BT Vision V-box Specs

The BT Vision service offers live TV from Freeview, plus downloaded content over Broadband. For details on the service, please see our BT Vision page.

This page contains detailed technical information on the standards supported by the BT Vision box, for those looking for detailed technical information.

The BT Vision Box

Box Specifications

Dimensions: 360 x 220 x 55 mm
Weight: 1.9g
Disk capacity: 160 gigabytes
Software: Microsoft WinCE, using Microsoft Electronic Programme Guide

More details on our BT Vision V-Box Page

Technical Specifications

Thanks to forum visitor 'justsomebloke' for extracting the following key facts from the BT Vision V-box documentation:

Video decoding

Microsoft Windows Media VC1

MPEG4 pt10 (H.264) in MPEG TS

MPEG1 Video

MPEG-2 DVB compliant up to MP@ML

Video Formats

PAL (interlaced)

4:3 & 16:9

Audio Decoding

Audio MPEG 1 Layer I, II, III (MP3)

Dolby Digital (downmix to stereo)

MPEG4 Audio AAC HE mono/stereo

High Definition

Video Decoders:

MPEG4 AVC HP@L4 for 50Hz

MPEG-2 MP@HL for 50Hz

Audio decoders:

MPEG1 Layer II (2.0)

Dolby Digital

System Resources

300MHz Processor

4Mbytes Flash Memory

128Mbytes RAM

160Gbyte Hard Disk

Terrestrial Aerial Interface

RF input - IEC169-2 Female connector, 75 Ohm impedance RF output - IEC169-2 Male connector, 75 Ohm impedance (Modulated output)

Reception - Demodulation

UHF operation

Supports 2K and 8K FFT modes

Modulation types QPSK, 16QAM 64QAM

Connections

TV SCART:

Out - RGB or Y/C, CVBS + Audio L/R, WSS

In - CVBS + Audio L/R

Blanking / fast switch

Slow switch/4:3 & 16:9 (WSS)

Aux SCART:

Pass-through to TV SCART

RGB (inc. FB and synch), or Y/C

CVBS

Audio L&R

Pin8 (if configured as input)

Output - CVBS

Audio L&R

Pin8 (if configured as output) including Wide Screen Signalling (4:3 & 16:9)

Blanking / fast switch (pass through only)

Slow switch/4:3 & 16:9 (WSS)

Audio

L & R audio outputs

S/PDIF

Optical

Phone

RJ11 connector

REN of not greater than 1

Caller Display Modem compliant with SIN 227, SIN 242, SIn 350 compliant

Svideo

4-pins S-Video

Smart Card

EMV 2000

ISO 7816-1,2,3

protocols T=1 and T=0

Ethernet

RJ45 connector

10/100 Base T auto sensing IEEE802.3 Compliant

USB (2 on rear panel, 1 on front panel)

USB 2.0 standard (bus master) compliant

HDMI

HDMI 1.1 output (High Definition Multi-Media Interface) with HDCP copy protection

Thanks to 'justsomebloke' for the above info

V-Box rear
Rear of the BT Vision V-Box (thanks to justsomebloke)

Get the BT Vision box for free...

Switch your Internet access to BT Total Broadband now, and get BT Vision.

Get a free BT Vision set-top box, and a BT Home Hub (required for access to BT Vision's on demand service).

Already got BT Broadband? Go to get.btvision.bt.com
Details of getting BT's Broadband: www.bt.com/btbroadband
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BT Vision Links:

Details of the BT Vision service
BT Vision Review - our take on Vision (also, try our audio review)
Discuss BT Vision in our BT Vision forum
Join our BT Vision mailing list, or our Yahoo Group chat list
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More on the Digital TV options
More on alternative IPTV solutions on our dedicated IPTV page.
For more on Freeview and free-to-air set-top boxes, see our Freeview page.
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