Knowledgebase Articles

Tristan · 23-03-2004, 00:42

Seeing as this new site is so tied in with the Knowledgebase, I think it's about time we had some decent DTV articles on there -- currently there's almost nothing.

I'm willing to write a piece or two, but first of all I need to know what people want to know, if that makes sense. Basically, what topics would people like to see covered in the Knowledgebase DTV section?

Post requests in this thread, and I'll see what I can do.

Chris W · 23-03-2004, 11:39

I must confess i can't remember who posted it (and can't find the thread at the moment) but i think it was carlingman who had a piccy of how to setup your STB with tv, video, stereo etc. Very useful! i think that + an explanation should definately be included

Nemesis · 23-03-2004, 11:51

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Originally Posted by monkeybreath

I must confess i can't remember who posted it (and can't find the thread at the moment) but i think it was carlingman who had a piccy of how to setup your STB with tv, video, stereo etc. Very useful! i think that + an explanation should definately be included

Altis has some good ones too

altis · 23-03-2004, 11:59

There's loads of info about connecting a TV (and those pix) on my FM hookup FAQs page here:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/altisuk/fm/index.htm

There used to be a link to it (and several others including Robin Walker's site) on the front page. I think they were forgotten in the translation.

I don't mind reformatting this for the knowledge base - someone let me know what's required. If you would like to, Tristan, feel free to use those pix too.

Tristan · 23-03-2004, 22:45

So no-one wants to know anything???

Stuartbe · 23-03-2004, 22:50

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Originally Posted by Tristan

So no-one wants to know anything???

I am sure that the team would love to have your input and write ups m8

PM me the article and I will pass it on to the team

Tristan · 23-03-2004, 22:53

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Originally Posted by Stuartbe

I am sure that the team would love to have your input and write ups m8

PM me the article and I will pass it on to the team

Well that's the point, I haven't written anything yet as I don't know what people want to know!

Stuartbe · 23-03-2004, 22:55

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Originally Posted by Tristan

Well that's the point, I haven't written anything yet as I don't know what people want to know!

Ask people what they want on this thread m8 !!

How about how to connect your HiFi to your vcr/tv / or how to connect another upstairs tv withour another STB... Things like that !

23-03-2004, 23:44

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Originally Posted by Stuartbe

Ask people what they want on this thread m8 !!

How about how to connect your HiFi to your vcr/tv / or how to connect another upstairs tv withour another STB... Things like that !

maybe something for people, who watch TV on their computer - surround sound options, for example

Tristan · 24-03-2004, 00:10

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Originally Posted by homealone

maybe something for people, who watch TV on their computer - surround sound options, for example

I can answer that in one post!

There is only one surround sound option on NTL, and that's Dolby Pro Logic. This is encoded in the stereo audio.

If you use the RF output of the STB to get both pictures and sound, then you won't get any surround as this is mono only.

It you connect the STB's phono plugs (for those who have them) to your sound card when recording, then you will have Dolby encoded -- I'm not an expert on TV cards though, so I don't know how many have software which can decode this into DirectSound3D signals.

Mark G · 26-03-2004, 12:04

I don't know of this would be a common request, but for me a useful article would be on the difference between langley, bromley, ex-CWC etc and who has what where. As a new user to the forum, it seems to be implied knowledge that maybe i would pick up over time, but i certainly haven't got a handle on it yet, a search on those terms hasn't revealed any explanations of them.

I'm sure this is a quite common question from a "newbie", but i have searched, honest

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