Can a cm1000 be used as a fta terrestrial dvb-t meter?

[sikhabib]

As per title does anyone know if a sunrise cm1000 bigpond/foxtel meter can be setup to work as a terrestrial fta digital meter?

[mtv]

No, because it's a cable meter... not DVB-T.

[sikhabib]

Thanks for the reply but could you go into more detail as to why it wouldn't work?

I'm aware it's a cable meter but it's capable of scanning the required fta frequencies....

A guy I knew years ago told me we was able to reconfigure his meter and use it for fta digital installs but I'm not sure if he was just telling fibs.

[mtv]

It may use the same frequencies, but modulation decoding is different between cable and terrestrial.

According to the manual, the CM1000 uses QPSK/ 16 QAM and most DVB-T is COFDM.

The meter is 6 MHz standard, 6 & 8 MHz with CE option and Australia uses 7MHz bandwidth for DVB-T.

Based on the above, I don't see how it would suitable for terrestrial DVB-T.

I have never used one, so I can only go by specs.

Perhaps the guy you knew knows something that isn't obvious to me.