Portable TV 10″ Freeview – August DA100D – Digital
Portable TV 10″ Freeview – August DA100D – Digital Television with In-built Recorder HDMI, USB & Multimedia Player / DVB-T2 MPEG4 H.264 / H.265 – Home & Campervan [Energy Class A]
August DA100D 10″ Freeview Portable HD TV
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| Dimensions: | 26 x 17.2 x 3.2 cm; 700 Grams |
| Model: | DA100D |
| Batteries Included: | 1 LR44 batteries required. |
| Manufacture: | August |
| Dimensions: | 26 x 17.2 x 3.2 cm; 700 Grams |
| Origin: | China |
very good small portable tv with excellent picture and sound
It does what I want it to do the only problem I have with it is that it doesn’t show tv list to see what on for the day
Over the years, I’ve bought several August portable tv’s. Always good and ideal for my needs. Easy to use and adjust.
Digital and analogue tv. Analogue I use to watch Italian tv. Recommended, esp for small apartments, studios, bedrooms, as a standby etc.
I did a five star review as I didn’t happen to look at the one star ones before purchasing. Tried to attach antenna and the socket for the antenna and the usb pushed right into the casing of the tv, tried for ages to rectify it and nothing. Completely useless!!!! Very angry as we bought this for my poorly father in law in hospital and its the Amazon Recommended option AND it’s not cheap. Save yourself a trip to the post office – don’t buy.
It’s narrow and fits on a very small shelf by the bed , I have ill health and I’m in bed a lot so it’s great for me to watch as there is a little remote . Very easy set up takes a minute wonderful sound and picture clarity
The TV is great for what we need. It’s very compact and ideal for our needs.
Bought for use in the campervan while away. Impressed with the amount of channels I can get with such a small ariel. Nothing to dislike about this product, definite value for money. Can recommend.
When using just the batteries, not conencted to the mains, I can’t find a way of turn the TV full off, it stays on standby. ie, the red light stays on and drains the batteries. Other than that it’s a great TV. So I can only give it a 4 star for overall.
Bought this to replace previous model which gave up the ghost. Easy to operate and use to pick up the signal from the birdbox. ColOur excellent. Would put bigger models to shame.
Bought this for the kitchen. Picture is crisp. Sound is a tad tinny but I don’t care, could probably be configured in settings. Remote is simple and works fine. Very easy to set up, I bought another indoor ariel for it as the thing it comes with was useless in a room with poor reception. All In all, very pleased.
Second August tv I have purchased. Sound on both has been pathetic but have resolved with a little speaker. Unfortunately, after a couple of years the first one wouldn’t turn on. Bought a second and again, this one seems to have an intermittent fault and has to be unplugged from everything, reassembled and then usually works. Very frustrating. May need to return as it’s still under warranty, I hope!
Received today with the August 240d aerial. Setup is easy, and the picture is awesome. Sound is a little tinny, but can live that. Top tip, when setting up, plug it into your main aerial to get all the channels. Then position in the room you want with the 240d aerial, 30 seconds of adjusting, sorted. Mount the aerial on a tin box, I used an old free view player. Perfect. I love it, you won’t be disappointed if you get this.
1. It looks like the product only support FAT32, not exFAT therefore if your SD card is more than 32GB (max size for FAT32) the TV will not see it, unless you re-format it into several 32GB partitions with FAT32 on each of them. On the bright side – it does see several partitions on the SD card & it allows you to browse through files.
And regarding HDMI:
1. Screen is a bit trimmed – I tried to display my notebook screen on the TV, it was Ok but cropped a bit along edges.
All I wanted was a stand by television to put beside the bed, or cover a breakdown of the bigger one. It is a long time ago when I had one of the old sort (not good and too small.) For television use it is an awful lot better than I thought it would be. The other uses it has may be useful but out of my reach. I think it is a good deal and well worth the cost. My surprise was how easy to set up and change the settings.
I needed a temporary TV and this fitted the bill perfectly because it was portable and put-away-able when not needed. I chose this one because of all the peripherals that came with it. In Nottingham, where I was using it, I had no trouble setting it up, but each channel’s clarity did depend on the direction which the (included) antenna pointed. It did need occasional adjusting but most channels were eventually viewable with some effort. I found it worked less well when it was raining. No doubt if you need a more reliable signal then you will need to buy a proper antenna for it.
