box,
if you went in 1 of the other posts and asked, some 1 might be able to direct to to a link on how to setup, but do not multipost sorry i could not be of more help.
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12. July 2009 @ 17:28 |
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I don't think that sort of service is available through NTL.
Whatever you say, say nothing when you talk about you know what for if you know who might hear you, you know what youll get. Youll be sent off to you know where for you would not know how long. Maybe I could search through the threads so you dont have to ??
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12. July 2009 @ 17:42 |
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Originally posted by SG8:
I don't think that sort of service is available through NTL.
SG8 does he need a satellite dish
or an aerial for that type of box?
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SOH77
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12. July 2009 @ 17:50 |
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geek22
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12. July 2009 @ 18:02 |
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That box won't work in Dublin,only near the border with aerial and its not a cablebox,only Topup freeview.
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SOH77
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12. July 2009 @ 18:45 |
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Geek22, can you explain what you mean by a "Freeview Top up" So, will it work in Northern Ireland and if so, is it just a case of connecting it to a cable connection up North or does it need to have an roof aerial connected. Sorry, i'm a bit confused as to what this box is actually capable of receiving.
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NightsJOD
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12. July 2009 @ 18:54 |
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12. July 2009 @ 19:17 |
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i had a top up tv box that worked on aerial on roof and mpeg 2,but now mpeg 2 does not work as they have gone to mpeg 4 now.
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SOH77
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12. July 2009 @ 19:52 |
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Will the Astratec Freeview Box work up North. I have a mate living up there and i could send it up to him if he can get some use out of it. I should have read up on the Freeview situation in Ireland before buying the box anyway. Ah well, whats done is done.
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geek22
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13. July 2009 @ 03:23 |
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It will work up north no problem with analouge aerial and not in Dublin,our new system is different but they did early tests here with that system first but decided to go with mpeg4 instead,[its not a cable box of any sort],hope this helps.
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14. July 2009 @ 05:37 |
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on my LG 6 series TV, using just the cable plugged in, my TV picks up 4 test chans, which are RTE HD and one or two others, thats the differance between TVs up the north, MPEG4 is the format Down here, if you buy a TV up north that advertises built in freeview, you wont be able to pick up the proposed possible changes on mpeg4. it runs on mpeg2. not something they tell ya readily,
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mgb17
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14. July 2009 @ 05:59 |
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Irish DTT has nothing to do with HD.
The 4 irish channels are being broadcast in SD and the video data is compressed with mpeg4.
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14. July 2009 @ 07:48 |
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I am just stating what came up on the tv when i did a scan when i first got it a couple of months, it came up as a RTE test chan of sorts with a hd beside it, havent scanned it again or saved it as I use a box and yes I did mention mpeg4
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14. July 2009 @ 08:11 |
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hi i have a freeview box bought it in the republic thinking it would work but found out a few months ago it doesnt
its a Grundig GUDSTB1000 interactive set top box
if anyone wants it they can have it either by collection if there down the south or pay for postage it just connects to an aerial and you perform a scan is all
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pauley1
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14. July 2009 @ 15:39 |
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Hi daithi55
would that box you have work on a dish?
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14. July 2009 @ 16:10 |
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dont no, the instructions show it connected to an antenna and i didnt bother hooking it to anything else
says nothing about a dish
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geek22
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14. July 2009 @ 16:26 |
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No good for dish,just uhf aerial,I have one of them and it works in areas in the south that can get good signal from Brougher mountain in Fermanagh,eg mostly border counties with a few exceptions.
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pauley1
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14. July 2009 @ 23:52 |
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Thanks anyway!
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mgb17
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15. July 2009 @ 01:22 |
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Originally posted by MICKAH:
I am just stating what came up on the tv when i did a scan when i first got it a couple of months, it came up as a RTE test chan of sorts with a hd beside it, havent scanned it again or saved it as I use a box and yes I did mention mpeg4
The software at some lcd's call every mpeg4 broadcast HD independently whats really inside the mpeg4 stream.
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15. July 2009 @ 09:00 |
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good stuff, just when I scanned at the time, I was thinking myself? HD?
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NightsJOD
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15. July 2009 @ 19:08 |
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Just to advise, this box is apparently one of the best as it is fully compatible with the proposed DTT standard in Ireland AND can also be used for freesat giving you all of the UK and Ireland staples and the (mostly rubbish) FTA stuff on satellite.
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/audio-v...o-426740/review
The day our beloved dodgy boxes die for good, this will likely be the next best free thing (and legal).
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