mattveg
Established Member
Hi all, and thanks in advance...
OK, long story so here goes.
Have an older non wifi sky box with an RF output, so using that to send the sky channel to all 8(!) TV's in the house via a wall plate that takes the signal to a distribution thingy in the loft and then to all TV's, this distributor also has the freeview aerial input direct from the aerial so each TV also gets the free-view signal.
Had an Onkyo 606 AV receiver, which I've since discovered affected the signal as the freeview TV's kept dropping out of signal or showed weak signal, we always presumed that it was a problem with the aerial as it's inside the loft. Onkyo was to blame as when it went pop I replaced it with the Sony 860 AVR, and all the TV's worked a treat. Then Sony 860 broke after 3 weeks (lost all ability to connect to a network wired or wireless), so took it back to RS and exchanged it for the Onkyo 646.
You can probably guess what happens next... Yup, lost all freeview signal as soon as I turn the main TV/Sky/Onkyo setup on. As soon as I turn it all off again, the signal comes back.
Any ideas on how to get around this, or do I cut my losses and take the Onkyo back to RS and get the Denon AVRX2200W which has been very well reviewed and is on offer at £379, and hope that it doesn't have the same effect?
No other issues with the Onkyo, and think in general it's a great piece of kit, also when initially buying the Sony 860, RS reduced the price by £100 a week after I bought it, so went back in to get £100 back, then returned that receiver for the 646, so don't want RS to think that I'm taking the mick, by changing the AVR every month.
Again, thanks in advance for any suggestions.
OK, long story so here goes.
Have an older non wifi sky box with an RF output, so using that to send the sky channel to all 8(!) TV's in the house via a wall plate that takes the signal to a distribution thingy in the loft and then to all TV's, this distributor also has the freeview aerial input direct from the aerial so each TV also gets the free-view signal.
Had an Onkyo 606 AV receiver, which I've since discovered affected the signal as the freeview TV's kept dropping out of signal or showed weak signal, we always presumed that it was a problem with the aerial as it's inside the loft. Onkyo was to blame as when it went pop I replaced it with the Sony 860 AVR, and all the TV's worked a treat. Then Sony 860 broke after 3 weeks (lost all ability to connect to a network wired or wireless), so took it back to RS and exchanged it for the Onkyo 646.
You can probably guess what happens next... Yup, lost all freeview signal as soon as I turn the main TV/Sky/Onkyo setup on. As soon as I turn it all off again, the signal comes back.
Any ideas on how to get around this, or do I cut my losses and take the Onkyo back to RS and get the Denon AVRX2200W which has been very well reviewed and is on offer at £379, and hope that it doesn't have the same effect?
No other issues with the Onkyo, and think in general it's a great piece of kit, also when initially buying the Sony 860, RS reduced the price by £100 a week after I bought it, so went back in to get £100 back, then returned that receiver for the 646, so don't want RS to think that I'm taking the mick, by changing the AVR every month.
Again, thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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