FreeView box with RF out.
 

CPC are selling a FreeView box with RF out. Just for information since
this question comes up a fair bit.

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/level5/mo...cpc/531488.xml

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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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CPC are selling a FreeView box with RF out. Just for information since
this question comes up a fair bit.

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/level5/mo...cpc/531488.xml

It's already been covered - do keep up.

The Tvonics MDR-250 (tested anad approved by me) and Labgear FV400 are both
preferable known-brand alternatives, available at similar cost (less actually,
in the case of the Labgear unit).

FreeView box with RF out.
 

I'd have thought some enterprising company would have had one which put the
sound out via nicam by now, so those nice older tellies could be used by
peeps who get confused by AV.

Brian

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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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CPC are selling a FreeView box with RF out. Just for information since
this question comes up a fair bit.

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/level5/mo...cpc/531488.xml

It's already been covered - do keep up.

The Tvonics MDR-250 (tested anad approved by me) and Labgear FV400 are
both preferable known-brand alternatives, available at similar cost (less
actually, in the case of the Labgear unit).

FreeView box with RF out.
 

On Sep 21, 6:38*pm, "Dave Plowman (News)"
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CPC are selling a FreeView box with RF out. Just for information since
this question comes up a fair bit.

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/level5/mo...cpc/531488.xml

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"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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I'd have thought some enterprising company would have had one which put
the sound out via nicam by now, so those nice older tellies could be used
by peeps who get confused by AV.

1) How many stereo tellies do not have SCARTS?

2) If you get confused by the AV button, then chances are you would not
notice if it was stereo or not.

Z

FreeView box with RF out.
 

Zimmy wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
m...
I'd have thought some enterprising company would have had one which put
the sound out via nicam by now, so those nice older tellies could be used
by peeps who get confused by AV.

1) How many stereo tellies do not have SCARTS?


Its a fair question, Nicam broadcasts where established offically in the
early 90s and the advanced Tv directive was not modified for scarts
until 2003 with coming of digital, so for most of the period
manufacturers were free to do what they wanted. Scarts were well
established but then so was cost cutting and feature stripping.

Having said that I don't think anyone would know the answer, except that
it probably a significant enough number compared with those that have no
scarts generally.

2) If you get confused by the AV button, then chances are you would not
notice if it was stereo or not.


Not everyone is an Engineer. I remember as a schoolboy and just getting
our first slimline VCR with phono sockets at the back wondering what the
difference between AV/RF and what the VCR actually recorded.

As for Nicam being modulated in STBs or VCRs..well no, not a mission.
An analogue modulator costs a few dollars, or $1 to 50c for a chip. A
Nicam one, well noone ever produced a chip for a consumer product, but
you can be sure it cost more than a few dollars. 50c is alot of money
in a product with a BOM cost of say $20.

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FreeView box with RF out.
 

On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:38:10 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

CPC are selling a FreeView box with RF out. Just for information since
this question comes up a fair bit.

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/level5/mo...cpc/531488.xml

Also
http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/...p?EdpNo=380066
GBP15 for a refurb Humax F2-Fox
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Oh, I don't know about that. Have you ever played with some of these tellies
of the late analogue era, av1 av2 etc, but only this one works if this box
is before that box and the remote for this will work that but not this
unless its plugged in there. Good grief, to hear stereo just needs two
working ears.

Brian

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"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
m...
I'd have thought some enterprising company would have had one which put
the sound out via nicam by now, so those nice older tellies could be used
by peeps who get confused by AV.

1) How many stereo tellies do not have SCARTS?

2) If you get confused by the AV button, then chances are you would not
notice if it was stereo or not.

Z

FreeView box with RF out.
 

Tony wrote:
Zimmy wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
m...
I'd have thought some enterprising company would have had one which
put the sound out via nicam by now, so those nice older tellies
could be used by peeps who get confused by AV.

1) How many stereo tellies do not have SCARTS?


Its a fair question, Nicam broadcasts where established offically in
the early 90s and the advanced Tv directive was not modified for
scarts until 2003 with coming of digital, so for most of the period
manufacturers were free to do what they wanted. Scarts were well
established but then so was cost cutting and feature stripping.

Having said that I don't think anyone would know the answer, except
that it probably a significant enough number compared with those that
have no scarts generally.

2) If you get confused by the AV button, then are you would
not notice if it was stereo or not.



Back in the early nineties Hitachi (also Sony?) produced a television which
had the very sensible option of allowing the RGB or composite input to be
assigned to any channel number on the remote.
I appreciate that with modern stuff using multiple inputs (which have to be
selected via a menu) things would be a little more difficult, but being able
to allocate just a couple of buttons to an input of one's choice would in my
view still be a very useful feature, especially for the elderly.

FreeView box with RF out.
 

"Ivan" wrote in message
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Tony wrote:
Zimmy wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
m...
I'd have thought some enterprising company would have had one which
put the sound out via nicam by now, so those nice older tellies
could be used by peeps who get confused by AV.

1) How many stereo tellies do not have SCARTS?


Its a fair question, Nicam broadcasts where established offically in
the early 90s and the advanced Tv directive was not modified for
scarts until 2003 with coming of digital, so for most of the period
manufacturers were free to do what they wanted. Scarts were well
established but then so was cost cutting and feature stripping.

Having said that I don't think anyone would know the answer, except
that it probably a significant enough number compared with those that
have no scarts generally.

2) If you get confused by the AV button, then are you would
not notice if it was stereo or not.



Back in the early nineties Hitachi (also Sony?) produced a television
which had the very sensible option of allowing the RGB or composite input
to be assigned to any channel number on the remote.
I appreciate that with modern stuff using multiple inputs (which have to
be selected via a menu) things would be a little more difficult, but being
able to allocate just a couple of buttons to an input of one's choice
would in my view still be a very useful feature, especially for the
elderly.

That would be great, on my Toshiba I have to press the AV button 5 times to
get to EXT5.

Z