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A pal has a small manufacturing facility where the radio is on all day.
It's been cobbled together using his Hi-Fi throw outs but last time I
heard it sounded remarkably good. The speakers are a rather kicked pair of
Tannoy Yorks slung from a roof truss and driven by a Quad 303. ;-) It's
mainly on R1 FM with occasional bursts of R5 for footie. The tuner,
branded Goodmans is pretty old and has died.

It occurred to me since the MW reception is pretty diabolical due to
interference from the machines etc, that a FreeView tuner might be an easy
and cheap option. There is a UHF aerial feed available.

Any thoughts on make for something reliable and stable and cheap?

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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
A pal has a small manufacturing facility where the radio is on all day.
It's been cobbled together using his Hi-Fi throw outs but last time I
heard it sounded remarkably good. The speakers are a rather kicked pair of
Tannoy Yorks slung from a roof truss and driven by a Quad 303. ;-) It's
mainly on R1 FM with occasional bursts of R5 for footie. The tuner,
branded Goodmans is pretty old and has died.

It occurred to me since the MW reception is pretty diabolical due to
interference from the machines etc, that a FreeView tuner might be an easy
and cheap option. There is a UHF aerial feed available.

Any thoughts on make for something reliable and stable and cheap?

One with a channel display would be user friendly.

A FreeView tuner for radio.
 

In article , Dave Plowman (News)
wrote:
A pal has a small manufacturing facility where the radio is on all day.
It's been cobbled together using his Hi-Fi throw outs but last time I
heard it sounded remarkably good. The speakers are a rather kicked pair
of Tannoy Yorks slung from a roof truss and driven by a Quad 303. ;-)
It's mainly on R1 FM with occasional bursts of R5 for footie. The tuner,
branded Goodmans is pretty old and has died.

It occurred to me since the MW reception is pretty diabolical due to
interference from the machines etc, that a FreeView tuner might be an
easy and cheap option. There is a UHF aerial feed available.

Any thoughts on make for something reliable and stable and cheap?

FWIW I use a cheap Philips DTTV box with a scart-phono adaptor for
listening to radio and TV sound in the room where I use this computer.
Forgotten the model number. Works OK.

Slainte,

Jim

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A FreeView tuner for radio.
 

In article ,
Oddjob wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
A pal has a small manufacturing facility where the radio is on all
day. It's been cobbled together using his Hi-Fi throw outs but last
time I heard it sounded remarkably good. The speakers are a rather
kicked pair of Tannoy Yorks slung from a roof truss and driven by a
Quad 303. ;-) It's mainly on R1 FM with occasional bursts of R5 for
footie. The tuner, branded Goodmans is pretty old and has died.

It occurred to me since the MW reception is pretty diabolical due to
interference from the machines etc, that a FreeView tuner might be an
easy and cheap option. There is a UHF aerial feed available.

Any thoughts on make for something reliable and stable and cheap?

One with a channel display would be user friendly.

One which displayed the actual service would be even better still - like
DAB or RDS does. But I've never seen this on a FreeView tuner - I suppose
for obvious reasons.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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A FreeView tuner for radio.
 

In article , Dave Plowman (News)
scribeth thus
A pal has a small manufacturing facility where the radio is on all day.
It's been cobbled together using his Hi-Fi throw outs but last time I
heard it sounded remarkably good. The speakers are a rather kicked pair of
Tannoy Yorks slung from a roof truss and driven by a Quad 303. ;-) It's
mainly on R1 FM with occasional bursts of R5 for footie. The tuner,
branded Goodmans is pretty old and has died.

It occurred to me since the MW reception is pretty diabolical due to
interference from the machines etc, that a FreeView tuner might be an easy
and cheap option. There is a UHF aerial feed available.

Any thoughts on make for something reliable and stable and cheap?


Ask him how much he wants for the Yorks Dave???
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A FreeView tuner for radio.
 

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Oddjob wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
A pal has a small manufacturing facility where the radio is on all
day. It's been cobbled together using his Hi-Fi throw outs but last
time I heard it sounded remarkably good. The speakers are a rather
kicked pair of Tannoy Yorks slung from a roof truss and driven by a
Quad 303. ;-) It's mainly on R1 FM with occasional bursts of R5 for
footie. The tuner, branded Goodmans is pretty old and has died.

It occurred to me since the MW reception is pretty diabolical due to
interference from the machines etc, that a FreeView tuner might be an
easy and cheap option. There is a UHF aerial feed available.

Any thoughts on make for something reliable and stable and cheap?

One with a channel display would be user friendly.

One which displayed the actual service would be even better still - like
DAB or RDS does. But I've never seen this on a FreeView tuner - I suppose
for obvious reasons.


The Humax 9200 does - or at least gives it a go within the limited
digits it has.

