[mythtvnz] Pixellation Every ~ 20 minutes

tortise tortise at paradise.net.nz
Mon Oct 15 07:40:01 BST 2012


On 15/10/2012 9:51 a.m., Curtis Walker wrote:

> 1. I rechecked and redid all of my F-connectors (one of them was a
> little shoddy). I also redid the balun connection at the aerial.

Always a good idea...  Check all the cable to be sure its dry and not 
got cuts or damage.....

> 2. I realigned the aerial to Hamilton infill - yes, with a 91-element
> array it's probably overkill, as evidenced by the fact I picked up
> "Panasonic Blu-ray" and a couple of technical channels (with no
> picture) on mythtv full scan. Signal strength and quality are both
> reported as 10/10 for all three muxes on my TV's built-in signal
> meter.

I think attenuation can also be achieved by removing elements closed to 
the transmitter....

> 3. Doing the above reduced the pixellation to every ~30 minutes, but
> it's still there, and still exactly the same type (steadily worse over
> a minute, then monet-like with sound glitches before suddenly coming
> right after another minute or so).

This does not sound like a signal strength issue to me, unless its 
interference.




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