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Old 8th June 2006, 12:29 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Re: MCE not fnding all channels that ComproDTV does

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Originally Posted by BlueJ
When I was up in the roof I found that very nasty cheap coax - single screen, braid only! - is used for the wall runs. To make it even worse, the installer bundled the coax with the power cables so the coax picks up all the interference running over the AC wiring. So installing the amp/splitter up there didn't help reception down below, presumably because the coax is so bad. I fear that I may need to replace it to get reception up to scratch.
Yes, I am getting my electrician to replace all cabling with quad shield and f-connectors, and also remove any existing splits between antenna and TV outlet (WAF includes rule about one TV only in the house, so extra point in the study is useless...!).
I'll re-test signal strength and if still not good, then relocate antenna / get new antenna (antenna sits low on the roof could try moving it to higher point).
My signal strength is borderline, so hopefully just better cabling will be enough...!
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