Only thing that let it down was it said used
AA battery’s but reading the information with it
To find. You can’t use aa1.5 normal I had to buy
AA 1.2 rechargeable battery’s a part from that
Very happy.
Bought this to use in the kitchen while preparing food. Also ordered a high gain antenna as the signal is temperamental. Not the TV’s fault. Sound is a bit tinny but only to be expected with small speakers. Generally an excellent small portable and great for the purpose.
The tele is a great little portable i bought it because my children bought me the same model for Christmas and it was just what i was looking for, but some low life thieving b??????? Stole it from my car so i replaced i
I’ve only used the TV in the bedroom so far, but it seems to be fairly good. The picture is sharp and the sound is what you’d expect from a portable TV. I’ve been a little disappointed with the reception aspect. In my bedroom the silver extending aerial is nothing short of useless and although the small black antennae did work, the picture did break up from time to time. I invested in the 12.00 optional high gain aerial and although it seems a little better, it’s still not spot on, and I really like this sort of thing to be spot on. My concern is that if it’s not spot on in the bedroom, what is it going to be like when I try it in the caravan, in the middle of nowhere. The reception issues mean it can only be four stars
Great little portable tv, use it in my small campervan, works well with the supplied arials. can be used with rechargeable batteries or mains so can be used in a tent or awning for up to two hours before a recharge is needed
This is so cute, it works, we tried it out but only just got it so not used much yet, it picks up some tv stations, main ones for us in the UK ITV and BBC and some others, have not tried the other features like usb yet, there was a a whole list of stuff it does which the seller advertised, so this is a very good purchase and well worth the money, thank you selle
The TV doesn’t hold the stations after it has searched for them, when it has auto searched the stations are all there, and I can select
the one I want but after I have switched it off, when I switch it on again, it stays on the channel and I cannot select the channel I want.
Due to poor single I was unable to use the antenna that was in the box. there was a white cable I located by the window attached this to the tv and a wolla I got all my freeview thank you for putting this little machine together …
This portable TV has everything but I highly recommend you get a View TV aerial to go with this fantastic portable TV the one supplied didn’t cut it and with a 25 mile radius you shouldn’t go wrong plus no extra power is needed I got 84 channels wow
The TV was bought for use in the kitchen where there is not much space. The picture quality is good, but the sound is a little bit tinny. Installation was easy.
Very well made, arrived one time, perfectly packaged, It gives a first class picture when connected to an outside aerial but gives no picture at all with either the digital antenna or the telescopic antenna that are supplied with it. This is not a problem for me because I use the set primarily as a monitor for cctv cameras, and it does this job perfectly, but I don’t know how you’d get on in a caravan or motorboat. Though, to be fair, the User Manual does suggest that you use, and I quote, ‘a proper rooftop aerial or an amplified aerial’. Also, I found the instructions a bit complicated to follow but (a) this doesn’t matter much to me because I’m just using it as a monitor and (b) you guys out there are probably more tech than me. The remote control works perfectly, and the set has all the in and out connections that you’ll need — HDMI in (a special cable is supplied), USB port, Micro SD card slot, AV in and a 3.5mm headphone socket. Overall, I’d give it 5 stars except for the aerial issue.
I am enjoying this as we have three men that like sport and I done so I can tuse what I like I allways give in to them as my sons both handicap and my husband enjoy the sport so thank you pauline
In our home which has trees around it we couldn’t pick up any programmes.
Quick delivery.
Just what I wanted for my little kitchen and I was amazed at the quality of the picture but the tone of the sound was a little bit tinny.. it didn’t bother me though because everything else was perfect ! I highly recommend this portable TV.
Bought for a hospital patient in Kings College Hospital, the nearest mast would be Crystal Palace mast which is only 3 miles away and the TV works perfectly with the included aerial. Not sure how well it would work from a longer distance? The picture is bright and clear. Perfect!
looks ok so far for a portable small screen,with any t.v. – you have to have good reception,in saying that it works inside my house — but we can see the tv transmitter from our house
Arrived really quickly. Simple to setup.
The only thing I was not pleased with and what I did’nt realize was the price I saw quoted on the site did not include VAT. So when I recieved the invoice I then saw that the price was more than I expecte, I guess that they do this on the site so that the price of the TV looks more attractive to buyers.
