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New box only finds five channels

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    Haerenia

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    My reception on the main TV and the old box are perfect and they find all the channels. But the new FVP-4000T plugged into the same aerial socket only finds 5 very minor channels! Looking at Signal Quality, Tuner 1 says only moderate signal and Tuners 2 and 3 say zero signal.
    I notice, unlike other initial setup routines, it didn't ask me what area I live in. (I live in London.)
    Help please!!

    | Tue 9 May 2017 11:22:31 #1 |
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    Could be too high a signal level for the presumably sensitive tuners, try a variable attenuator to reduce the level. Pretty sure I have read that unused tuners in a 4000T don't give a reading. Try starting a recording and displaying a channel not on the same mux as the one you are recording.

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    | Tue 9 May 2017 12:08:11 #2 |
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    grahamlthompson - 21 minutes ago  » 
    Pretty sure I have read that unused tuners in a 4000T don't give a reading.

    Correct Graham

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    | Tue 9 May 2017 12:30:55 #3 |
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    Unfortunately it only found one mux (no. 29). If I use a little dinky set-top aerial it finds all the channels except HD.

    | Tue 9 May 2017 12:57:51 #4 |
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    Haerenia - 38 minutes ago  » 
    Unfortunately it only found one mux (no. 29). If I use a little dinky set-top aerial it finds all the channels except HD.

    Which shows you must be in a very high strength signal area (Close to Crystal Palace). The mux you got is by far the lowest power mux at only 20kW. The attenuator should sort it out.

    | Tue 9 May 2017 13:41:04 #5 |
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    I used a 12DB attenuator and hey presto, it found 177 channels. Who would believe a strong signal can be a bad thing.

    | Wed 10 May 2017 9:33:19 #6 |
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    Haerenia - 18 minutes ago  » 
    I used a 12DB attenuator and hey presto, it found 177 channels. Who would believe a strong signal can be a bad thing.

    If the signal is too strong the tuner output is clipped severely distorting the output signal.

    | Wed 10 May 2017 9:52:39 #7 |

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