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Hi,I am using a 3 LNB oval dish and an H-10 HD receiver. Picture quality is quite variable lately and this evening I went into setup and ran the self-test. It came back with an over-all signal strength of 83% and 84% (ran the test twice). Seems to me it should be higher. Does anybody know if this measurement is important? I realize that I can measure each transponder for each satellite and get much more data, but since I have no way of associating which particular channel corresponds with what transponder/satellite, it seems meaningless. It is also VERY time consuming, but when I play with it in a sort of shotgun approach, the signal strength meters nearly always read in the upper 90% range.
One other thing -- the test also indicates an LNB failure, but I cannot figure out how to get more information on this (from the test screen, that is).
Any thoughts are welcome.
Cheers, Joe
PS My set is a 1-week-old SONY KDS-55A2000 SXRD, being fed by HDMI from the H-10
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With such a nice TV, I'd call a local expert or DirectTV and have them check it out. You want to be getting the best signal you can for such a great TV. Why anguish?db
Hi,Thanks for the response, but you didn't answer the question. