02-03-2007, 14:03
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Freeview via an NTL feed
We need to watch Sky News but our only TV connection is via NTL. We do not have a terrestial aerial in our building.
When our NTL feed comes into our flat, it is split into three:
1) To our broadband cable modem.
2) To our Samsung STB.
3) Into the RF socket of our TV (for terrestial channels).
Our new TV has built in Freeview BUT cannot connect to Freeview, via (3).
I do not know why.
Is there any other way that we can view freeview via NTL? I have for instance noticed that the Samsung STB has RF sockets.
Thank you.
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02-03-2007, 14:06
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Re: Freeview via an NTL feed
Freeview signals are not carried over the Virgin Media cable TV network. You need a terrestrial (rooftop type) aerial.
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02-03-2007, 14:08
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Re: Freeview via an NTL feed
Get an indoor aerial with a signal amp?
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02-03-2007, 14:09
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Re: Freeview via an NTL feed
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob
Freeview signals are not carried over the Virgin Media cable TV network. You need a terrestrial (rooftop type) aerial.
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Many thanks.
I am sure you are correct, but I just don't then understand how my TV can work with the NTL STB unplugged but the NTL RF feed (that I described) plugged in?
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02-03-2007, 14:14
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Re: Freeview via an NTL feed
Some areas of VM still carry analogue channels, accessible with a standard PAL tuner. They do not carry the Freeview/DVB signals, which are entirely different. You'll need an internal area with a booster (and some experimentation).
OT, but what's wrong with News 24?
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02-03-2007, 14:14
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Re: Freeview via an NTL feed
I presume you mean by STB unplugged but NTL RF feed plugged in you are meaning the cable direct from outside your house. In that case you may well be getting channels 1-5 i.e. BBC, ITV1, CH4 and Five. but these are tha analogue unencrypted signals that cable has carried for many years, albeit at a risk they will one day be pahsed out. The terrestrial analogue 1-5 channels are not the same as freeview channels.
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02-03-2007, 14:15
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Re: Freeview via an NTL feed
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Originally Posted by hurstnicholas
Many thanks.
I am sure you are correct, but I just don't then understand how my TV can work with the NTL STB unplugged but the NTL RF feed (that I described) plugged in?
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VM Carry the RF feed over their cable network, it doesn't include the digital signal though
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02-03-2007, 14:21
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Re: Freeview via an NTL feed
Thank you all, for your advice here.
So many signals, so little decent telly to watch!
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