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Signal Strengths on Tuner 3 Lower Than 1 & 2?

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  1. davidrew

    davidrew

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    I checked the signal strength for Channel 107 (BBC News HD) tonight as this is my weakest (CH55 - COM7) and it was on Tuner 3, due to some recordings on 1 & 2, at 30% Strength, 100% Quality.

    When the same channel is on Tuners 1 & 2 it sits at 50% Strength, 100% Quality. I checked some other channels and all reported a 20% loss in signal strength on Tuner 3.

    I have a signal attenuator which reduces the signals for the strongest channels (BBC HD) from 99% to 75% which fixed constant No Signal problems in recordings. The attenuator (SAC Attenuator) is located between the 5000T and the wall plate.

    I'm wondering if this is normal behaviour for Tuner 3 or is there another reason for the 20% signal loss?

    Many Thanks

    | Mon 20 Aug 2018 21:55:54 #1 |
  2. grahamlthompson

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    Had a look at this to see if there is some internal attenuation involved in splitting the signal to the 3 tuners.

    A 3 way passive split would reduce the signal strength by approx 6dB.

    I tuned to the 3 different mux with no recordings to get a measurement with no recordings.

    BBC 1 HD Strength 90% Quality 100%
    BBC 1 SD Strength 85% Quality 100%
    ITV 1 SD Strength 84% Quality 100%

    Started a recording on ITV 1 SD (Tuner 1)
    Switched to BBC 1 SD started second recording (Tuner 2)
    Switched to BBC 1 HD started 3rd recording (Tuner 3).

    The two SD channels (Tuner 1 and 2) showed same figures, tuner 3 (BBC 1 HD Signal strength up from 95% to 100%, quality still at 100%.

    As expected there is a small gain amp to recover splitting losses.

    Perhaps try increasing the strongest mux to around 90%.

    | Tue 21 Aug 2018 9:41:13 #2 |
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    JohnH77

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    davidrew - 15 hours ago  » 
    I checked the signal strength ... on Tuner 3 ... at 30% Strength, 100% Quality.
    When the same channel is on Tuners 1 & 2 it sits at 50% Strength, 100% Quality.

    Strength is pretty irrelevant - the important thing is Signal Quality and you are getting 100%.

    Don't worry.

    | Tue 21 Aug 2018 13:43:35 #3 |

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