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Saorview reception fine until recently

  • 20-09-2012 07:12PM
    #1
    Postit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 254 ✭✭


    Have a Walker Saorview box for about 18 months with a booster and indoor aerial. Reception was perfect until the last few days. Since then it has become completely unwatchable on all channels, constantly freezing sound and picture.

    I cannot have an outdoor aerial installed.

    Any advice?


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  • #2
    Peter Rhea
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭Peter Rhea


    Are you in Dublin? Did you retune to UHF channel 30 when Three Rock switched to that channel a while back? Or maybe you get a better signal on ch. 54 from Kippure?


  • #3
    Postit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 254 ✭✭Postit


    Peter Rhea wrote: »
    Are you in Dublin? Did you retune to UHF channel 30 when Three Rock switched to that channel a while back? Or maybe you get a better signal on ch. 54 from Kippure?

    Yes, I'm in Dublin. When did it change?

    When I do a manual scan both 30 & 54 vary from "very good" to "poor" in a matter of seconds. The coverage checker says I should be on 54 (30 is closer though), but I'm on 30. I can't seem to manually save to 54 though. There is no 'save' button or anything like it.....see this: IMG122.jpg


  • #4
    Peter Rhea
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭Peter Rhea


    It actually changed back on the 10th of July. I just wondered if you might have been getting by on a marginal signal since then & some slight change had thrown it off in the last few days.

    Your problems could be down to some form of electrical interference: people have started switching on the heating since last week. This can be a source of trouble, especially for indoor aerials.


  • #5
    Postit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 254 ✭✭Postit


    Peter Rhea wrote: »
    It actually changed back on the 10th of July. I just wondered if you might have been getting by on a marginal signal since then & some slight change had thrown it off in the last few days.

    Your problems could be down to some form of electrical interference: people have started switching on the heating since last week. This can be a source of trouble, especially for indoor aerials.

    I just unplugged the booster and it made no difference whatsoever. perhaps the booster (only 18 months old) is knackered?

    If so, can you recommend a good booster and while your at it, a good indoor aerial?


  • #6
    Peter Rhea
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭Peter Rhea


    Did the booster ever make a difference? Once the signal level is above the minimum recommended, a booster really only introduces noise & worsens signal quality.


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  • #7
    Postit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 254 ✭✭Postit


    Peter Rhea wrote: »
    Did the booster ever make a difference? Once the signal level is above the minimum recommended, a booster really only introduces noise & worsens signal quality.

    Yes it did make a difference when I first got it.


  • #8
    croninmccarthy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21 ✭croninmccarthy


    How fast is your broadband speed?

    You could try streaming all saorview channels for free.

    http://www.aertv.ie/


  • #9
    croninmccarthy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21 ✭croninmccarthy


    You could also try something like this

    http://www.tvtrade.ie/digidome-tv-aerial.html


  • #10
    Peter Rhea
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭Peter Rhea


    Postit wrote: »
    Yes it did make a difference when I first got it.

    Well, if reception really was reliable up until recently, & it seemed that you had happened on a setup that worked, then it would make sense to try to restore that situation, in the absence of a better alternative.

    For now, maybe try removing the booster & moving the aerial around. Signal strength indoors can vary a lot over small distances in the horizontal & vertical planes, although this effect shouldn't be as pronounced as it was with analogue signals.


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