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French TNT decoder??

  • 29-07-2010 10:11pm
    #1
    Dec4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 390 ✭✭


    Just returned from France where I picked up one of these TNT receivers.
    I was under impression that these were compatible with Irish DTT however when I tried to set it up I can detect the 6 TV and 10 Radio channels complete with their IDs etc, however no picture and an error message of "Video Type not supported".
    Any ideas/solutions gratefully accepted...
    TIA


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  • #2
    Dec4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 390 ✭✭Dec4


    Just to add the 10 radio channels are coming in loud & clear but no sound or vision on TV channels....


  • #3
    gtg60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭gtg60


    Only models that can receive TNT HD are compatible with Irish DTT sounds like you bought an MPEG2 receiver which, as you've found out, is useless over here.


  • #4
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    Next time you are in France make sure the box says "TNT HD" not simply "TNT" . Pixmania sells a lot of "TNT HD" boxes into Ireland and they work.


  • #5
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,850 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    Dec4 wrote: »
    Just returned from France where I picked up one of these TNT receivers.

    Translating the first line with my basic Inter Cert French "Réception en qualité numérique des chaînes terrestres gratuites TV et Radio" - For the reception of digital quality free terrestrial TV and radio channels.

    The free DTT standard definition channels (TNT) in France use MPEG-2 video compression, the HD and pay channels use MPEG-4.

    Couldn't find an TNT-HD (MPEG-4) receiver on that website link you posted, they don't appear to manufacture one.


  • #6
    Dec4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 390 ✭✭Dec4


    Thanks Lads,
    It's obviously MPEG-2 although one of the menus lists MPEG-4 for subtitles(if I recall correctly...).
    €29 down the drain so....
    :(


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  • #7
    STB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭STB


    Did the French not put a ban on MPEG2 products ? Or was it just TVs

    Cant remember exactly but it was meant to come and was then extended for a year which as far as I can remember kicked in finally in December last year.

    Sorry to the bearer of further bad news, but for an extra tenner you could have got a TNT HD box in most supermarkets over there.


  • #8
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    Give it to someone who can pick up TV direct from from the UK, it will work for them.


  • #9
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,850 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    STB wrote: »
    Did the French not put a ban on MPEG2 products ? Or was it just TVs

    Cant remember exactly but it was meant to come and was then extended for a year which as far as I can remember kicked in finally in December last year.

    Since last Dec TVs larger than 66cm (26 inches) have to include an HD/DTT receiver and by 1 December 2012 all television sets and set-top boxes must include an HD/DTT tuner.

    http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexteArticle.do;jsessionid=027ECA2C7F2730764C7D9EF951F4491A.tpdjo04v_1?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000000248397&idArticle=LEGIARTI000019296857&dateTexte=20080909&categorieLien=id


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