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Rickles

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#80931 6-Apr-2011 09:27
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Hi guys (and guyettes),

   A question about setting up TV software .... I have a satellite card in my PC which works absolutely fine, but I needed to make a few selections first, viz. Optus d1, and setting the LOF and Switching to 10750MHz.

If I was to use a terrestrial TV reciever instead (e.g. a USB dongle attached to UHF antenna), are these same sort or similar settings required before scanning for available channels?

Thanks,

R.

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Jaxson
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  #455812 6-Apr-2011 09:36
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Not really, it's a lot easier with terrestrial. Typically all you have to do is: plug it in, make sure the computer/software has detected it and hit the scan button.

Satellite is a lot more involved as you're actually powering up the LNB at the end of the cable. There are different LNB types so you have to do a lot of specifying of your equipment etc before it will work.



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  #455819 6-Apr-2011 09:53
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Thanks for that. R.

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  #455879 6-Apr-2011 12:20
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Jaxson is correct. I just thought I would add that generally the only parameters used for DVB-T are frequency and bandwidth. In NZ we use a bandwidth of 8 MHz. Some applications require you to enter the bandwidth to get things working; others are smart enough to know that without you telling them...

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