Hi,
another question: when buying a new house, is there something you need to buy/sign up for in order to get your tv working?
I have no reception (streaming works but not "normal tv").
TV reception
Re: TV reception
Is it a house or an apartment/flat?
If you do not have an antenna on the roof then the signal will come from somewhere else, perhaps cable.
You need to match your equipment to the kind of signal: cable (comes down a cable under the street) or terrestrial (the kind that uses an antenna on the roof).
This difference is called DVB-C (cable) / DVB-T (terrestrial).
Newer equipment handles both DVB-T + DVB-C but older TV's and boxes were one or the other (you bought the right kind to match what you had at home).
If you get no channels at all tuned in then you might have DVB-C when you need DVB-T (or vv). If all the channels are recognized but not decoded, then you must sign up with somebody (this is mostly DVB-C since DVB-T always has at least some totally free channels which are not encrypted).
If you do not have an antenna on the roof then the signal will come from somewhere else, perhaps cable.
You need to match your equipment to the kind of signal: cable (comes down a cable under the street) or terrestrial (the kind that uses an antenna on the roof).
This difference is called DVB-C (cable) / DVB-T (terrestrial).
Newer equipment handles both DVB-T + DVB-C but older TV's and boxes were one or the other (you bought the right kind to match what you had at home).
If you get no channels at all tuned in then you might have DVB-C when you need DVB-T (or vv). If all the channels are recognized but not decoded, then you must sign up with somebody (this is mostly DVB-C since DVB-T always has at least some totally free channels which are not encrypted).
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Re: TV reception
Both DVB-C and DVB-T are required to have totally free channels (you get Yle this way).riku2 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 18, 2024 12:26 amIs it a house or an apartment/flat?
If you do not have an antenna on the roof then the signal will come from somewhere else, perhaps cable.
You need to match your equipment to the kind of signal: cable (comes down a cable under the street) or terrestrial (the kind that uses an antenna on the roof).
This difference is called DVB-C (cable) / DVB-T (terrestrial).
Newer equipment handles both DVB-T + DVB-C but older TV's and boxes were one or the other (you bought the right kind to match what you had at home).
If you get no channels at all tuned in then you might have DVB-C when you need DVB-T (or vv). If all the channels are recognized but not decoded, then you must sign up with somebody (this is mostly DVB-C since DVB-T always has at least some totally free channels which are not encrypted).
Re: TV reception
Hi to you both,
first of all, let me thank you for taking the time to write replies!
The TV (LG) was bought in 2021 and has worked in an apartment before, so neither DVB-T nor DVB-C should be an issue.
Now it is to be used in a house, no antenna on the roof (neither at my neighbors, the whole area is quite newly built).
No channels are found, not even encrypted ones, I just tried again.
When you mentioned signing up with somebody, are we talking about something like Elisa kanavakortti (which promises to give me additional channels or Elisa Viihde? All I need is the "regular" channels which I had the apartment, MTV3, FOX, YLE.
first of all, let me thank you for taking the time to write replies!
The TV (LG) was bought in 2021 and has worked in an apartment before, so neither DVB-T nor DVB-C should be an issue.
Now it is to be used in a house, no antenna on the roof (neither at my neighbors, the whole area is quite newly built).
No channels are found, not even encrypted ones, I just tried again.
When you mentioned signing up with somebody, are we talking about something like Elisa kanavakortti (which promises to give me additional channels or Elisa Viihde? All I need is the "regular" channels which I had the apartment, MTV3, FOX, YLE.