we were told by the shipping company that uk tvs will not work in australia is that right as it wont be worth taking them?

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Hi,
We are bringing are TV's from UK, 4 Sony LCD's. Have contacted Sony and they said they can chip them to work in Oz for £30 each then we just select Australia in the country dropdown.

Seen a thread on here somewhere and someone said any tv can be chipped when you arrive but they said $100 each.

AFAIK, Oz works on the PAL system also but the sound comes through on a differnt signal so it will be "All picture and no sound" without getting the tv chipped.

We brought a Sony Bravia LCD tv over from the uk and it works fine with no chip or set top box.

Our Panasonic Viera plasma wont work here. Theres no menu function on it to change the countries

However if we purchase a set-top box it should work....hopefully

It will work but the picture will be upside down.

Lol even if I stand on my head theres no picture. It wont find ought when you try and tune it. Luckily we have Foxtel. Though even with that they dont carry channels 7,9 and 10. Then again theres bog all on them channels anyways

Excellent work, next time I think of a question I'll just PM you Hutch!

I think it depends on the type of TV. We brought a Philips (probably about 9 years old) across and when we plugged it in we got a picture but no sound. Bought a digibox and Bob is your proverbial Uncle.

I have a Philips, about 6 years old, I selected Germany as the country option, and it works fine here in Australia, which happens to use the same picture and sound settings as Germany. I think it also worked on the France setting.

Think I'll try that then and save myself some money.

Cheers

We bought our UK tv with us as it was only a year old. It is a Phillips and it works perfectly, never had to tune it in differently than we did back at home.

Someone else I know here though bought a plasma with them and they can only use it through foxtel so it must just depend on what type it is. It is worth bringing it and having a go though.

Sarah

The UK TV system is UHF pal I but down under they use UHF pal G (and, if memory serves, some VHF pal B - That may be out of date).

So for those who have a TV from the UK there is a good chance the menu allows you to change from I to G.
If not use a set top box and the A/V input.

That brings me on to the next point. The UK and Europe use a connector called a 21 pin scart but I don't believe it's the norm in Oz so take some scart to phono adaptors with you that have in out switching or you may find yourself stuffed.

Try a full reset, and you may get a country selection.

Many places here will sell scart connectors.
I even bought a TV here that had 2 scart connectors, and I have also bought a PVR that has 2 Scart connectors.

The Analogue TV standards are:
Australia uses System B : Colour = PAL : Stereo = Zweiton B/G
United Kingdom uses System I : Colour = PAL : Stereo = Nicam I
Germany uses System B & G : Colour = PAL : Stereo = Zweiton B/G

However, analogue is being discontinued soon, so anyone with an analogue TV will need a STB anyway.

Yep tried that and still no joy. I even managed to access the service menu's and still nothing. I'm going to have to bite the bullet and get a set-top box. Cheers anyway