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FREEVIEW/ SKY TV
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 12:14 am
by yass
Hi all
Can anyone guide me as to whome i may need to see to get freeview or sky installed to my RS4. It already has normal Tv, and a roundabout cost factor??
Thanks
Yass
RE: FREEVIEW/ SKY TV
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:17 am
by Gazzer68
Forget the sky, unless you want to mount a dish on your roof? and then you would have to be stationary to receive it.
You can get a digital tuner sorted via craigb on this forum.
RE: FREEVIEW/ SKY TV
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:08 am
by psg001
agreed regarding Sky comment above! Freeview is really expensive to upgrade to in-car, dont know why but its a total rip-off, think its around £1000.
RE: FREEVIEW/ SKY TV
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:35 am
by sckrs4
Did the recent Freeview frequency change effect any of the RS4 TV tuners?
RE: FREEVIEW/ SKY TV
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:52 pm
by rAudiguy
No because the RS4 never came with a digital tuner only analoug allowing 5 channels................
Re: RE: FREEVIEW/ SKY TV
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:20 pm
by PetrolDave
rAudiguy wrote:No because the RS4 never came with a digital tuner only analoug allowing 5 channels................
But it's a simple matter to swap the analog only tuner for an Audi hybrid (digital/analog) one (which several RS4 owners have done) - it's pin compatible (but you need to change the connector shells to smaller ones to fit) and 100% software compatible with the RNS-E sat nav in the RS4.
RE: Re: RE: FREEVIEW/ SKY TV
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:37 pm
by rAudiguy
Indeed Dave, which I have done.
and a very worthwhile mod it is too along with tv inmotion.
RE: Re: RE: FREEVIEW/ SKY TV
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:37 pm
by Phil3103
Does anyone know roughly how much it costs for the Audi hybrid tuner? Is it DIY-able?
RE: Re: RE: FREEVIEW/ SKY TV
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:11 pm
by Stigter
RE: Re: RE: FREEVIEW/ SKY TV
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:36 pm
by Phil3103
Thanks for that. Looks like you can buy the kit on eBay for around £400 so I'm probably going to have a go. I've seen a couple of websites that charge well over £1000 for the parts and fitting so it's got to be worth it!
Either that or I'm missing something and they're not really making a huge profit if fitting is as easy as it looks from the above link!
RE: Re: RE: FREEVIEW/ SKY TV
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:46 pm
by Stigter
That was on an RS6 - So not sure even if you would need to make the changes like above.
Have a look on here
http://audiforum.us/rns-e/ best website for that sort of answer.
Spotted this one - Silly money! ££££. Just wait till you go home- or drive to nearest hotel and book a room and watch tv before carrying on your journey - be cheaper
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Audi-HYBRID-TV-TU ... 286.c0.m14