A common issue in all houses, we Television technicians have incurred many situations which cause digital television break up. WE WILL KEEP IT SIMPLE, three main issues, cable, connections and gain, your antenna must have enough gain to maintain enough signal for your set top box to keep a stable picture (We will elaborate issues soon) and cable/connection problems.
Signal gain, like most digital boxes state whenever changing channels, there will be a level of signal, this can be used as a simple guide. (we find 85% as minimum and preferably above best)
The gain can be improved by improving the quality of your antenna or if a new quality antenna adding a mast head amplifier (booster).
There are many boosters available, we find mast head amplifiers the best (installed in two parts booster and power supply with power pass splitter)
WHAT IS A POWER PASS SPLITTER, when installing a two part booster, you must feed the amplifier installed at your antenna with power, this is done by a power supply and the way it gets power is through the antenna cable THROUGH THE POWER PASS POINT on the splitter.
Install a splitter with a power pass and connect the power supply to the point with the power pass, then the power will go to the amplifier and power the amplifier and distribute to the entire antenna system with this amplifiication of signal gain.
We find Kingray the best for durability and performance, 24 to 34dB gain boosters.
CABLE ISSUES, a major problem for constant stable signal flow to the set top box.
We find RG6 dual at minimum and RG6 quad shielded as preffered to maintain constant flow of signal transfer from antenna to set top box.
Last but not least, all connections should be with ftype connectors because a strong grounding and direct centre core connection is accomplished enabling a low lose flow of signal.
SIMPLE HEY, yeah but we keep it simple BUT KEEP TO THE IMPORTANT.
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