On Tuesday 24 January 2006 14:19, Soyeb Aswat wrote: > Hi, > > > I think the aerial is the problem. I split the aerial where it comes > > through the wall and when send one lead to the freeview box and one to > > the computer I get bad reception on the computer. But when I just have > > one wire from the wall to the computer, or even if I just unplug the > > aerial from the freeview box I get good reception. Is it possible that > > the freeview box is corrupting the signal somehow? > > Having more than one device connected reduces the signal strength to > both devices. What's likely is that the tuner isn't too sensitive in > your DVB stick. You could try adding an amplifier to see if that helps, > or do the below. > > > Anyway for now the solution is to unplug the old freeview box and > > train the wife to use MythTV. > > Hee hee. > > Soyeb > > > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb I just got an Axing TVS 8-01 (16?) plug-in signal amplfier for the antenna signal and I was able to start getting the local DVB-T channels. It has one input and two outputs. I have one going to the TV and the other coming here to my precious. It might help... William