Other than that gripe I am very pleased with this small TV.
Arrived the day after ordering. Setting-up and tuning was actually more straightforward than seemed to be the case initially. Picture quality is excellent. The sound – as others have mentioned – is a little “tinny” but clear and adequate for the purpose. Based on 2 days’ experience I’m very pleased with the purchase – though on a couple of occasions it has changed channels of its’ own volition, something I’ll monitor. The main benefit for me has been the amount of kitchen worksurface it has released, relative to its’ now-retired predecessor!
Absolutely beautiful little TV! I bought it for my elderly mother to use in her kitchen and can’t fault it at all. It’s easy to use and the picture’s great. Plus the on screen subtitles are easy for her to read and set up. I initially had my doubts over how well the internal aerial would work as we live in a poor reception area, but it’s absolutely fine.
Definitely worth buying and 5 stars from us!
Product arrived 2 days after ordering, brilliant. Product itself beyond my expectations, exactly what it said on the superb packaging. Reception is excellent though it might help that we are in direct sight of the TV transmitter (4 miles away). Otherwise I cannot give the product, the delivery, the packaging anything but the highest marks.
Bought this for use in hospital ward. Very good picture. Very good reception. Used with earphones as this didn’t disturb other patients.much better with mains electric as the rechargeable batteries didn’t last long.
Nice Portable TV however we cannot obtain a signal, we have purchased the booster ariel as advised and now we can obtain a decent picture upstairs in our front bedroom, however we want to use the TV downstairs to the rear of the house on a breakfast bar and cannot get a signal. We are in the process of having a cable run from the main roof ariel through to the kitchen. Our nearest transmitter is only fourteen miles away.
I would have given 5 stars if we had a signal.
In the past, when with him, I’ve tried to watch TV on my laptop/phone, and on Catch-up, but internet and mobile coverage in his part of Cornwall are almost non existent. So, I took a chance and ordered this dinky TV (on a Thursday), even though I had never heard of the brand or the manufacturer. I hoped for next day delivery, with Prime, but the following Monday was given as the delivery date. I also ordered the carrying case, and the 12v car charger. Their delivery date was the Saturday. As I was travelling on the Monday I thought I would miss the delivery of the TV at home, so I arranged for local pick up in Cornwall. Then, on the Saturday, I got a message to say all three items had been delivered to my local pick up place in Cornwall. They were all in the same packaging, and I was quite disappointed that I’d missed two days of having the TV.
I collected it on the Monday evening, as soon as I arrived in Cornwall, and I set it up immediately. I didn’t read the instructions first, as advised – I just plugged the TV into the mains, plugged the tiny DTV aerial into it, started automatic tuning with the remote control unit, and hey presto. I am absolutely thrilled with it…. so much so that I rang my sister to show it to her on a video call and she ordered one the next day. The TV comes with lots of accessories (cables) and, as well as running on mains electricity, and a 12v car charger, it also runs on six rechargeable AA batteries. I haven’t tried it on batteries yet, as they are somewhat expensive and I don’t need them at the present time. It could be worse though; at least the batteries it needs are rechargeable, and battery operation is a handy option to have. Oh, and I should mention that the 3-pin part of the adapter plug is detachable, and can be replaced with the European 2-pin part (supplied).
The picture, upstairs at my uncles house in Cornwall, is excellent. The sound is a bit tinny, but that doesn’t bother me. Also the remote control buttons feel a bit spongy to me (I think they are rubber/silicone) and I have to press them quite hard to change channels. My sister’s TV also works well upstairs at our mother’s house on the Wales/Shropshire border, but neither of us can get a picture downstairs in these rural locations. We might need to get booster aerials but, again, that does not bother me as we want them for upstairs use in these two locations. I’m confident that my TV will work up and downstairs at home, as I live in a good reception area, and my two 19″ TVs work well on indoor aerials. I was delighted when I saw this TV, and excited to receive it. Now, I am so happy that I bought it, and thrilled that it is small enough for me to take it with me wherever I go.
PLEASE NOTE: The shoulder strap in my picture of the TV’s accessories (shown folded) did NOT come with this TV. It came with the August Travel Case for 10″ TV, and 9/10″ Tablets – which I bought at the same time. Apologies for my mistake!
