Page 1 of HELP.... HOW TO RECEIVE FREEVIEW

Hope someone can help me as I know nothing about this things.....

Ive got an ALBA DVD382STB player with freeview, but I cant receive the freeview?? Do I need a digital cable or something to be able to receive it?

Please help!
thanks
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You need a digital aerial on your roof (or an indoor one).

The old aerials were single plane (vertical or horizontal), with a single, flat, back panel. Those are analogue.

The digital aerials have prongs in two planes, a sort of diagonal arrangement, and there are two back panels, set at an angle to each other.

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That`s rubbish about the aerials.
"Digital aerials" do not exist, except in the minds of the uninformed or in marketing BS.
The propagation and reception methods are identical through the airwaves.
The frequencies used are in the same bands for both digital and analogue TV - UHF bands IV and V, approximately from 480-860 MHz.
For at least a third of UK users their old/existing aerial used for analogue TV will also work for Freeview. Because a location`s Freeview transmissions may be in a different part of those UHF bands, some folks need a new aerial optimised for the higher or lower frequencies used for their local Freeview service. In areas where digital switchover has happened, the Freeview transmissions are about 10 times (10dB) higher in power than in areas where both services exist simultaneously; if they went to full power whilst analogue TV was still active, the digital transmission would be likely to cause interference.
Depending on where you live, you may need a normal yagi (straightforward horizontal elements), a log periodic aerial (wideband) or a crossed yagi (X-shaped elements and consequently more gain). In some cases you might also need a masthead preamplifier.
Google "Wolfblane" and insert your postcode on the site, after which it will give you a better idea of what you need.
Here`s the URL : http://www.wolfbane.com/cgi-bin/tvd.exe?

Chris Muriel, Manchester

This item was edited on Friday, 21st August 2009, 00:59