All posts by Paul Jones
Below are all of Paul Jones's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.jb38: All the other channels, including ITV1 work fine, we only lose the BBC channels, 1, 2 and 4 etc. due to a weak or no signal. But we always seem to get a week to no signal once the Sky box is switched on from standby. Just a thought, but currently our split external aerial cable goes into the aerial in socket on the Sky box. This is then connected to our DVD Recorder using another coax cable and finally our TV is linked to the DVD Recorder using a third coax cable. As an alternative should I feed the aerial cable straight into the DVD Recorder and not the Sky box. And leave the other coax cable from the DVD Recorder to the TV in place. So there would be no cables going in or out of the Sky box apart from the RF2 to our bedroom TV. Thanks again.
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JimF: I unplugged the HDMI cable from the TV as requested and the BBC channels sadly didn't reappear. Earlier tonight everything worked well and I was able to watch BBC1 for nearly an hour before the picture broke up. I also noticed that the BBC picture was pretty poor tonight even when the Sky box was in standby mode. All the other channels were unaffected by this deteriorationin in picture quality. I've tried to separate the cables but I can't in places because they run together through a hole in the wall. jb38: I will test your suggestion tomorrow by removing the aerial lead from the Sky box when the BBC channels are next lost. Thanks very much.
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jb38: Update - Both TVs worked fine earlier today through Freeview and with the Sky box on. I then tried the second TV tonight and I'd lost the BBC channels. I checked the signal strength and both BBC1 and BBC2 had a poor singal. ITV1, Ch4 and Ch5 etc. all had good strength. My main TV also had a low signal strength for the BBC channels. I then removed the aerial lead from the Sky box but it made no difference, the BBC channels still had a poor signal. From what I've seen since we started investigating this problem, we tend to lose the signal more at night than we during the day. From what we have tested to date and from what I have described would you say that this is probably an aerial problem and perhaps it's not alligned correctly? We had our chimney removed a few years back and the aerial is currently located on the fascia board at the back of the house. Or do I need a better booster/amplifier?
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jb38: No problem and thanks for your help again. I will take a look at the aerial later this week and if there is any doubt I will get someone in to check the aerial, positioning etc. and get it changed if needs be. With regards to the booster I have bought another just in case, it's a One For All SV9522 2 Way Amplified Signal Splitter Booster. Is it worth trying or should I stick with the one I'm currently using? I will update you regarding the aerial once I know more and thanks again.
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Hello,
I don't know if somebody out there can help me but here goes: I have a TV in my main living room which is connected to a SKY+ HD box, blu-ray player and DVD recorder, all by HDMI cables and also the TV has an external aerial connection via the Sky box. Running from the Sky box is another HDMI cable via a splitter to another TV in our second living room. This is mainly so that we can watch Sky TV in this room as well, albeit the same show as the main room. This TV is also connected to the external aerial via a splitter. We have recently bought a second blu-ray player for this other room but have noticed that when we go to use any of the player's controls we get a blue screen on the main TV and we can't watch both TVs at the same time. If we switch the main TV over to Sky for example the film being played on the Blu-ray in the second room is paused. Any ideas as to how we stop this from happening as ideally we'd like to watch Sky in the main living room and a film in the second without this happening? Any advice or guidance would be appreciated.
Many thanks,
Richard
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Sunday 8 April 2012 4:57PM
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JimF: Thanks for your thoughts and this could be a possibility as both the HDMI and coax cables do run through trunking to get to our second TV. I'm using a splitter/amplifier for the coax cable already as I've split our external aerial to feed the two TVs. Would I need another one? Thanks