RTE on Freeview

[tbrick18]

Ok this is probably a stupid question, but how do I scan for RTE freeview? I've a Samsung tv, not sure off the top of my head what the model is.
Also, I have the PlayTV box for Playstation3. Would I be able to get RTE freeview on it?

[blewuporstuffed]

this might have been covered already but:
i an trying to get RTE through my freeview box , but all i can get is sound, no pickture. the channels come up on the EPG alright, but just a black screen and sound. is this something to do with the freeview box i'm using or is it down to poor signal?

Does your freeview box support MPEG4?

Heres the supported boxs > http://www.saorview.ie/products-retailers/saorview-approved-product-listings/

well its not on that list so maybe it doesnt, its a thomson topup tv box

[Goldengreen]

this might have been covered already but:
i an trying to get RTE through my freeview box , but all i can get is sound, no pickture. the channels come up on the EPG alright, but just a black screen and sound. is this something to do with the freeview box i'm using or is it down to poor signal?

Sounds with no picture would indicate that the decoder in yourset top box is MPEG-2. MPEG-2 is what the Freeview used. But Saorview used MPEG-4. Though I hear that the Freeview HD ste top boxes are MPEG-4 so if you had a Freeview HD box you would be able to get picture and sounds from Saroview.

[Onion Bag]

Sorry lads i know this whole thread is a full discussion on this but i couldnt be bothered reading through 7 pages. i have 3 tvs in the house, all digital, unfortunetly none of them have rte 1, rte2, tv3, or tg4 in the program list. now i am aware that these channels are going digital this year.
can someone tell me, what is it that i have to buy, is is a booster to go into my roof space or is it a dopey looking box that sits beside each and also how much dough are we talking??

thanks in advance 

[armaghniac]

Assuming that you can get a analogue RTE signal then you need a dopey looking box or a new TV.

[Onion Bag]

You assumed right, I do get rte through analogue, how much are these boxes? Could I no buy 1 and put it in the attic along with my ariel?

[Dougal Maguire]

Anyone know if Saorview will be extending its package of channels?

[armaghniac]

Published on 1st February 2012 at 20:37 by Brian Butterworth
A special service for 80%-90% of households in Northern Ireland will see three Freeview additional channels being available. These will be:

TG4 - Irish language television channel - Teilifis Gaeilge
RTÉ Television: RTÉ One
RTÉ Television: RTÉ Two (in HD on Saorview)


Some homes will be able to receive the services directly from the Saorview transmitters in the RoI (see SAORVIEW - Ireland's free digital television service ), and others will, from the digital switchover date of Wednesday 24th October 2012, have a service provided from three Freeview transmitters in Northern Ireland.

Brougher Mountain at 2kW on C36
Black Mountain at 1kW on unknown channel
Carnmoney Hill 16w on unknown channel

However, you will not be able to view these services using a standard-definition Freeview receiver - a Freeview HD box or set will be required. It is not known at this time if the NIMM will carry RTE2 in HD, as per the Saorview service. TG4 and RTE1 are broadcast in standard definition at the moment.

The requirement for a Freeview HD receiver is because the services are being broadcasting in "D-Book Option 11", which uses the DVB-T2 standard ("a new mode, option 11, is being planned for a multiplex in Northern Ireland. Receivers should be able to switch between these automatically", D-Book 7, DTG164 is defined in appendix G as: FFT size 32k, 16QAM modulation, 1/128 guard interval, PP7, FEC 64800). Digital Television - Technical guidance on the availability of TG4 in Northern Ireland after digital switchover says that Option 11 is: DVB-T2 16QAM FEC 1/2.

[LeoMc]

You assumed right, I do get rte through analogue, how much are these boxes? Could I no buy 1 and put it in the attic along with my ariel?

Freeview HD set-top-box should work, though this goes beside your TV, not in the attic.

What about a HD TV with Freeview? or would you still need a set-top box?

[armaghniac]

What about a HD TV with Freeview? or would you still need a set-top box?

A set capable of picking up Freeview HD should be able to pick up RTE either from the Belfast transmitters or directly as Saorview from the cross border transmitters.

[ludermor]

Is there any way of picking up RTE in England? I know a few lads who have irish sky boxes which works but the place im in had BTvision

[Applesisapples]

Just a point on tuning for Saorview on an Mpeg4 TV. I have a panasonic and when I do an automatic scan it does not pick up or it removes RTE. However when I go into settings and make it region specific it then picks up all the saorview channels. I don't know if this applies to other makes.

[mick999]

Is there any way of picking up RTE in England? I know a few lads who have irish sky boxes which works but the place im in had BTvision

Saorsat might be an option , which is the satellite version of saorview, but coverage will be very limited as it is a spot beam focused on Ireland :



More info here:

http://www.saortv.info/satellite-saorsat/
http://www.satellitetv.ie/shop/index.php?controller=product&path=27&product_id=352
http://www.techtir.ie/saortv/saorsat
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055968485

[Goldengreen]

Just a point on tuning for Saorview on an Mpeg4 TV. I have a panasonic and when I do an automatic scan it does not pick up or it removes RTE. However when I go into settings and make it region specific it then picks up all the saorview channels. I don't know if this applies to other makes.

I assume that you make it region specific to Ireland, and when you do that can you still pick up the freeview stations.

[cornafean]

Is there any way of picking up RTE in England? I know a few lads who have irish sky boxes which works but the place im in had BTvision

Saorsat might be an option , which is the satellite version of saorview, but coverage will be very limited as it is a spot beam focused on Ireland :



More info here:

http://www.saortv.info/satellite-saorsat/
http://www.satellitetv.ie/shop/index.php?controller=product&path=27&product_id=352
http://www.techtir.ie/saortv/saorsat
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055968485

Is this map for real? Is Inishowen's Saorsat coverage going to be as bad as parts of Brittany?