Wow! What a great little TV. I’m over the moon with it. It was extremely well packaged and so easy to set up. The picture is fine, the sound is very acceptable. I do have a battery powered aerial which will provide a stronger signal, which I need here. The TV is for holidays and power outages … but ONLY use the recommended rechargeable batteries or the warranty is invalidated. What a good buy! 🙂
Purchased for our camper. Excellent little TV for the price. Good sound and picture quality. We bought the little booster Ariel. We just pre tuned the TV before going away and it worked perfectly on our campsite. Kids very pleased they could still catch up on there favourite programes. Highly recommend
For the money (Paid 93.00) this is a perfect purchase. Just make sure you have an external antenna connection as having owned 3 reiterations of these devices over the years none of them work on the antenna supplied unless you are sat under the transmitter!! Other than that though does everything required. Also has a useful HDMI in (mini HDMI, so adaptor required, pick them up on Amazon for 6.00), which means I can plug my Amazon TV stick into it too!
Good value for money at 93.00.
ideal for caravan or camping trip. great packaging. Little tricky to set channels to correct station numbers
I have had lots of tvs small portable types and little monitor and I can say that this is the best I have ever used, I use very high end cameras in my business worth thousands of pounds even as a little monitor the image comes out very well
and Iam very picky indeed.
So if you are looking for small TV then just buy this one you will note disappointed
One last thing that is not mentioned on Amazon
Is you can use it with out power takes AA rechargeable battery
I would go for 1.2 Durecell or Lloytron 2700mah
Durecell is 2500 mah
Gives you about 2 – 2. 5 hours
and looks like UK support that in its self is good enough for me to buy it
GREAT!!! PRODUCT!!!
I didn’t bother to try it with the supplied mini aerial as my previous tv (not an ‘August’ make) never functioned unless it was connected to a proper household aerial.
There’s a very clear picture and the sound is acceptable for such a tiny tv.
It’s an excellent piece of kit and it arrived before the ‘delivery by’ date.
I cannot add anything more to what others have posted here, this little TV is superb on both SD and HD broadcasts! It blew me away so much I’m thinking of buying some more to use as editing monitors. As far as I can see it has only one minor drawback, it doesn’t connect to the internet, and one major drawback, the back of the unit gets hot, needs more ventilation? But for all that, if you want one, don’t hold back, get it, you won’t be disappointed!
Just arrived today plugged it in and it scanned all channels including HD the small aerial seems to pick up better than the long one
Really great picture only gripe is I have had to order the in car charger which seems a bit of a shame considering the price of the TV it should be included in the box
The file format was also a problem kept getting no media error messages but found it to be ntsc and not fat 32
But all in all a great little TV I have my Apple TV plugged in via hdmi and it works fine sharp clear picture
I wasnt expecting anything special when I ordered this little tv, but when I opened the box and ( very easily) loaded my favourite channels, I was really impressed with the whole product. The picture quality was very good as too was the sound. It’s a nice tidy design with lots of bits and bobs to which one can attach other devices. The TV is light and easy to carry about and can be packed flat like a tablet.
Very good value for money
Very fast delivery and television works perfectly. We needed something as we live in the country in a small village that gets regular power cuts, so we ordered this small television so at least we can still watch something whilst the power is off. I noted some people said they had problems with the receiving channels, but it may vary from area to area as we’ve had no such problems. The unit can be run on the mains, but from our point of view it will use six AA re-chargeable batteries, so with a small number of spare ones we could keep going even through the longest power cut. It gets all the Freeview channels fine. Very pleased with the service.
Both aerials give very poor signal strength needs an external antenatal to give good receptio
The August DA100D television is a five star television. Picture quality is excellent with both standard and also HD broadcasts although a more substantial aerial, possibly amplified, may be required to attain a reading of 100% on HD. Should you not be content with the Standard picture setting various other display modes and sub settings can be selected .
Sound is also very good considering the small size of the television and its built in speakers. Settings are included in the menu to adjust the standard setting to turn on surround sound and also adjust both the treble and base. Also included are separate sound settings for Music, Movie and Sports.
For good measure both subtitles and teletext are also included and can be easily read.
Overall the quality of this television would put to shame many a much larger television.
