US and European cable TV frequencies
Mihran Tuceryan
channels. I brought it to the US when I returned from Germany which I
now use. The TV has a programmable channel layout and fine-tuning
capability, so I can tune in to the US cable channels here and store
them. But since the US cable channel frequencies do not correspond to
the European standard channels, everytime I have to add a new channel,
it is a time consuming task to search and fine-tune. The searching is
what takes most of the time and energy. It would be great if there was
some sort of guide which indicated what US cable channel corresponded to
the vicinity of what european C- or S-channel. Then I could simply go
there and fine-tune.
My question is: is there such a correspondence guide out there?
Mihran
Laurence Taylor
-> I bought in Germany a multi-norm TV with a cable tuner with the C and S
-> channels. I brought it to the US when I returned from Germany which I
-> now use. The TV has a programmable channel layout and fine-tuning
-> capability, so I can tune in to the US cable channels here and store
-> them. But since the US cable channel frequencies do not correspond to
-> the European standard channels, everytime I have to add a new channel,
-> it is a time consuming task to search and fine-tune. The searching is
-> what takes most of the time and energy. It would be great if there was
-> some sort of guide which indicated what US cable channel corresponded to
-> the vicinity of what european C- or S-channel. Then I could simply go
-> there and fine-tune.
->
-> My question is: is there such a correspondence guide out there?
Not to my knowledge, although the frequency details of both the EU and
US channels are available separately (sorry, I don't have them).
However, I do not think that there is any way to avoid your problem; TV
channels in the US are 6MHz apart, whereas EU channels are 8 MHz apart,
thus fine-tuning will always be necessary.
You do not give the make of the TV; if there is a US version of the set,
it may be possible to convert it so it works correctly with the US
channels.
rgds
LAurence
Mihran Tuceryan
> ->
> -> My question is: is there such a correspondence guide out there?
>
> Not to my knowledge, although the frequency details of both the EU and
> US channels are available separately (sorry, I don't have them).
>
> However, I do not think that there is any way to avoid your problem; TV
> channels in the US are 6MHz apart, whereas EU channels are 8 MHz apart,
> thus fine-tuning will always be necessary.
Fine tuning is no problem. I just want to avoid a lot of search. Well,
anyway, by now I pretty much have most of the channels programmed
anyway. It only becomes a problem when the cable company adds a new
channel or when I move to a new place. I guess I won't worry about it
anytime soon.
>
> You do not give the make of the TV; if there is a US version of the set,
> it may be possible to convert it so it works correctly with the US
> channels.
My TV is Grundig. And it is multi-norm. It's surprising that for a TV
claiming to be multi-norm, it only has the European cable frequencies
and not the US ones. There must have been a SW switch to set the correct
norm. I can switch between norms very easily.
In any case, I wouldn't want to convert the TV to the US norm, because I
sometimes get video tapes recorded in Europe in PAL norm and I would
want to be able to watch them.
Thanks for the reply, though.
Mihran
>
> rgds
> LAurence
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Laurence Taylor
-> My TV is Grundig. And it is multi-norm. It's surprising that for a TV
-> claiming to be multi-norm, it only has the European cable frequencies
-> and not the US ones. There must have been a SW switch to set the correct
-> norm. I can switch between norms very easily.
This is usually the case; the makers assume that the set will be used in
its own country, and any "foreign" programming will come from videotape
or satellite.
-> In any case, I wouldn't want to convert the TV to the US norm, because I
-> sometimes get video tapes recorded in Europe in PAL norm and I would
-> want to be able to watch them.
Probably the US version of the set would also be multi-system, the
difference would be in the tuning section only. This might involve
something as simple as replacing one microchip. It might not, of course!
A call to Grundig might be useful, although they normally only deal with
their own account holders.
-> Thanks for the reply, though.
No problem.
rgds
LAurence