rf2 picture worse than normal anaolog

[rbrookes5]

having a nightmare

changed from a 28" crt to a 40" bravia 40v4000 in the bedroom


ive flicked through all the rf channels on the sky+ box and its still no better

i can get a better picture just watching analog tv ie bbc1 to channel5

somethings got be wrong can i connect a booster up or something??

i also use tv link

considering moving the sky box+ upstrais just to use a scart leed

[Koala5]

Unfortunately a large screen flat panel will show up the worse in any analogue RF signal. You could try sending the scart signal over a digital signal sender such as this DigiSender X7 Wireless Video Sender Kit > Maplin I've never used them myself so dont know how well they work.

[rbrookes5]

tryed one before unfortunatly everytime somone turns the microwave on down the street the picture screws up

[kev25]

On my new flat screen tv ive noticed a better picture if i have a scart connected from the sky box and a normal ariel cable going from rf1 to the tv. It gets a signal from either one on its own but the picture is a lot clearer if both are connected up.I can still use rf2 for the upstairs tv too.It might be worth investing in some decent scart leads

[Woodster]

Whats the picture like if you unplug the TV Aerial input on the sky box? If you have a good aerial signal and/or you have an amp, your noise margins will be significantly lower. If the picture from sky is good when the aerial is not plugged in and bad when it is plugged in, and you've tried all RF channels, then you need to attenuate your aerial signal. You can reduce it by up to 9dB without buying anything! I know it sounds wrong, but if you wrap 1 strand of the outer braiding around the center core of the cable, this will knock about 3dB out of the signal, 2 strands = 6dB and 3 = 9dB. Any more than 3 strands will knock out TV completely! so if you need more than 9dB, buy an attenuator.

[rbrookes5]

woodster signal is spot on if i unplug the standard arial feed

what you have said is exactly right its that the signal coming from the booster is too strong

now where do i do the reducing trick as the arial goes into the sky box or where it comes out from the rf2 connection? or upstairs as it goes in the tv??

massive thanks in advance unplugging the arial has done the trick for now

[Smithy99]

You need to attenuate the aerial coming in, remove the coax plug and do it there.

Are you sure that the problem is the signal strengh? it could be that the RF is sitting on a frequency that is aleady used by one of the terrestial channels. Have you tried changing the RF output frequency on the Sky receiver?

To do this you need to go into the engineers menu, services 4,0,1 select

[rbrookes5]

yeah went through every singal output frequency and it still was rubbish on them all

i know not to expect blueray images but its shocking compared to even terresttial tv

will try the trick of wrapping a few wires