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Monochrome Tv Sets
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Surely people claiming to be using monochrome sets must be trying it on to save money?
http:// www.bbc .co.uk/ news/te chnolog y-20957 218
I doubt if any of those sets had scart sockets, so how would you connect a freeview box?
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I doubt if any of those sets had scart sockets, so how would you connect a freeview box?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.As S-D says, a very small number of Freeview boxes include an RF modulator which converts the output from 'AV' (which is what goes into a Scart socket) to 'RF' (which is what goes into an aerial socket0 in the same way that VHS video recorders offered both types of output. (Indeed, if a VHS video recorder accepts either a Scart or 'phono' input, it can still be used as an RF modulator to connect between a standard Freeview box and a TV's aerial socket).
However, very strictly, the use of any device capable of handling colour signals (even if the output of that device is then fed to a B&W TV) requires a colour TV licence. So people who were using a VHS video recorder with a B&W TV set were (at least in theory) required to have a colour TV licence. The same ruling applies to Freeview boxes (but I've never heard of anyone with a B&W TV set being prosecuted, or forced to get a colour licence, simply because it had a 'colour-enabled' device feeding a signal to it).
However, very strictly, the use of any device capable of handling colour signals (even if the output of that device is then fed to a B&W TV) requires a colour TV licence. So people who were using a VHS video recorder with a B&W TV set were (at least in theory) required to have a colour TV licence. The same ruling applies to Freeview boxes (but I've never heard of anyone with a B&W TV set being prosecuted, or forced to get a colour licence, simply because it had a 'colour-enabled' device feeding a signal to it).
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