#HOW TO INSTALL A DVD PLAYER TO AN OLD TV TV#
Plug a SCART socket in one end, and an aerial lead to your TV in the other, and then tune in the TV. It creates a “Modulated” TV channel that your TV can tune into. If your TV doesn’t have a SCART socket, then you can get an ‘ RF Modulator box‘ – it converts a SCART feed to an aerial feed. Get a device called an RF modulator (see below).Connect the box to the TV via a video recorder (see below).Replace it with a box that has a modulator (not always practical, but it’s an option).I have a box that doesn’t have a modulator!Īll is not lost – there are three options: The Icecrypt T5000 – Freeview box for TVs without a SCART socket. DVD Player: Most DVD players do not have a modulated aerial output.Video recorders: Most VCRs do have a modulated aerial output.Freesat: The most common Freesat boxes from Humax, the Foxsat range, do not have a modulated aerial output.If you’re looking for a Freeview box that does have a modulated output, we recommend the TVonics MFR200. Freeview: Most basic boxes do not support a modulated output.BT Vision: BT Vision’s original, grey-coloured, V+ box has an RF modulated aerial output ( BT Vision Modulator help).Virgin Media: Most Virgin Media boxes have a modulated aerial output.All of Sky’s set-top boxes have modulated aerial outputs. Here is some general information on equipment that has a modulator: You need to connect whatever equipment you want to your TV set, making sure it’s modulated, then tune in your TV to the equipment. When you connected a video recorder to your TV, you would then tune a preset (like button 8) to the video recorder’s channel, channel 37.
Often, they used to “modulate” on channel 37, but there was normally a way of changing this. Practical example: Connecting a video recorder. Once a box “modulates” its output, then you tune your TV into the channel number of the box. If you have a piece of equipment that you can to connect to a TV via an aerial socket – what you want it to do is “modulate” – which means to make its signal appear as a channel from 21 to 65. Each of the main 5 TV channels will be on a channel from 21 to 65. What you’re actually doing is tuning in each preset to a channel that’s broadcasting between 21 and 65 on the UHF band. “BBC1 on channel 1”, “ITV on channel 3, etc. The way that a good old analogue telly works, is that you connect an aerial, then tune in each of the presets to a channel – i.e. Need a Freeview box that can connect to a TV without a SCART socket?Ĭonsider the Icecrypt T5000 – this connects to a TV using an aerial cable (SCART also supported).
You can connect most types of set-top box, DVD player, video recorder, etc, but the output of the box must be “modulated”. I only have a TV aerial socket, what do I do? There are other types, but these are the most common. If you’re looking to connect a piece of equipment to your TV set, chances are that connection will be made using one of the following four types of connector. Normally you’d use a SCART lead to do this, but some old TV sets don’t have a SCART socket. You’ll need to buy a digital TV set-top box and connect it to your TV. If you have an old TV, you can still use this to get digital TV. I have an old TV – how can I get digital TV? Got a TV set that doesn’t have a SCART socket and looking to connect a set-top box? We can help…