Hey i have a freesat HD box which has a HDMI slot in the back even though my TV is HD Ready it only has the DVI slot in the back so i was wondering if i got one of those HDMI to DVI connections whould that give me the picture in HD on the HD channels ?
A converter would give you HD just fine but DVI doesn't carry any sound signals.If you have your Freesat box connected to a hifi or surround sound amp that's not an issue.If you wish to get audio to your TV then use the analogue white/red outputs that should be on the back of your Freesat box and hopefully the same connectors on your TV for audio in.As the DVI carries no sound then the TV should source it from the audio leads you have connected but that's not always 100% the case.You should at least have a great picture though!
Dreamlander
Would the cable i use for audio whenever i use my TV with my laptop via VGA work the same way if i used it with the HDMI to DVI.
Not really sure what you mean but it should be a twin RCA lead with a Red and a White coaxial connecter at each end from audio out on your Freesat box to audio in on your TV.
Dreamlander
I dont have a audio out on the back of my freesat box only LBN in, LBN Out, spdif,hdmi,ethernet,rs232, an 2 scart sockets.
Wazo Wrote:I dont have a audio out on the back of my freesat box only LBN in, LBN Out, spdif,hdmi,ethernet,rs232, an 2 scart sockets.
Ah,I see! That being the case you need a scart to RCA adapter to connect to a spare scart socket.It's either a little black box with scart on one end and yellow,white and red RCA connectors on the other,of which you just need to connect the white and red ones to your TV.Or it's the same but with a metre or so of lead between the scart and RCA which is a few quid dearer.It all depends whether you have an RCA twin lead spare then you can just buy the connector.It usually has an input/output switch on it which you need to switch to output to get sound to your TV.Hopefully one of the scarts on your box is spare.If not there is even a connector for this which 'piggybacks' anything you have connected via scart but still gives you composite video and stereo audio outputs.
Dreamlander