We got our 3 year old 42'' SONY Bravia LED Tv from US to India .We had airtel HD connection with us then in India. Airtel guys don't seem to support NTSC format.we used airtel HD box ,with RGB cable and watched our newly arrived TV in black n white for a few days :) . Airtel uses PAL signals.
We found out that NTSC is supported only by Dish TV, Videocon, Tata sky and few others.After some analysis we decided to go with Dish HD. We got the dish antenna installed and the HD box in place.We never got the signal the first day. The next day the dish tech support branch came and tried to finish the setup.Here is what we did to get the signal.
The Dish HD+ set top box is connected to the cable antenna and the hdmi cable from the set top box is to be connected to the HDMI port of the TV.
Two instances when the below setup was useful for us :
1. When you connect your Dish HD+ for the first time, you would get just the audio signal and the TV would say - unsupported signal/format : You will have trouble to view Dish receiver menu, since its video signal HDMI settings are not compatible for this TV.
2. The last time, I removed the VC card[viewing card] and tried to place it inside the set top box.Please note, the sim card should face down, with the card number and bar code close to us. I turned on the TV , I got just the audio, but not the video.So I had to set the HDMI format again..!
For Airtel HD+, this is the blind fold guide for us!
a. Press 'My A/c' button on the remote.You will reach My Account menu
Two instances when the below setup was useful for us :
1. When you connect your Dish HD+ for the first time, you would get just the audio signal and the TV would say - unsupported signal/format : You will have trouble to view Dish receiver menu, since its video signal HDMI settings are not compatible for this TV.
2. The last time, I removed the VC card[viewing card] and tried to place it inside the set top box.Please note, the sim card should face down, with the card number and bar code close to us. I turned on the TV , I got just the audio, but not the video.So I had to set the HDMI format again..!
For Airtel HD+, this is the blind fold guide for us!
a. Press 'My A/c' button on the remote.You will reach My Account menu
b. Press the Left arrow 4 times on the remote.
(You will travel past the menu-s : MOD, ActiveServices, Guide and finally reach 'Help' Menu, where you would reach 'Picture Settings' -> )
Press OK on the remote.
[Note: Past the 'Help' menu, you have My DishTV and Recorder menu and again reach My Account.]
c. Now we reach PICTURE SETTINGS menu.
Under the 'PICTURE SETTINGS' menu, the 'HDMI Settings' option would be selected, (note : The Picture setting would initially have 'Default' option.) Now press 'left arrow' on the remote 5 times.That is the setting for 1920 x 1080i@60 HZ
d. Press 'down arrow' on the remote twice. You would have reached 'SAVE' option.Press 'OK' on the remote ..
-->> But the catch here is that, sometimes, the dish box , does a cache of the last menu you accessed! so with 4th left arrow you might not reach Picture Settings menu! it could have reached other menu..so try rebooting the box!
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