Aerial signal

oafc0000 · 12 Jun 2006 at 22:50

How guys

Got a media centre with two tuner cards and i am splitting the aerial using a standard aerial splitter from ******.

It seems that one of the tuner cards is happy but the image on the other tuner card is breaking up. Seems like the signal is deterating cause its being split.

Anyone know of a loss-less spliter i can get?

Going to do some more testing and try to work it out further, any suggestions?

Tesla · 13 Jun 2006 at 08:05

Does the splitter you're using look like this:

oafc0000 · 23 Jun 2006 at 10:55

sorry for the really long delay in replying, had to shoot out the country on business

Yes it does

csmager · 23 Jun 2006 at 10:57

Unless you get an amplifier to distribute the signal, you're not going to get a 'lossless splitter'. It's a passive device, it supplies two ouputs from one input. Stands to reason it's going to knock 3dB off the signal.

oafc0000 · 23 Jun 2006 at 11:17

Any suggestions on what to buy ?

csmager · 23 Jun 2006 at 11:24

oafc0000 said:
Any suggestions on what to buy ?

I actually use a splitter, and it works fine. You say one TV card works fine, so it would be a bit odd that the other doesn't. Have you swapped the connections round and see if the TV Card with the bad signal changes or not?

oafc0000 · 23 Jun 2006 at 11:28

Only just got back home, so will do some in-depth playing tonight and will let you know the exact results.

Tesla · 23 Jun 2006 at 12:51

Can you connect your aerial feed directly to each tuner card to ensure they are both working correctly?

If so, what results do you get?

I imagine the splitter is the problem causing an impedance mis match.