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[MACKAM1955]

Ive just bought lcd tv which has built in free view for Uk, ive auto tuned it and its telling me im picking up 6 digital channel but there scrambled for some reason?.I only have normal television ariel, if i install a 1mtr dish and lnb could i pick up these channel or would i stll need a digital box?.

Cheers

MACKAM1955

[halil]

Ive just bought lcd tv which has built in free view for Uk, ive auto tuned it and its telling me im picking up 6 digital channel but there scrambled for some reason?.I only have normal television ariel, if i install a 1mtr dish and lnb could i pick up these channel or would i stll need a digital box?.

Cheers

MACKAM1955

If your television has got a satellite tuner u can pick up the satellite signals with right size dish and LNB other wise you must get satellite receiver as well .

for a moment in Cyprus LTV and Bayrak TV does DVB_T broadcasting .

Properly the ones u are getting are LTV's .

CyBc is planning DVB-T transmission as well .Now CyBc tender is on . Tender will end up in january 2009 .
From the tender documents what i understood is they are broadecasting will be at MPEG-2 format .

It looks in near future in Cyprus Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots will have a difficulties to see each others programmes because Turkish Cypriots format is DVB-T2 . Digital tv must be capable to understand both formats .

MACKAM1955 ,
u said u brought your tv from UK . If i am not wrong u were picking up DVB_T2 format in UK as well . Am i wrong .What we know is BBC is completed their DVB-T2 test transmissions .

[MACKAM1955]

Sorry B I bought it in Pafos today its an LG32LG3000 which on websit says all LG televisions have built in free view so i take it thats for UK digital signals !.

Cheers

MACKAM1955

[halil]

Sorry B I bought it in Pafos today its an LG32LG3000 which on websit says all LG televisions have built in free view so i take it thats for UK digital signals !.

Cheers

MACKAM1955

ok.
your tv set can get free to air signals not satellite signals .
tv set has got analogue/digital combo tuner . its means you can get present terestial VHF/UHF tv channels on digital transmission you can receive only DVB-T version of the transmission .(Also analog signals)
Reception System is : SECAM-D, SECAM-B, SECAM-K, PAL-B, SECAM-G, PAL-G, PAL-I, PAL-D, SECAM-L, PAL-K its mean your tv set will work in UK as well .

it is not full HD tv .

YES,U need digital box .
good luck .

[MACKAM1955]

Thank you Bayak for your help.

MACKAM 1955

[Zorba]

In Cyprus only LTV and Alfa transmit on digital but they are scrambled.When your tv found 6 it should have named the channels.
I was at someones house during the summer tuning their tv and the digital tuner picked up 3 Arabic tv channels which were free to view and crystal clear. The house was in Limassol and the antenna was pointing in an easterly direction. We have this problem every summer in humid weather where the middle eastern tv channels interfere with our local tv channels (on analogue reception).
So a tv with a freeview or digital tuner should pick up any free digital transmission (and name the scrambled ones)
Ps Freeview (in UK) is only available from a tv aerial in UK and is nothing to do with Freesat, which is available from the Sky satellite system with a big dish.

[halil]

I wonder if any of you can monitor our digital signal which we are broadcasting at UHF CH 33 . It is free channel .

[MACKAM1955]

Appoligies to Halil for thanking him the station he works for and not his name.

SORRY

MACKAM1955