[Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV,

[Davies T.]

Dear Alex,

I agree with previous suggestions that you use a Freeview box.

There is of course the issue of connecting the TV to the Freeview
box. If the TV is really ancient then it only has a aerial socket on
the back, so you will have to make sure the Freeview box has a
UHF modulator fitted. The Freeview box then appears as a new
station (the only one in the whole tuning range!) and the channel
change is of course on the Freeview.

If the TV has a SCART connector, then it's easy. You just need to
use a SCART lead to connect to the Freeview box, and again you
select channels using the Freeview.

Some smaller sets had two RCA sockets, one white, one yellow.
If that is the case you need a SCART to RCA lead.

I would not use an up-to-date Freeview box, try and obtain an
old one because the latest boxes may not have SCART or a UHF
modulator!

Next step is to look closely at the front and back of the TV for
connectors. As a minimum there will be a TV coax socket for
the aerial. Hopefully a SCART or some RCA connectors as well.

Good luck!

Timothy Davies

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From: hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk [hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk] on behalf of Alex Duffield [alexmduffield at gmail.com]
Sent: 05 September 2017 11:57
To: Swansea Hackspace
Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV,

I have a 7inch b&w old portable TV in full working order, but of corse is analogue and there is no analogue transmissions left in this country, it works well as a radio but I would like to get it to pick up atleast some tv, anyone know a way to do this? I appreciate it's some pretty ancient tech nowadays lol
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