Need to use a replacement mount (I used a small photo mount & desktop tripod). I also used the maplins arial as it was better. I use this to in my MotorHome and I purchased the 12v cigarette lighter power lead. So ok I needed to think through howto adapt but did do as the end result is brilliant. Would recommend this with the adaption to my friends.
Brian.
After 12 months of it sitting in a box I was advised to buy a Polaroid arials from Asda – 20 later and the tv is now installed in my kitchen – and it is a good little tv, doesn’t take up too much space and has a lovel, clear picture. At the moment the sound quality isn’t brilliant but for what I use it for it’s fine – that’s why I am now giving it 4 stars.
It’s likely that you’ll need to connect an external aerial to this, but that’s the same with most digital televisions. I was able to receive all the Freeview channels with the supplied telescopic aerial, but I’m close to the transmitter and the signal still dropped out in certain parts of the house. There were no problems with reception using an external aerial, or indeed using the television outside using with the supplied aerial.
Only thing that could really be improved is better spacing between the aerial, USB and mini-HDMI ports on the right side as you’ll need the right cables if you want to use them all at the same time. It would also be great if this could be offered with a battery pack that can be recharged in situ, as whilst the television can be powered off rechargeable AA-sized batteries, they need to be removed to be recharged and of course you’ll also need to carry around a charger as well.
I got this TV for my kitchen. Easy to set up. Very good picture and sound. I live in a valley and was doubtful a digital TV would work. The booster areial works a treat. I have only given it 4 stars as I have only had it for a few days.
After fully testing the unit for quality, connection and compatibility performance, I can confirm this is an excellent product.
Picture quality on SD Freeview channels is clean and sharp; this improves even further with Freeview HD channels.
Sound quality is very good for a unit of this size – it is crisp and has plenty volume. Headphone output is satisfactory, but there should be more volume.
On initial set up, all available channels from my local transmitter were successfully installed, using the supplied telescopic aerial.
If you live in a strong coverage area you should experience no problems with reception.
I connected my PC HDMI out to this unit’s HDMI in and it displays the picture perfectly, so you can use it as a computer monitor, i.e. for a Raspberry Pi, or as a monitor for a digital camera.
I have tested USB media playback and this unit will accept an NTFS formatted USB stick. I successfully played back a number of file types, i.e. MKV 1080p and MP4 720/1080p, WMV, AVI, etc and these play back fine, with no lag or picture break up. I did experience playback issues when connecting an external portable HDD and SSD, so I would recommend playing back files from a USB stick.
The remote control is an improvement over the last model, but could do with being even bigger for ease of use.
Digital Teletext loads very quickly and is very clear.
Screen resolution is 1024×600 – ample for a screen of this size – as mentioned earlier, Freeview HD channels look particularly good.
Connectivity as this price point is excellent – there’s even a standard tripod mounting thread and bracket holes for wall mounting.
This is a massive improvement on the previous model and I highly recommend it.
Excellent product. I use the DTV through my aerial which works well. Main reason for buying was as an HD monitor for my raspberry Pi. I also bought the booster aerial for this and that works well using the USB port on the TV to power the booster. (Not sure how that affects battery life though)
Excellent picture and reception when connected to mains aerial. Freeview stations, incl radio and programmed instantly. Have not tried using it on battery or antenna aerial. Only downside is the quality of the sound which is really tinny. However I think for the price it’s worth it.
Since writing this review I have invested in a small speaker which has improved the sound quality 100%.
Nicely packaged. Great for a small TV. Easy to install and set up. I made a more secure stand for the corner shelf. Great service from supplier. Well done and many thanks from a happy customer.
Wanted to fit it under a kitchen cabinet, had problems fitting it to a standard folding small tv bracket but managed to adapt every thing to fit.
Sound ok as its fitted in a small kitchen . SD card is a nice feature. We can drop movies/ programs from the PC on to the card to play on this tv. Only tested the recording feature and it worked ok. Connected it a loft Aerial as supplied portable one would not give a signal.
Superb….. Brought this for my kitchen and does the job perfectly.
I have it connected to the mains aerial and the picture quality is brilliant. I can’t comment on the aerial that comes with it as we never used it.
The sound is a little tinny but I have plugged a external speaker into the phone jack and it sounds great.
