From analogue to digitalHybrid TV reception

Whether Internet, telephone, radio or TV: people gather information and communicate more and more frequently on the basis of digital transmission technologies. This also now applies to digital TV via antenna. The international standard DVB-T has numerous advantages as opposed to analogue technology and offers an abundance of new application options.

Further information

Background
DVB-T stands for Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial and heralds the removal of the analogue PAL technology that has been used for more than 50 years. The starting signal for DVB-T was in 2002. Since then, country-wide coverage has continuously increased. Today, DVB-T programmes can be received in large regions and the offer grows almost daily. But DVB-T is not only restricted to the Federal Republic of Germany. DVB-T is an international standard and is applied all over the world, in some countries bearing another name. Many urban centres in Germany and Europe are switching from analogue broadcasting to the higher-quality digital broadcasting and are therefore stopping analogue broadcasting.

Note
The TV sound is played during the journey, the picture is only active when the vehicle is stationary.

Advantages

  • Hybrid TV reception enables unencrypted analogue and digital TV programmes to be used in the vehicle as a source of information and entertainment.
  • Makes long periods spent waiting in the vehicle a more relaxed or informative experience.
  • Thanks to hybrid (analogue and digital) reception technology, the system is guaranteed to be future-proof.
  • In urban centres, digital television offers a wide range of programmes to choose from.
  • DVB-T enables the reception of additional digital services such as text information.
  • The digital transmission of the TV signal offers improved quality.

Availability
To be able to receive not only analogue but also digital TV signals in a vehicle via antenna, the installation of a so-called hybrid tuner is necessary.

The retrofitting of TV hybrid reception is available for the following models:

  • A6 (C6) with analogue tuner or set top box
  • A8 with analogue tuner
  • Audi Q7 with analogue tuner