Does a Freeview HD box/TV guarantee Saorview compatibility?

Stuck Cone

My question is as above, i have two LGs, they were bought in uk (Freeview HD compatible tvs). Will they be able to receive Saorview down south indefinitely?

emaherx

Only Saorview approved Gaurentees reception.
But they should work, but be aware of possible EPG quirks

The Cush

Stuck Cone wrote: »

My question is as above, i have two LGs, they were bought in uk (Freeview HD compatible tvs). Will they be able to receive Saorview down south indefinitely?

This is what Saorview say

A Freeview HD box or TV will more than likely work for SAORVIEW*, but a Freeview box or TV more than likely will not work. Any set top box or TV set branded as SAORVIEW approved will be fully compatible with the SAORVIEW service.

*Freeview HD products may display SAORVIEW channels in a different order in the channel listings and EPG. Clock functions may be incorrect. Text, subtitles and Audio Description functions may not work.

http://www.saorview.ie/equipment/advice-for-people-who-receive-uk-overspill-signal/

Stuck Cone

Full functionality here on LG Freeview HD sets anyway, hope it stays that way

winston_1

Channels in the 800s, clock stuck on GMT all year round, perhaps you did not notice.

winston_1

Stuck Cone wrote: »

Full functionality here on LG Freeview HD sets anyway, hope it stays that way

Channels in the 800's, clock stuck on GMT all year round, perhaps you did not notice.

Stuck Cone

winston_1 wrote: »

Channels in the 800s, clock stuck on GMT all year round, perhaps you did not notice.

Time: Perfect

Channels Laid out as normal (1= Rte One etc. even the recent switch with rte news now)


No problems so far

Sam Russell

winston_1 wrote: »

Channels in the 800's, clock stuck on GMT all year round, perhaps you did not notice.

Well, yes.

However, if you disable the LCN the channels come in OK as you would expect. I had the problem with the EPG time but it appears to have changed and I can now set the time manually to be GMT+1 which has the EPG time correct now. Some time ago I connected it to the internet and it downloaded a software upgrade all on its own. Weird, because LG told me to get lost they could not help me when I asked them about it some time ago.

JonathonS

From this year's models almost all the major manufacturers are selling the same sets in Ireland as in the UK, so they will be both Freeview and Saorview approved.

2011 models from some manufacturers were approved for both (eg Samsung), others were not.