a 22' LED samsung with digital tuner can not spick up sky on rf-

swoofer

This is an interesting one, a friend wants to put a soarview 22 led tv in kitchen but on existing tv he has sky piped in and was surprised when told the new tv will not pick up the sky feed as tv does not have an analogue tuner. Is there a workround that I am not aware of???

and any 22" TV with both tuners?

gbc

shinobi

GBCULLEN wrote: »

This is an interesting one, a friend wants to put a soarview 22 led tv in kitchen but on existing tv he has sky piped in and was surprised when told the new tv will not pick up the sky feed as tv does not have an analogue tuner. Is there a workround that I am not aware of???

and any 22" TV with both tuners?

gbc

Digi sender from sky scart to tv scart?

coylemj

He's being fed a load of BS, Sky doesn't use any tuner - digital or analog. The Sky box connects to the TV using HDMI or SCART and bypasses the tuner.

Tell him to look at his existing setup - is the Sky signal going into the TV via the co-ax socket? Didn't think so.

If that information came from a TV shop or satellite dealer, tell him to take his business elsewhere.

shinobi

coylemj wrote: »

He's being fed a load of BS, Sky doesn't use any tuner - digital or analog. The Sky box connects to the TV using HDMI or SCART and bypasses the tuner.

Tell him to look at his existing setup - is the Sky signal going into the TV via the co-ax socket? Didn't think so.

If that information came from a TV shop or satellite dealer, tell him to take his business elsewhere.

SKY boxes have an alternative analogue RF output also. Not used very often, but there none the less.

coylemj

shinobi wrote: »

SKY boxes have an alternative analogue RF output also. Not used very often, but there none the less.

Thanks, have never seen any of my friends use that option.

OP, does the Sky box have HDMI or SCART? If so then that is the way to go.

Johnboy1951

GBCULLEN wrote: »

This is an interesting one, a friend wants to put a soarview 22 led tv in kitchen but on existing tv he has sky piped in and was surprised when told the new tv will not pick up the sky feed as tv does not have an analogue tuner. Is there a workround that I am not aware of???

and any 22" TV with both tuners?

gbc

Is the TV very new?
I thought most TVs still have analogue tuners .... although I expect that to change over time.

EDIT
I may be mis-reading this example
http://www.did.ie/samsung-22-led-tv-ue22es5000wxx

DTV Tuner DVB-T/C
Analog Tuner Yes
EPG Yes
Channel List USB-Clone Yes
CI+ CI+
Auto Channel Search Yes
Teletext (TTX) (1,000 pages) Yes

coylemj

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Is the TV very new?
I thought most TVs still have analogue tuners .... although I expect that to change over time.

+1 This recent thread suggests that most new TVs will ship with both analog and digital tuners.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056714617

However, if the Sky box is outputting a VHF signal, that may be a problem with new TVs though there's still a lot of people in Dublin using the UPC analog signal which is VHF so I wouldn't say there should be a problem sourcing a new TV with a VHF tuner though I wouldn't look outside Ireland for such a beast.

shinobi

coylemj wrote: »

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Is the TV very new?
I thought most TVs still have analogue tuners .... although I expect that to change over time.

+1 This recent thread suggests that most new TVs will ship with both analog and digital tuners.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056714617

However, if the Sky box is outputting a VHF signal, that may be a problem with new TVs though there's still a lot of people in Dublin using the UPC analog signal which is VHF so I wouldn't say there should be a problem sourcing a new TV with a VHF tuner though I wouldn't look outside Ireland for such a beast.

Sky Boxes output channels 21 to 68 - all UHF channels - Not VHF. You didnt know sky boxes had an rf output, now making a claim that they output a VHF signal. OP is looking for advice, not negativity & obsticles.

coylemj

shinobi wrote: »

Sky Boxes output channels 21 to 68 - all UHF channels - Not VHF. You didnt know sky boxes had an rf output, now making a claim that they output a VHF signal. OP is looking for advice, not negativity & obsticles.

I'm being negative? Pot, kettle LOL.

The Cush

GBCULLEN wrote: »

This is an interesting one, a friend wants to put a soarview 22 led tv in kitchen but on existing tv he has sky piped in and was surprised when told the new tv will not pick up the sky feed as tv does not have an analogue tuner

What make and model was the TV?

watty

Also it's an LCD TV, illuminated with LEDs. There ARE LED TVs, at about €20,000. OLED TVs are cheaper only about x10 price of regular LCD TV

Analogue tuning is a separate menu. There are a few UK Digital TVs without Analogue tuners, but I don't think any of them are Saorview approved.

MarkK

My Samsung TV has a "Channel Source" option for tuning.

Choices are:
"Digital & Analogue"
"Digital"
"Analogue"

I expect the TV is set to only scan for "Digital" channels.

Peter Rhea

shinobi wrote: »

SKY boxes have an alternative analogue RF output also. Not used very often, but there none the less.

Plenty of people use RF2 to distribute to tvs in other rooms.

jonnygee

How many people have i seen who couldnt tune in analogue rf sky during tv setup only to discover they hadnt got the skybox switched on during the scan.

dowtchaboy

GBCULLEN wrote: »

This is an interesting one, a friend wants to put a soarview 22 led tv in kitchen but on existing tv he has sky piped in....
gbc

Surely this is important? The OP implies the Sky signal is being delivered via RF over a cable - a community system, UPC etc. - so the question of access to Scart connectors or the Sky box itself does not arise.

Ronnie Raygun

Is it not just someone using RF2 for distribution & the guy in the shop has told him the new tv he's interested in won't work with the analogue signal?

What's the big deal? How did the thread come to be dominated by the poster who didn't even know Sky boxes have an RF output?

swoofer

thanks all, the model is samsung 22'' UED 5003 and I have never seen so many different models!!

BostonB

This says tuners Tuners ATSC / Clear QAM

http://www.samsung.com/us/video/tvs/UN22D5003BDXZA-specs

Samsung say here it has an analogue tuner.
http://answers.uk.samsung.com/answers/7463-en_gb/product/UE40D5520RKXXU/samsung-40-d5520-series-5full-hd-led-tv-questions-answers/questions.htm

Instructions to tune it are here...
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/supportOwnersHowToGuidePopup.do?howto_guide_seq=5411&prd_ia_cd=N0000058&map_seq=45646

Peter Rhea

There's no point linking to the Samsung US site, the models are different. ATSC is the American DTT standard.

The UE22D5003 is Saorview approved.

BostonB

Ooops forgot to check.

Still maybe the menus are similar.

Peter Rhea

Don't know about 'official' info, but this IOM seller claims it has an analogue tuner.

Reviews on Amazon would also suggest this is the case.