For the OP's pal, unless the MW is make/break, I'd just stick an old
portable radio that has an earphone jack on the end.

Rob

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In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
In article , Dave Plowman (News)
scribeth thus
A pal has a small manufacturing facility where the radio is on all
day. It's been cobbled together using his Hi-Fi throw outs but last
time I heard it sounded remarkably good. The speakers are a rather
kicked pair of Tannoy Yorks slung from a roof truss and driven by a
Quad 303. ;-) It's mainly on R1 FM with occasional bursts of R5 for
footie. The tuner, branded Goodmans is pretty old and has died.

It occurred to me since the MW reception is pretty diabolical due to
interference from the machines etc, that a FreeView tuner might be an
easy and cheap option. There is a UHF aerial feed available.

Any thoughts on make for something reliable and stable and cheap?


Ask him how much he wants for the Yorks Dave???

Heh heh - you're not the first to ask this. The answer is since he has to
listen to the system when he's there he'd rather have something decent,
and isn't short of a few bob.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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A FreeView tuner for radio.
 

In article , Dave Plowman (News)
scribeth thus
In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
In article , Dave Plowman (News)
scribeth thus
A pal has a small manufacturing facility where the radio is on all
day. It's been cobbled together using his Hi-Fi throw outs but last
time I heard it sounded remarkably good. The speakers are a rather
kicked pair of Tannoy Yorks slung from a roof truss and driven by a
Quad 303. ;-) It's mainly on R1 FM with occasional bursts of R5 for
footie. The tuner, branded Goodmans is pretty old and has died.

It occurred to me since the MW reception is pretty diabolical due to
interference from the machines etc, that a FreeView tuner might be an
easy and cheap option. There is a UHF aerial feed available.

Any thoughts on make for something reliable and stable and cheap?


Ask him how much he wants for the Yorks Dave???

Heh heh - you're not the first to ask this. The answer is since he has to
listen to the system when he's there he'd rather have something decent,
and isn't short of a few bob.


;)...

Well at least it'll be loud and sound good:))

Why not go for FM something like a second-hand Denon MK 260 MK 2 can be
had quite cheap on ebay?..

I've got a few MK 1 units here surplus to requirements..
--
Tony Sayer

A FreeView tuner for radio.
 

In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
Why not go for FM something like a second-hand Denon MK 260 MK 2 can be
had quite cheap on ebay?..

As I explained they also listen to MW for sport etc and the interference
levels are high. The current tuner is AM/FM. So I reckon either Freeview
or DAB to give these MW stations. But DAB tuners tend to be expensive and
(given my experience) might also need their own aerial.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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A FreeView tuner for radio.
 

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
Why not go for FM something like a second-hand Denon MK 260 MK 2 can be
had quite cheap on ebay?..

As I explained they also listen to MW for sport etc and the interference
levels are high. The current tuner is AM/FM. So I reckon either Freeview
or DAB to give these MW stations. But DAB tuners tend to be expensive and
(given my experience) might also need their own aerial.


Or there's Freesat, around here MW is completely useless, the only station
that comes in at anything like usable quality is BBC world service on
648kHz, everything else is buried under the mush, but I can get them from my
Sky box if I need to, along with Radio Scotland and many other previously
"exotic" stations. But if your friend already has a UHF aerial Freeview is
probably easier.

David.

A FreeView tuner for radio.
 

Dave Plowman (News) schreef:
A pal has a small manufacturing facility where the radio is on all day.
It's been cobbled together using his Hi-Fi throw outs but last time I
heard it sounded remarkably good. The speakers are a rather kicked pair of
Tannoy Yorks slung from a roof truss and driven by a Quad 303. ;-) It's
mainly on R1 FM with occasional bursts of R5 for footie. The tuner,
branded Goodmans is pretty old and has died.

It occurred to me since the MW reception is pretty diabolical due to
interference from the machines etc, that a FreeView tuner might be an easy
and cheap option. There is a UHF aerial feed available.

Any thoughts on make for something reliable and stable and cheap?


There's a computer network available, also with Internet ?
Internet radio could than be a solution, an seperate iRadio or dedicated
pc...

Freeview ? don'loose the remote or break it, otherwise it still gets
expensive...

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In article ,
TheFug wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) schreef:
A pal has a small manufacturing facility where the radio is on all
day. It's been cobbled together using his Hi-Fi throw outs but last
time I heard it sounded remarkably good. The speakers are a rather
kicked pair of Tannoy Yorks slung from a roof truss and driven by a
Quad 303. ;-) It's mainly on R1 FM with occasional bursts of R5 for
footie. The tuner, branded Goodmans is pretty old and has died.

It occurred to me since the MW reception is pretty diabolical due to
interference from the machines etc, that a FreeView tuner might be an
easy and cheap option. There is a UHF aerial feed available.

