RE: Dippy freeview questions

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxx>]

> I don't own a Freeview box (Sky & TiVo), but I finally managed to
get my
> Out-laws on the technology super highway and convinced them to buy the
> half-price Nokia mediamaster from that nice man in Currys a
> couple of weeks
> ago (and they didn't take the extended warranty for the bargain price
of
> only 40% of the purchase cost! - this is progress!).

At least the Nokia has a digital audio output...

> Obviously it stayed sealed in the box until I went round there to
> connect it
> up, however, once done, it worked fine, but the terrestrial picture
was
> quite snowy for all channels.  Take the Freeview box out of the loop,
and
> all is well again.  The pictures on their TV are normally pretty
> good, so is
> it just the case that the Freeview box sucks more than it's fair share
of
> the signal?  If this is the case, maybe I should put it last in
> the loop, as
> currently the RF goes Freeview -> VCR -> TV.

Hmmm ... the Nokia *SHOULDN'T* suck signal when it's powered (either on or
in standby) - when off then you should find you lose the pass through
signal.

> Finally, one other dim question; is there a TV guide, other than
> the banners
> that pop up, and BBCi?  I was just expecting a TiVo or Sky style
> guide, but
> if it was there, I couldn't find it (which is no great loss, as they
> obviously buy the Daily Mail anyway ;-) )

Nope ... no whizzy epg. In fact - no epg whizzy or not.

Phil


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