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MowerMan42 · 06-10-2008, 21:02

Hi everybody

I understand that a standard Freeview STB will recieve whatever Freeview channels are vailable in my area, and output the selected channel on analogue UHF channel 38 (or whatever) so my standard analogue TV can recieve it.

I am after a STB that will recieve the Freeview channels, and output selected channels to DIFFERENT UHF channels, so that (after set-up) the STB box could be forgotten about (left down the back of the TV or whatever), and the TV will operate as it does now IE BBC1 will get DIGITAL BBC1, via the STB, which has mapped it onto the UHF channel that BBC1 occupies at present. Same for BBC2, ITV, etc. Unused analogue presets on the TV would then be used to get a user-selected sub-set of Freeview channels on the old TV.

From a technical point of view, this should not be difficult, and would mean that people such as my elderly parents would not have to re-learn how to operate their TV (let alone re-tunng their VCR.....)

Does such a box exist?

06-10-2008, 21:02	#1
MowerMan42 Inactive Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 5	Multi analogue channel freeview? Hi everybody I understand that a standard Freeview STB will recieve whatever Freeview channels are vailable in my area, and output the selected channel on analogue UHF channel 38 (or whatever) so my standard analogue TV can recieve it. I am after a STB that will recieve the Freeview channels, and output selected channels to DIFFERENT UHF channels, so that (after set-up) the STB box could be forgotten about (left down the back of the TV or whatever), and the TV will operate as it does now IE BBC1 will get DIGITAL BBC1, via the STB, which has mapped it onto the UHF channel that BBC1 occupies at present. Same for BBC2, ITV, etc. Unused analogue presets on the TV would then be used to get a user-selected sub-set of Freeview channels on the old TV. From a technical point of view, this should not be difficult, and would mean that people such as my elderly parents would not have to re-learn how to operate their TV (let alone re-tunng their VCR.....) Does such a box exist?