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gadgetfiend · 15-12-09, 03:27 PM

could be a problem with the coax running to the garden room, is it good quality ?

AlpsShah · 15-12-09, 07:47 PM

yes. it was given to me from a VM engineer. I asked them what cable i should use and they gave it to me...

gadgetfiend · 15-12-09, 10:41 PM

Have you buried this cable and if so was it the proper external drop cable ? usually black twin cable that has telephone wire attached to it as well, it also has a sticky silicone like resin that sticks to your fingers when you strip back the pvc to fit connectors.

AlpsShah · 16-12-09, 08:36 AM

Yes thats exactly the cable that i have run. i think am going to need to look at all my connections and splitters

gadgetfiend · 16-12-09, 11:01 AM

I thought you had eliminated this by trying it straight from the input to the problem point bypassing any splitters. still it could be a dodgy f-connector somewhere so its worth changing them.

stooge75 · 16-12-09, 06:47 PM

as stated above-it IS a connection problem you've got. It drove me mad for a couple of days.somewhere along ur cable you've got a bit of a dodgy connection,could even be a bit of a break in the cable.all these splitters etc,tend to make the signal weaker i think. took me ages to find this out.I got a better picture with 1 box plugging into the "loop" instead of the normal rf in connector.must have knackered it pluggin and unpluggin all the time

stooge75 · 17-12-09, 11:03 AM

its a connection problem definitely.i had it as well with espn and sly sports 2 & 3. could be ur coax cable-maybe a break in it or somethin-but defo a connection prob

15-12-09, 03:27 PM	#11 (permalink)
gadgetfiend Single-Malt-Swigger Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,773 Thanks: 35 Thanked 577 Times in 348 Posts	Re: Sky 1 no picture and some channels freezing could be a problem with the coax running to the garden room, is it good quality ? __________________ MAKE COMMERCIAL TV FREE OR GIVE US COMMERCIAL FREE TV

15-12-09, 07:47 PM	#12 (permalink)
AlpsShah Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Sky 1 no picture and some channels freezing yes. it was given to me from a VM engineer. I asked them what cable i should use and they gave it to me...

15-12-09, 10:41 PM	#13 (permalink)
gadgetfiend Single-Malt-Swigger Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,773 Thanks: 35 Thanked 577 Times in 348 Posts	Re: Sky 1 no picture and some channels freezing Have you buried this cable and if so was it the proper external drop cable ? usually black twin cable that has telephone wire attached to it as well, it also has a sticky silicone like resin that sticks to your fingers when you strip back the pvc to fit connectors. __________________ MAKE COMMERCIAL TV FREE OR GIVE US COMMERCIAL FREE TV

16-12-09, 08:36 AM	#14 (permalink)
AlpsShah Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Sky 1 no picture and some channels freezing Yes thats exactly the cable that i have run. i think am going to need to look at all my connections and splitters

16-12-09, 11:01 AM	#15 (permalink)
gadgetfiend Single-Malt-Swigger Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,773 Thanks: 35 Thanked 577 Times in 348 Posts	Re: Sky 1 no picture and some channels freezing I thought you had eliminated this by trying it straight from the input to the problem point bypassing any splitters. still it could be a dodgy f-connector somewhere so its worth changing them. __________________ MAKE COMMERCIAL TV FREE OR GIVE US COMMERCIAL FREE TV

16-12-09, 06:47 PM	#16 (permalink)
stooge75 Technology Forums Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 51 Thanks: 17 Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Sky 1 no picture and some channels freezing as stated above-it IS a connection problem you've got. It drove me mad for a couple of days.somewhere along ur cable you've got a bit of a dodgy connection,could even be a bit of a break in the cable.all these splitters etc,tend to make the signal weaker i think. took me ages to find this out.I got a better picture with 1 box plugging into the "loop" instead of the normal rf in connector.must have knackered it pluggin and unpluggin all the time

17-12-09, 11:03 AM	#17 (permalink)
stooge75 Technology Forums Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 51 Thanks: 17 Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Sky 1 no picture and some channels freezing its a connection problem definitely.i had it as well with espn and sly sports 2 & 3. could be ur coax cable-maybe a break in it or somethin-but defo a connection prob