Re: A FreeView tuner for radio.

Dave Plowman (News) schreef:
In article <48283108$0$6001$ba620dc5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
TheFug <nosp@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) schreef:
A pal has a small manufacturing facility where the radio is on all
day. It's been cobbled together using his Hi-Fi throw outs but last
time I heard it sounded remarkably good. The speakers are a rather
kicked pair of Tannoy Yorks slung from a roof truss and driven by a
Quad 303. ;-) It's mainly on R1 FM with occasional bursts of R5 for
footie. The tuner, branded Goodmans is pretty old and has died.

It occurred to me since the MW reception is pretty diabolical due to
interference from the machines etc, that a FreeView tuner might be an
easy and cheap option. There is a UHF aerial feed available.

Any thoughts on make for something reliable and stable and cheap?


There's a computer network available, also with Internet ? Internet
radio could than be a solution, an seperate iRadio or dedicated pc...

Sounds an incredibly complicated way to listen to the radio. And given the
youngest part of this setup is at least 15 years old, how many modern PCs
have a life anywhere near that?

Freeview ? don'loose the remote or break it, otherwise it still gets expensive...

Yes. I'm thinking, as Owain suggested, two tuners and keep the remotes
somewhere safe. Assuming the tuners will boot up to the channel they were
last on - the system gets powered down nights and weekends. Via a master
isolator for the entire place which makes things difficult to leave them
powered up.

If you doo use a subscription, keep in mind that the powerdown situation, could have effect on the update function,
Otherwise, check all software menu's also for the "boot-up" preset, most of the time it's also the channel during it was switched off at...
Also most remote controles are Infra Red transmitting, which means, that the receiver can be locked away in a see-through cabinet, or when near to window, you can also switch off, when you allready closed up.
Infra Red range extenders are also available... for poor reception of the DVB-T signal itself, there are also active antenna's, the receiver should have an option to power these though...(if not provided externally...)

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