Old On Digital Box - Britmovie

aphra · 23-03-2008, 12:11 AM

I have just hooked up an old On Digital box (Philips) to an even older television set and made an RF connection because the TV has not Scart socket. I was surprised to find that the only Freeview channels I can get are
BBC3
BBC4
BBC 24 NEWS
and about three others.
Is this all the old box is capable of today, or should I try to run some sort of upgrade on it? Any suggestions, please. Thanks.

MrT · 23-03-2008, 12:21 AM

You may need to search for channels - click on the "Menu" button on the remote and you should see a "search channels" or "find channels" option. I don't see any reason why an "on digital" box should fail to find the current freeview channels, assuming that they are using the same frequency range for transmissions as "on digital" did.

Best wishes
Mike (MrT)

autolycus · 23-03-2008, 02:26 PM

I've been using an old Pace Ondigital box up until very recently and it worked fine - picked up all the channels more modern boxes do. It was quite tricky to get into the menu though for some reason. As to getting these channels via RF, i think that depends on the box.

Rob Compton · 23-03-2008, 05:32 PM

I'm still using an old Philips On Digital box for Freeview - works fine. I agree about the probable need for finding channels.

rgds
Rob

23-03-2008, 12:11 AM	#1
aphra Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: London Posts: 601 Country: iTrader: (41)	Old On Digital Box I have just hooked up an old On Digital box (Philips) to an even older television set and made an RF connection because the TV has not Scart socket. I was surprised to find that the only Freeview channels I can get are BBC3 BBC4 BBC 24 NEWS and about three others. Is this all the old box is capable of today, or should I try to run some sort of upgrade on it? Any suggestions, please. Thanks.

23-03-2008, 02:26 PM	#3
autolycus Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Surrey Posts: 21 Country: iTrader: (1)	I've been using an old Pace Ondigital box up until very recently and it worked fine - picked up all the channels more modern boxes do. It was quite tricky to get into the menu though for some reason. As to getting these channels via RF, i think that depends on the box. Last edited by autolycus; 23-03-2008 at 02:29 PM.

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23-03-2008, 12:21 AM	#2
MrT Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Portsmouth Posts: 263 Country: iTrader: (24)	You may need to search for channels - click on the "Menu" button on the remote and you should see a "search channels" or "find channels" option. I don't see any reason why an "on digital" box should fail to find the current freeview channels, assuming that they are using the same frequency range for transmissions as "on digital" did. Best wishes Mike (MrT)

23-03-2008, 05:32 PM	#4
Rob Compton Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 1,197 Country: iTrader: (2)	I'm still using an old Philips On Digital box for Freeview - works fine. I agree about the probable need for finding channels. rgds Rob