MelanieJS Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 I bought my Samsung Smart TV (series 6) back to the UK from Australia. Do you know if I can use it in the UK? Does anyone know how to change the location settings or do I have to change the DNS settings? I can still watch the Smart Hub online channels All 4/ITV Hub/BBC iplayer etc., it just won't allow me to tune in UK channels. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evets Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Sounds about right. The tuner in the AU TV will not decode the signals sent in the UK, making if pretty much defunct. Options: Sky or Virgin Media or the like. Freeview box Be done with standard TV and cable and get hooked on Netflix, Amazon Prime and the like. Some countries sell the TV's with an option to reprogram them to another country, unfortunately the UK and AU are not part of this. Did you research this before hand? DNS settings will have NO effect on the free to air signal, this is only relevant to your network settings and then the DNS settings are set by your ISP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinbjulieb Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Can you get "normal" TV channels through a Freeview box? We are thinking of taking our smart tv too but no point if it is useless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABG Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 The tuner will be a different frequency. Need to do what evets suggested above. Decode the digital signals through a separate device (Sky/Virgin/freeview box) and use your TV as a monitor only. I think I read somewhere that Germany and Australia use the same technology, but UK and Aus don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evets Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Can you get "normal" TV channels through a Freeview box? We are thinking of taking our smart tv too but no point if it is useless! Searching google.... https://www.freeview.co.uk/tv-guide And yes you can get "normal" TV channels plus some additional ones that are not available on free to air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinbjulieb Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Searching google.... https://www.freeview.co.uk/tv-guide And yes you can get "normal" TV channels plus some additional ones that are not available on free to air. Thanks for that information.[emoji1] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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