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    Hi, just had virgin 200mb fitted but getting about 60mb, I put a splitter on straight away for zgemma and wonder if different splitters can effect quality

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    cable splitter to use tratec 5-1000mhz one

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    Quote Originally Posted by cactikid View Post
    cable splitter to use tratec 5-1000mhz one
    You know the plastic caps they come with over the connectors, they work great at covering spare connectors on a multiple LNB.

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    Splitters?

    If your signal is perfect fors 200mb.. +15db and you decide to split the signal for a free box then yes the splitter will effect..

    You need to either buy a low loss spliter or break in cabinet and move cable up a tap or 2..

    The latter is illegal btw so dont bother
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kalipo View Post
    Splitters?

    If your signal is perfect fors 200mb.. +15db and you decide to split the signal for a free box then yes the splitter will effect..

    You need to either buy a low loss spliter or break in cabinet and move cable up a tap or 2..

    cable up a tap or 2
    Do you know the numbers? is higher number faster. I think i saw 24db and 28db options the cable is only finger tight on The box in my street and it's aways open

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    I have a Zgemma and have issues mainly with HD channels also but I noticed my signal strength is low (stays at 29). A friend of mine was saying I should call Virgin to see if they can send a boost over the line? Has anyone else tried this? Also another option I been provided is getting a booster for Virgin. Something like this:

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/28dB-Cabl....8AAOSw-K9ZN1yM

    Anyone who is technical with these boxes, could this help? Thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by maca View Post
    I think there are 2 models a 18db and 28db one, I am thinking the higher number must offer a better signal right?

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    Tbh i have never needed one but higher you go the better i presume .

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    Sounds silly but I'm sure too high a signal is just as bad as to low a signal which is (I think) the reason they put attenuators on the back of the vm tv receiver. In saying that though I'd go for the higher booster then add an attenuator to the back of the zgemma if required

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    Quote Originally Posted by happy_highlander View Post
    Sounds silly but I'm sure too high a signal is just as bad as to low a signal which is (I think) the reason they put attenuators on the back of the vm tv receiver. In saying that though I'd go for the higher booster then add an attenuator to the back of the zgemma if required

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    Yep. It is possible to overload a receiver with too much signal. The effects are similar to having not enough signal.

    The front end of the receiver gets overloaded & the signal indicators start to actually go down as the signal gets higher. This has happened to a few members on here & other forums who believed they needed a booster, when they actually needed an attenuator.

    The booster linked to earlier has a variable control, so the best thing to do is to start with it turned right down & gradually increase it untill you get a good picture. If it gets worse as yoiu turn the gain up, then you may need to try an attenuator instead.

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    im getting same problem using a 3 way splitter only channel effected is sly sports 2hd signal levels keep moving up and down from 85% to 79% then starts freezing i put a 6db attenuator on made sifnal stable for a bit then its doing the same thing again.

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    [QUOTE=isotonic_uk;3052982]I have a Zgemma and have issues mainly with HD channels also but I noticed my signal strength is low (stays at 29). A friend of mine was saying I should call Virgin to see if they can send a boost over the line? Has anyone else tried this? Also another option I been provided is getting a booster for Virgin. Something like this:

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/28dB-Cabl....8AAOSw-K9ZN1yM

    Anyone who is technical with these boxes, could this help? Thanks[/QUOTE

    what your seeing is a bug 29% and not a true reading

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    Thanks yeh, I installed an OpenATV image 6.0 and the 29% issue disappeared. Thanks

 

 
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