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Regional differences in TV input

  • 28-04-2010 7:07pm
    #1
    Jagera
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    Not exactly AV editing, but I hope one of you kind folk may steer me in the right direction.

    I moved country and brought my set top box with me (digital, non-HD, HDD for recording)

    The set top box is not able to find any TV stations when searching. Are there any regional differences that I would need to adjust?

    Input is standard coax cable
    The STB has options to change:
    Frequency: currently set to 177500
    Bandwidth - 7M or 8M
    AV standard - PAL or AUTO
    UHF Standard - NSC M, PAL G, PAL I, PAL DK
    UHF Channel - currently set to 21

    Works fine going direct to TV, I can also play the STB stuff which I still had recorded.
    Was in Australia, now in Switzerland.

    Any help much appreciated


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  • #2
    101001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,071 ✭✭✭101001


    one thing i know is switzerland's uhf standard is PAL G

    is it hooked up to cable? or satellite? If cable TV/stb needs to be dvb-c compatible

    does your stb not scan for signal/channel? whats the make?


  • #3
    artvandulet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭artvandulet


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=55


  • #4
    Jagera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 910 ✭✭✭Jagera


    artvandulet wrote: »
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=55

    yeah looks more suitable, I'll request a mod to move. thx.

    In reply to first question - The product is a Digicrystal SDT-9077P, bought in Australia. It shows some specs there.

    Not sure on cable or satellite, I'll need to have a gander on the building for a dish.


  • #5
    fat-tony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,711 ✭✭✭fat-tony


    What you have is a DVB-T receiver. It's terrestrial (not cable or satellite) so you need an aerial. The reference to PAL-I/G etc. is not really relevant to digital. It's really only for analogue broadcast. I assume you have the box connected via SCART or similar?
    Here's a link to the SRG/SSR television setup which I found with Google. If you look at the pdf, there is a list of DVB-T channels for the different regions in Switzerland. I couldn't verify if the DVB-T is MPEG-2 (that would be good) or MPEG-4 (in which case you're stuffed as your receiver is MPEG-2:().


  • #6
    lawhec
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    Switzerland for terrestrial television is 100% digital and has been for a few years now (I think it was the end of 2007 when they shut down the last analogue transmitters there.)

    Switzerland is quite heavily cabled - national take up is around 90% IIRC and therefore the terrestrial network is limited to the public broadcaster SRG SSR. The DVB-T network there is all UHF and most if not all transmissions are vertically polarised. You might get away with an indoor or even set-top aerial otherwise an outdoor aerial will be needed.

    You can check for reception of the local SRG SSR multiplex by going to www.broadcast.ch and check there, though make sure either your German, French or Italian is at least sufficient as the English section only deals with DAB radio. The multiplex will contain the "first" channel for the German (SF1), French (TSR1) and Italian (RSI1) language networks and the second channel depending on the language region you're in, either SF2, TSR2 or RSI2, also German speaking areas I think now carry SF info so the best you're likely to get, unless you're fairly close to a border, is five channels. The multiplex is MPEG2, so your receiver should be fine.

    The receiver you've mentioned, like most such goods produced for the Australian meerkat market, doesn't have a SCART socket but a hook-up through S-Video or Composite leads should be possible to your television/monitor. You could use the modulator as well although it is worth pointing out that European and Australian UHF allocations are different and what is set on your receiver might not correspond to the tuner on your TV just to avoid confusion.

    If there appears to be a connection socket on a wall where you live, it might be for the local cable company but it'll do no harm to try if you're unsure.

    The members of this English-speaking ex-pats in Switzerland forum might also be of help.


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  • #7
    Jagera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 910 ✭✭✭Jagera


    Thanks all.
    as fat-tony says - The STB is DVB-T and I'm getting the TV through DVB-C, so I guess that kills off the issue for me.
    I might try & grab an aerial & see if I can pick up any of the local stations
    lawhec - yeah the cable uptake is high, so I am not expecting much.
    I am using an RCA cable with a RCA-SCART adaptor.
    I also posted in Englishforum & got some answers, pretty much pointing out the same facts.


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