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I have an odd problem with one of my TVs, and maybe this is the right forum
to get help.
We're in a rural area with no cable or broadcast TV, so we have two
satellite systems, DishNetwork and 4DTV/C-Band. The receivers are in the
basement and we use a modulator to send the signal to all the TVs in the
house. The small dish is channel 3, and the big dish is channel 55 on all
the sets. We have UHF remotes and those little pyramid-shaped IR boosters
so the remotes work everywhere. The setup is about 4 years old
When we switch channels (55 to 3 or vice versa) there's sometimes a moment
of scramble/static before it pulls in the new channel.
The problem is that ONE of the sets goes out quite frequently, as in blue
screen. I have to wiggle the coax to get it to come back. This has been
happening for about two years and seems to be getting worse. One TV
stopped accepting a signal at all, from any hookup. Then we went through
two more sets in the same place. I change the coax every couple months. A
new set and/or coax helps for a few hours or days, then it's going out all
the time again. Cheap coax, expensive coax, it's all the same. It's
happened with three TVs now.
I have put a Coax inline signal booster, then a signal reducer (powered with
a knob), then a powered booster, which helps the best. They reduce the
frequency of outages; without any device the TV won't come back at all. It
occurred to me recently that all the sets we've had in that spot were TV/VCR
combos. The other non-combo sets can take some static and keep a picture,
but the combos get static and "save us" by going blue and staying that way.
I think the problem is that the set(s) won't come back from the occasional
picture loss. Is there a way to stop it from going blue when there's
static? It's a Panasonic 20" VCR combo, like the PV-C2063 at
http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ModelDetail?storeId=
11251&catalogId=11005&itemId=62931&catGroupId=11079&modelNo=PV-C2063&surfMod
el=PV-C2063
And why does wiggling the coax help? If I have to get another set, how
would I know whether it will go blue when there's picture loss? We have 4
sets in the house, and it's just in that one spot that this happens.
to get help.
We're in a rural area with no cable or broadcast TV, so we have two
satellite systems, DishNetwork and 4DTV/C-Band. The receivers are in the
basement and we use a modulator to send the signal to all the TVs in the
house. The small dish is channel 3, and the big dish is channel 55 on all
the sets. We have UHF remotes and those little pyramid-shaped IR boosters
so the remotes work everywhere. The setup is about 4 years old
When we switch channels (55 to 3 or vice versa) there's sometimes a moment
of scramble/static before it pulls in the new channel.
The problem is that ONE of the sets goes out quite frequently, as in blue
screen. I have to wiggle the coax to get it to come back. This has been
happening for about two years and seems to be getting worse. One TV
stopped accepting a signal at all, from any hookup. Then we went through
two more sets in the same place. I change the coax every couple months. A
new set and/or coax helps for a few hours or days, then it's going out all
the time again. Cheap coax, expensive coax, it's all the same. It's
happened with three TVs now.
I have put a Coax inline signal booster, then a signal reducer (powered with
a knob), then a powered booster, which helps the best. They reduce the
frequency of outages; without any device the TV won't come back at all. It
occurred to me recently that all the sets we've had in that spot were TV/VCR
combos. The other non-combo sets can take some static and keep a picture,
but the combos get static and "save us" by going blue and staying that way.
I think the problem is that the set(s) won't come back from the occasional
picture loss. Is there a way to stop it from going blue when there's
static? It's a Panasonic 20" VCR combo, like the PV-C2063 at
http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ModelDetail?storeId=
11251&catalogId=11005&itemId=62931&catGroupId=11079&modelNo=PV-C2063&surfMod
el=PV-C2063
And why does wiggling the coax help? If I have to get another set, how
would I know whether it will go blue when there's picture loss? We have 4
sets in the house, and it's just in that one spot that this happens.