5402 and rf feeds

[nigela]

I have just purchasesd a5402 to replace my old sky box. One of the main reasons I chose this box was the fr outputs so I could send the output to other rooms. Unfortunately the quality of the picture sent to the other room is appalling. Any suggestions of what I might be doing wrong? (the picture in the main room is excellent).

[Manic01]

Change rf output channel on receiver.
I have tm5402 and pic is good from rf out.

[nigela]

What channel is yours set to and how do you change this?

[Manic01]

Menu - System settings -av settings- select rf channel-exit and save.
Keep changing till you get good one.
Most TM set as default to 40

[nigela]

Yes mine was set to 40. I have tried changing to all the others and I get nothing - just blue screen - in the other room. Any other suggestions?

[dick b]

once you have changed the output on the technomate you will have to scan for it on the TV

[nigela]

I didn't do that - any suggestions on which rf channel numbers to start with first?

[Carew6]

It depends what RF channels that your terrestrial transmitter is using, but if you are not using a VCR then CH36 should be clear, otherwise start at CH21 and work your way up remembering to retune the TV each time.

[happy_highlander]

Took a quick pic of the rf output I get from my tm5402 on channel 60 granted it's not hd quality but I've never seen an rf that is.uploadfromtaptalk1339696885234.jpg

[nigela]

I am not getting a lot of luck - I have done about 15 channels and none of them have picked up a signal at all. Channel 40 is the only one at the moment and the quality is awful. Will keep going.

[Carew6]

Your old Skybox would probably have been set at Ch68, so try that if you had the Sky connected by RF lead.

[nigela]

I tried that one - got nothing. Is it normal on most channels to get nothing?

[Carew6]

Can you disconnect the HDMI lead from the 5402 temporarily to see if that is causing interference as some are known to do this.

[nigela]

That hasn't help - I have plugged in the scart instead of hdmi but no difference.

[Carew6]

Have you got a different RF lead that you could try ?