Hi all, quick question

Can a dtv decoder used in australia be used to revieve freeview with or without the epg?

I have a friend who has just moved back from aussie and bought a panasonic dmr-xw350 dvd recorder which he used to watch dtv in australia.

In the instruction manual it says its compatible with australia, dvb-t vhf and al uhf but the freeview wikipedia page says they also use dvb-t so I assumed it would be compatible.

Other posts on geekzone have suggested the model should be compatible but I'm wondering if its just because this unit was purchased in australia that they might have a slight variation on the dvb-t standard?

The unit at the moment just won't find any channels when autotuning or manually entering frequencies.

Thanks