Yeah I've recicved a few PM's and been trying to do some research when I've had time, as ideally I don't want to fork out £200-300 for an item which may be a different region or not work at all.
So what's the difference between a 'AH42-19C063-AE' unit and a one which ends in AF, AH, AC??

If theres no difference, why the price variations? some are like £150 dearer?

They have different frequencies and also coding formats. only one or two types work in the UK IIRC.

This should help...

http://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic28300.html FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
Mantec Sump Guard, Rigid Load liner, MY10 BT upgrade.

ere-750 surely if you are buying one off someone on the forum that has being using it on their car then it would work for you too? or am i missing something ?

best

andy

andyleeds,

For example, someone on the forum has a functioning unit for sale & resides in Germany, America or somewhere in Asia we know that they use different frequencies, so no use to anyone in the UK.

It is a working unit, from someone on the forum, but it wouldn't work for me. I hope that helps.

rgds

DRE

This wikipedia article explains about Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_te...ion#France

Down the page there is a table showing the formats used throughout the world. Europe uses DVB-T. As I understand this, if the transmission is in the same format then, provided the decoder is compatible, it will not matter which country the decoder comes from.

UK transmits in DVB-T for SD and DVB-T2 for HD. As the early touchscreens (not sure of the later ones) aren't HD then the DVB-T transmissions should work in the UK with a decoder that has worked previously in a FF from a country using DVB-T.

My understanding of the situation and open to correction. John
2008 Stornoway Grey 3.6 Tdv8 Vogue
2005 TD6 Java Black Vogue - Written off!!
GAP iiD BT
2003 Discovery TD5 Auto, Nanocom Evolution - gone to a new home!
MasseyFerguson 152 - No electronics!! - Sold

I'd read that and personally, didn't find it benefited my knowledge of range rover tv tuners. To be honest, a better understanding would be gained from reading about PAL, SECAM and NTSC - but it's beyond the scope of this topic.

A far more useful read would be in this thread: http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic26909.html?highlight=aw93

Moreover, I've found a unit i'm pursuing, it's been a learning curve!

Cheers

But PAL, SECAM and NTSC are analogue so not relevant.

Good luck with the pursuit.  John
2008 Stornoway Grey 3.6 Tdv8 Vogue
2005 TD6 Java Black Vogue - Written off!!
GAP iiD BT
2003 Discovery TD5 Auto, Nanocom Evolution - gone to a new home!
MasseyFerguson 152 - No electronics!! - Sold

*Sigh* PAL and NTSC may be analogue terms, but since many of their specs carried over into digital transmission in terms of frame dimension and frame rates etc, the compatibility issues haven't gone away. Hence Pal Digital, NTSC digital.
Further proving, why the foreign units are not compatible with our vehicles, the signals are still different 50Hz, 60Hz etc. If it was as easy as you make out, we'd have a universal standard.

But thanks for your input nonetheless

Hey dre so as I understand it you want a freeview that works in the UK ?

If that's the case there's a couple for sale from UK forum members on sale on the forum? Me included, are one of those no good?

Another important part is to check if your country is using mpeg2 or mpeg4. Ffrr digital hybrid tuners only work with mpeg2.