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Discovery channel vs Baby monitor

  • 16-04-2004 9:00pm
    #1
    Marty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36 ✭


    My brother has NTL digital cable. All stations are perfect except discovery channel goes fuzzy when the neighbours turn on their baby monitor:mad:
    Any solutions that don't involve illegal acts on the neighbours:D

    Also, he wants to split the cable to add reception into two other rooms. Will an ordinary TV terrestrial splitter suffice, or does he need a Satellite/Cable splitter to ensure no signal loss.

    Anyone any suggestions, please.


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  • #2
    Marty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36 ✭Marty


    Sorry, just got my answers in other postings (they weren't obvious in the initial titles) as l scrolled through them. Search didn't show them either?
    Mr moderator, please remove this posting.
    Thanks,
    Marty:)


  • #3
    eth0_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭eth0_


    This happened a friend of mine although it was his NTL cable that was affected, he rang comreg (I think) and apparently by law the person with the baby monitor needs to use a different frequency or get a new one that doesn't cause interference (perhaps they're using a cheap foreign one that's broadcasting on an illegal frequency here?)
    It's up to NTL to sort it out at the end of the day. I'm sure your other neighbours are suffering as well!


  • #4
    Marty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36 ✭Marty


    Thanks:)


  • #5
    LegacyUser
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    Tune in the other "version" of Discovery that's on UHF, or else the VHF one - there's two of them out there!


  • #6
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    Originally posted by cableguy
    UHF discovery not up and running yet(on the old network) give it a few more weeks.
    The VHF one is the one that has the problem with the monitors.

    Yoink! It IS and has been in Galway for the last two or three years, along with Sky One and BBC2. YAAAAY. For once we can beat the Dub system!!!! :)


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  • #7
    Antenna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,360 ✭✭✭Antenna


    "My brother has NTL digital cable. All stations are perfect except discovery channel goes fuzzy when the neighbours turn on their baby monitor"

    It would be wrong to automatically blame the cable company or others for all 'interference' problems as the problem may be the fault with the subscriber's own equipment.

    Your brother could try improving HIS coax cable, maybe replacing it with cable with better screening. He may well be using poor quality cable that is readily letting signals that are in the air to seep in. A high quality type has (for the outer) copper braid on a copper foil and would be known as CT100. Failing that copper braid on a 'silver' coloured foil.
    Baby Monitors are not the only transmissions that fall in the lowest cable TV channel ("48MHz"). Amateur 6 meter transmissions would also affect the same channel, though these would be more intermittent.

    Make sure that all your connectors are properly made up. Poor or no contact between braid and plug will let a lot of interference seep in. Also if you are using a splitter - do not use Plastic splitters, get metal ones instead. Plastic Splitter will let signals in the air seep in.
    Another problem could be poor quality wall socket(s), or badly wired wall sockets where there is significant length of coax 'inner' of the cable uncovered by the outer braid behind the socket.


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