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BT Vision integrated digital terrestrial reciever
HI my neighbour has been watching TV, and had the internet and phone services all done via BT... HE has now moved to another place, and with the terrestrial switch off from BLUE BELL HILL TRANSMITTER, he has been trying to get free view TV programs or any TV programs.. NOW can he get free view from this set up box. BT OPEN VISION INTEGRATED DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL RECEIVER?? ... he has at the moment no internet connection, nor land line phone connection. the only TV he can get at the moment is via his aerial socket and can only watch BBC, ITV and channel 4.
the remote for it, will not do anything, as when you turn it on, all it said's is connect to the internet, and make sure your connections are installed correctly. BT Vision Decoder / Receiver DIT7421/05 |
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From this site: http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/btvisionfaq.html
To use a BT Vision+ Box, it needs to be connected via an Ethernet cable to a BT Home Hub. The Hub must in turn be connected to a phone line that's enabled with BT Broadband. At present, you currently need to subscribe to BT's broadband service in order to use the Freeview and DTR functionality and The BT Vision set-top box gets its programme guide via Broadband, not over-the-air. |
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No net connections means the BT Vision box won't work as it needs to be always connected. to work.
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From this site: http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/btvisionfaq.html
To use a BT Vision+ Box, it needs to be connected via an Ethernet cable to a BT Home Hub. The Hub must in turn be connected to a phone line that's enabled with BT Broadband. At present, you currently need to subscribe to BT's broadband service in order to use the Freeview and DTR functionality and The BT Vision set-top box gets its programme guide via Broadband, not over-the-air. |
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so this box will now be scrapped, or recycled.. not much good for anything else is it??
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Stick it on ebay - someone'll buy it
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_fr...box&_sacat=293 |
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Stick it on ebay - someone'll buy it
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_fr...box&_sacat=293 |
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As you can't use it without a subscription and if you have a sub you would have a box are people buying these for a cheap hard drive?
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can these h/d be used as an external one for a pc??
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As others have said without an active BT subscription and working internet connection, a BT vision box is an expensive door stop.
I personally think it's wrong that they are allowed to make them so they won't even work as a basic freeview box with no subscription. Hence they are worthless. Tip. you can often buy BT vision boxes for 99p on ebay. Worth buying at that price to recover the HDD from for some other use. But still a shame that the rest of it is scrap. |
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As others have said without an active BT subscription and working internet connection, a BT vision box is an expensive door stop.
I personally think it's wrong that they are allowed to make them so they won't even work as a basic freeview box with no subscription. Hence they are worthless. Tip. you can often buy BT vision boxes for 99p on ebay. Worth buying at that price to recover the HDD from for some other use. But still a shame that the rest of it is scrap. |
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As others have said without an active BT subscription and working internet connection, a BT vision box is an expensive door stop.
I personally think it's wrong that they are allowed to make them so they won't even work as a basic freeview box with no subscription. Hence they are worthless. Tip. you can often buy BT vision boxes for 99p on ebay. Worth buying at that price to recover the HDD from for some other use. But still a shame that the rest of it is scrap. |
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Anyone know how big the H/D is ???
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99P on e-bay, but between £8-£10 postage.
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