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I have a digital TV - can I retune it to HD?

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red devil

red devil

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The switchover was from analogue to digital signal, nothing to do with HD.

If you have a digital TV you just need to retune it, consult your handbook.

If you don't have a handbook try Googling the TV's make and model number with key words like 'handbook' and/or 'retuning'.

This link is helpful...

emc

emc

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Oops - OK, so I just tried re-tuning with the help of manual and did all the going through the channels stuff, but no picture ever came up, just lines and fuzz then gets to the end but still saying 'no signal' - has it just given up the ghost or could a freeview box resurrect it? thanks v much
dbboy

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Sounds like you need a freewiew box, as the TV is old you will only be able to recieve a digital signal, but not HD (as it probably has scart sockets as a previous poster also mentioned). If it is connected to an external aerial you'll get all the freeview channels. If it is an internal aerial you'll need to move the aerial around the room until you get a signal. Suggest you invest in a Goodmans freeview box, I did last weekend and now can get digital signal on a 14inch tv.


If you do not have any joy try contacing Bill Coe, he has a shop on Forest Hill Road and is a WIZARD at sorting things like this out, am more than happy to recommend him. 0208 693 5932.

ianr

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You've still not told us the make and model of the beast.


If the tuning you've done involved a couple or so minutes of it reporting scans through 40 or so different possible multiplexes looking for signals, and probably listing stations found, by name or count, as it continued, your set does have a digital tuner. If that's so, have you told the TV, probably via an on-screen menu, to use the signal from its digital tuner rather than the analogue one?

Undisputedtruth

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emc, your portable tv is unlikely to have a HD freeview tuner since (a) your tv was purchased almost five years ago and (b) was a cheap model. HD freeview tuners were expensive since their launch a few years ago.


It may be possible to add HD freeview box to your tv but I would question whether you would notice the difference due to its size. High definition works best in larger sets.


If your tv is a genuine digital set then I suggest the following:


(1) purchase an aerial which can pick up the digital freeview signal. A fuzzy screen will appear on your set if your aerial cannot pick up the signal.


(2) do a factory/ installation option for retuning.

womanofdulwich

womanofdulwich

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is there a charity that wants our old analogue tvs? do they work in France for examnple ( not that I am saying France is a charity!!!)?

I have an old portable I was goign to put outside my house and see whether someone take a shine to it.............

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