Saorview

caddy16

Hi folks, I'm living in Ennis (Tulla Rd) and was wondering if you know any type of indoor aeriel that will pick up digital signal. Would prefer to avoid cost of outdoor one if possible. Ta

phill106

I live in shannon and was able to pick up saorview with a bog standard wire coat hanger held in my hands ! Granted i upgraded a few hours later to one of those plug in antennas that they have in aldi/lidl/argos which i had lying around the house, and the signal is perfect.
Odd thing is, saorview comes in perfectly while the old broadcase method came in very very very poor, go figure!

hazzard1

i live in east meath i have a Saorview box connected
to a roof ariel its fine untill the wind blows like last night
then its unwatchable

ollaetta

I tried it with a rabbits ears aerial for the craic and was amazed to see that it worked.

hazzard1

thanks for that Ill give it a try

redzerologhlen

ollaetta wrote: »

I tried it with a rabbits ears aerial for the craic and was amazed to see that it worked.

+1, Worked for the girlfriend with the rabbits ears too.

godfrey

To the O.P:
Living in Ennis, you're on Maghers transmitter and will pick up Saorvire with just about anything.

The the poster who's signal dies in the wind:
Your aerial may have been originally pointing at a transmitter which isn't yet broadcasting Saorview, or it may be off target.

Most people do not need a new antenna for Saorview and it's always worth trying your existing one before getting a new one installed.

Hope this is helpful and saves someone a few quid

g

Callan57

This is probably a stupid, stupid question but anyway ... if you have 2 tv's will you need 2 of these set top boxs?

godfrey

Callan57 wrote: »

This is probably a stupid, stupid question but anyway ... if you have 2 tv's will you need 2 of these set top boxs?

Not stupid, but yes, you'd need to split the signal from the antenna to 2 STB's, one feeding each TV.

g

caddy16

Thanks for the replies folks. Didn't think the rabbit ears wud work but will give them a try.

hazzard1

i bought two sets of rabbits ears in Spain last year
but I got no result useing them bought one locally
and Bingo perfect picture on all Saorview channels

maggienx

I'm new here and this forum looks good. Does anybody know is it possible to get a tuner usb type for a laptop which could get saorview and ideally be able to record tv programs?? Any help appreciated.:D

MyKeyG

phill106 wrote: »

I live in shannon and was able to pick up saorview with a bog standard wire coat hanger held in my hands ! Granted i upgraded a few hours later to one of those plug in antennas that they have in aldi/lidl/argos which i had lying around the house, and the signal is perfect.
Odd thing is, saorview comes in perfectly while the old broadcase method came in very very very poor, go figure!

I think that's to do with the superiority of a digital signal over a analogue one. Not sure though.

hazzard1

Im afrade I have just about given up om Saorview
the rabbits ears worked for a short time then the
picture began to jump about as before I went back
to the Saorview box same thing .Maybe R T E are
still testing it I dont know in the meantime I have
gone back to Analogue

Tech Phobe

will i receive saorview through a chorus aerial or sky dish?

Clareman

Tech Phobe wrote: »

will i receive saorview through a chorus aerial or sky dish?

Nope, in fact you might damage your equipment if you hook it up to a Chorus aerial (it's powered), a Sky dish will only get a satellite signal.

Tech Phobe

Nope, in fact you might damage your equipment if you hook it up to a Chorus aerial (it's powered), a Sky dish will only get a satellite signa

Thanks for that

have2flushtwice

I was in the local electrical shop about two weeks ago, and they had an offer for a 32" tv, (€299)which was saorview ready.
does this mean that i dont need a box?

I have a bog standard ariel, and the sales guy told me that he will come out and install the saorview for me.

from this thread, it seems that some people have got saorview without a set top box.

so my questions are:
If I buy the TV which is "saorview ready", do i need a box as well?
i assume my existing ariel in the attic (RTE1, Net 2 TV3 TG4) will work for saorview. (taking into account it may need to be adjusted)
Will Saorview work without a set top box?

thanks
H2FF.

godfrey

You won't need a set top box, and you may not need any changes to your aerial, but that's not guaranteed. There are many variables.