Overall I’m one very happy customer and would recommend this telly to anyone.
Very capable device. What is particularly important about a portable digital tv is that it is sensitive because most of the time only a portable as opposed to roof-top aerial will be available. I did some comparisons – this unit against the various home-based tvs we have but using the same portable antenna. The August won out against each. The provided magnetic based and telescopic antennas will probably be inadequate unless you have a line-of-sight to the transmitter but both a small desk-top yagi (multi-element antenna) and August’s own USB powered device brought in all the stations I’d expect without break-up. Of course if you are in a dip or some considerable distance from the transmitter you shouldn’t expect miracles…. I also found that playing movies from a USB stick worked well. Some tvs reject common formats but so far I haven’t had any problems.
Bought to use as a dedicated monitor for bird box camera, but TV picture from domestic aerial at installation was better than I had anticipated, no knowledge of its ability as a portable.
Picture from AV input of camera is excellent. I had hoped, from its recording abilty to record from AV, which I have yet to try, but spec does say TV, so, although a bit disappointed, I can’t grumble.
THE TV HAS A GREAT PICTURE , BUT UNFORTUNATELY WAS TOO SMALL FOR WHERE I WANTED TO USE IT SO HAD TO SEND IT BACK, WOULD HAVE GIVEN IT 5 STARS BUT SOUND QUALITY LET IT DOWN, APART FROM THAT THE TV WAS OK.
Got this for my caravan, works great, great viewing angle and although its a small unit it is still very watchable from my seating area or bed if I turn it round.
Only niggle is the remote control, sometimes I have to press the selected button several times for the TV to pick up signal. Not the end of the world tho.
he TV that I purchased was fab did just what it said on tin. The only prob. we had was finding where it was delivered the note in door was unreadable. After knocking on neighbours who it was not delivered to, they were all in , we found it YES in the dustbin or now called recycle bin. I thought what a silly place to leave it , but the product was very good
I have had this portable TV for 2 days. The delivery was ahead of schedule and the product is as described. The best is that there is a helpline number and they are very helpful with questions re setting up etc. As described by other purchasers, you do definitely need to connect it to an outside aerial. The sound is a bit tinny but I guess you can’t expect more with such a small TV. The picture reception is excellent with the roof aerial but for best picture you do need to view it at eye level.
Pretty good but annoying feature whereby (my one at least) leaves the side LED on until the batteries go flat – pointless but not a problem if you run on main all the time or can be bothered to take the batteries out. Light enough to hang off the back of the headrest with a custom made mount. Mains adaptor provided. Supports 64GB USB drive for MPG files in case you get no reception from your source (30+ films in my case).
This is a great TV it works perfectly well indoors I’m in a busy hospital and reception is perfect I have no complaints whatsoever as for value for money well.well done. And thank you.
love this got it for my wagon great picture and can play video through usb so is a bonus would recomend this to any one
This TV is not very sensitive when used with the telescopic aerial or the included car aerial but with the addition of an amplified aerial it performs fairly well.
The size and sound are fine. 10″ is adequate for viewing. We can sit up to 2m or so away with no problems.
With the supplied aerial we only achieved the ITV and channel 4 stations.
With the motorhome rooftop aerial we got more channels than we were able to watch.
Ran this off a 12V adaptor. Minimal demand on leisure battery.
I really wanted to score it 4.5 stars. There are two let-downs. The remote requires a good solid press on the buttons and there is a lag in response so it tends to feel unresponsive. Secondly, the menu system appears to have a logic all its own and will take a bit of getting used to before I’ll be able to discard the manual. I have still to try recording to and viewing files from a USB hard drive.
For the price it represents good value and is a nice little TV with the ability to record programmes directly or by scheduling.
Bought this TV to go in my studio to keep up with the tennis/football and apart from the sound the picture was first class, all the available channels were there, well the ones that I wanted, so a brilliant little TV.
I also bought the Logitech Z120 Stereo Speakers for 10ish so everything is really good.
Delivery was as one would expect from Amazon – 1st class.
I bought this TV for the kitchen and put it on my roof aerial as advised by other people as the aerials supplied did not seem to be good enough so I never tried them and the TV works fine so far. The picture is very good and the sound is quite good for this size of TV. This is just what my wife required for our small kitchen.
