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UPC STB - what connections?

degsie · 2010-12-08 19:58:55

I ordered an upgrade to UPC digital (basic) today. The sales guy said a box will be delivered to the house. What he couldn't tell me was what TV connectors the box has , i.e scart and/or HDMI. Does anybody here know? Ta.

08-12-2010 7:58pm

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degsie

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I ordered an upgrade to UPC digital (basic) today. The sales guy said a box will be delivered to the house. What he couldn't tell me was what TV connectors the box has , i.e scart and/or HDMI. Does anybody here know? Ta.

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#2 08-12-2010 8:09pm

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If its just the basic digital (not HD) then it will just have Scart. Only the HD box has HDMI.

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#3 10-12-2010 4:49pm

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This guy http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056115540 just got one that has a HDMI, he didn't order HD .... either a new standard box or they are now giving HD boxes to everyone?

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#4 12-12-2010 8:04pm

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wOOt... got a Pace box with scart AND HDMI . Also has an RJ45 connector, not sure what that is for yet. Anyways, happy days....

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#5 13-12-2010 9:40pm

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Mine (Pace DC621KU, UPC Mediabox [non-DVR]) has

- AC
- 2xSCART
- Component audio
- Digital audio
- RF in
- RF out (AFAIK this is only analogue pass-through - I don't use it at any rate as I've a spliter).

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#6 14-12-2010 1:32am

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icdg wrote: »

Mine (Pace DC621KU, UPC Mediabox [non-DVR]) has

- AC
- 2xSCART
- Component audio
- Digital audio
- RF in
- RF out (AFAIK this is only analogue pass-through - I don't use it at any rate as I've a spliter).

The RF out is indeed a passthrough signal, you can connect this to a VCR with an analog tuner to record programmes but only from the 20 or so analogue channels. The SCART marked 'TV' is the primary output, you should set this on the DVR menu to 'RGB' (instead of 'Composite') for the best picture quality. The second SCART is probably labelled VCR and sends out a composite video signal (plus audio left and right) for connection to a VCR or you if you get a SCART to phono splitter cable you can connect it to an external video device like an Archos where you can record programmes but only if the DVR is switched on and tuned to that channel.

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