Changing xbox wireless frequency?

keogh · 27 Sep 2006 at 23:01

Hi,

Ok I'm posting again, I've got an issue with my xbox, and wonder if anyone knows how to fix it. Downstairs we have Sky TV connected, and upstairts we have a Signal Receiver thingy ma'bob that sends the signal from downstairs upstairs so we can watch sky from there. It also allows us to use the remote upstairs to change channels.

Well whenever my xbox (with wireless) is connected to the power (not even switched on) it interferes with the sky thingy? The sky recevier turns the sky picture upstairs choppy, and makes the sound buzzy, and unwatchable.

So this is obviously the frequencys clashing... can the xbox one be changed? Or is there anything else that can be done to fix it?

Any help will be appreciated!

thanks

Memphis · 27 Sep 2006 at 23:06

I'm pretty confident there is absolutely no way it could be changed.
Equally, I'm pretty damn sure it shouldn't interfere with anything at all.

Zico · 27 Sep 2006 at 23:15

Are you able to change the channel used for the wireless signal on your router? This would be one option if you can't change the channel used on the TV wireless transmitter.

keogh · 27 Sep 2006 at 23:34

Wireless router? You mean my Internet router? My internet router isn't wireless, I've got a wired Router.

I looke4d on the bottom of the receivers for the sky thing, and they have channels 1 to 4, I changed between all of those and it still intefered?

Oh and it says the sky thing uses a 2.4ghz transmitter too... same at the 360 if Im not mistaken?

PiKe · 27 Sep 2006 at 23:42

You should be able to change the channel on the TV sender, we had the same problem as the console is listening out for the RF signal from the controller, just changed the channel on the TV sender and it went away.

keogh · 27 Sep 2006 at 23:48

Pike, I did change the channel on the TV sender... and it still done it?

There is a slider on the bottom of it, channels 1 to 4. I changed the one upstairs to 2 then the one downstairs to 2, got the picture back but it still have the interferance. So done the same with 3 and 4 and still had it? Is that what you done? And what receiver do you have? Is it these ones:

Please help, I cant play the 360 cos I get moaned at otherwise

Zico · 28 Sep 2006 at 00:03

keogh said:
Wireless router? You mean my Internet router? My internet router isn't wireless, I've got a wired Router.

Sorry I just assumed you had a wireless router that you used to connect to Live! using the 360 Wireless adapter.

What do you use to connect to Live! using the 360 Wireless adapter?? Usually wireless routers/access points have options within the software to change the channel it uses (between 1 to 13 in the UK).

I looked on the bottom of the receivers for the sky thing, and they have channels 1 to 4, I changed between all of those and it still intefered?

Oh and it says the sky thing uses a 2.4ghz transmitter too... same at the 360 if Im not mistaken?

The 360 and your wireless TV transmitter use the same frequency range (2.4Ghz) although as you have found out the TV transmitter is limited to channels 1 to 4 and not upto 13.

If you are getting interferance on the TV on channels 1 to 4 then the Xbox 360's adapter is connecting either on the same channel or too close to the channel used by the TV transmitter. You need to try and make a bigger gap between the channels used to eliminate such interferance.

**Edit**
Try setting the TV transmitter to 1 and, if you can change your wireless access point/router etc. device to use a different channel, set it at 13 (or the highest number it allows) and then re-check the picture.

keogh · 28 Sep 2006 at 00:24

I hadn't connected to live at that point.. barely turned the 360 on. But I just turned it on and connected myself to live, and now downloading Dead Rising demo

I'm connected to the internet via my Netgear router... its a wired router, not a wireless. Therefore my 360 is connected to my router via the ethernet cable that came with it.

So obviously I cant change an access point or anything can I? Cos im on a wired router? Is there anything else I can do?

The 360 doesnt have a built in wireless of some sort does it?

Also I think its worth me pointing out, we put the tv transmitter thing on the floor now, and although it flicekrs on screen a bit, its not nearly as bad and it watchable... so moving it does help... sorta? Does this make a diff?

PiKe · 28 Sep 2006 at 10:05

keogh said:
Pike, I did change the channel on the TV sender... and it still done it?

There is a slider on the bottom of it, channels 1 to 4. I changed the one upstairs to 2 then the one downstairs to 2, got the picture back but it still have the interferance. So done the same with 3 and 4 and still had it? Is that what you done? And what receiver do you have? Is it these ones:

Please help, I cant play the 360 cos I get moaned at otherwise

We have Philips ones, channel 4 seems to work for us.

keogh said:
Also I think its worth me pointing out, we put the tv transmitter thing on the floor now, and although it flicekrs on screen a bit, its not nearly as bad and it watchable... so moving it does help... sorta? Does this make a diff?

Signal strength is an important factor, a weak signal is more prone to interference than a strong one, think about relocating your sender box.