2007-08-03 07:33:30 · 6 answers · asked by BERNARD J 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
This is a very good question. There is no simple answer, so may I guide you to a link that will (hopefully) give some answers.
http://www.ukfree.tv/starthere.php
2007-08-03 07:42:56 · answer #1 · answered by Michael B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's spelt analogue, unless you have an imported tv set which has a manual intended for the USA market (where they can't spell in English).
Freeview may be viewed on your old television set by buying a Freeview box (about £30 from Asda) and plugging it into your SCART socket. The tv aerial cable is plugged into the box and the tv is tuned to the SCART (usually AV1). You then use the Freeview box as the tuner for the tv.
If you don't have enough spare SCART sockets, very few tv sets have enough, then you can loop the aerial cable by getting a short lead (may be provided with the box) and connecting the aerial output from the Freeview box to your tv aerial socket.
You then tune the tv set until it shows a picture that can only have come from the Freeview box (similar to how you used to tune your telly to pick up the output from your old video machine). This will probably be around channel 36 on the UHF scale.
Then, when you want to watch a Freeview station you tune the telly to the right number for the Freeview box and use the Freeview box as a tuner to find the programme that you want.
This rigmarole is a bummer because you'll have to get a separate Freeview box to act as the "front end" of your video recorder (or DVD recorder).
If you can afford it the best thing would be to get a new tv set and DVD recorder with digital tuners built in. Then everything will work the same as the "old days".
Whichever way you choose to do it you must have a good signal. This doesn't necessarily mean a new aerial, but it must be pointing in the right direction.
As a rough guide - if you have any form of ghosting or picture noise at the moment then you must get your aerial seen to. If your picture and sound are perfect on ALL channels then your aerial should be ok.
Enjoy.
2007-08-03 15:02:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Freeview will carry on working as it does now.
Switching off the analogue signal will not affect Freeview, because Freeview is a digital broadcast...
2007-08-03 17:58:32 · answer #3 · answered by Nightworks 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means my signal will break up when ever a car or motorbike with bad spark plugs drives past (often), and some channels won't work (weak signal) unless I buy the most expensive set-top box, or a new digital TV.
Some people probably won't be able to get channel 5 ;-)
2007-08-04 04:13:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Freeview is digital.
2007-08-03 16:43:20 · answer #5 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ipresume cos everything will be digital and you're already digital you won't even notice the difference
2007-08-03 14:45:04 · answer #6 · answered by Jax Back 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