Cable TV picture is snowy on 1/3 chnls on only ONE of my TVs
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:57 pm
I have cable TV.
I have a 4-way splitter (1 in, 4 out) in the garage.
In the master bedroom, there is another 2 way splitter, that leads to a third splitter (15 foot cable length).
From this third splitter the cable (6 foot length) goes into my DVD recorder (pass through) into my bedroom TV. This TV's picture is basically excellent for all cable channels.
Of this same splitter (that the master bedoom TV, which has an excellent picture) there is a 40 or 50 foot cable that runs up the bedroom wall into the attic and then most of the length of the house to another splitter in the attic then back down to living room.
About 1/3 of the channels in the living room have snowy pictures.
All the other rooms are fine...
I could replace the attic cable, BUT
1) that is a bit tedious, although definitely doable.
2) there is no guarantee that the cable at fault isn't the one that runs from the attic down into the living room, in between the wall and the siding (i.e. inaccessible to me).
I was thinking (saw these at Radio Shack) of possibly trying one of the following:
1) a signal attenuator (i.e. amplifier)
2) a signal weakener (for stations that are too strong).
3) signal inteference reducer
Any tips would be appreciated!
Thanks
I have a 4-way splitter (1 in, 4 out) in the garage.
In the master bedroom, there is another 2 way splitter, that leads to a third splitter (15 foot cable length).
From this third splitter the cable (6 foot length) goes into my DVD recorder (pass through) into my bedroom TV. This TV's picture is basically excellent for all cable channels.
Of this same splitter (that the master bedoom TV, which has an excellent picture) there is a 40 or 50 foot cable that runs up the bedroom wall into the attic and then most of the length of the house to another splitter in the attic then back down to living room.
About 1/3 of the channels in the living room have snowy pictures.
All the other rooms are fine...
I could replace the attic cable, BUT
1) that is a bit tedious, although definitely doable.
2) there is no guarantee that the cable at fault isn't the one that runs from the attic down into the living room, in between the wall and the siding (i.e. inaccessible to me).
I was thinking (saw these at Radio Shack) of possibly trying one of the following:
1) a signal attenuator (i.e. amplifier)
2) a signal weakener (for stations that are too strong).
3) signal inteference reducer
Any tips would be appreciated!
Thanks