Taking a German TV set to the UK

Hi,

Will be moving sometime this year back to the UK and have to decide what stuff Im going to try and sell and what im going to take with me.

Does anyone know if a German TV will work in the UK?

I know an English TV doesnt work properly here but have no idea t'other way round.

cheers for any help!

I'll wait for the replies...I thought a UK TV would work in Germany...bugger!!

Unless it's a multi system you will get picture but no sound in the UK cos the PAL systems that they operate on differ.

What bluedave said

if you are planning to use the TV with a digital decoder of any kind (Sky Digibox or terrestrial digital decoder for example), it will work in the UK. If not, as bluedave says, it will only work properly if it is multi-PAL.

and to sound dumb, how do I know/find out if it is Multi-PAL?
(dont have the manual thingys anymore)

you could try checking the website of the manufacturer. They often have manuals as pdf files to download. or try googling the spec. What you are looking for is for the specs to to statet that the TV can recieve PAL-I. Germany is PAL-B/G.

But as i mentioned, this shouldn't really be a big problem anymore with the advent of Digital TV. Analogue will cease to exist in the near future and your TV will work, regardless of which PAL standard it uses, when used with any digital reciever/decoder.

I think unless it has something fairly obvious on it somewhere advertising that it is multi system then it would be safe to assume that it isn't.

Certainly before crating it home and then finding out.

not tue bluedave. mine says nothing on it but in the manual (in very small print) is says that it is multinorm (not just just mulit-PAL)

sorry, i stand corrected. Thought they would use it as a marketing ploy if they had it, that's all.

Related TT topic: German digital TV receivers in the UK - will they work? Answer: no

Many of the better (=more expensive) TVs, e.g. Sony and Philips are multi-PAL, and the cheaper non-name ones are not, but this is not a hard and fast rule. You need to check the specs or channel setup in the user menus.


True, but only for PAL based services (i.e. most of Europe and Australasia) but not other standards such as NTSC (US) or SECAM (France, Russia)

yeah i actually meant specifically in the UK, which is where the TV is being taken. I suppose i could have mentioned NTSC and SECAM but didn't think it relevant.

Just to clarify (in case anyone follows the link) that topic has nothing to do with TV use abroad, but moving digital terrestrial satellite receivers between countries, so the PAL discussion does not apply and IMHO it's not really a related topic.

YL6

You might want to check that out a little more closely depending on your model. I know that my LCD flat panel television will work in North America and all over Europe. The voltage is rated for both continents and the TV signal can be set for European standards and those of North America and Japan.