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Duff Digital TV
Oldbiggles
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in Techie Stuff
It would appear that not all TV’s are capable of receiving the full Digital service.
I have a Philips 26 inch flat screen HD ready Freeview built in all singing and dancing TV.
When the switchover happened I could no longer get the BBC Red Button Service that I enjoyed before.
Despite contacting PHILIPS by E’Mail and over the telephone (On a number provided by the Digital UK service, not PHILIPS) and despite constant reassurances by Philips that a signal over the air will resolve the problem, nothing has changed.
They recently had the cheek to send me a questionnaire asking “Would I recommend their product to others”. Answer NO NO NO.
:mad:
I have a Philips 26 inch flat screen HD ready Freeview built in all singing and dancing TV.
When the switchover happened I could no longer get the BBC Red Button Service that I enjoyed before.
Despite contacting PHILIPS by E’Mail and over the telephone (On a number provided by the Digital UK service, not PHILIPS) and despite constant reassurances by Philips that a signal over the air will resolve the problem, nothing has changed.
They recently had the cheek to send me a questionnaire asking “Would I recommend their product to others”. Answer NO NO NO.
:mad:
Trying to learn something new every day.
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Have you tried rescanning, or forcing an over the air software upgrade?
You can check the schedule here:-
http://www.dtg.org.uk/industry/download_schedule.phpThat gum you like is coming back in style.0 -
Have you tried rescanning, or forcing an over the air software upgrade?
You can check the schedule here:-
http://www.dtg.org.uk/industry/download_schedule.php
Rescanned several times to no avail.
I havent a clue how to do the over the air software upgrade. The set is a Philips 26 PFL 5522D/05 and was supposed to be a top of the range set when I got it at the end of 2008. The software is supposed to upgrade automatically. My other set. a 12 inch Aiwa and my Sony DVD/Harddrive recorder both auto upgraded with no problem.
The site you listed above seems to be about freeview, not digital upgrades.Trying to learn something new every day.0 -
Oldbiggles wrote: »
The site you listed above seems to be about freeview, not digital upgrades.
Digital and Freeview amount to the same thing, Freeview is a digital service.0 -
The over air software upgrades are done using the freeview signal.
You may need to explore your user menus further.
Some older Freeview Boxes/Integrated TVs were bricked by the latest round of channel changes that were done to facilitate Freeview HD, though it shouldn't have effected yours.
I suppose the only answer would be to get a cheap external freeview box.That gum you like is coming back in style.0
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