Riggie
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Hi Everyone
I have a signal problem on my TV and PVR set-up.
For quite a while now I get a random and intermittent “signal lost please check your aerial “ banner across the screen, for only 2 or 3 seconds sometimes just a black screen while watching the TV using the Humax, it can go on for 5 or 10 mins or longer and mostly on the HD channels at the moment this can occur a few time a day then everything is fine.
I was convinced it was a problem with the Humax, as when the problem was occurring, I would flip over to the digital TV that has Youview and the problem was not shown on those channels, because of this I thought the signal coming into the house must be fine as the TV signal is working OK
Eventually, I got fed up with the problem and replaced the Humax but the problem showed up exactly the same the next day.
Today I went into the Menu of the Humax while it was occurring and to settings/edit signal and I watched the 2 bars, the Quality, and Strength for the channel that was playing up.
The Strength is at 70% and barely moves but the Quality was at a 100% then in a split second it dropped to zero and back to 100%, this is where the black screen must be popping up.
Here’s another part of this tale, I installed the new Humax yesterday, and it scanned all the channels quickly, and normally, the old Humax could be very selective in the results of what it came up with so I was pleased that it worked the first time.
Today as I was watching the Signal loss happening again I flipped over to the Youview on my TV and noticed some of the HD channels are missing 101,102,103,104,105, note I never re-tuned the TV yesterday so why would the channels disappear?
I am at a loss now, the only thing left is to call out the aerial guy to check it out but as it’s intermittent I can imagine what he will say.
Any ideas what I could try please?
Can the TV be tuned into a different transmitter?
I am using a Humax PVR 1800T ( brand new )
Sony Bravia KD43XG8196 under a year old
New TV aerial installed about 11 months ago.
New cable from Humax to TV
I have a signal problem on my TV and PVR set-up.
For quite a while now I get a random and intermittent “signal lost please check your aerial “ banner across the screen, for only 2 or 3 seconds sometimes just a black screen while watching the TV using the Humax, it can go on for 5 or 10 mins or longer and mostly on the HD channels at the moment this can occur a few time a day then everything is fine.
I was convinced it was a problem with the Humax, as when the problem was occurring, I would flip over to the digital TV that has Youview and the problem was not shown on those channels, because of this I thought the signal coming into the house must be fine as the TV signal is working OK
Eventually, I got fed up with the problem and replaced the Humax but the problem showed up exactly the same the next day.
Today I went into the Menu of the Humax while it was occurring and to settings/edit signal and I watched the 2 bars, the Quality, and Strength for the channel that was playing up.
The Strength is at 70% and barely moves but the Quality was at a 100% then in a split second it dropped to zero and back to 100%, this is where the black screen must be popping up.
Here’s another part of this tale, I installed the new Humax yesterday, and it scanned all the channels quickly, and normally, the old Humax could be very selective in the results of what it came up with so I was pleased that it worked the first time.
Today as I was watching the Signal loss happening again I flipped over to the Youview on my TV and noticed some of the HD channels are missing 101,102,103,104,105, note I never re-tuned the TV yesterday so why would the channels disappear?
I am at a loss now, the only thing left is to call out the aerial guy to check it out but as it’s intermittent I can imagine what he will say.
Any ideas what I could try please?
Can the TV be tuned into a different transmitter?
I am using a Humax PVR 1800T ( brand new )
Sony Bravia KD43XG8196 under a year old
New TV aerial installed about 11 months ago.
New cable from Humax to TV
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