Old TV and freeview

deedubs · 21-10-2009, 16:21

Can anyone tell me if there are any freeview boxes out there which will work with a TV which does not have any scart sockets.

Graham M · 21-10-2009, 16:22

Does it have any other inputs apart from RF? Might be time to think about a new one

webcrawler2050 · 21-10-2009, 16:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Graham M

Does it have any other inputs apart from RF? Might be time to think about a new one

Yup definatly time to get a new one

Kymmy · 21-10-2009, 17:04

Something like the old Humax F2 Fox T has an RF modulator built in (just be careful as some don't), there's currently a couple on eBay.

What a lot of people do though is plug the freeview box into a VCR then use the VCR's modulator (also means you can record the freeview)

deedubs · 21-10-2009, 18:24

I thought that might be the case. Time to put the hand in the pocket. Thanks for the info

admars · 21-10-2009, 19:34

Yeh, my neighbour recently bought a Panasonic VCR dvd recorder with freeview, and to get any picture from that machine on the tv with no scart, it had to go via scart to an old VCR he had , and then rf aerial lead from that vcr to the tv.

Turkey Machine · 21-10-2009, 19:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by deedubs

I thought that might be the case. Time to put the hand in the pocket. Thanks for the info

Places like Aldi and Lidl have these Freeview tuners about the side of a hard disk and modulate to RF without the need for SCART. IIRC they retail for about £30 or so.

injuneer · 23-10-2009, 11:08

My Wharfedale box has an RF out socket.

Kymmy · 23-10-2009, 11:23

Just about all of them have an RF out socket as it's needed for the analogue pass-thru.. What most don;t have though is an inbuilt RF Modulator..

Another option is a scart modulator..
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&k...l_4ey7qvv2yp_e

Turkey Machine · 24-10-2009, 14:16

Found this: http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/tvonics.html

squealy · 24-10-2009, 14:21

Dunno if this is the same scenario but I'm getting a perfectly good tv signal on an old tv in the bedroom plugged in to the RF Out socket (I think) on the back of the V+ with a lengthy extension cable. It'll do channels 1-5 plus whatever channel is on the V+ at the time.

Peter_ · 24-10-2009, 14:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turkey Machine

Found this: http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/tvonics.html

That is a nice find and its only £34.99 in ARGOS

squealy · 24-10-2009, 14:26

What a fabulolusly dinky bit of kit.