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Correct me if I'm wrong Hilldweller but I think Derek is referring to Freeview digital signals through a normal aerial not satellite.
JohnW
Oh, I see.
He's optimistic, I can *see* the Winter Hill transmitter from here but the signals are so week I can never get Ch5 and others break up.
They'd better improve dramatically when analogue is turned off or else we are going to have to learn to talk to the wife, nay worse, listen to the wife.
To the humourless of MHF let me point out that this is a joke and I love talking and listening to my wife, OK.
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It is highly unlikely that you will pick up terrestrial freeview signals in France. You might be extremely lucky and get something on the coast, but no further
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You are unlikely to get Freeview in France, although you can get some signal in Calais or Dunkerque on the waterfront. When Switchover happens you will get less of a signal. This is because all countries use the same system and frequencies for Digital Terrestrial (DVB-T) and therefore the signal from the transmitters that face Europe will have to be regulated so that they will not interfere with France, Belgium and Holland. This also explains why the East of England will have switchover later than most.
If you still want DVB-T in Europe but don't mind not having english speaking programmes, then a Freeview box will work anywhere that there is a DVB-t signal.
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We watched the World Cup Final on Freeview while wildcamping at Cherieux on the Brittany/Normandy border. Good reception but commentary in French.
Barrie.
This was using a Status 530 Aerial
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In most respects digital freeview is no different from analogue freeview. Once you are out of range you won't get anything. Unlike analogue digital is all or nothing, the picture doesn't deteriorate, it stops.
It was my understanding that adjacent transmitters went out on a different frequency which is how you sometimes get multiple broadcasts if you use an omnidirectional aerial. We found this a bit of a problem when we were demonstrating tv cards at NEC.
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Doug
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