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Saorview Query

  • 07-06-2011 6:55pm
    #1
    totheextreme07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭


    Sorry if this has already been covered, but I haven't been able to find it in the threads yet. Hope someone can help me with this.

    When RTÉ ran their trial DAB service, our digital ready television picked up the signal with absolutely no problem for the duration of the trial. Now that the proper Saorview service has been launched, all we can get is slightly distorted audio with no picture. Is there a reason for this? And if there is, can it be rectified?
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  • #2
    Badgermonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭Badgermonkey


    Your TV probably has an MPEG-2 tuner. Saorview has now begun broadcasting using MPEG-4 standard, meaning your TV will unfortunately receive audio but no picture.

    Think it trialled initially using MPEG-2.

    You'll need to pick up a Saorview set-top box and you'll receive the service.


  • #3
    Gerry Wicklow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,568 ✭✭✭Gerry Wicklow


    DAB is Digital Audio Broadcasting, in other words digital radio.
    DTT Digital Terrestrial Television was originally tested here using a system called MPEG2.
    SaorView, the system in use now, is the more modern MPEG4. If you have an MPEG2 TV you may hear the radio stations as they are included in SaorView but will not be able to see a picture without a set top box.


  • #4
    lucernarian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,235 ✭✭✭lucernarian


    Some TVs have DAB built-in, I thought I'd mention.


  • #5
    Gerry Wicklow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,568 ✭✭✭Gerry Wicklow


    OP mentions sound but no picture.
    Then again most radios do that :)


  • #6
    Nelson50
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭Nelson50


    Hi, I bought a Triax ST-HD 537 combined Freesat and Saorview box. I have a Sky HD box and plan to discontinue the subscription. The two signals from the Sky dish show as very strong and the Sky service works perfectly. But when I attach the Triax box it show "no signal" when connected to either input. When I attach it to another Freesat dish in another room, it works perfectly, even picking up the latest DVB-S2 with C4 HD. The DVB-T works perfectly in both cases.
    Thanks from Wickla.


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