Problem with my freeview signal and firetv

drogon · 15 Jan 2018 at 21:23

Hi all,

I seem to be having a problem with my freeview signal when I plug in my amazon firetv. I get all channels full signal until plug and power on firetv.

Things I have tried include using an hdmi splitter and moving it away from TV. Buying a quality aerial cable. Fitting ferrite cores to firetv hdmi cable which seemed to have helped.

Any ideas?

lucid · 16 Jan 2018 at 00:57

What's this quality aerial cable you've bought?

drogon · 16 Jan 2018 at 11:14

thanks for getting back to me;

I bought this lead http://www.aerialsandtv.com/onlinecableandmisc.html#QualityFlyLead

Andy

lucid · 16 Jan 2018 at 13:27

The boys at aerialsandtv know what they're doing. What happens if you try the Fire TV on another telly that has an aerial connection?

Puzzled · 16 Jan 2018 at 14:38

I had some interference between the rf out on a sky box to tv that was cured by using a satellite cable rather than a TV aerial lead, guess the satellite lead (with adaptors) had better shielding.

Tried one of those 4G interference filters as well but didn't do anything (wasn't 4G causing it

)

How is the signal quality? That's the important one, signal strength is fine as long as it over 60% or so. In fact too strong a signal can cause the same issues as a low strength signal.

drogon · 17 Jan 2018 at 21:50

Hi guys,

So after it felt like I had tried everything. It seemed like the only thing left was the cable going from the cable spitter in my loft to the TV. I knew the aerial was OK as every other TV was fine. So opened up the plastboard today and replaced the cable and all is working well now. That was a really frustrating experience. Glad it seems ok now.