This TV is excellent – when it works, intermittently it cannot be switched on or off either manually or by remote. Usually it does come to life but for the past 3 days it has been sitting doing nothing. I have tried to contact Amazon to get it replaced but am going round in circles. The power is certainly going into the TV as the red light is coming on and the green light is on the plug. I think it might have a faulty on/off switch or the sensor is faulty, either way its just sitting here which isn’t much use. I would be grateful for a replacement please as this little TV is perfect for the space I have in my kitchen. Your help would be greatly appreciated. thank you
But it does not work in some foreign countries. As it is VHF UHF+ Dig tuner it may be good for other countries. I purchased it for the use of a monitor. Very good for adding HDD as an outside source for video and audio. So light to carry. Like a feather but has powerful applications. Very pleased with the results
Excellent picture quality for a little TV using house external aerial. Good range of features and reasonable sound quality for its size. However, poor quality remote was replaced on three occasions from manufacturer and each one failed to operate correctly after just a few days use. TV and remote also returned for testing but remote again failed after a short period of use. Eventually complete package returned for credit within guarantee period.
Plugged into the mains I got no image or any sound using either of the two aerials packed with the TV. Just a black screen and silence.
Once my rooftop aerial lead was plugged in I got a screen asking if I wanted English language – I pressed OK. I was asked if I wanted to install and I pressed OK.
Got lots of channels when the TV had scanned and they had the same freeview numbers as shown in the newspaper.
GREAT picture and reasonable sound. I pressed the remote to increase the sound and there was sufficient for me.
Wearing one set of headphones I found the sound was too soft – I don’t mean quiet, I mean not just sharp enough. With another set of headphones I found the sound was ok. I can’t wear the type of head phone push-ins that came with the TV as they drop out of my ears.
Took me a while to realise that pressing TV/R changes the TV from TV channels to Radio channels and pressed again reverts back to TV channels.
Pressing INFO while a channel is showing gives me the channel number, name, start/end times of program showing and start/end times of program next in line.
Not too sure about all the other things this set does.
When I press Menu I get a list to choose different things – Digital TV, Movies, Music, Photo, Games and Disk Manager.
I have yet to work out what these do.
I need to investigate about a portable hard disc to record programs on to. Perhaps the one I have already will work.
What I have noticed which are not properly visible on illustrations on the page are the ten buttons across the top of the tv (hidden from the front view).
These are On/Off, Menu, Left/fast Left, Right/fast Right, Enter, Channel Down/Left, Channel Up/Right, Volume -, Volume +, and Mode.
I was a bit worried about losing the remote and being unable to even turn the TV on.
The remote is a bit cheap looking. It is very thin and uses just one flat C battery. At first I found it hard to get the buttons to work but I persevered. I am really glad the TV has buttons too as I think I will be pressing the remote buttons too hard and these things don’t last when you do that.
I have yet to try out the RED BUTTON channel 0200.
The coloured buttons on the remote have white writing on them which makes the yellow one hard to read. I think it says Move.
Red = ZOOM. Green = FAV. Yellow = MOVE. Blue = LOCK.
Not sure what Move and Lock are all about.
The TV weighs practically the same as my Kindle Fire without its leather case. It will be no problem to carry from room to room or upstairs etc. I just have to find a decent aerial or pay for more roof aerial extensions.
The Manual is quite good, the front cover up to and including page 23 are the English pages. The typescript is small.
To use off the mains the manual says you get 2.5 hrs with 6 rechargeable AA batteries.
Note. I did notice as I was experimenting something about 16.9 so it might be that you can change the screen size when necessary.
All in all I am very pleased with it just need to find a portable aerial that works.
Ps. I forgot to mention that in the manual it gives details for locking certain channels and applying passwords, parental locks and all that.
I’ve had this TV for about 2 months and love it, delivered promptly and has a clear sharp picture then suddenly the remote packs up, August (the manufacturer) said sorry the remote is not under warranty, maybe it needs a new battery.
Meanwhile a week later Daffodil (the seller) send me a message asking how is the TV
so I replied and told them about the remote not working and I hour later a nice email saying a replacement was on it’s way and next day through the post I get another new remote.
So great little TV for the kitchen and a working remote and first class customer service.
Thanks
Harry.
