jdag
09-24-2006, 03:16 PM
I am having a real tough time getting consistent reception with an off-air antenna. I suffer frequent pixelation and freezing, particularly on my CBS affiliate. I've tried different cables, cable lengths, with/without filters, and antennas (both in-house and outdoor). Currently I have both of these models:
http://www.solidsignal.com/prod_display.asp?PROD=AD-DB2
http://www.solidsignal.com/prod_display.asp?PROD=AD-DB4 (mounted on roof, about 100' of cable)
Today I fiddled with the DB2 model, using a 10' coax cable and just trying different positions and locations in my living room.
Using the meter on my DirecTV TiVo receiver, I found that the best location was about 4' from my television, pointing toward my back window. I simply set the antenna on a chair. In the best case my reading was about 70, but at least it was stable and gave me a stable picture. Normally on this particular channel my readings jump between 0 and 70.
But, move the antenna closer to the windows and the signal meter dropped substantially, generally down to 10-20. If I used a longer cable and tried going upstairs, outside, etc. the signal dropped.
Any thoughts? I am really pulling my hair out!
Thanks, John
http://www.solidsignal.com/prod_display.asp?PROD=AD-DB2
http://www.solidsignal.com/prod_display.asp?PROD=AD-DB4 (mounted on roof, about 100' of cable)
Today I fiddled with the DB2 model, using a 10' coax cable and just trying different positions and locations in my living room.
Using the meter on my DirecTV TiVo receiver, I found that the best location was about 4' from my television, pointing toward my back window. I simply set the antenna on a chair. In the best case my reading was about 70, but at least it was stable and gave me a stable picture. Normally on this particular channel my readings jump between 0 and 70.
But, move the antenna closer to the windows and the signal meter dropped substantially, generally down to 10-20. If I used a longer cable and tried going upstairs, outside, etc. the signal dropped.
Any thoughts? I am really pulling my hair out!
Thanks, John