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Old 22-10-2014, 22:56
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you need to be aware that it will have two tuners

Tuner 1 is good old fashioned RF

Tuner 2 will be DTV . Digital Television.

Select DTV
Wrong, there is only one tuner for both. There will be separate decoders however.
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Old 22-10-2014, 23:00
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[quote=grahamlthompson;75308793]Australia (and presumably New Zealand) use a different mux spacing to the UK (If I remember correctly 8Mhz in the UK and 7Mhz in Ociana) .
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Please don't assume, get the facts.

Australia uniquely uses MPEG2 DVB-T with 7MHz spacing in UHF and VHF.
New Zealand uses MPEG4 DVB-T with 8MHz spacing in UHF only (no VHF).
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Old 26-10-2014, 11:34
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It could be that - but it's certainly not the cable socket.

If nothing else, just get a Freeview box to feed it.
do you think a freeview box will solve the problem?
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Old 26-10-2014, 12:35
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do you think a freeview box will solve the problem?
Of course - you've already said it works off the external inputs - and that's where you connect a Freeview box.
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Old 26-10-2014, 13:55
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Of course - you've already said it works off the external inputs - and that's where you connect a Freeview box.
yeah, i only ask because the tv is not finding any signal, signal strength is 0, so i am not sure that a freeview box will solve the problem...
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Old 26-10-2014, 15:35
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yeah, i only ask because the tv is not finding any signal, signal strength is 0, so i am not sure that a freeview box will solve the problem...
You need to confirm that the aerial system you have is working. The easiest way to do this is to use a TV that you know receives Freeview OK and plug it into the aerial and see if that can receive anything.

Also do you know that the cable you have been using is actually connected to an aerial at all? Is it possible that the cable is an old satellite cable and is connected to a dish (or maybe was if the dish has been removed). If the cable has an F-type screw connector then it may well be a satellite connection. That would explain the lack of signal.

So before doing anything else I would be making sure the cable is connected to an aerial and that it is delivering a signal to the TV or any Freeview box you intend to use.
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Old 26-10-2014, 15:46
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You need to confirm that the aerial system you have is working. The easiest way to do this is to use a TV that you know receives Freeview OK and plug it into the aerial and see if that can receive anything.

Also do you know that the cable you have been using is actually connected to an aerial at all? Is it possible that the cable is an old satellite cable and is connected to a dish (or maybe was if the dish has been removed). If the cable has an F-type screw connector then it may well be a satellite connection. That would explain the lack of signal.

So before doing anything else I would be making sure the cable is connected to an aerial and that it is delivering a signal to the TV or any Freeview box you intend to use.
thanks for your detailed response, i have another tv with built in freeview and it works with the antenna no problem, its just this sony tv doesn't find the signal...
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Old 26-10-2014, 16:08
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thanks for your detailed response, i have another tv with built in freeview and it works with the antenna no problem, its just this sony tv doesn't find the signal...
If by that you mean that the other TV works OK on the same cable that you have been plugging into the Sony TV then a separate Freeview box will almost certainly work OK. The fact that the Sony TV can't find a signal will have no bearing whatsoever on the ability of an external box to tune into anything. The only requirement is that there is a signal on the aerial cable for the box to tune into.
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Old 30-10-2014, 20:39
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If by that you mean that the other TV works OK on the same cable that you have been plugging into the Sony TV then a separate Freeview box will almost certainly work OK. The fact that the Sony TV can't find a signal will have no bearing whatsoever on the ability of an external box to tune into anything. The only requirement is that there is a signal on the aerial cable for the box to tune into.
perfect, thanks for the advice...
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