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Re: Loftbox problem....



Not sure quite how you've connected things, but the intention is that the
RF2 output from
your sky box is connected to the UHF2 input on the loftbox.

It's this UHF2 input to the loftbox that actually gets distributed to each
of the outputs.
If you're getting no signal, it probably means you're not feeding anything
in to UHF2.

HTH
Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 11:19 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] Loftbox problem....


> Hi peeps.
>
> Can anyone with a loftbox sanity-check what I reckon must be a faulty
unit,
> just in case I'm having a blonde moment....
>
> My loftbox seems not to be giving me anything watchable on it's
outputs...
>
> The other day, I started hooking up the CT100 runs to various other
rooms to
> the loftbox outputs. Previously, I'd only been feeding the lounge via
the
> double-gang multi service wallplate...
>
> I have the terrestrial TV aerial , an FM aerial, and one of the Sky
LNB's
> all going to the appropriate inputs on the loftbox, and all seems
fine...
> The digibox reports good signal level on both LNB inputs (one goes
direct to
> the digibox, one goes via the loftbox) - incidentally, I did a signal
level
> check before I installed the loftbox with both LNB's connected
directly -
> one was showing a stronger signal level, so I decided to use that one
for
> the loftbox, on the basis that I reckoned there might be some signal
loss
> introduced by inserting the loftbox, and I was right! - after adding
the
> loftbox the signal levels now show as the same...
>
> The feed up to the lounge - taken from the "living room"
output also seems
> OK... no problems with any of the devices there - good signal on FM
and
> terrestrial...
>
> However, I hooked up the kitchen TV to one of the room outputs, using
the
> appropriate diplexing wallplate, and I get naff all signal... I can
_just
> about_ make out a recogniseable image, - it's about what one would
expect if
> just a short length of wire was plugged in to the aerial socket! - I
can
> also just about make out the sky EPG from the digibox as well... That
TV
> also has a handy-link IR extender on it, and that *IS* powered (the
LED is
> on), so it is getting power from the digibox's RF2 output - which also
goes
> through the loftbox via the multiservice wallplate in the lounge, also
the
> IR does appear to be working as well, as I can just about make out the
> response in the EPG screen as I use the sky remote in the kitchen.
I've
> tried connecting the TV to all 4 of the room outputs, which makes no
> difference... I've also removed the handy-link from the equation just
in
> case, - this also makes no difference. As a test, I connected the TV
to the
> "Living Room" output on the loftbox, and this gives me a
much better
> (although still a bit ropey!) image - obviously no sky digibox signal
is
> available from that output though, but I ran an autotune on the TV,
and it
> did find all the terrestrial channels. From this test, I think I can
at
> least deduce that my coax run to the kitchen, and the diplex plate in
the
> kitchen must be OK? Lastly, I've obviously checked that the loftbox is
> powered - and it is!
>
> Have I missed something fundamental, or have I got a faulty unit?
>
> TIA
>
> Paul G.



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