Can I convert UK PVR to NZ Freeview?

I have a Sagem PVR brought from UK. It has a Multi region tuner including Spain, Denmark, Germany and a couple of others as well as UK. Its a great little unit, but wont tune to NZ Freeview. Does anyone know whether NZ Freeview is the same as any other country? Or whether I could get it adapted to NZ? Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Biggles on March 8, 2017 at 15:54

NZ Freeview is different protocol so a UK unit won't work here.

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Permalink Reply by Don on March 8, 2017 at 17:52

As mentioned above its a multi country PVR, does NZ share its protocol with any other country?

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Permalink Reply by Biggles on March 8, 2017 at 22:25

No. Although most new TVs and PVRs made for Asian/Australasian market do work in Oz, NZ and a few other places loaded in their FW but probably not in UK. Transmission protocols are different as is channel spacing. It will only work if the installed firmware is suitable for NZ which I very much doubt and probably can't be updated with FW suitable for NZ. It may also need hardware changes too.

I'd suggest you google search for something like this

http://www.banggood.com/K1-PLUS-S2-T2-Amlogic-S905-64Bit-Android-5_...

I got one of these to play with last year. Under NZ$100, has inbuilt Sat and UHF tuners and will work anywhere in the world. Records OK to SD card or USB HDD. Also runs many Smart Apps and is a Media Player as well. Plenty similar available on Ebay. Only con is it has single tuners for Sat and UHF.