Digi-Box to Old Analogue TV
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Amanda Christine Cox posted on Thursday 20th June at 11:09I have a really nice TV from the 80’s that has an excellent picture. I have 2 digiboxes spare and would like to see if I can get a gadget to convert D to A to put in a co-ax ariel socket in the back so I can watch TV on it. Anyone know if such a gadget exists and where I can get one?
Something like this one http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philex-28207RF-Satellite-Receiver-Modulator/dp/B003922ZF4/ref=sr_1_7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1371738423&sr=1-7&keywords=freeview+modulator
Even if the TV has no SCART socket, it may have a “composite video in”. They are usually a “phono” socket, and usually come with two identical photo sockets for left and right sound input (or just one for mono).
You can easy get a SCART->composite lead.
http://www.tvcables.co.uk/images/items/scart-to-component-2m.jpg
It’s much better to do it this way than using a modulator, the picture quality is vastly better.
I’ve struggled to find any boxes that output UHF. It’s SCART/RCA or bust these days!
Bear in mind the box will output stereo sound, and a TV from the 80s will almost certainly be mono, so if you go the composite route, you’ll need to “merge” L+R into one channel somehow.
Bear in mind the box will output stereo sound, and a TV from the 80s will almost certainly be mono, so if you go the composite route, you’ll need to “merge” L+R into one channel somehow.
Some boxes (Like my Humax) do have an option for “mono” or “stereo” in the set up menu.
A Goodmans GDR11 has both RF Modulator and SCART and would work on any TV.
One sold here
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Yep it is easy to do.
As your TV is from the 80s it probably won’t have a SCART connection, so as you say, you need to connect a box to the TV using co-ax.
My advice is either find a box with a UHF modulator built-in – good quality set top boxes may have one built in, cheap tat from Tesco/Asda/Argos etc.. won’t OR go to a high street shop like Maplin and buy a UHF modulator and use any set top box you like.