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emeritus · 5th Mar 2012, 2:05 am

The Icecrypt worked fine. The modulator is set to Channel 38 by default but is easily changeable . I retuned to Ch 39 as my channel 5 is on Channel 37 and there was some sight patterning. You get "Tetris" and 2 other games as well! I stuck it to the side of the TV using self-adhesive "Velcro" from Maplin.

"Null points" for Comet customer service. When I emailed them to inform them that the Ferguson was unusable in modulator mode, I got what is presumably a stock reply that, as I had opened the package and used it, I couldn't return it. That is not what I understand the law to be, but as it was about as cheap a box as you can get, works OK in SCART mode, and I need some more boxes for some other SCART-fitted TVs that don't need a modulator, it wasn't worth the hassle [or petrol] of going back to the branch I had bought it from to demand a refund.

5th Mar 2012, 2:05 am	#51
emeritus Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brentwood, Essex, UK. Posts: 5,339	Re: Freeview box with a modulator The Icecrypt worked fine. The modulator is set to Channel 38 by default but is easily changeable . I retuned to Ch 39 as my channel 5 is on Channel 37 and there was some sight patterning. You get "Tetris" and 2 other games as well! I stuck it to the side of the TV using self-adhesive "Velcro" from Maplin. "Null points" for Comet customer service. When I emailed them to inform them that the Ferguson was unusable in modulator mode, I got what is presumably a stock reply that, as I had opened the package and used it, I couldn't return it. That is not what I understand the law to be, but as it was about as cheap a box as you can get, works OK in SCART mode, and I need some more boxes for some other SCART-fitted TVs that don't need a modulator, it wasn't worth the hassle [or petrol] of going back to the branch I had bought it from to demand a refund.