street cabinets

[sparker]

I am having problems with the signal strength & cannot get my eurovox to work. I have been told i can increase the signal strength to my house my moving a jumper in the street cabinet(V1rgin media) does anyone know if this is true & if so where can i get a key for the cabinet

[tekka84]

Originally Posted by sparker

I am having problems with the signal strength & cannot get my eurovox to work. I have been told i can increase the signal strength to my house my moving a jumper in the street cabinet(V1rgin media) does anyone know if this is true & if so where can i get a key for the cabinet

are you serious ?

[sparker]

Yep.

The main problem is that the Eurovox picks up all the channels when I do a powerscan, but the picture breaks up all the time.

When I do the powerscan the signal strength is approx. 80% & the only explanation my supplier can come up with is the signal strength to the house, as he has not had any other problems in my area.

The cable box is the only unit connected & there are no attenuators or splitters connected.

I am new to all this, so any help i can get will be very much appreciated.

thanks

Stu...............

[juggy]

hey sparker, i had the same problem on my 2008 eurovox, my picture started to break up. wasnt to bad at the start but then got worse. tried power scans etc, signal strength was 80%+. turned out to be the the box itself. seller replaced it and no problem now. apprently there has been a dodgy bacth of 2008 eurovox's going around.

well i hope that information helps you ina nyways.

[sparker]

Thanks Juggy.

I have tested the box at another house and it works fine

stu.

[danny2324]

I have exactly the same problem.

I have changed the splitter, removed the isolator, changed the cables, changed the connectors, tried equalisers... everything. I have re-flashed the box several times. It picks up all the channels fine but every few minutes the picture will pixelate or the sound will chirp.

My broadband works fine.

I was thinking of buying an amplifier from Argos this weekend and seeing what difference that makes, if any!

[CABLEKEO]

Hi All
I had the same problem many months ago. To solve this I tried changing the symbol rate from 6.952 which was recommended for my area to 6.887. This solved all the concerns and has never returned. I hope this helps you.

[danny2324]

On 6.887, I pick nothing up at all

[gadgetfiend]

Originally Posted by sparker

Yep.

The main problem is that the Eurovox picks up all the channels when I do a powerscan, but the picture breaks up all the time.

When I do the powerscan the signal strength is approx. 80% & the only explanation my supplier can come up with is the signal strength to the house, as he has not had any other problems in my area.

The cable box is the only unit connected & there are no attenuators or splitters connected.

I am new to all this, so any help i can get will be very much appreciated.

thanks

Stu...............

A good possibility your signal is too strong try an attenuator.

[sparker]

I have just tried a '10db forward path attenuator' & this made no difference.

On the powerscan screen(before starting scan) there is a signal strength indicator which most of the time is at approx 80% but it drops to as low as 5% sometimes & I assume this is when the picture starts to pixelate