All posts by Stephen Phillips
Below are all of Stephen Phillips's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Doug B - There is usually a clear choice between scanning for additional new channels and scanning to replace the existing channels from scratch.
But the terms used for the choice vary a lot!
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Have you tried switching them round?
And one by one?
Do either sets show a signal strength?
Signals can be too strong. Need your postcode to check for that.
As the new one does work it is probably simply more or less sensitive than the old.
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Bob P - Presume your Ae is pointing E to Lark Hill, and arranged vertically?
UK digital TV reception predictor
Do you know where the aerial feed splits and if you have a poered or unpowered splitter?
Do you understand that the "5v antenna power" is squirting power UP the coax to a presumed antenna amp/booster? Which, if exists, must previously have been powered somehow.
WHAT switches off when you try to use?
Try using the new box downstairs feeding the new TV and see what you get.
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Remove the booster; what do you get? NB that TOO STRONG a signal is also a problem for digital. You can get "attenuators" to reduce power if beeded.
Your first option is to switch your kit round to see if it is the kit or the aerials that is making the difference.
The 5v aerial power option is that your TV either does or does not send 5v DC UP the aerial coax to drive a booster. Sounds like you don't need it if your booster is plugged into the mains. Does it make any difference if you have it on or off? Probably not, but best "off" if not using it.
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bob p - I don't know the details, but think it could improve - or make worse - your situation.
I begin to suspect that your "mains booster" may in fact be a power supply for a powered aerial splitter, which may be overamplifying your signal.
Without the mains booster, what difference does the 5v OFF/ON choice make?
If you can get at the splitter, try taking it out of the system, using either an unpowered splitter or just connecting one by one (better for testing)
Have you yet tried switching the kit round to the other aerials?
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David R - Impossible to comment without knowing where you are and what your aerial is pointing at.
If it is all OK now it should stay OK.
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Thursday 1 September 2011 9:27AM
I don't recall any of my boxes quoting a total number of channels at all!