[mythtv-users] Deaf Nova-T 500

[Paul]

Hi Mike, yes so have I sadly.

Server in the roof, dist amp in the roof about 3 feet from aerial which
is out side. Amp then splits of to Tv's round the house, two separate
feeds, new cables, from dist amp to the two Nova-T's in the server, I am
beginning to wonder if the cards are just plain deaf anyway, have to
admit I have real problems here with signal strength even on normal TV,
sadly there is nothing that can be done, it's the location.

Paul.

On Sat, 2008-03-08 at 12:29 +0000, Mike Perkins wrote:
> Paul wrote:
> > Anyone have any idea how I can confirm the pre amp is working ? Reason I
> > ask is that I two other DVB tuner based TV's with perfect pictures, and
> > 100% digital signal. However according to Myth on the Front ends the
> > strength never goes about about 37 % and I am getting a lot of digital
> > drop out. Oh forgot to mention I have two Nova-T's in the Myth backend
> > server. Did have a problem a while back when there was a Kernel update
> > for Ubuntu Gutsy, and had real problems with the firmware name, it was
> > supposed to have changed, however mine did not like the new filename,
> > and I had to manually change the filename of the firmware back to the
> > old name. Hope that makes sense ? 
> > 
> If your TVs are good, and your Myth setup is indifferent (or worse), then the 
> first thing you have to check is your aerial cabling. Good cable 
> joints/connectors? Good quality cable? Myth receiver a longer distance away from 
> the splitter than TVs? How many splitters between aerial and TVs? How many 
> (more) splitters between aerial and Myth tuners? How recent is the cable from 
> the aerial to the splitter? Possibility of water in the down cable?
> 
> TVs can often get a picture where a tuner card refuses to. You need a good 
> quality path all the way from bird perch to Myth box.
> 
> Been there, done that. <sigh> Had to renew the lot.
> 
> Mike Perkins