Changing my TV to work in Oz
Apr 22nd 2005, 12:52 am
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Changing my TV to work in Oz
So the TV makes the thousands of mile voyage from the UK, the picture works fine but no sound!
I knew that this was a possibililty due to the differing types of broadcast standard between the UK and Oz but I was hoping to still be able to get the TV to work here.
Does anyone know if I can switch my TV from UK PAL-I to Oz PAL B/G so that we can find out what the women are talking about on Desperate Housewives!
Its a Hitachi TV C28W511TN
I've checked the user manual at http://www.hitachiserviceeu.com/supp...userguides.htm
but there's no mention of changing PAL type - the instructions are all UK focused though so I think that it's probably a UK only TV.
Looks like I'll have to buy an Aussie VCR to connect through...
Any help would be gratefully received.
Cheers
GLR
I knew that this was a possibililty due to the differing types of broadcast standard between the UK and Oz but I was hoping to still be able to get the TV to work here.
Does anyone know if I can switch my TV from UK PAL-I to Oz PAL B/G so that we can find out what the women are talking about on Desperate Housewives!
Its a Hitachi TV C28W511TN
I've checked the user manual at http://www.hitachiserviceeu.com/supp...userguides.htm
but there's no mention of changing PAL type - the instructions are all UK focused though so I think that it's probably a UK only TV.
Looks like I'll have to buy an Aussie VCR to connect through...
Any help would be gratefully received.
Cheers
GLR
Apr 22nd 2005, 12:55 am
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Re: Changing my TV to work in Oz
Originally Posted by GLR
So the TV makes the thousands of mile voyage from the UK, the picture works fine but no sound!
I knew that this was a possibililty due to the differing types of broadcast standard between the UK and Oz but I was hoping to still be able to get the TV to work here.
Does anyone know if I can switch my TV from UK PAL-I to Oz PAL B/G so that we can find out what the women are talking about on Desperate Housewives!
Its a Hitachi TV C28W511TN
I've checked the user manual at http://www.hitachiserviceeu.com/supp...userguides.htm
but there's no mention of changing PAL type - the instructions are all UK focused though so I think that it's probably a UK only TV.
Looks like I'll have to buy an Aussie VCR to connect through...
Any help would be gratefully received.
Cheers
GLR
I knew that this was a possibililty due to the differing types of broadcast standard between the UK and Oz but I was hoping to still be able to get the TV to work here.
Does anyone know if I can switch my TV from UK PAL-I to Oz PAL B/G so that we can find out what the women are talking about on Desperate Housewives!
Its a Hitachi TV C28W511TN
I've checked the user manual at http://www.hitachiserviceeu.com/supp...userguides.htm
but there's no mention of changing PAL type - the instructions are all UK focused though so I think that it's probably a UK only TV.
Looks like I'll have to buy an Aussie VCR to connect through...
Any help would be gratefully received.
Cheers
GLR
We had our Australian TV done to work in the UK, and then done again here to work back in OZ
I think it was £35 in UK and $80 here.
Apr 22nd 2005, 4:44 am
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Re: Changing my TV to work in Oz
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
You can go to a TV specialist, they are able to alter them.
We had our Australian TV done to work in the UK, and then done again here to work back in OZ I think it was £35 in UK and $80 here.
We had our Australian TV done to work in the UK, and then done again here to work back in OZ
I think it was £35 in UK and $80 here.Cheers
GLR
Apr 22nd 2005, 6:51 am
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Re: Changing my TV to work in Oz
Originally Posted by GLR
So the TV makes the thousands of mile voyage from the UK, the picture works fine but no sound!
I knew that this was a possibililty due to the differing types of broadcast standard between the UK and Oz but I was hoping to still be able to get the TV to work here.
Does anyone know if I can switch my TV from UK PAL-I to Oz PAL B/G so that we can find out what the women are talking about on Desperate Housewives!
Its a Hitachi TV C28W511TN
I've checked the user manual at http://www.hitachiserviceeu.com/supp...userguides.htm
but there's no mention of changing PAL type - the instructions are all UK focused though so I think that it's probably a UK only TV.
Looks like I'll have to buy an Aussie VCR to connect through...
Any help would be gratefully received.
Cheers
GLR
I knew that this was a possibililty due to the differing types of broadcast standard between the UK and Oz but I was hoping to still be able to get the TV to work here.
Does anyone know if I can switch my TV from UK PAL-I to Oz PAL B/G so that we can find out what the women are talking about on Desperate Housewives!
Its a Hitachi TV C28W511TN
I've checked the user manual at http://www.hitachiserviceeu.com/supp...userguides.htm
but there's no mention of changing PAL type - the instructions are all UK focused though so I think that it's probably a UK only TV.
Looks like I'll have to buy an Aussie VCR to connect through...
Any help would be gratefully received.
Cheers
GLR
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Apr 22nd 2005, 7:46 am
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Re: Changing my TV to work in Oz
Originally Posted by NAC
I'm just glad to know they have Desperate Housewives showing in Oz
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Apr 22nd 2005, 9:31 am
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Re: Changing my TV to work in Oz
We hunted high and low for a VCR with SCART output, but apparently SCART is very much a European thing, so ended up buying a $99 set-top digital box that had SCART?! (Bought from The Good Guys)
All works OK now.
All works OK now.
Apr 22nd 2005, 9:43 am
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Re: Changing my TV to work in Oz
Originally Posted by carlos1340
We hunted high and low for a VCR with SCART output, but apparently SCART is very much a European thing, so ended up buying a $99 set-top digital box that had SCART?! (Bought from The Good Guys)
All works OK now.
All works OK now.
Apr 22nd 2005, 10:02 am
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Re: Changing my TV to work in Oz
The reason you get picture and no sound is because the PAL video signal is the same but in PAL-I (UK) the sound carrier is 6Mhz above the picture carrier but for PAL-B/G (Oz) it's 5.5Mhz above, hence no sound !
But as ABCDiamond says, a TV specialist can replace the tuner to PAL-B/G for you. $80 sounds reasonable to me. Nowadays, most newer TV's can pick up all PAL signals.
Phil
But as ABCDiamond says, a TV specialist can replace the tuner to PAL-B/G for you. $80 sounds reasonable to me. Nowadays, most newer TV's can pick up all PAL signals.
Phil
Last edited by Phil-UK; Apr 22nd 2005 at 10:04 am.
Apr 22nd 2005, 10:52 am
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Re: Changing my TV to work in Oz
Originally Posted by Phil-UK
The reason you get picture and no sound is because the PAL video signal is the same but in PAL-I (UK) the sound carrier is 6Mhz above the picture carrier but for PAL-B/G (Oz) it's 5.5Mhz above, hence no sound !
But as ABCDiamond says, a TV specialist can replace the tuner to PAL-B/G for you. $80 sounds reasonable to me. Nowadays, most newer TV's can pick up all PAL signals.
Phil
But as ABCDiamond says, a TV specialist can replace the tuner to PAL-B/G for you. $80 sounds reasonable to me. Nowadays, most newer TV's can pick up all PAL signals.
Phil
