EX5000PVR tuner fault?

[nEptune]

Hi all
I've had my Eurovox 5000 for around 6 months now, and once I got the hang of flashing it etc it has been fine with no apparent problems until a few weeks ago.
The picture started to break up and also the sound on all channels.
I checked the signal strength within the manual edit menu system and it shows around 80-90% (green) for almost all channels, but occasionally goes red and drops to about 6-10% for a split second.
This has now got worse to the point of all channels being pretty much unwatchable.
I have now reverted back to my VM box which is apparently fine.
Is this a signal issue (maybe the VM box buffers the signal better) or is it possible that the tuner in my EX5000 is dead? Hope not

Thanks in advance guys,
Ian.

[victor_ray]

Have you flashed your box with the lastest firmware 24_02_2009 , there is a signal booster under menu>Config>TV settings assuming that the signal is the problem.

[nEptune]

Yes I put the latest firmware on about 6 weeks ago. The signal booster is enabled too, but I've also tried it with this disabled.
The signal quality and level are mostly ok but then intermittently drop and "go a bit bonkers". Sorry - thats not very technical but a good description!
Also, when the signal breaks up there is a message flashes up on the screen (while watching tv) saying bad quality or no signal.
Thanks for the reply tho - much appreciated.

[bulb19uk]

hi
have had 1 with the same thing wrong with it. then took it 2 a friends house a few miles away and it works well. i have no idea why. could be vm fafing with things