Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh !!! New Tv, No Channels

[dieseldick]

i have only internet from vigin media in my hoome, though i have an android box which gives me free channels running off my broadband.

just bought new 50" smart tv today. plugged it in, plugged it into android box, connected android to tv via hdmi cable. android box is also connected to my router via ethernet cable.

run a first time installation, searched for channels. ZILCH !!!

says no channels found, please check your antenna connection .

its driving me mad.

[hc4361]

Yes, FF, because you can watch live tv through the android box.

[Milvus]

The TV licensing website say "If you watch or record programmes as they're being shown on TV or an online TV service, you need to be covered by a TV Licence. This is the case whether you use a TV, computer, tablet, mobile phone, games console, digital box, DVD/VHS recorder or any other device".
So you don't need a license if you do NOT watch or record TV as it is broadcast. Whether you have the capability to do so is immaterial I think

[hc4361]

Milvus, their attitude is that if you have the equipment to watch live or record live tv you need a licence.

[Milvus]

Their statement on the website is unambiguous. The two verbs they use are watch or record, not own or use. the burden of proof is with them I think. I have a car cable of speeds in excess of 160 mph, but the traffic police don't cite me for speeding without proof.

[dieseldick]

ok, just bought a bush hdmi 1m cable £9.99 everythings working.

1 bad point. my so called smart tv ( hitachi , 50" ,wifi , freeview , full HD 1080 ,mpeg4, isnt so much of a big deal, as a matter of fact my old tv that i took off my wall earlier was a ( matsui 42 " plasma ) approx 6 year old and that dinosour of a thing never mind the make of it had a better picture than this present piece of ***e !! i really thought the picture quality would be a whole lot better but ,no. might just send it back.

[Buenchico]

For those squabbling about TV licences:

The Communication Act 2003 states:
"A television receiver must not be installed or used unless the installation and use of the receiver is authorised by a licence . . . "
and
". . . “television receiver” means any apparatus of a description specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State setting out the descriptions of apparatus that are to be television receivers . . . "
together with
"Regulations under this section defining a television receiver may provide for references to such a receiver to include references to software used in association with apparatus".

If you've got equipment capable of receiving live TV (irrespective of whether you use it as such or not) you need a TV licence.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/part/4

[Buenchico]

Dieseldick:
Most modern TVs have 'Picture Mode' options within their menus, enabling you to configure the picture to the way you want it.

For example, even my £99 Polaroid set from Asda offers 'Standard', 'Mild', 'Vivid', 'Eco' and 'User' settings (with the last one letting me configure things like dynamic contrast, colour temperature and sharpness, as well as the usual brightness and contrast settings).

Have you actually examined all the options available on your new set?

[hc4361]

diesel, does your android box send a hd signal?

[Tuvok]

You might find some menu to tweak the appearance eg. brightness etc.

[Hypognosis]

@hc4361

I'm curious to know why you leapt to labelling part of dieseldick's setup as "illegal", as he didn't cue you with that information, at least not in this thread. Was this a deduction, based upon his description in OP or something you've picked up from his past threads?

I would like to stress Methyl's point, as there seems to be some misconception of HDMI cable, as if it were similar to (the purpose of) HF aerial cable. It is not. It carries a single information stream, in digital form, to assure high fidelity. You cannot 'tune channels' through it.

In order to tune a TV, it has to be hooked up to an aerial or a satellite dish, or you can hook it up to your router and, after some configuration*, use it like a computer terminal, to access streamed online content.

* sadly you will have to read the manual to get this part right.
In the (unlikely) event that you have paranoid router security settings, remember to set permissions for the TV's IP address to access the internet.

[hc4361]

Hypognosis, diesel mentioned that particular android box in an earlier thread.

In a different thread I also told him not to buy the Bush tv as it is rubbish.

[dieseldick]

android box is a cloudnet android tv box, 4k ultra HD , blueray 3d, h.265 HEVC. allows 1000s of free streaming channels world wide inc sports /movies. google kodi and

[hc4361]

Have you got it sorted now, diesel?

[dieseldick]

im on route soon to london so cant check, will update next month when im back ,maybe.

thanks everyone for your help.

[hc4361]

Be careful in that big, bad city.