Poor picture quality via aerial...?

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Hi guys recently my TV signal via the aerial has gone to pot.. This has happened previously but usually when there is a storm or very bad weather.

This is how it looks at the moment..

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Does anyone have any suggestions as to what can be done to resolve?

Many thanks,

Devs.
 
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Yeah, get the aerial and its mounting fixed.

By the look of it, your aerial has moved enough that the signal level and signal quality (the most important bit) have dropped off the end of the digital cliff. It is literally what it sounds like. Just like you walking to the edge of a sheer cliff, you're safe right up until the very last step, After that, it's goodnight Vienna. Digital TV works the same way.

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Thanks mate, after further investigation it appears to be only the TV in the kitchen that has this fault (I don’t actually watch much live TV only the odd bit of netflix). Theres actually 7 TVs in the house and they run through this thing from the Ariel.. Does this help any? Thanks again!
 
Yes.

Is there any other info you want to add? You see, it's not easy to diagnose and offer advice with only fragments of a story. Have you had any work done that might have disturbed the cables to that TV, or has the TV itself been moved?

Based on what we know now, if it's just one TV affected, then I'd start with checking the aerial plug at the TV. What you're looking to do is open up the coax plug and see if the cable is still reaching in to the plug connections. You see, some coax cables have a loose outer jacket which means that the inner core and insulation can slip back away from the plug connection.

Once you know that the plug end is fine, and presuming it doesn't fix the problem, then find out which of the 8 amp outputs goes to the kitchen TV. swap it with one of the other connections. This will help isolate whether it's a cable fault or a dicky output on one leg of the amp. If the problem remains on the kitchen TV, then it could be a cable fault. If the kitchen TV goes good but another TV goes bad, then it could be an issue with the amp.

The above isn't an exhaustive list. It's simply a start to troubleshooting likely causes. Let us know how you get on and what the results are from these tests, then we'll go from there. :)

If this or any other reply was helpful to you, then do the decent thing and click the T-H-A-N-K-S button. It appears when you hover the mouse pointer near the Quote Multi-quote buttons. This is the proper way to show your thanks for the time and help someone gave you.
 
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Brilliant, well done Lucid. It turned out to be stray coax cables wires at the TV end.

Greatly appreciate your time.

Thanks, Devs :)
 

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