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granorpio
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Freeview In-Car
« on: Nov 25th, 2006, 12:04pm » |
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Hi all 
Has anyone got freeview installed in their car & does it actually work 
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Mike
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Geoff_W
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Re: Freeview In-Car
« Reply #1 on: Nov 25th, 2006, 11:12pm » |
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Baz?
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The winding road goes on and on... or at least it does in Northumberland
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Baz
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Re: Freeview In-Car
« Reply #2 on: Nov 25th, 2006, 11:18pm » |
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Yes...... I have got the system. Not installed it back in though since I changed to the Galaxy screens and DVD stuff. The freeview does work but not at 70 mph on a motorway etc. I was looking at getting a better quality box to see if it works any better.
Why are you thinking of it Mike?
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had it for a while,and in my opinion,total "pants",yes the picture quality is quite good,if you are parked up,high on a hill,close to a transmitter,as soon as you start to move off
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thats about as good as the picture gets...
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granorpio
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Re: Freeview In-Car
« Reply #4 on: Nov 27th, 2006, 1:07pm » |
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on Nov 25th, 2006, 11:18pm, Baz wrote:| Why are you thinking of it Mike? |
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Yes Baz. I have seen one on ebay, new and reasonably priced thought I might give it ago.
Mike
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granorpio
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Re: Freeview In-Car
« Reply #5 on: Nov 27th, 2006, 1:12pm » |
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on Nov 26th, 2006, 8:39am, craig wrote:had it for a while,and in my opinion,total "pants",yes the picture quality is quite good,if you are parked up,high on a hill,close to a transmitter,as soon as you start to move off
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thats about as good as the picture gets...
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I might possibly stand a better chance I hope Craig as I live in an area that receives good reception with freeview but obviously wouldn't expect it to work in areas such as Snowden.
Mike
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i hope it works out mike,i live (as the crow flies) 5 miles from the mendip transmitter,by road it's only 8 miles away.... 
i do honestly think it depends on what sort of equipment you plan on having in the car....
IMHO buy the best you can afford....
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granorpio
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Re: Freeview In-Car
« Reply #7 on: Nov 27th, 2006, 5:30pm » |
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on Nov 27th, 2006, 1:47pm, craig wrote:i do honestly think it depends on what sort of equipment you plan on having in the car....
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Oh dear!  based then on the price of these compared to the big name versions I'm not holding out on too much luck then 
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Baz
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Re: Freeview In-Car
« Reply #8 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 1:02am » |
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Mike,
do a search on "Visteon" there is a seller on there at the moment selling a pair of them. These are probably one of the best you can get and at just over £100.00 they are a bit of a steal. In case you didn't know, Visteon do most of the OEM screens and DVD, HiFi stuff for Ford so a good pedigree!!
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craig
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Visteon made your VNR as well mike... 
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Re: Freeview In-Car
« Reply #10 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 9:26am » |
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Hmmmm..... well judging by the frequency of the updates to the sat nav disks for the VNR..... I'd buy a DVD player!!
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granorpio
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Re: Freeview In-Car
« Reply #11 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 12:56pm » |
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Actually chaps already way ahead.
DVD player (with monitor) already installed in a pre-facelift dash (much better now having re-gained the shelf (Granada days)) whilst still using the two headrest monitors, like those Craig had and connected up a source selector to allow multiple choices.
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craig
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WOW....
impressed mike,sounds an excellent set up,all you need now is THAT updated disc (and no,they still have not emailed me either).. 
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granorpio
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Re: Freeview In-Car
« Reply #13 on: Nov 29th, 2006, 1:00pm » |
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Actually Craig, in order to fit the DVD I have had to lose the VNR which I will shortly have to sell on, it will no longer fit in the dash.
Mike
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