Can I use my digital freeview box abroad and receive English channals?
Brian Butterworth published on UK Free TV No. You cannot receive signals from UK Freeview transmitters abroad. You box will be able to receive local "DVB-T" transmittions, if there are any.
You can use satellite equipment pointing at the Astra 2D satellite from some European countries however to get around 100 UK free-to-air channels.
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Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Friday, 20 January 2012
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alex1:01 AM
ok thats cool is there any percific way i need to install the freeview or just simply auto tube the channel list.
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David11:19 PM
I bought a Technika Freeview TV in the UK before moving to New Zealand. On set-up it scans but finds no digital stations. Is there something else I can try or won't this TV work here?
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Monday, 23 January 2012
David: Most of New Zealand uses "Freeview via satellite" so your "Freeview" set may well not work as you won't necessarily had a "digital switchover".
There is a nice site for the service here - Freeview NZ - Your Favorite TV Programmes in Digital Quality - Freeview .
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David9:46 AM
I can recieve a digital signal via the standard aerial as it's working on my Freeview box bought in NZ, but my UK TV doesn't find any digital chanels.
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Thursday, 26 January 2012
David: Apologies, as the technical parameters for the NZ service are:
MPEG-4 part 10 (H.264, AVC) is used for the video codec and for audio three audio codecs are used:
MPEG-4 HA AAC (up to mono and stereo level 2 bitstream only)
MPEG-1 Layer II/Musicam, audio mode stereo. Sampling rate 32, 44.1 and 48kHz
Only a UK "Freeview HD" box would work, or one of the standard Freeview boxes that happen to have MPEG4, such as BT Vision. Which won't work as you don't have BT Broadband...
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Saturday, 28 January 2012
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Mario6:52 PM
Hi..
My parents move to Spain next month.. My mum will miss her UK programmes. IS there any way to catch them in the Benalmadena area from her house?
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Sunday, 29 January 2012
Mario: Yes, you can use a Freesat box with a suitably large dish - which in the south of Spain may be very large indeed. The best thing to do is to buy a good quality Freesat+HD box for her to take to Spain and to organised the dish with a local installer in Spain.
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Les Nicol
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11:10 AM
Marie -There are ex-pat and local installers who advertise installations in the English language paper. Your parents should get someone that's reliable and has a good knowledge of what's required for the area.
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