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Help with my cable box!

bc008

bc008

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Aug 6, 2007
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Michigan
my cable box in my bedroom sucks!

the picture always turns into squares, and goes jumpy. after this it usually goes black for a while, then says "THIS CHANNEL WILL BE AVAILABLE SHORTLY" My cable company has been over twice, and they replaced my box once but it still didnt help..

should i try some new cables?
 
bc008 said:
should i try some new cables?
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That would be the first thing after a new box that I would try.

Also make sure your cable isn't split too many times after leaving the main input into your house. The signal could just be too weak to do anything.
 
The cable company should have done a line check when they were there to check the signal strength.
 
creator2456 said:
That would be the first thing after a new box that I would try.

Also make sure your cable isn't split too many times after leaving the main input into your house. The signal could just be too weak to do anything.
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okay, ill try to get some new cables..

on the first time the cable guy came he disconnected all the cable jacks in the rooms that didnt have tvs (which was one! lol) i think my signal is just too weak.. is their such thing as a cable booster?

also it gets even weaker in my room. we have a cape cod, so we have a room above the garage that connects directly to my room. its my brothers room, so since it is a "bonus" room it didnt have cable, so we split mine again and ran it into his room
 
How many TVs do you have hooked up. How many have cable boxes. When they install a digital box they usually have to put blocks on the other TVs so as not to interfere with the signal. You probably need to get an amplifier because you have to many splits.
 
MacNut said:
How many TVs do you have hooked up. How many have cable boxes. When they install a digital box they usually have to put blocks on the other TVs so as not to interfere with the signal. You probably need to get an amplifier because you have to many splits.
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five tvs, one cable modem.
two of them have boxes.

i should ask them about the blocks
 
You need an amplifier. You have too many splits to the main line.

The cable company should install a barrel on the line to block back feed from the digital signals.
 
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