SeattleLion
Well-known member
We tried out our over-the-air reception today. Before I go further, to save posts on the obvious:
I went into the livingroom and ran the scan there. All the TV there could find was 3. Now, both TV's are new. Both work on satellite and DVD/BluRay. Clearly something is happening between the bedroom and the livingroom. According to the wiring diagram, the antenna cable goes into the bedroom closet and through the power booster. It then splits to go to the garage and the livingroom. So, the signal does pass through a couple of splitters both before and after the bedroom TV. Each splitter should have a maximum loss of 3db (10db is half the signal). Given that we have the booster on, there shouldn't be so much signal drop that we lose 3/4 of the signals. There is no issue with the bedroom or any other room lights. I turned them all off just to be sure.
Has anyone else had this problem? Am I missing something?
Thanks.
- I know a lot about electronics and TV
- All connections are solid
- The Off-the-air power is on
I went into the livingroom and ran the scan there. All the TV there could find was 3. Now, both TV's are new. Both work on satellite and DVD/BluRay. Clearly something is happening between the bedroom and the livingroom. According to the wiring diagram, the antenna cable goes into the bedroom closet and through the power booster. It then splits to go to the garage and the livingroom. So, the signal does pass through a couple of splitters both before and after the bedroom TV. Each splitter should have a maximum loss of 3db (10db is half the signal). Given that we have the booster on, there shouldn't be so much signal drop that we lose 3/4 of the signals. There is no issue with the bedroom or any other room lights. I turned them all off just to be sure.
Has anyone else had this problem? Am I missing something?
Thanks.