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Old 11th Feb 2019, 3:19 pm   #29
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Default Re: Freeview feeding signal to VCR issues.

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Originally Posted by winston_1 View Post

It is Lidl's own. It is NOT a Freeview box. It is a generic DVB-T box. The remote is unique, so you need the correct one. The signal overload refers to a short (at DC) on the aerial input as the 5v aerial amplifier is turned on. You need the remote to turn it off.
Just to explain further, the box will work with Freeview, but it won't display the EPG (programme guide). Now & Next will work (I think), Also the channel numbering (LCNs) won't be as expected unless you edit them.

Just why Lidl thought a generic digital terrestrial box was a good idea is anyone's guess, I can see the point of a generic D-Sat receiver as quite a lot of people watch services from Hotbird and Astra 19.2, and incidentally most of the staff and many of the customers at my local Lidl are Polish.
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