Recent content by jim63

The thing is Virgin media or telewest as it used to be known is a huge network, the system is far bigger than just your house, so if you make a mistake you could potentially affect everyone else in the street not just your house,if an engineer traces the fault back to your house, the price may...

Hi all, one last thing, Forgive me if its a daft question, but I noticed on the 6 way splitter it has two screw terminals on each side,what exactly are these for?, Earth bonding maybe? I have a cold storage tank in the loft with copper pipes that are all bonded, so I could bond the splitter to...

Thank you, In that case, I will leave it as it is, like I say, I get all channels, even from 55 and 56 even though the strength on them is only 35%, but as you have confirmed Quality is far more important which is why its all working, its 100% for all muxes, I will keep an eye out when the...

To be be fair, the xb10A was a bit of a pig to install given its size, as you are probably well aware its very big. What is the absolute ideal db signal strength? Ideally i would have wanted to hit 60db just to keep it nice and round, is 57db which I have too low for your liking? Do you think...

Hi all,just an update, I got the system up and running 3 days ago, all wired and connected, I get 57db at all tv points according to my meter, I get all the channels from the transmitter I use (craigkelly) as I live in edinburgh, No problems with sound or pixelation at any of the tvs, clear...

So its likely telling me its aged and needs replacing? if it was CO it would sound and the leds would be flashing red as well as tripping the house alarm, sounds like it needs replacing I will order a replacement. thanks

Hi all, I have a "cqr983", which i installed back in 2013 linked to the burglar alarm, just recently I have noticed the two leds on the detector are a steady orange rather than the normal steady green, I notice this detector does self diagnostic, could the detector be warning me that it has...

Thanks for your kind words and awesome explanation, Yes that is the very splitter I have bought, I will give this splitter a go first and put it as close in the attic as possible before the cables all go their different directions, I will then monitor each tv in turn, If I get problems with the...

I just live in your average 3 bedroom house, so nothing too fancy, the cables from attic go to each room, the bedrooms,lounge and garage conversion, so 5 cables in total, the longest cable run is approximately 15m which goes to the lounge, so the cabling for the system is not particularly long...

Hi all, I am in the process of setting up a freeview system for my house, The aerial is fitted in the attic, its a "xb10a", its quite a big aerial, I bought it from A.T.V as it was the correct type for the transmitter I use. One of the things that is puzzling me is how far the main splitter...

Thanks very much, in that case all is well:)

I measured the alarm current from the panel, and the draw was fluctuating around the 820-840ma, so I am pleased the panel isn't being overloaded, The connections to the relays seem to have no affect on the panel, Perhaps there was just a bit of miscommunication, In future I will try and include...

You last paragraph is what is going with the system, the only difference is the positive supply for the relays is coming from the psu and not the panel, the negative supply for the relay is obviously from the panel in order to switch them, All I want to know is if this is causing a big problem...

HI, I can understand its difficult to know what is going on without actually seeing it for yourself,Unfortunately I cannot upload pictures, The best way i can describe it, The extra sounders are supplied from the separate power supply (installed next to main panel), The bell and strobe triggers...

Okay, hopefully that is worst case, I just want to be assured that the psu total load is not being transferred over to the panel due to the way the relay coil inputs are connected?,if that is what is happening could that be fixed by removing the psu positive from the relay input, and replace...