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awesomist1

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#63934 4-Jul-2010 10:07
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Hi i have recently purchacsed new t.v with freeview built in- this works sort of ok with the satelite dish plugged into the back of the t.v where the normal aerial would usaully go. But for a better picture quality etc as reccommended by the retailer i purchased a set top box (zinwell zmx 7500) but it says i have no signal
and no connection.
I checked my satellite position- thats ok pointing to optus d1 i think same as my neibours, my cables are fine and satillite is fine, any ideas on the set top box?

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LennonNZ
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  #347642 4-Jul-2010 11:37
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If you bought a TV with Freeview then this will be DVB-T (terestrial) not DVB-S (Satelite). You will need a Normal UHF Aerial to plug into it not the satellite dish.

The retailer telling you to buy a DVB-S box as the satellite version of the freeview is better quality is completely wrong. Can you name and shame?

What you want is someone to check your normal antenna or buy one which woll work with freeview and use that to plug into your TV for freeview.



awesomist1

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  #348141 5-Jul-2010 18:37
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Thanks for the info ! that makes heaps of sense, i guess i wasted a few hundred dollars on a set top box i didnt really need, i might keep it any way for the old spare t.v set.
I bought from L.V Martin in Lower Hutt, he wasnt a freeview expert as i noticed from the answers i got.
The Freeview helpdsk is hopeless for techinical jargon, thanks for your help i gonna get uhf aerial, choice one thanks mate

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  #348264 6-Jul-2010 06:02
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The Freeview TV adverts should be telling people the facts surrounding Freeview.

I am surprised your TV managed to pick up a terrestrial broadcast when plugged into a satellite dish :D Are you sure there isn't an aerial up there too? Are you sure you live in the Freeview terrestrial broadcast area? Only 3/4ths of the country is covered.

There are some stations you can only pick up with a satellite receiver like CUE and SBS so you haven't totally wasted your money.



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  #348898 7-Jul-2010 22:37
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yeah definitely got freeview using my satilite dish- its not the greatest though coz the signal keeps dropping out-i have a big as out door aerial there too but this is plugged into my old t.v, i dont know if its a uhf aerial though

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