I bought this to replace my old analogue TV as they don’t work anymore!
However I am very glad I did. This is a very compact and light small scren TV with built in Freeview decoder.
It even works with my satalite dish after I obtained a Phono plug to SCART adaptor.
It all works extremely well and even records on a memory stick well.
The only problem is the complex procedure required to set up the recording or alarm turn on and then having to turn off the TV by a special sequence rather than the off button.
Nevertheless an excellent buy and really great if you just want a freeview TV to travel with.
This little TV was bought to sit on top of the fridge in the kitchen so that I can watch the usual nonsense as I create my cordon bleu meals. It needed to be small, neat, easy to use and tough with a wide viewing angle. The August DA100C does all this and more as it has Freeview and can pick up DAB Radio Stations – simply use the remote to switch between audio and visual modes.
The picture is astonishingly clear and steady and the sound is surprisingly good for such a small set, but if you want to fit an external speaker, you can do that easily enough. As I had a spare pair of small active speakers, I did this and they work fine. The acceptable angle of viewing is much better than many larger sets and the remote is neat, handy and quick.
There are only two reasons I don’t give it five stars. First, the user can’t scroll through different channel information without losing the current channel. This can be annoying if you’re watching something and just want to check other program times. It might be me missing the point, but I don’t think so. Second, the aerial fits to one side only and can pull the set physically if your cable feeds from the ‘wrong’ side. Aerial leads tend to be quite stiff so having optional connections either side would have been nice, especially for tight spaces. I haven’t tried the internal aerial or indoor aerial as they wouldn’t work in my particular area.
Apart from these two points, the television is well-designed, versatile and very fairly priced. There is a memory card slot, should you want to show photos or do some other clever stuff with it, and a USB connection too, neither of which I’ve used yet, but I might in the future. I’ve had the set about two months and am very pleased with it. The cordon bleu meals aren’t bad either.
I wanted a tiny tv to put in my room on a shelf in the hope of getting some sort of reception…this little tv exceeded all my expectations and the tiny ariel gets all the freeview stations easily (much to my surprise as I tried a 19″ tv with external ariel beforehand and could only get a few channels). It is not connected to a tv socket, and the ariel supplied is magnetic so sticks on the end of the radiator perfectly. The picture is clear, and the sound good, though it would be good if the volume would go a bit quieter as the lowest setting 01 is still quite loud when everyone else is in bed, although the tv does come with a pair of earphones to overcome this problem. My only criticism is there appears to be a pixel missing on the left-hand side of the screen so there is a tiny white dot there, but this is such a minor detail and is hardly noticeable.Generally very good value and excellent all round.
Bought this for a friend to use in their small attic bedroom. I used the small “remote” aerial supplied with an extension lead and magnetic base mount, rather than the short telescopic one (also supplied). To my great surprise the installation scan found all the Freeview channels and reception quality, sound and picture are all very good. Connected a 500gb USB drive and presto, the media player had no trouble playing movies etc. All the controls are fairly intuitive if you’ve ever worked a DTV of any sort (or set top box).
My only small concern is the remote, which does work fine, but the buttons are those small “bubble in an overlay” type. My friend, who has slightly arthritic weak hands, finds it a bit fiddly and awkward to use.
This gorgeous little TV is brilliant. Arrived three days early in perfect condition. At first i couldn’t get a signal. (you set it up for the first time by plugging it in to a roof-top aerial) but rang the sellers customer services and they got me up and running in moments. very helpful and patient the chap was too. Currently have the TV on the bedside cabinet plugged into a roof top aerial, but tried it on the set top aerial that comes with it and after a few moments finding the best place for signal it was fine. I appreciate that perhaps not everyone will be in a good signal area when using just the set top aerial, but, mine works fine and I am delighted with it. The picture is crystal clear and I can see the screen well from accross the room even though it is only 10″. Thanks.
So if like me you don’t need the portability/battery function and you are prepared to get a better aerial for poor signal areas I would recommend it.
Why only a 4? Well it does look a little cheap, especially the remote and the supplied aerial, other than in a perfect position, is pretty useless for Freeview, but connecting to the house aerial system over came this minor difficulty and we had expected it.
So all in all a very good unit. It does exactly what we wanted and for 130 we can’t really fault it.