Operation Manual

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Equipment that allows you to receive digital TV, like Free To
View channels.
Receiver connected to your TV that allows to receive additional
channels.
Nature of the signals used for terrestrial television since the
middle of the 20th Century. Since digital has come along,
analogueisdisappearing(starting2008).
Number given to a frequency band. In UHF, networks
are numbered from 21 to 69.
Pylon that re-transmits digital or analogue channels,
and towards which your antenna must be pointed.
Be careful: it is possible for an emitter to not emit all available
channels.
Electronic Programs Guide.
FreetoAir=freechannels.
Nature of the signals used in modern transmissions. Digital
allows you to view more channels than analogue. Digital
channelshave existedfor afew yearson satelliteand cable.
They will replace the terrestrial analogue channels. One channel
(i.e.BBC1)canbeemittedbothinanalogueanddigital.
Orientation of the emitter wave. Most UHF emissions
are horizontal. The elements of your aerial must therefore
be horizontal.
Refers to transmissions in the air, as opposed to cable
or satellite.
Receiver
Set-top-box
Analogue
Network
Emitter
EPG
FTA
Digital
Polarization
Terrestrial
14 - Glossary