Re: Loftbox problem....

["Alastair French" <alastair@xxxxxxx>]

I had a similar problem, If you are using the 8way box with separate
supply make sure that the RF OUT 2 supply is OFF. Mine showed up by having
a flashing led on the loftbox. It kind of kills the internal amp.

Alastair
(a lurker)

> 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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