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ciarantwomey
I have been trying to follow this thread but have found it difficult but IMHO the clue to your problem is in post #1. You are considering buying/bought a box that is unsuitable (i.e. wont work) with either DVB T or DVB S.
This is exacerbated by your incorrect statement/assumption that "in the UK/Ireland we work off PAL". OK so let's look at ASTC.
Any suggestions where I can obtain an ATSC modulator in UK (or Europe)?
Johansson 8202 as I sugested in post 5.
And don't forget that you will need two of them, one for your T box and the other for your S box.
The modulators listed and referred to here (apart from the analogue one that you linked to) in the various replies, output a DVB T signal on a frequency set by the user which is a suitable input for any DVB T receiver or DVR and
not PAL/NSTC or ATSC (US) systems.
I am assuming that you want to watch live TV from either the DVB T or DVB S box and record on either box with the facility of watching recorded programmes from either box. This of course may be entirely wrong as you haven't really said clearly what you are trying to achieve.
Two ways. (More might be suggested.)
Method 1.
You will need 2 x DVB T modulators set to different free RF channels (LCN).
Each will only output a
single TV channel from the HDMI output of currently selected box and programme.
You can feed the DVB T aerial into the RF input of one mod and the RF output of that into the second and the RF output of the second to the TV. This will give you live DVB T/T2 TV on the TV's normal channel numbers.
The RF input of the DVT S box obviously goes to the dish input of the sat box.
The RF input of the DVB T box must be connected to the aerial possibly via a splitter depending on sig strength.
Now you will be able to record on either box.
Playback is achieved by playing back stuff on the required box and selecting the RF LCN associated with that box.
Method 2. Cheaper but might involve manual switching depending on the HDMI switch.
You will need 1 x DVB T modulators set to a free RF channel (LCN).
An HDMI switch, switching between the DVB T and DVB S box's HDMI outputs
It will only output a
single TV channel from the currently selected box and programme.
You can feed the output of the DVB T aerial into the RF input and the RF output to the TV. This will give you live DVB T/T2 TV on the TV's normal channel numbers.
The RF input of the DVT S box obviously goes to the dish input of the sat box.
The RF input of the DVB T box must be connected to the aerial possibly via a splitter depending on sig strength.
Now you will be able to record on either box.
Playback is achieved by playing back stuff on the required box and selecting the HDMI input to the modulator that is associated with the chosen box box.
The analogue modulator that you linked to above, will only give you an SD (analogue PAL) signal at its output which seems to also unsuitable for an ATSC box as you have inferred at Post #1 and only UK TV's that have a PAL tuner.