Q5 ?

[scottj130208]

Bad pixelating break up on discovery hd and nat geo hd plus many more bad pixelation subscribe to vermin for BB split out side then inside another splitter one feed for BB another for tv bad pixelation mainly on hd channels had an amiko also had the same problems as the q5 is it my connection or the q5 ???

[cactikid]

posted elsewhere to give people info of whats out there,if buying do research and see what back up the units have like support.

MIRACLEBOX PREMIUM MINI HD e2 box can run vix and abm ?149
Q5 HD PVR mentioned as a weak tuner. reported hdmi does not work on panasonic,sony and philips tvs
Openbox C4
Amiko Mini HD
Amiko Mini Combo
Cloud iBox 3 ibox 3 has a weak cable tuner needs a very strong signal to work.
Estar 800HD SE
Estar 800HD SE Triple
Sunray 800HD SR3
Sunray 800HD SE SR4
Blade Combo
DM800c
VU+ Uno
VU+ Ultimo
VU+ Duo 2
Gigablue SE
Gigablue SE+
Gigablue UE
Gigablue UE+
Gigablue Quad
Gigablue Quad+
zgemma-star so far poor instructions contained and lack of support
octagon sf 918cg se closed source not e2 receiver

one reason to research before you buying and 2 splitters=low signal at a guess.

[Cosmic Truth]

Bad pixelating break up on discovery hd and nat geo hd plus many more bad pixelation subscribe to vermin for BB split out side then inside another splitter one feed for BB another for tv bad pixelation mainly on hd channels had an amiko also had the same problems as the q5 is it my connection or the q5 ???

has it always been like this, or has it just started recently?

My pictures started breaking up, and the signal quality dropped. Eventually I managed to got someone who worked for VM ton don a homer, and check it out. He went out to the box outside, and sorted it. I think he said he put my connection in a higher bracket, or something like that. Anyway, since he sorted it, the picture is always 100%, and hasn't broken up, or pixelated once, though he said that could change if VM are called out to look at one of my neighbours houses.

[cactikid]

hence why weak tuners had an issue and with it raised fixed it for moment.

[scottj130208]

Always had this problem also had an amiko mini which has the same problem too have ordered a gigablue quad from Germany waiting to receive it hope this doesn't have the same problems as the other two boxes will be a waste if money otherwise only option left is to try a konig

[Hadron]

Bad pixelating break up on discovery hd and nat geo hd plus many more bad pixelation subscribe to vermin for BB split out side then inside another splitter one feed for BB another for tv bad pixelation mainly on hd channels had an amiko also had the same problems as the q5 is it my connection or the q5 ???

Why is it split twice?

Where does the other connection to the outside splitter connect to?

[scottj130208]

Main box from street to house split as I have broadband with them then in house split into to feeds one for BB and other for tv took all splitters off today and signal even worse I think signal maybe too high

[digicon]

It would have been far cheaper trying the Konig booster than actually taking a chance on a Gigablue quad with Cable tuner installed

[scottj130208]

Of course but I wanted to update my solo 2 so I was buying it anyway

[cactikid]

sure its winter and it snows and tv will reflect that ooooooooooooooooohhmm too high variable attenuator to check if it lowers signal down?

[scottj130208]

Just put an attenuator on it signal increased quality wise from 10 to 30 so me thinks signal is too strong will buy a variable attenuator see if that helps

[cactikid]

aye sometimes you have to try things to see if better or worse.

[scottj130208]

Quite true trial and error I suppose hopefully a variable attenuator will resolve it ..... I hope

[Hadron]

Just put an attenuator on it signal increased quality wise from 10 to 30 so me thinks signal is too strong will buy a variable attenuator see if that helps

Good idea.

Sometimes it's hard to convince some members that reducing their signal might actually increase their sig strength & quality readings.

A member on another forum recently threw his toys out of his pram when another member tried to convince him that his variable attenuator wasn't an amplifier. He insisted that it must be (even though it had no power supply!), as his sig strength & quality went up when he connected it. He just couldn't be convinced that a strong signal can overload some boxes.

[loncell]

Good idea.

Sometimes it's hard to convince some members that reducing their signal might actually increase their sig strength & quality readings.

A member on another forum recently threw his toys out of his pram when another member tried to convince him that his variable attenuator wasn't an amplifier. He insisted that it must be (even though it had no power supply!), as his sig strength & quality went up when he connected it. He just couldn't be convinced that a strong signal can overload some boxes.

Very much true, everyone seems to think it's a weak signal strength but it can sometimes be the exact opposite.

As for the Q5 and Amiko as well, It's the tuner, very poor quality so it needs the signal to be spot on. Also splitters can be a problem, some are so poor off fleabay there not worth a toss, make sure you get a decent one. The ?3.50 one's at screwfix (labgear) are supposed to be OK but I can't confirm that.

Here's a tip, with the Q5, don't use a 3-4-5 way splitter unless its a v.g good / heavy quality splitter. I prefer to use 2 x 2 way splitters. First split goes to Q5 and to another Splitter then from the 2nd splitter to tivo bband. Now some people will say that will be worse but I don't know why but it works better than 1 x 3 way.
I have the konig yellow brick booster and on a weak signal house it did nothing to improve it. I use a Miraclebox mini combo so never a problem. The only 3 way splitter that worked for me was a Tratec 3 way splitter balanced 5-1000MHz ES-03-MS 6.2db per line