All posts by jb38
Below are all of jb38's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Paul Jones: No you shouldn't require to do anything to get Sky back other than select HDMI(2) via the button referred to, as that button enables you to go through all the input facilities, as some people might have boxes connected to HDMI(3) or some other input and that the way they would select them.
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Paul Jones: I would suggest that its maybe best just to leave the Sky box on the HDMI(1) input and should the person in that room want to view something on Freeview rather than Sky then all they require to do is press the button referred to (under 9) and select DTV seen on the input menu list and press OK. (selecting an item from the list done by using the up / down arrows on the large round centre button)
Likewise of course if they want Sky again just use exactly the same procedure but this time selecting HDMI(1) as even although when the Sky box is taken out of standby it auto-switches the TV to Sky, but if it didn't then Sky would have to be selected using the button, so really amounts to the same thing.
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Alison: This could be linked to the massively high powered BBC transmitter causing the Panasonic signal overload problems, although as you haven't given your location (pref: post code) this cannot be verified, but purely for a test if you have a set top aerial lying around see if that works.
Another test without using another aerial is to leave the Panasonic sitting on any menu page which if I remember correctly might have a blue background to the printing, then if you see the background colour fluctuating take the aerial out of the box and see if this stabilises the colour, if it does then its overloading.
What model of Panasonic box are you using?
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Paul Jones: On that particular issue maybe you could clarify a point I wondered about, if when you say you lose your BBC signal when the Sky box is switched on, what happens if without touching anything else you select ITV, is it OK? and if you re-select BBC again does it then come on? although if it does then that suggests a problem with the TV as the technical aspects of the BBC and ITV signals are the same.
I originally assumed that you were using the usual RF coax connection between the Sky box and the second TV and why I queried about the RF output channel used by the Sky box, but when you explained details of the connections you were using this eliminated the RF clashing angle as no connection exists between Sky boxes RF out socket and the second TV's aerial input.
The way your system should work is, that if Freeview is being viewed on the second TV and the Sky box is switched on then the TV will automatically change over to the HDMI feed from the Sky box, this meaning that to get Freeview back again it has to be done using the remotes input button.
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Alison: What was said is taking it that you have the Panasonic coupled to the TV via a scart lead and not by using a coax RF link?
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Paul Jones: If you do not connect the normal aerial into the Sky box then the bedroom TV will not be able to view anything other than the Sky box.
The point is that because the second TV is being fed directly from a dedicated output on the booster / splitter then it shouldn't really be affected by anything, although if when the BBC vanishes you try a test by removing the coax plug that goes into the Sky boxes aerial port, as that will instantly tell if the booster is being dragged down or not if the picture re-appears, even although the lead you have removed is actually from the boosters other output.
Regarding JimF's suggestion, if you can access the coax and HDMI leads at any point in the run just slightly separate them by about 1/2" or so, as if crosstalk is a factor then that's all the separation that's required. If though you cannot get access to the cables concerned, then if you have a piece of coax lying around try running a temporary lead between the aerial amp and the second TV to verify if crosstalk is a factor or not.
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Robo: Go into the boxes signal check screen and have a look at the levels being indicated as the strength / quality should be level pegging at about 75% or so, if the quality is significantly under the strength then the dish is slightly out of alignment.
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Mel Latter: As your question is one involving reception then you really have to provide info regarding your location, this preferably in the form of a post code or one from very near by, as that will then enable the signal levels expected at your location to be assessed.
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JimF: Sorry, no snub intended, as I just noticed that you had already made another posting before me, me not having observed this as I don't use the sites reply box for typing replies but paste them in from another screen, hence did not notice this screen had refreshed in the time between.
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Saturday 7 April 2012 11:55PM
maggie reavill: Yes, as these old VCR's as well as being very limited in what they can do are quite difficult for some people to set up for recording, unlike the device I provided the link for which is one of the easiest of all PVR's.
Should you purchase this particular model, if any further advice is required do not hesitate to ask.