Bring it home, plug it in, and go through the tuning process. You MAY well be ready to go

g

have2flushtwice

But i dont need a new telly, the one i have is fine!

Clareman

If your TV is Saorview ready it means it comes with the proper decoder (MPEG4 I think) built in, in other words it has the set top box built into it, this is usually the best option as the TV is setup ready to go.

In regards to whether an aeriel is needed or not, I believe a good rule of thumb is if you get TV3 with a good picture you don't need a new aerial. I would suggest folks visit the Terrestrial TV forum for some very well informed discussion on this topic.

hazzard1

no H2FF if you buy a Saorview ready T.V you dont need a set top box
but you will need to have an Ariel

maggienx

Tech Phobe wrote: »

will i receive saorview through a chorus aerial or sky dish?

I don't think there is actually a chorus aerial as such. We have had the same rooftop aerial for years now (pre chorus digital) . When we changed to chorus digital about 4 years ago, it worked perfectly on the same aerial. We now have a saorview tv and saorview works fine on the same aerial too. I think if your aerial is the right type, you should be fine. I don't think saorview is available on a sky dish, but can stand corrected on this.

Clareman

Chorus aerials in Clare are MMDS receivers, completely different technology to what terrestrial (RTÉ) TV is broadcast on, but because of the power of the Maghera transmitter it means that almost any aerial in Clare might pick up the signal, if you are getting a Saorview signal off a Chorus aerial I would suggest that you are more than likely getting it from the cable going up to the mesh dish rather than the actual mesh dish.

The only way you can get RTÉ from a satellite dish is via a Sky subscription.

Jmac24128

what is the difference between saorview ready and saorview approved??

Clareman

I think saorview ready means it has correct hardware to get the signal and display it and saorview approved means that the tuner has been approved by the supplier of saorview, both should work fine

Johnboy1951

If buying a Saorview TV, get one that is 'approved' ....... I can find nothing to indicate that Saorview-ready means that such a device will actually receive all future options that might be used by RTÉ ...... but if anyone has info to the contrary I would be delighted to read it

godfrey

Your tv must have a MPEG4 tuner OR you must get a set top box (STB). The sales person will halp you determine this.

MPEG2 is the UK standard and will not work here.

g

Saorview ready is not an official term and is probably applied to any MPEG-4 H.264@L4 device which has not been approved. Whether it will keep working or not is dependent on what features the device supports (e.g. MHEG-5).

clappyhappy

Hi, I got a saorview box for the bedroom tv for christmas. We have a sky dish and an aerial for the old free to air channels, will the saorview work off either of these two aerials or have I to get a new aerial for the saorview. Any help greatly appreciated.

Clareman

If you can get TV3 off the old aerial you should be able to get Saorview, it definitely won't work off the sky dish.

kollegeknight

second that clareman. the small TV3 aerial picked up saorview in west clare.

CptSternn

Here is a question -

I have a Philips all digtial LCD I bought a couple years ago that has FTA built in. The problem is, Ireland is not an option.

That being said I plugged the old aerial in and selected UK as my country and did a scan and viola! All the new digital channels showed up under the digital channels list. All of the digital music channels work perfectly and I can flip through the RTEs and what not but the issue is there is no picture, only sound.

I have Sky+ so it's not a big issue, but was just curious if this was something I might be able to sort myself or if I would have to wait for a firmware update from the manufacturer.

Johnboy1951

CptSternn wrote: »

Here is a question -

I have a Philips all digtial LCD I bought a couple years ago that has FTA built in. The problem is, Ireland is not an option.

That being said I plugged the old aerial in and selected UK as my country and did a scan and viola! All the new digital channels showed up under the digital channels list. All of the digital music channels work perfectly and I can flip through the RTEs and what not but the issue is there is no picture, only sound.

I have Sky+ so it's not a big issue, but was just curious if this was something I might be able to sort myself or if I would have to wait for a firmware update from the manufacturer.

I suspect that your TV does not have an MPEG-4 decoder, only MPEG-2.

Irish DTT uses MPEG-4.

Battleflag

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

I suspect that your TV does not have an MPEG-4 decoder, only MPEG-2.

Irish DTT uses MPEG-4.

Yup, only the newer televisions will pick up the irish freeview.

massive thread on it here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056302397