UK PAL - SWEDISH PAL

10 May 2005 8:15 PM

simon

Hi, we are moving to Sweden shortly (from the UK)... We have two TVs
and we are wondering if they will work OK in Sweden
I know that Sweden are using G-PAL and the UK are using I-PAL... but
what does this mean? Does anyone know if we will be able to use without
any problem in Sweden and have a good pciture and sound? Thanks in
advance

11 May 2005 8:35 AM

Daver

"I" means sound is +6.0mhz from video.
"G" means sound is +5.5mhz from video.
So you'll get good picture and bad sound or bad picture and good sound when
trying to tune in a station.
Many TV's allow the PAL standard to be selected in the tuning section of the
menu.

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"simon" <JMBA***@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote in message
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> Hi, we are moving to Sweden shortly (from the UK)... We have two TVs
> and we are wondering if they will work OK in Sweden
> I know that Sweden are using G-PAL and the UK are using I-PAL... but
> what does this mean? Does anyone know if we will be able to use without
> any problem in Sweden and have a good pciture and sound? Thanks in
> advance
>

12 May 2005 2:30 AM

Jukka Aho

simon wrote:

> Hi, we are moving to Sweden shortly (from the UK)... We have
> two TVs and we are wondering if they will work OK in Sweden
> I know that Sweden are using G-PAL and the UK are using
> I-PAL... but what does this mean? Does anyone know if we will
> be able to use without any problem in Sweden and have a good
> pciture and sound?

Unless the tuner in your tv set has some hidden PAL-B/G capabilities,
you won't be getting sound. The tuner might also not necessarily find
all the channels.

However, all this shouldn't really matter. Sweden is going to switch off
the analogue broadcasts in February 2008. After that date, you cannot
receive any analogue broadcasts, anyway, even if you had PAL-G tuners in
your sets.

My suggestion: simply buy digital set-top-boxes for your tv sets.
Connect them to your sets using the Scart socket. This way you'll be
completely bypassing the analogue PAL-I tuner, get the new digital
channels you wouldn't be getting in analogue, and do not need to worry
about the matter any longer.

* * *

If you absolutely _need_ to receive analogue broadcasts in Sweden (as
long as they still broadcast analogue), get a Swedish PAL-B/G VCR. Even
one with a broken tape transport mechanism or clogged heads will
suffice, as long as the built-in PAL-B/G tuner in it is working. You can
then connect the VCR to your tv set the same way you would connect a
digital set top box - by using the Scart connector - and watch Swedish
analogue channels that way.

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