valmiki
Standard Member
I just wanted to share something which has been bugging me for months now.
I have one of those sony freeview boxes that is white, and can be laid on it's sise, or standing up. dtx800 or something?
Every now and then, we noticed that the picture would start breaking up, especially on Channel 5, and some of the others ie ITV etc.
When it started to happen, I would sigh, and head to the back of the box among all the different leads and wires and start 'fiddling' in the hope of making some difference to the picture. Sometimes it would work, most of the time it would not. I could never figure out why it was happening, or how to sort it out!
People would suggest may be 'interference' or 'not a strong enough signal', all sorts.
So, finally, my powers of observation, finally cracked it.
The freeview box (with all the other av equipment) is in a stand that has about 6 shelves, glass doors on the front, and wheels on the bottom. The box occupies the very topmost shelf in the cabinet.
The picture on the sony box would only ever start to break up when the glass doors were shut! Open the doors, the interference disappears! Close the doors, the picture breaks up again! I can only explain it by something to do with the field generated by the magnetic door closers on the glass doors and the cabinet. As soon as they swing close together, the picture would start breaking up, not even necessarily that the doors were closed, just close enough for there to be an attraction.
Well, that sorted my life out no end! leave the glass doors open, SWMBO can now watch Charmed in peace and all is well in the world. Amazing that something so simple could hav been causing the problem all this time.
Hope this helps someone out there
I have one of those sony freeview boxes that is white, and can be laid on it's sise, or standing up. dtx800 or something?
Every now and then, we noticed that the picture would start breaking up, especially on Channel 5, and some of the others ie ITV etc.
When it started to happen, I would sigh, and head to the back of the box among all the different leads and wires and start 'fiddling' in the hope of making some difference to the picture. Sometimes it would work, most of the time it would not. I could never figure out why it was happening, or how to sort it out!
People would suggest may be 'interference' or 'not a strong enough signal', all sorts.
So, finally, my powers of observation, finally cracked it.
The freeview box (with all the other av equipment) is in a stand that has about 6 shelves, glass doors on the front, and wheels on the bottom. The box occupies the very topmost shelf in the cabinet.
The picture on the sony box would only ever start to break up when the glass doors were shut! Open the doors, the interference disappears! Close the doors, the picture breaks up again! I can only explain it by something to do with the field generated by the magnetic door closers on the glass doors and the cabinet. As soon as they swing close together, the picture would start breaking up, not even necessarily that the doors were closed, just close enough for there to be an attraction.
Well, that sorted my life out no end! leave the glass doors open, SWMBO can now watch Charmed in peace and all is well in the world. Amazing that something so simple could hav been causing the problem all this time.
Hope this helps someone out there