Malc, In the AVANT the STB controller can only be updated by changing one plugin chip. The "new board" for Freeview which your dealer is talking about is the DVB-T Module for which I provided a detailed review HERE The cost of the unit itself is around £500 The Topfield option is a very good option and in your case likely to be the most

I am currently testing the new version of Beoport (4.65) on a number of PC's of different configurations and in different states, i.e. clean install, upgrade without de-installing previous version etc to understand some of the installation issues which some members have encountered. Given the major enhancement of this version is to provide "CD

What is the make and model of your Laptop and I can then check what graphics card it has installed and hopefully from there we can establish the problem ?

I am assuming that you have your pin code ? please confirm.. On this version of the Beosound 9000 the pin code can be de-activated, if it was previously de-activated, i.e. if you turned the power off for a while, on switching it on again, it did NOT ask for a pin code, but due to some problem it has been re-activated, then you will need the pin code

Malc, Given you say that your old ONdigital freeview box (Philips DTX637X) is not supported by the STB controller in your AVANT leads me to believe that you have a fairly new AVANT. The STB controller (table 3.0) still had the Philips DTX637X STB in it at the end of 2004. If you look at the back of your AVANT you should find a very small grey label

What version of Beosound 9000 do you have? if you do not know, then how old is the unit ?

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you on your problem. Given you say that is shows "unable to connect to the server" means that the download of stations did not happen that's why you cannot use N.Radio. When you update the Beoport software, it needs to download a fresh copy of the N.Radio database before it will work. I think it is

Peter, On this one, I have to agree and support Lee's view

It is likely that a fault has occurred on your Beosound 9000, possible intermittent. Switch the unit off and remove all connections, masterlink etc and then switch on again and see the results

Well Lee, I was an early bird at Gordon's store this morning as my wife was having her hair done at 9am. I introduced myself to Gordon and his wife and we chatted. Apparently, Gordon had some knowledge of me, I guess from you or John Marshall in Southampton, but I am sorry I missed you, but my wife would have given me a real hard time if I had not