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mikey2gorgeous · 08-12-07, 05:18 PM

Hi all,
I noticed LIDL selling what they brand as a 'terrestrial freeview reciever' for £40. It is a Silvercrest SL35 BUT it has an RS232 on the back!

Is it possible to flash it with new code to get it to do what a eurovox can? Or is it the wrong sort of tuner to take a cable signal?

If it is I'm off to get 3!!!

Mike

the insaan · 08-12-07, 05:21 PM

nope, the chances are that it is equipped with a dvb-T tuner and not a dvb-c tuner like the eurovox, it wont be able to handle the frequencies

lincsat · 09-12-07, 02:11 AM

Seems expensive for a freeview box - the big supermarkets sell them for around half that price.

08-12-07, 05:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
mikey2gorgeous Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: South Coast, UK Posts: 8 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	LIDL £40 terrestrial reciever Hi all, I noticed LIDL selling what they brand as a 'terrestrial freeview reciever' for £40. It is a Silvercrest SL35 BUT it has an RS232 on the back! Is it possible to flash it with new code to get it to do what a eurovox can? Or is it the wrong sort of tuner to take a cable signal? If it is I'm off to get 3!!! Mike

08-12-07, 05:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
the insaan The Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Burnley Posts: 1,616 Thanks: 136 Thanked 101 Times in 64 Posts	Re: LIDL £40 terrestrial reciever nope, the chances are that it is equipped with a dvb-T tuner and not a dvb-c tuner like the eurovox, it wont be able to handle the frequencies __________________ Last edited by the insaan; 09-12-07 at 02:11 AM.

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lincsat Super-Dooper Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In front of the PC Posts: 5,913 Thanks: 8 Thanked 2,575 Times in 663 Posts	Re: LIDL £40 terrestrial reciever Seems expensive for a freeview box - the big supermarkets sell them for around half that price. __________________ Blade7000 & Vu+ Duo in Stock, Linux Sat boxes from £52.25. Kryptview £123.50 & SV7 under £93 with Members Discount - Lincsat's Nick-Nacks (Shop) Drivers Protest Union

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