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    ijy

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    just bought the 2000t installed ok channel scan ok
    after a week i found picture break up on the standard def channels only.
    hd channels are fine.
    appears to be very low signal strength i have re-tuned and manual tuned the unit as well.
    is there anything else i can do is the unit faulty??
    tv signal is fine at 100%
    thanks.

    | Fri 20 Dec 2013 18:35:41 #1 |
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    ijy - 16 minutes ago  » 
    just bought the 2000t installed ok channel scan ok
    after a week i found picture break up on the standard def channels only.
    hd channels are fine.
    appears to be very low signal strength i have re-tuned and manual tuned the unit as well.
    is there anything else i can do is the unit faulty??
    tv signal is fine at 100%

    So what are the signal strengths on the problem channels and on HD?

    | Fri 20 Dec 2013 18:53:56 #2 |
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    i think about 40%
    its a new unit so still getting used to all the settings etc.
    there is a strength and quality gauge not sure whats more important in the lower left when info is pressed both have 1 bar
    hd channels are ok in terms of no brake-up and work ok its the sd channels which are not so good
    iv'e done and auto tune without the aerial then retuned again finding all channels.
    after a manual tune and playing around picture breakup has not happened tonight but its the weak signal that i am worried about.
    could it be a faulty unit??

    | Fri 20 Dec 2013 20:15:12 #3 |
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    Welcome to the Forum

    Whilst I appreciate you have stated that you have tried a manual tune, try reading this post re how to tune manually:

    http://myhumax.org/forum/topic/week-old-9300t-and-epg-wont-fill-up-for-week#post-7097

    | Fri 20 Dec 2013 23:54:08 #4 |
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    Hello
    Further investigation did a full reset and manual scan ,was scanning incorrectly for the had channels not selected dvt-2 ?? Which picked all the hd channels
    All channels have %100 strength and %40 quality I thinks that's the right way round.
    Didn't get any break up last night so I think it's ok
    Hadn't done a manual scan before so I know what I'm doing now
    Thanks for the help will monitor things over Xmas time.
    Ian.

    | Sat 21 Dec 2013 8:08:00 #5 |
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    ijy - 1 hour ago  » 
    All channels have %100 strength and %40 quality I thinks that's the right way round.

    No that is probably the wrong way round. 100% quality is almost essential for satisfactory viewing. I would regard 40% as an acceptable signal strength but without much margin of safety.

    | Sat 21 Dec 2013 9:17:02 #6 |

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