Bad Signal, or Something Else?

[lastee]

Hoping someone can help.

I get choppy/blurred channels (not one decent channel) on my 500c box (old one with coax instead of f plug).

I have a splitter with 6.1db going to my modem and 6.5 to the dm.

My reading is usually around 96 snr (the other two readings are usually 40, 0 respectively)

After reading the forums I have tried:

f-plug to coax adapter (heard these can cause problems)
f-plug to coax cable
Using no splitter
Using dk 1.1 image and dw 2.1
Using 3 differing cams
Using a booster from Maplins (20db)

Any ideas would be appreciated.. Cheers.

[spurs1976]

i get the same problem with different 500'c boxes and even with a dm800c
2 sources coming in to the house so the problem must be external.
this seem to just happen overnight.

[cactikid]

3.7Software is followed by ------- new cards then --------- Nag 3---------NO BOXES WILL WORK (apart for VM boxes)
3.7 Software is for VM boxes only NOT Starview ect





Current areas on 3.7


- Aylesbury
- Barnsley (Set to receive new cards)
- Bedfordshire including Bedford Sandy, Biggleswade, Dunstable, Luton (Set to receive new cards)
- Belfast
- Bells Hill
- Bolton
- Bradford (Set to receive new cards)
- Brighton (Receiving new cards)
- Cambridge
- Cardiff
- Casltford (Set to receive new cards)
- Cheltenham
- Chesham
- Cheshire including Warrington, Widnes, Runcorn
- Chiltern Hills
- Cleethorpes (Set to receive new cards)
- Coventry
- Croxley Green
- Derbyshire (Receiving new cards)
- Dorset including Bournemouth, Poole
- Dunbartonshire in Scotland
- Dundee in Scotland
- Durham
- East Anglia
- Essex including Harlo, Romford, Ilford, Rainham
- Falkirk in Scotland
- Fife in Scotland
- Gateshead
- Glasgow in Scotland
- Grimsby (Set to receive new cards)
- Halifax (Set to receive new cards)
- Hampshire including Gosport, Aldershot, Farnborough
- Harrogate
- Hartlepool
- Hertfordshire including Stevenage, Hemel Hempstead, Bishops Stortford Watford, Rickmansworth South Hertfordshire, (Hitchin, Letchworth, St Albans, Ware, Hertford, Hoddesdon, Cheshunt, receiving new cards)
- High Wycombe
- Horley
- Huddersfield
- Humberside
- Immingham (Set to receive new cards)
- Keighley (Set to receive new cards)
- Kent including Bexley, Dartford (Swanley, Ashford, Dover receiving new cards)
- Kirklees including Dewsbury, Batley, Mirfield
- Lancashire including Chorley, Preston, Burnley, Nelson, Accrington, Colne, Blackburn
- Leamington Spa
- Leeds
- Leicestershire (Set to receive new cards)
- Lincolnshire (Set to receive new cards as part of Nottingham headend)
- Liverpool
- London 41050 including Harrow, Wembley, Lewisham, Hackney East London, South London, Seven Kings, (Hounslow, West London, Hayes, Heston receiving new cards)
- Lothian in Scotland including (Edinburgh Set to receive new cards)
- Manchester including Swinton, Salford, Stretford, Stockport, Wigan
- Middlesbrough
- Middlesex including Staines, Enfield, Northwood (Receiving new cards)
- Newcastle
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Newport
- Northamptonshire
- North & South Lanarkshire in Scotland
- North Shields
- Norwich (Set to receive new cards)
- Nottinghamshire (Set to receive new cards)
- Oldham
- Oxford
- Paisley in Scotland
- Peterborough
- Portsmouth
- Reading
- Rotherham
- Rugby
- Scun'thorpe
- Sheffield
- Solent (Set to receive new cards)
- Southampton (Receiving new cards)
- Southend-on-Sea
- South Humberside (Set to receive new cards as part of Nottingham headend)
- South Shields
- South Tyneside
- South Wales
- St. Helens
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Sunderland
- Surrey including Guildford, Woking, Frimley, Farnham, Camberley, Epsom, Croydon, Kingston Upon Thames
- Sussex including Crawley (Receiving new cards as part of Brighton headend )
- Swansea
- Swindon
- Teesside (Set to receive new cards)
- Tonbridge including Tonbridge wells, Edenbridge, Lower Surrey (Set to receive new cards)
- Uddingston in Scotland (Set to receive new cards)
- Wessex
- Wirral
- York


Areas switched over to Nagra 3

- Acton London
- Aylesbury
- Barking
- Batley
- Bexleyheath
- Bournemouth
- Chesham
- Chiltern Hills
- Chingford
- Dagenham
- Dartford
- Dewsbury
- East Ham London
- East London
- Essex 1 (NTL/Excw parts only)
- Harrogate
- Huddersfield (NTL parts only)
- Ilford
- Kirklees
- Leeds
- Mirfield
- Poole
- Rainham
- Rickmansworth
- Romford (Excw parts only)
- Seven Kings
- Shepherds Bush
- South Hertfordshire
- St Albans (Excw parts only)
- Upton Park
- Waltham Abbey
- Walthamstow
- Watford
- Wessex
- West Yorkshire (NTL parts only)
- York

[spurs1976]

are u saying thats it? the channels are vieable they just break up from time to time including radio.

[spurs1976]

my problem is certainly external, just tried on virgin box and the same channels are screwed.

[snagga]

my problem is certainly external, just tried on virgin box and the same channels are screwed.

That's the after shock from Nag3 m8. LOL

[spurs1976]

how comes it only affects some channels then? sly stuff is fine?

[snagga]

how comes it only affects some channels then? sly stuff is fine?

Check your feed coming into your building, if all ok, then try some other images, not the ones you are currently using. Let your hair down and explore a bit.

[spurs1976]

its fine this morning :-)

[vroom_buddy]

I had problems with my signal strength some time ago and we eventually tracked it down to a split in the cable on the outside of the house. The problem was particularly bad when it was raining!

[lastee]

I had problems with my signal strength some time ago and we eventually tracked it down to a split in the cable on the outside of the house. The problem was particularly bad when it was raining!

So is it my signal strength thats the problem?

"My reading is usually around 96 snr (the other two readings are usually 40, 0 respectively)"

I thought my readings were ok and maybe there is a problem with the box/tuner itself?

[mistikmike]

Last week my area went over to 3.7 and after a rescan my signal was down and had to increase booster to restore all channels. Wont be long now and we won't have to worry about signal strength...