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Saorview

  • 27-10-2016 3:28pm
    #1
    fernandohierro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭


    I bought a tv up the north in Argos.
    It’s Freeview ready. It wont pick up the Irish analogue though because its programmed to pick up UK analogue.
    Is it possible to change the settings to pick up the Irish channels?


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  • #2
    lertsnim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,854 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    What is the model number of your tv? Also terrestrial analogue was shut down in Ireland in 2012.


  • #3
    fernandohierro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭fernandohierro


    lertsnim wrote: »
    What is the model number of your tv? Also terrestrial analogue was shut down in Ireland in 2012.

    Maybe I have it wrong but did saorview replace terrestrial analogue?

    So if I have a saorview ready tv it shud pick up the likes of RTÉ n all without plugging anything into the TV.

    And am I right in saying there is a uk version of saorview called free view?

    I don't have the model number but it is a hitachi 32 inch smart tv.


  • #4
    lertsnim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,854 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    fernandohierro wrote: »
    So if I have a saorview ready tv it shud pick up the likes of RTÉ n all without plugging anything into the TV.

    You would need to connect an aerial to the tv.
    fernandohierro wrote: »
    And am I right in saying there is a uk version of saorview called free view?

    Correct. The model number would be useful as it will allow someone to check what kind of tuner is in it. It should be written on the back of the tv.


  • #5
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,889 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    fernandohierro wrote: »
    Maybe I have it wrong but did saorview replace terrestrial analogue?

    And am I right in saying there is a uk version of saorview called free view?

    Yes, Saorview replaced analogue terrestrial, 4 years ago last Monday.

    Freeview is the UK's digital terrestrial TV service, their equivalent of our Saorview.


  • #6
    fernandohierro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭fernandohierro


    Thanks for the help!

    I'm obviously new to saorview ;-)


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  • #7
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,889 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    Use the Saorview coverage checker to identify your recommended transmitter - https://www.saorview.ie/en/get/coverage

    Saorview FAQ here from 2012 - http://www.2rn.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/RTÉNL-SAORVIEW-FAQs-May-2012-Rev-7.1.pdf


  • #8
    dfdream
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 532 ✭✭✭dfdream


    I think its FREEVIEW HD thats the same as SAORview not regular FREEVIEW...


  • #9
    winston_1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,688 ✭✭✭winston_1


    dfdream wrote: »
    I think its FREEVIEW HD thats the same as SAORview not regular FREEVIEW...

    Freeview HD is NOT the same as Saorview, though a Freeview HD set should decide Saorview but the LCNs will be wrong and the clock may be stuck at GMT all the year round.

    A Saorview set will not decode Freeview HD (as the 2 systems are not the same).


  • #10
    cranefly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 258 ✭✭cranefly


    Anyone who is not used to saorview and is buying a tv up north and want to use it in the south for rte without a set top box, just make sure the tv is advertised as freeview hd. This will work fine for rte stations through saorview as long as you connect the tv to a aerial.


  • #11
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,889 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    winston_1 wrote: »
    A Saorview set will not decode Freeview HD (as the 2 systems are not the same).

    It will if it has the necessary DVB-T2 tuner and most probably have at this stage. DVB-T2 has been mandatory for all newly approved Saorview receivers since 1st January 2013.
    winston_1 wrote: »
    Freeview HD is NOT the same as Saorview, though a Freeview HD set should decide Saorview but the LCNs will be wrong
    Not if there is an Ireland option in the setup which puts the channels in the correct order. Haven't come across any TV without an Ireland option. Freeview HD STBs can have these problems though.


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