OTA Newb Dumping Cable

[tfrook]

Originally Posted by No static at all

I would try

1. Raising/lowering the antenna 6-12 inches at it's present location.
2. Walk the roof to find a better spot if no improvement above.
3. Add a Winegard 8700 pre-amp if no improvement above.
4. Replace the ANT-751 with a Winegard 7694 if all else fails.

You are right on the edge of what the ANT-751 can do on it's own from my experience. The 7694 is about 10-20% stronger.

The crazy thing is that after hooking up my HDHR I can view and record channel 18 (cw) perfectly on the pc. I wonder if its a tuner issue on the pdp5060.

[John Candle]

Yes tuners can be bad in the Tv. Also do these checks , connect the antenna directly to the Tv by passing every thing else and scan for Broadcast Digital Tv Channels. Not cable channels. Also if the Tv has DIRECT Channel Selection , select the channel Directly with the Tv. The reason I am making a point about the DIRECT is because some Tv's will select the channel directly but only after is been scanned in first. What I am saying is Channel selection DIRECTLY even if it has not been scanned in. Yes some Tv's , Converter boxes , DVD recorders with digital tuners and other devices with digital tuners can select digital channels DIRECTLY. Before Digital Tv , DIRECT channel selection was the Norm. Now because of Real Digital Tv Channels and Virtual Digital Tv Channels , Scanning makes it so people do not have to Think to receive and watch Tv. Many ways people are getting Dumber and do not know it. I know I am. I constantly dig to find the Real Truth. Useless Jibber Jabber is every where now days , the Jibber Jabber makes you 'Feel' better but does not tell you any thing important.

[tfrook]

Wow, i just typed a huge reply but it erased it.

Ok, by direct selection do you mean just key in the channel?
The only two choices for scanning are air and cable. I've had air selected from the get go.
I'm with you for knowing the truth and actually using the brain.

I did a signal strength test on the wmc box connected via hdhr and 18 is perfect signal 5/5 bars. Also the wmc box picks up 16 additional channels that the pioneer tv doesn't pick up with its built in tuner. I might try manually punching these in to the pio. My thing is that 18 still is pixelated on the pio but perfectly clear on the wmc box...

I was at lowes and saw barrel connectors rated 3ghz and splitters rated 2ghz. I know my splitter is 1ghz , does this affect anything? On my ports it has 4db on the one rated 2 ghz it had 8db... If I am splitting just 4 way, do I still need a signal amp? How do I tell something like this? I know I need to fully read through the install guide by channel master.

Now I am wondering if buying a preamp will actually hurt my signal since all the channels i want (abc,nbc,cbs,cw..etc) show perfect signal on wmc but only 12-40 out of 100 on my pioneer plasma....