Hi,
Please help enlighten me on this, I have a Panomax STB (with recorder function). My question is:
1. Can a digital STB receive a TV signal if that TV signal does not have a digital broadcast option? Say, The TV signal or channel is purely analogue (or cable TV) can my STB still receive it?
2. I have a cable connection (Foxtel) port in my room and it is directly connected to the antenna port of my TV, how come if I connect instead the antenna cable (from Foxtel) to my STB and connect the A/V OUT of my STB to the A/V IN of my TV, my STB cannot detect any channel. If I return the antenna cable (from Foxtel) and connect it back to my TV antenna, my TV can capture it under UHF channels??
I want to record those Foxtel shows that I'll keep on missing.
The original setup in #2 is: On my wall have a socket/port (Foxtel), there is a antenna cable connected to it, and it is directly connected to my TV antenna port. I'm in a hotel type residence and we have Foxtel connection in all our room.
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It sounds like you have Foxtel chennels being received and converted to RF channels.
Do you actually have a Foxtel box/decoder? If not, it's as I described. This will not give you DTV quality, as the distributed signals are analogue.
A digital STB will only receive digital transmissions and your antenna/distribution system must be designed to receive the digital channels.
Do you actually have a Foxtel box/decoder? If not, it's as I described. This will not give you DTV quality, as the distributed signals are analogue.
A digital STB will only receive digital transmissions and your antenna/distribution system must be designed to receive the digital channels.
QUOTE (mtv @ Jul 23 2008, 02:07 PM) 
It sounds like you have Foxtel chennels being received and converted to RF channels.
Do you actually have a Foxtel box/decoder? If not, it's as I described. This will not give you DTV quality, as the distributed signals are analogue.
A digital STB will only receive digital transmissions and your antenna/distribution system must be designed to receive the digital channels.
Do you actually have a Foxtel box/decoder? If not, it's as I described. This will not give you DTV quality, as the distributed signals are analogue.
A digital STB will only receive digital transmissions and your antenna/distribution system must be designed to receive the digital channels.
Hi,
Yes, I don't have a box/decoder in my room, only a socket. So maybe the Foxtel channles are indeed received and coverted to RF.
So there is really no way I can record (connect to STB) my Foxtel connection?
QUOTE (mtv @ Jul 23 2008, 02:07 PM)
It sounds like you have Foxtel chennels being received and converted to RF channels.
Do you actually have a Foxtel box/decoder? If not, it's as I described. This will not give you DTV quality, as the distributed signals are analogue.
A digital STB will only receive digital transmissions and your antenna/distribution system must be designed to receive the digital channels.
Do you actually have a Foxtel box/decoder? If not, it's as I described. This will not give you DTV quality, as the distributed signals are analogue.
A digital STB will only receive digital transmissions and your antenna/distribution system must be designed to receive the digital channels.
Hi,
Yes, I don't have a box/decoder in my room, only a socket. So maybe the Foxtel channles are indeed received and coverted to RF.
So there is really no way I can record (connect to STB) my Foxtel connection?
QUOTE (mtv @ Jul 23 2008, 02:07 PM)
It sounds like you have Foxtel chennels being received and converted to RF channels.
Do you actually have a Foxtel box/decoder? If not, it's as I described. This will not give you DTV quality, as the distributed signals are analogue.
A digital STB will only receive digital transmissions and your antenna/distribution system must be designed to receive the digital channels.
Do you actually have a Foxtel box/decoder? If not, it's as I described. This will not give you DTV quality, as the distributed signals are analogue.
A digital STB will only receive digital transmissions and your antenna/distribution system must be designed to receive the digital channels.
Hi,
Yes, I don't have a box/decoder in my room, only a socket. So maybe the Foxtel channles are indeed received and coverted to RF.
So there is really no way I can record (connect to STB) my Foxtel connection?
Short answer is no, the STB needs to get the digital FTA signal via a standard antenna.
The Foxtel plug you have sends a signal only reconisable by a foxtel box. In your situation it is generally recommended to pay the extra $10 a week and get the Foxtel IQ.
Also many distributed antenna systems also filter the spectrum they recieve so that while they can get in the analogue signal they digital signal is blocked.
You sould consider getting an indoor antenna like the L4016 ($20) form dick smith. It might not work but it may well - they have a 14 day money back guarantee - you would plug it straight into your STB.
Regards
Peter Gillespie
PS You have a distributed foxtel system which means the signal comes from some central place in the building and out your plug.
The Foxtel plug you have sends a signal only reconisable by a foxtel box. In your situation it is generally recommended to pay the extra $10 a week and get the Foxtel IQ.
Also many distributed antenna systems also filter the spectrum they recieve so that while they can get in the analogue signal they digital signal is blocked.
You sould consider getting an indoor antenna like the L4016 ($20) form dick smith. It might not work but it may well - they have a 14 day money back guarantee - you would plug it straight into your STB.
Regards
Peter Gillespie
PS You have a distributed foxtel system which means the signal comes from some central place in the building and out your plug.
QUOTE (TheBroker @ Jul 23 2008, 04:13 PM)
So there is really no way I can record (connect to STB) my Foxtel connection?
Does the TV will have AV outputs.? Most likely composite (red/white/yellow)? It might be the TV is basically 'secured' to only allow watching not recording.These could be plugged into a simple cheap DVDR recorder and it will record what's currently on. Note it will only record what's currently on screen so you have to change the channel to record other stuff.
Perhaps ring Foxtel and ask what options you might have on getting an IQ?
Regards
Peter Gillespie
QUOTE (pgdownload @ Jul 23 2008, 03:30 PM)
Does the TV will have AV outputs.? Most likely composite (red/white/yellow)? It might be the TV is basically 'secured' to only allow watching not recording.
These could be plugged into a simple cheap DVDR recorder and it will record what's currently on. Note it will only record what's currently on screen so you have to change the channel to record other stuff.
Perhaps ring Foxtel and ask what options you might have on getting an IQ?
Regards
Peter Gillespie
These could be plugged into a simple cheap DVDR recorder and it will record what's currently on. Note it will only record what's currently on screen so you have to change the channel to record other stuff.
Perhaps ring Foxtel and ask what options you might have on getting an IQ?
Regards
Peter Gillespie
Hi,
Yes, you are correct, we have a distributed foxtel system, so we don't have any foxtel box/decoder in our room, only an antenna socket. I originally thought my STB can be connected to it then record, but I was wrong. That "TV signal" (foxtel) is ourely analogue or don't have any digital data to be received by my STB, right?
Thanks again everybody for your inputs!
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