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Sky Digibox - reduced sensitivity to sat signal once a TV SCART(RGB) is connected
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<blockquote data-quote="ALucas" data-source="post: 88613" data-attributes="member: 189526"><p>This is weird!</p><p></p><p>I recently moved to another appartment which meant that the coax cable from the dish to the Sky Digibox (a Panasonic 35) is now 30 meters rather than the 15 that I had previously.</p><p></p><p>I also connected the Digibox to my PC to capture video through the TV RGB Scart through a keene electronics Scart RGB to SVideo converter.</p><p></p><p>I noticed then that the signal quality dropped and started experiencing picture break-ups on some channels (eg Sky One etc).</p><p></p><p>At the time I thought that this was due to reduced signal from the long cable length.</p><p></p><p>Yesterday, I decided to do some maintenance on my PC and I plugged in the Sky Digibox through the VCR Scart to the TV Directly so that I can still watch things while working on the PC.</p><p></p><p>To my amazement the low signal issue went away and the Sky Digibox was performing flawlessly.</p><p></p><p>As soon as I connected a fully wired Scart cable on the TV Scart of the Digibox the signal quality would plummet causing picture break-ups.</p><p></p><p>Has anyone experienced anything like this?</p><p>In my 10 years of sat experience I haven't seen anything like this.</p><p>Why would the video output stage affect the tuner circuitry is beyond me.</p><p></p><p>Is my digibox broken or should I invest in a top quality Scart lead?</p><p>(Note that I tried 3 different Scart cables of averable quality with the same result)</p><p></p><p>Looking for ideas.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ALucas, post: 88613, member: 189526"] This is weird! I recently moved to another appartment which meant that the coax cable from the dish to the Sky Digibox (a Panasonic 35) is now 30 meters rather than the 15 that I had previously. I also connected the Digibox to my PC to capture video through the TV RGB Scart through a keene electronics Scart RGB to SVideo converter. I noticed then that the signal quality dropped and started experiencing picture break-ups on some channels (eg Sky One etc). At the time I thought that this was due to reduced signal from the long cable length. Yesterday, I decided to do some maintenance on my PC and I plugged in the Sky Digibox through the VCR Scart to the TV Directly so that I can still watch things while working on the PC. To my amazement the low signal issue went away and the Sky Digibox was performing flawlessly. As soon as I connected a fully wired Scart cable on the TV Scart of the Digibox the signal quality would plummet causing picture break-ups. Has anyone experienced anything like this? In my 10 years of sat experience I haven't seen anything like this. Why would the video output stage affect the tuner circuitry is beyond me. Is my digibox broken or should I invest in a top quality Scart lead? (Note that I tried 3 different Scart cables of averable quality with the same result) Looking for ideas..... [/QUOTE]
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