Very old telly - how do I connect to a digibox? please?
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Can anyone please advise me how I can get Freeview on a 25 year old Sony TV? It was my granny's and still works perfectly so I don't want to get rid of it!
It just has an aerial socket in the back, and is connected to the external aerial through this.
Is there a freeview box that I can buy that will do the job, or do I need some sort of an adaptor - or is it a lost cause?
Thanks.
It just has an aerial socket in the back, and is connected to the external aerial through this.
Is there a freeview box that I can buy that will do the job, or do I need some sort of an adaptor - or is it a lost cause?
Thanks.
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The Durabrand one I have connects via an arial cable which is included. Your normal TV arial cable connects into the freeview box and the other cable then connects from the box to your Tv via the normal arial socket.
This box was £20 at Asda.
I think most of the freeview boxes will connect this way if you do not want to use a scart lead.
Is there any wording I should be looking out for on the specification that would indicate that it would work? Maybe I'd be better off going to Curry's or somewhere I could check with the staff.
Thanks
If your box does not have a RF modulator it is possible to buy a SCART to RF adaptor that will do the job for you. It will convert the SCART output from the digibox and convert it into a RF signal you can put into the aerial socket on the TV.
Pop
I think you are correct, I used mine in the caravan & tried to tune it in via the TV & got nothing, so used it on the scart.
Now I know why.
One point if you are unsure is that the supermarkets, certainly Asda, will refund for any reason on electrical items within 14 days, so you can always give them a try to see if the box has a rf modulator built in.
This lists old boxes with Moulators (Mod)
http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/freeviewoldboxes.html
Panasonic TUCT20 can be bought for about £20. Usually ebay.
Another option might be the Daewoo SV900 which also has a built in VCR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
www.maplin.co.uk
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Pop
Note1.
RF Loopthrough is not the same - simply it just passes on the analogue channels, but the new freeview channels require scart connection.
Note2.
Many Freeview decoders dont include an RF Modulator (more than half of them I would think - so buy with care!!!).
Workaround1.
If you have a Freeview box without RF modulator, but have a tv with just an aerial socket, you can some times get around it using a video recorder. You need a video recorder with a scart socket. You connect the Freeview decoder to the video using scart, then use the aerial feed from the video to the tv. Choose AV1 or whatever the terminology is on your brand of video recorder, and you can get pictures from the Freeview box into the Video, then into the tv.
Workaround2.
Rather expensive, but you can buy a standalone RF modulator box. Connect the Freeview box via scart to the RF modulator box. This will then have an aerial connnection which you link to the tv aerial socket.
Dave
I buy lots from Amazon usually, but they give very little technical info so I can't work out which, if any, will do the job.
Anyway, thanks again, it's much appreciated
Hence the suggestion to purchase a freeview box with a built-in RF modulator
http://www.satcure.co.uk/accs/page11.htm
Some old 4:3 TV do not recognise the 16:9 (Fast Blanking @ 6V) and will not display the picture correctly. Often results in a rolling display.
You may need to force the 4:3/16:9 option on your STB to 4:3 always to rectify this.