Digital TV, Digital Aerials, Freesat, Satellite TV and the Digital Switchover

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Digital Switchover and Freeview:

   I would imagine that most people are aware of the Digital Switchover (DSO) programme that is taking place within the UK. Basically the existing analogue "terrestrial" service that provides TV channels such as BBC1, BBC2, ITV, CH4 and Five will be switched off by 2012 and replaced with a digital service. The standard digital television service is called Freeview and comes with a minimum of 40 channels. More information relating to the Digital Switchover can be found at the followingweb address: Digital UK

   Some existing TV aerials may not be suitable to receive the new digital transmission and therefore will need to be upgraded. If your aerial (and possibly cable) does need to be upgraded the type of aerial will depend on how good or how bad your TV reception is and which TV transmitter your aerial points to.

Freesat and SKY:

 As an alternative to Freeview as a means of receiving Digital TV  there is a satellite method called Freesat. Freesat is a Digital TV service provided by the BBC and ITV that is delivered via satellite. Freesat provides more channels than Freeview and also caters for High Definition reception. Future enhancements will include the ability to connect to your home broadband network so that services such as BBC iPlayer can be viewed via your television set as well as gaining access to video files stored on your computer hard drive.

Freesat can now work in much the same way as SKY multi-room in that you don't have to have a Freesat decoder in every room. With the installation of a remote eye and SCART modulator you can view and change channels in rooms that do not have a Freesat decoder (Set top box). As s customer you save money by not having to purchase a Freesat set top box for every TV.

Please click the link below to find out more about Freesat: www.freesat.co.uk

Multi-room operation:

Quite simply the ability to watch and control your Digital TV (Freeview), Satellite (SKY or Freesat), DAB or FM radio and even your CCTV cameras in any room independantly.

• You can have your SKY+ Digibox in your main living room but watch it in any other room you desire - you can even change channels independantly

• You can have upto 4 individual SKY Set Top Boxes (3 if one is SKY+)

• You can pipe Freeview and SKY to all your rooms

• You can pipe Freesat to multiple locations

• If you have a CCTV camera at the front door you can relay the images to any TV in the house

• If you receve Digital or Analogue radio (DAB or FM) via an aerial you can pipe this to any room in the house.

• And if you are lucky enough to have the lot you can pipe it all around the house for the complete home entertainment experience.
  
  

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  Kimberlee Communications can provide the following services:

  • Digital Aerial, SKY, Freesat, DAB and FM radio installations                                                   

  • TV, Freesat, DAB, FM and CCTV Multi-room solutions

  • Satellite dish alignment and control to multiple satellites (Astra 2, Hotbird etc) to enable more free-to-air channels to be viewed (i.e Different language channels such as Polish, French and German)

  • Plasma TV wall bracket mounting

  • TV tuning and set up

  • Click Contact Us to make an enquiry or call 0845 250 2873 for a quotation

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