Forgot this bit, no amplifier or signal booster
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Fox t2 hd signal breaking up
- Thread starter Mancav
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Sod’s law when you start looking into something. Since it went fine an hour ago it has not gone wrong again.
ive now installed the fan package and set it to 40 so I will monitor it and see how things go. Thanks for all the advice so far. I think I will take the cover off tomorrow and give it a clean. Can’t remember how long I’ve had it but a good number of years, imagine it will be dusty.
ive now installed the fan package and set it to 40 so I will monitor it and see how things go. Thanks for all the advice so far. I think I will take the cover off tomorrow and give it a clean. Can’t remember how long I’ve had it but a good number of years, imagine it will be dusty.
EEPhil
Number 28
Did you say when in first went wrong? When did you first notice this problem?
It's been going wrong for a long time, but only rarely. recently it's been doing it very frequently, until the last few weeks when it's been every time I've tried to use HD. It's not stayed good for an hour for months. I'm sure it went a lot worse after the latest bout of freeview channel changes, but could be coincidence.
It’s now been nearly two hours and still not gone wrong.
i was just going to check signal strength and quality.
in the settings menu, edit channels and installation are greyed out.
in the system menu, signal detection and data storage are greyed out.
never seen this before. So can’t now check signal strength. I’ve tried a few different channels and it’s the same for all.
i was just going to check signal strength and quality.
in the settings menu, edit channels and installation are greyed out.
in the system menu, signal detection and data storage are greyed out.
never seen this before. So can’t now check signal strength. I’ve tried a few different channels and it’s the same for all.
It will be because there is a recording in progress or within 15 minutes of its scheduled start time; perfectly normal.
Thanks for that, I wasn’t aware of that.
sadly the picture has started to break up again on hd
earlier EEphil asked me about bbc news channel and channel 55.
checking readings now, channel 35 breaking up and levels fluctuating badly
channel 55 is perfect, strength 57% signal 100%.
It sounds like something is causing interference on a specific channel. Have you looked at the external aerial cabling for evidence of kinks or water ingress. Could you temporarily separate the aerial and the HDMI cable?
I can check the aerial tomorrow. If it was the aerial would it not cause problems on TV also? TV hd channels no problem.
i can run a different hd cable in tomorrow also, but where they connect to the tv is only separated from aerial by 6mm or so.
Black Hole
May contain traces of nut
How do you guarantee the TV has the same signal sensitivity as the HDR-FOX?
No idea. I was just asking what I thought was a logical question.
I agree it is odd but we have seen some odd problems that have been traced to the aerial cable.
I think that is what I would suggest concentrating on first.
I don't have a great deal of confidence that either check will fix your problem but I think you need to work through eliminating possibilities until you find the problem.
MikeSh
Well-Known Member
You may be quite surprised.
Radio frequencies are very strange (to the layman) because of resonance and reflection. eg. A bit of water in a cable can poleaxe certain frequencies whilst letting others operate normally.
Black Hole
May contain traces of nut
But it isn't logical - it is based on a misconception that all receivers are equal.
Trev
The Dumb One
But it is a logical question if you are not aware of the nuances of tuner sensitivity and all the other things that can screw things up.
To say it is not a logical question is a bit (lot) disingenuous (or is it generally called 'rude'?) just because it is based on a misconception.
The optimum answer would have been to correct the misconception, not scorn the questioner for the misconception.
To say it is not a logical question is a bit (lot) disingenuous (or is it generally called 'rude'?) just because it is based on a misconception.
The optimum answer would have been to correct the misconception, not scorn the questioner for the misconception.
Black Hole
May contain traces of nut
Considering how the OP portrays himself...
By OP do you mean me? If so I wasn’t aware I was portraying myself as anything more than someone with a problem, who has come onto a forum to try and get some help solving it.
Trev
The Dumb One
The only way he seems to portray himself is as one who makes multiple posts when one would probably do with a bit of editing.
Thanks Mancav.
When you say HD, will you please indicate which HD channels that you are referring to. The 'main' 5 HD channels are on a different multiplex (Mux) to the 'non main' channels and it would be good to see it there was any correlation to dodgy channels and Mux. The minor ones are on COM7 (RF CH 55) which is frequently lower power than BBCB which hosts the 'main 5' HD channels.