Hi Noel,
I'm in Subiaco and have the EyeTV Diversity and channel 9 get %100 for
strength and quality
and SBS gets %96 Strength and %100 quality.
Just a thought, I don't know your TV situation but my fairly new LCD
can report strength and quality.
If your TV has that ability you could compare it with EyeTV.
The faults that come to mind with my EyeTV are:
• Sometimes EyeTV pretends channels aren't available and the only fix
seems to be to quit EyeTV and restart it.
• And sometimes in Edit mode I'll have frames off to the left of the
beginning that I can't access.
• Also I remember a time when EyeTV could start a recording without
waking the computer screen but now the screen always comes on.
Hopefully future updates will sort these out.
Cheers
Brian
On 15/04/2010, at 4:24 PM, David Noel wrote:
Hi All --
-- I've found the following comment on how you can get signal
strength=100% but signal quality=0% with an Elgato EyeTV tuner. Can
anyone suggest what might be done to correct the situation, or even
test for why signal quality is 0%?
-- Thanks for your comments received, these are mostly on signal
strength, not signal quality. I can understand reasons for loss of
strength, but that does not appear to be happening to me, as digital
TV programs received from the same antenna are of excellent quality,
no pixelating etc. Also, I don't believe the problem is tied up with
my (new roof-mounted) antenna, since with the EyeTV tuner you get a
small indoor antenna, and plugging the tuner into this still gives
92.5% signal strength, but signal quality=0%.
-- Have any other WAMUG members with EyeTV tuners had problems like
mine, especially if in the Shenton Park area? (Visions of secret
government jamming equipment??).
Cheers --
David Noel
2010 Apr 15
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"Re: Why 100% signal strength but 0% signal quality?
<http://forums.elgato.com/viewtopic.php?f=86&t=3157>
It's possible to have a strong signal, but one that afflicted is with
multipath distortions (signal bouncing around off various external
objects such as trees and buildings, each arriving at a slightly
different time)....this is a poor quality, but strong signal.
It's also why your strength may go from 100 to 0 in a split
second...trees moving in the breeze can cause this...or an airplane
crossing your signal path.
If I remember correctly "quality" is a measurment of bitrate
received....but if I'm wrong I'm sure someone will correct me on that.
Curmudgeon"
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On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:24 AM, thefrogs <thefr...@iinet.net.au>
wrote:
Have you tried shifting the arial around- it may have blown off
target. I had no SBS and ABC for a while then I cleaned the coax
contacts and went up on roof that did it- take Vaseline to cover
contacts -it stops salt and dirt
tom samson
On 14/04/2010, at 3:05 PM, David Noel wrote:
Hi All --
-- I'm hoping someone can help me with the following problems, which
are proving intractable. I've got a 20" intel iMac running SL
10.6.3.
Application is EyeTV v. 3.3.3(6040) [at time of first problem, 3.3
(5854)].
-- Since the Great Hailstorm (though not necessarily due to that), I
have been unable to schedule and effect EyeTV recordings of TV
programs through my Elgato DTT tuner. Early symptoms were that a
scheduled program would show up empty in the Recordings list (0 secs
recorded).
-- Under Program Guide, I had around 20 channels which showed up and
from which programs could normally be recorded by clicking on the
right button. With the change, most of these schedules did not
work. I
ran Autotune to pick up available channels, and it first found
only 5
SBS signals plus WTV (Channel 44, a new Perth station). Of these,
only
WTV would show a live program, SBS only says 'No Signal'.
-- I've been in touch with Elgato Systems, makers of the tuner and
EyeTV application, and carried out all their suggestions, including
downloading their latest app version [3.3.3 (6040)]. without any
improvement. They suggested I check Preferences>Devices>Signal, this
showed Signal Quality of 100%, Signal Strength 0% (latter should be
60%+).
-- I've also tried another identical-model tuner (no difference),
tried another coax connection to a splitter upstairs (feeds the iMac
and an analogue TV, which gives OK pictures), and taking the whole
thing downstairs to another coax outlet (normally feeding a digital
TV, excellent pictures), all without any getting anything solved.
Upstairs and downstairs both get their signal from a new antenna
which
feeds to GME Ringray MHW24G grey box, thence to the main
(upstairs/downstairs) splitter.
-- I guess the main indicator is that the Signal Strength is 0%
(sometimes up to 20%, no more). Any ideas, anyone?
Cheers --
David Noel
2010 Apr 14.
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