Hi All, Recently got my starview working after loading and updated firmware,. The box works flawlessly on three points that split the main connection through a booster box in the attic. The only problem is that I have a third point that I cant seem to track down its origin. I have a feeling that the cable is joined to the main cable at the fromt of the house in some way. This point has very bad reception and most channels come in bad and are not watchable, this also happens to be the room where my 40" LCD lives! Anyway, just wondering whether it worth while going out and buying another booster for the end of this point? or if anyone has any other ideas I would be most grateful. Thanks In Advance
You need something like this available in Maplins, go back to the attic and run the cables via this and then run a feed to the bad TV! SLx Booster 4w L23AG £24
Thanks Des, I will look at investing in one of thOse, I had a look at the cable coming from the bad tv and it goes disappears upstairs though a hole in the celing behind the tv. What the best way to trace this? after running upstairs could it then run under the floor boards up an outer wall to connect to the cable line running between the houses? I appreciate it could be cabled a number of way but just looking for pointers in relation to feeding the new cable down from the attic. Thanks again for all the help
It probably goes to the attic. Do you know where the 3 way split from the attic goes? It might just be a bad cable. Check and see if the ends are corroded and clean them.
Basically if you and someone else... one in the attic and one downstairs, if one pulls gently on the cable, you will see it move ( if you get me) If you reckon its a dodgy cable buy a few metres of coax and join the new to the old using strong tape... and using the old cable downstairs simply pull the new one down, join it up into the booster at one end and the box at the other
There seems to be one cable running between all seven houses on my road, this cable then splits off into each house from what I can see. I have installed a cheap booster box from this one cable which leads to the three good TV's, this is why I'm confused as to where the fourth bad connection comes from. The only thing I can think of is that it is connected to the external main line cable somewhere. Apologies for the crappy explanations,
Thats the norm... one cable for the whole street, and then 1 feed into your gaff, thats why you split it in the attic, the cable coming in goes into the booster and then run the rest off it!!
As strange as it sounds I can't seem to locate the second cable in the attic, if I disconnect the main on it kills the other three tv's but not the dodgy one. This is why I suspect it's connected somewhere else.
Probably robbing your neighbours signal LOL Best thing, drill a few holes and run some cable down to the 4th TV
Just to reiterate, I pull the main cable from the booster/splitter and the dodgy tv still works! There must be another connection point somewhere for this.
Best thing, drill a few holes and run some cable down to the 4th TV from the booster in the attic Ok as they say in Russia....... Moscow....Good night, any probs give me a shout tomorrow
