Freeview viewers reminded to retune
 

This announcement, I take it this only affects the folks with freeview and won't affect the Virgin Media STB users.

I apologise if this sounds a stupid question. :dozey:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090929...e-6323e80.html

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Indeed it won't affect your virgin STB.

Unless of course, like me, you have a virgin freeview box ;)

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Hi, and thanks for your reply.

Bit confused when you say you have a virgin freeview box, are they different from the boxes that VM give us for their TV packages such as Medium, Large and extra large?

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Yes indeed, if you can't get cable and use their serviced you used to get a freeview box instead of the standard cable boxes.

If you have cable you don't need to worry the retuning thing won't apply.

edit - I've attached a picture of the box I mean.

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In other words it doesn't effect cable or satellite but instead only DVB-T boxes

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Thanks guys, I didn't realise VM did boxes for customers that don't or couldn't get cable.

Btw, what does DVB-T stand for?

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DVB = Digital Video Broadcasting

Then it's commonly followed by one of 3 letters (though there are more)

DVB-S = Satellite (sky or freesat)
DVB-C = Cable (Virgin Media (not analogue))
DVB-T = Terrestrial (Freeview)

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All 3 of my TVs have built in Freeview so I will be having fun tomorrow. Just in case anyone hasn't seen the official site.
http://www.freeview.co.uk/freeview/R...September-2009

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Sorry, hope I'm not being stupid now, but the middle one DVB-C, I thought that one would come under the normal STB range?

---------- Post added at 12:51 ---------- Previous post was at 12:46 ----------

Everyone must be clicking on this site right now as I am having difficulty reaching it.

You finding this too?

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It's nothing to do with it being an STB it's more to do with the format of signals it tunes to. DVB-C can be a virgin media set-top box or it could be a PC card. The same as DVB-T is anything from a TV, STB, PC-card, USB that is designed to pick up terrestrial digital signals.. and a DVB-S device could be a freeview box, Sky, PC card, FTA reciever..etc..

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Yes it took me ages to bring the site up. Thought I had best give a quote to save people a bit of time. 18 million sets will be effected and all their owners seem to be checking out the site right now. :D

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Mines is an Explorer DVB connected to the TV, and has a card in the front of the box.

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How exciting...

Any Freeview box/card/dongle which is designed to plug into an externial antenna and point towards a tv transmitter for the purpose of recieving digital signals is DVB-T compliant..and all that means is that it'll scan a certain range of frequencies and expect to find signals transmitting on mpeg2 for SD or mpeg4 for HD

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This ones just as busy, lol

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I get through to that one every time, where the freeview site is timing out

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If any one is uncertain how to re-tune their TV/box/recorder here's a site to get either your full manual of just the retuning section as a PDF

http://www.tvretune.co.uk/productmanuals/

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Ok, I have an Explorer 4200DVB and my recorder is a panasonic, and I record thru the A1 which picks up whatever my STB is tuned to.

Will I need to re-tune my recorder? or retune anything on the STB that I mentioned earlier?

I am kind of concerned about the recorder to be honest.

On a separate issue I am lead to believe that the analogue switch off in my area is 2012

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ANYTHING that recieves freeview will have to be retuned

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As I am still on the official site I thought I would get more information in case the site falls over completely.

This is in case you find that your TV/box/recorder fails to re-tune tomorrow. :(

http://www.freeview.co.uk/freeview/c...20Contacts.pdf

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So my STB must be an DVB-C then?

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STB could mean any box that sits near a TV and receives signals.. What's the make/model number? If it's a standard VM STB that connects to the VM cable then yes it is DVB-C

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It's an Explorer 4200 DVB connected to VM cable.

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Then yes it's DVB-C

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any 1 got a list of new channel line up 4 2 moz

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Here you go braysoj1.

http://www.freeview.co.uk/freeview/c...0September.pdf

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Come Mods what has this got to do with Virgin TV:confused:

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The OP was asking whether his cable box would be affected, which is a fair question. He can't be the only one unsure about this.

And as mentioned about, Virgin do supply Freeview boxes too.

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http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/clear.gif As this is the forum Virgin Media Cable TV Services not Freeview
having answered his question should not it then be moved ? . Just trying to understand the thinking. I have been moved - its fine- but could not see that I was any more off the mark than this is. :)

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No it does not need to be moved.

As always if you have a problem with a post / thread etc you can REPORT IT.

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Is anyone else with freeview still without a C5 guide?