Any thoughts on make for something reliable and stable and cheap?


There's a computer network available, also with Internet ? Internet
radio could than be a solution, an seperate iRadio or dedicated pc...

Sounds an incredibly complicated way to listen to the radio. And given the
youngest part of this setup is at least 15 years old, how many modern PCs
have a life anywhere near that?

Freeview ? don'loose the remote or break it, otherwise it still gets
expensive...

Yes. I'm thinking, as Owain suggested, two tuners and keep the remotes
somewhere safe. Assuming the tuners will boot up to the channel they were
last on - the system gets powered down nights and weekends. Via a master
isolator for the entire place which makes things difficult to leave them
powered up.

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A FreeView tuner for radio.
 

On Sun, 11 May 2008 16:47:35 +0100, Oddjob wrote:

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
A pal has a small manufacturing facility where the radio is on all day.
It's been cobbled together using his Hi-Fi throw outs but last time I
heard it sounded remarkably good. The speakers are a rather kicked pair
of Tannoy Yorks slung from a roof truss and driven by a Quad 303. ;-)
It's mainly on R1 FM with occasional bursts of R5 for footie. The
tuner, branded Goodmans is pretty old and has died.

It occurred to me since the MW reception is pretty diabolical due to
interference from the machines etc, that a FreeView tuner might be an
easy and cheap option. There is a UHF aerial feed available.

Any thoughts on make for something reliable and stable and cheap?

One with a channel display would be user friendly.

Another possibility is to use one with a Favourites facility. My old
Goodmans GDB3 (there are several clones of this) will let you set up
channels as favourites then step through them with P+ and P- buttons. You
don't really need a display for two radio stations!

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A FreeView tuner for radio.
 

In article , Dave Plowman (News)
scribeth thus
In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
Why not go for FM something like a second-hand Denon MK 260 MK 2 can be
had quite cheap on ebay?..

As I explained they also listen to MW for sport etc and the interference
levels are high. The current tuner is AM/FM. So I reckon either Freeview
or DAB to give these MW stations. But DAB tuners tend to be expensive and
(given my experience) might also need their own aerial.


Right-o...

Course you could run in an external aerial for MF?..
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A FreeView tuner for radio.
 

In article , mick
wrote:


Another possibility is to use one with a Favourites facility. My old
Goodmans GDB3 (there are several clones of this) will let you set up
channels as favourites then step through them with P+ and P- buttons.
You don't really need a display for two radio stations!

I've been using a cheap Philips DTTV box as a 'radio tuner' for some time.
Not really been hampered by the lack of a display.

Need the display with a Nokia, though. That won't let you switch between
'TV' and 'sound radio' stations simply by typing in the station number. You
have to use the 'navigation' (menus). Similarly, refuses to let you select
a list of 'favourites' that include both. Daft bit of ergonomics.

Slainte,

Jim

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Dave Plowman (News) schreef:
In article ,
TheFug wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) schreef:
A pal has a small manufacturing facility where the radio is on all
day. It's been cobbled together using his Hi-Fi throw outs but last
time I heard it sounded remarkably good. The speakers are a rather
kicked pair of Tannoy Yorks slung from a roof truss and driven by a
Quad 303. ;-) It's mainly on R1 FM with occasional bursts of R5 for
footie. The tuner, branded Goodmans is pretty old and has died.

It occurred to me since the MW reception is pretty diabolical due to
interference from the machines etc, that a FreeView tuner might be an
easy and cheap option. There is a UHF aerial feed available.

Any thoughts on make for something reliable and stable and cheap?


There's a computer network available, also with Internet ? Internet
radio could than be a solution, an seperate iRadio or dedicated pc...

Sounds an incredibly complicated way to listen to the radio. And given the
youngest part of this setup is at least 15 years old, how many modern PCs
have a life anywhere near that?

Freeview ? don'loose the remote or break it, otherwise it still gets
expensive...

Yes. I'm thinking, as Owain suggested, two tuners and keep the remotes
somewhere safe. Assuming the tuners will boot up to the channel they were
last on - the system gets powered down nights and weekends. Via a master
isolator for the entire place which makes things difficult to leave them
powered up.

If you doo use a subscription, keep in mind that the powerdown
situation, could have effect on the update function,
Otherwise, check all software menu's also for the "boot-up" preset, most
of the time it's also the channel during it was switched off at...
Also most remote controles are Infra Red transmitting, which means, that
the receiver can be locked away in a see-through cabinet, or when near
to window, you can also switch off, when you allready closed up.
Infra Red range extenders are also available... for poor reception of
the DVB-T signal itself, there are also active antenna's, the receiver
should have an option to power these though...(if not provided
externally...)

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