And I believe they tend to overload more easily. In general, I would say many newer 'silicon tuner' USB devices are probably not as sensitive as some of the devices like the older Tiny USB2 with a 'tuner can'. I have used this device and found it works well. Their devices are fully setup for use here in Australia. The Tiny Twin device from DigitalNow has a 7 day return policy available, suggest you contact renura and see if he can help (maybe PM him on this board). Does it look like you have the correct channels as detailed above? These devices will come with a configuration file that lets them know what frequencies to tune to for the area they are being used in. I am not familiar with the USB device you have, but have a few comments. Typically this would mean SBS in most metro areas. In any case, a DVB-T compliant tuner should cope with this with no user intervention.Īs mtv mentioned above, the small antennas that tend to come with USB tuners are better suited to receiving the high frequency channels (because they are short in length). The bracketed figure is an example of an offset here in Sydney (there may be some in Adelaide, I'll try and check). The channel frequencies for the lower digital channels numbers above are:-Ģ26.5 564.5 191.5 (191.625) 219.5 177.5 MHz Queen Elizabeth Hospital seems to be in central Adelaide, so presumably your choice for TV channels is as per the list below (from ACMA listings here):. And being stuck in hospital can be very frustrating. Ton, you don't seem to be having a lot of luck. Is there a UHF/VHF siginal now that it is digital or is it just the frequency?ĭoes a HD tuner pick up the SD signal and display it? I had nothing to loose i got to watch top gear on my laptop but will take it back if i cannot get the other channels I spent a lot of time at the Digital now web site trying to learn about digital TV.But the spec for the tiny twin say it needs aĢGHz processor and mine is only 1.5GHz sadly as the tiny twin sounds like a exelent productĪs Dick Smith has a 14 day refund policy a friend picked this up for me.
In the DTV section there is no choice of UHF or VHF just frequency and i have scanned all of these but it will only lock on SBS HD.īeing in hospital i have very limited space for a antenna but did try the old coat hanger trick and that worked well but again only SBS HD I understood the old analogue signal with UHF for SBS and the other channels on VHF but must confess to being confused by digital so i just followed the instructions provided and put up the little antenna and started scanning.I really got my hopes up when it picked up SBS but that was it.
Yes only SBS HD, 6 channels or the 3 HD SBS channels twice at full strength. Thanks for the reply.The Gadget Geek appears to be only a HD tuner the Analogue section is there but shaded and i cannot access the settings The tiny twin USB receiver should work fine with your computer specs, but once again, the antenna is the crucial part for digital TV reception. The little antennas that come with such tuners work better at UHF frequencies than VHF (that's when they work at all) so with SBS being on UHF, that would explain why that channel is ok and all the VHF channels are not being received.Īn indoor 'rabbits ears' antenna may work. When you say you have full signal strength, do you mean just on SBS, or all channels?