thanks for the reply, the picture freezes and is very grainy on all espn channels apart from america which was already on it,ive got it in another room on a starview ok , so i did a scan on the t/p that the starview was getting [ trialist yro1 ]and i got nothing,what t/p do you recommend to scan on ,as ive tried loads , i think u maybe right about the booster il get one give it a try and let you know, cheers mate