saorview signal loss

coolvale

i will try & explain the set up.the aerial & 3 boxes are in the attic.
1 lead coming from aerial to blue box.the leads in this box are tightened with screws (not pushed in type).
1 lead from blue box to a power unit which is plugged into mains.
1 lead from power unit to amp which is plugged into mains.
2 leads from amp 1 to each tv (got 2)

the amp is - teleste multipoint 2 tv/fm booster model mse121.

this is all beyond me. do i need those 3 boxes ?
i prefer to get someone to come along & sorted it out.
either that or go for saorsat.

tony

Thurston?

From that description, it would seem the blue box contains a masthead amplifier, & then you have the Teleste distribution amp., which seems to be quite an old model, so probably predates the current aerial installation. (And I can't find any data for it re. its gain figure.)

Looks like some of this amplification is unnecessary, & I suppose the easiest to try removing would be the Teleste amp., & replace it with a 2-way splitter.

Was the aerial for Mt. Leinster in the attic too?

coolvale

the old analogue system was in the attic from mt leinster.
it was when saorview came it was changed to dungarvan & since then the problem started in the hot weather.

tony

Thurston?

I mentioned it already but, you must have had poor or no Saorview reception from Mt. L., & poor analogue TV3 & TG4 before that?

Or maybe you didn't have TVs or boxes capable of Saorview reception, & the installer supplied those too? Not strictly relevant to your problem with Dungarvan, just trying to get more of a handle on this installer ...

Don't know if fading effects that can be caused by hot weather would bring on an overload problem, though in the case of attic aerials I suppose another possibility could be the house structure drying out letting more signal in.

coolvale

had a guy called re the saorview signal.
first thing he done was tested the signal from the aerial at the tv.he said it was forever to strong.
when he saw the setup in the attic he said we don't need 2 amps they were boosting the signal to high.
he took away the blue box (amp) & the power unit.
we now have the aerial going into an amp which is connected to the mains for power.
2 leads coming from the amp to the 2 televisions.
he changed the position of the aerial. the signal is now coming from waterford.
that should now be all sorted.
thanks to all who took the time to read my posts & to those who replied.

tony