Hi Guys,
Recently purchased a HD51 with 2x DVB-C and its an awesome box. Really impressed. My Brothers house has Virmin broadband as well as a Tivo in a 2nd reception room so the signal is split via a 2-way splitter at the Brown box on his house.
There used to be cable in his living room years ago that he got rid of so we connected the HD51 there and added a 3 way splitter outside to re-connect the living room so that the BB, reception room and living room could all be connected together.
All works great in each room, except for when he tries to record on the HD51. Once tuner A becomes occupied with a recording, Tuner B comes on, but the signal is massively degraded and totally unwatchable. At the moment, I've told him to disable tuner B so he can only record what he watches. In terms of testing, I've plugged the main feed directly into tuner B and it works fine, so the tuner isn't dodgy. I have also unplugged the reception room from the 3 way splitter but the issue is still there. Tuner A - out is also connected to Tuner B - in via a short coax cable that I have replaced with a new one with the same issue so it is not this either.
I suspect that we've just split the signal too much (is this possible?), and if so, is there a way of boosting it? Does anyone have any ideas?
Any advice appreciated.
Recently purchased a HD51 with 2x DVB-C and its an awesome box. Really impressed. My Brothers house has Virmin broadband as well as a Tivo in a 2nd reception room so the signal is split via a 2-way splitter at the Brown box on his house.
There used to be cable in his living room years ago that he got rid of so we connected the HD51 there and added a 3 way splitter outside to re-connect the living room so that the BB, reception room and living room could all be connected together.
All works great in each room, except for when he tries to record on the HD51. Once tuner A becomes occupied with a recording, Tuner B comes on, but the signal is massively degraded and totally unwatchable. At the moment, I've told him to disable tuner B so he can only record what he watches. In terms of testing, I've plugged the main feed directly into tuner B and it works fine, so the tuner isn't dodgy. I have also unplugged the reception room from the 3 way splitter but the issue is still there. Tuner A - out is also connected to Tuner B - in via a short coax cable that I have replaced with a new one with the same issue so it is not this either.
I suspect that we've just split the signal too much (is this possible?), and if so, is there a way of boosting it? Does anyone have any ideas?
Any advice appreciated.
