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Re: HELP!!! : )

By: Andy Barlow ( (-REDACTED-) )

There is no way youve got 100db coming in. A decent picture coming in at the ground block at your house is anywhere from -5db to 26db. Anything not in those paramaters and youve got bad picture. If you had 100db (impossible) I think you go blind. Try plugging the cable from the wall or floor directly to your TV and see if that helps. Better yet run an extension cord outside, hook up power to your TV next to the ground block at your house, then unplug the cable coming directly from the pole to your TV. If picture is good, problem is in your house. If its bad, problem is on pole.




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If the measurement is dbmv, is 12dbmv adequate to provide signal to a converter box?

The cable co. is telling me that the signal is not strong enough for the converter box and that
is why the pay channels (HBO/Cinemax) sometimes either go out completely, turn white almost
like a reverse negative and the sound turns to static, or goes black then regenerates in blocks.
Sometimes the Preview channel (the Cable TV guide/channel list) is fuzzy or channel 3
which is NBC. When the tech came to my house, he said the signal to my house was 100
and the signal to my TV was only 12 - thus the problem. The cable co. says I have to have
the problem with the inside wiring fixed myself and if there is still a problem then they will fix it.
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Posted in reply to: HELP!!! : ) by System
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