Michael, What would be the effect of changing my setup to connect my digital cable STB to the PVR-350 using S-video instead of having the separate tuner connection? I'm guessing this will send a much cleaner signal to the PVR that it would be less susceptible to interference than hunting down the cable companies line and putting better cabling and a booster as close as I can. The only thing left to do would figure out how to link up the remotes (I've seen recommendations for either a serial cable or an IR blaster). Sorry my background doesn't include a strong physics/EE education, does this stand to reason?
Thanks, Tony On 9/11/05, Michael T. Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tony Paterra wrote: > > >So something I noticed... I took the splitter out of the way and and > >put it directly into the Tivo box... The behavior was slightly better > >but still not close to clear. I also tried putting the splitter back > >in the equation and running the Tivo's line to a separate TV and the > >picture is fine. For some ASCII wiring diagrams... > > > >Scenario 1) > >(wall outlet) ---> Tivo gives slightly better performance but still > >pretty fuzzy > > > >Scenario 2) > >(wall outlet) ---> splitter ---> TV gives fine performance > > > >I haven't tried a separate TV viewing program, I was curious on your > >thoughts about this... > > > > > The PVR-x50's typically need a (much) cleaner signal than stand-alone TV > tuners. See the link I posted before: > > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/ivtv/devel/17953#17953 > > Also, the test you need to do isn't the (wall outlet) ---> PVR-350 > > It's (cable company's line) ---> PVR-350 > > Since the cable company's line likely isn't long enough, that means you > need to take the cable company's line and connect a single good cable > (RG-6, preferrably quad-shield (and nice if it's RG-6U quad-shield)) > with good crimp-on (not twist-on) connectors that were installed > correctly (as incorrectly-installed crimp-on's will typically be worse > than twist-on's) on both ends between the cable company's line and your > PVR-350. > > Any other test is suspect and does not rule out signal quality issues. > Even with a good cable/connectors between, it may still be signal > quality issues, but likely would require help from a cable company tech. > > HTH. > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > -- Tony Paterra [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
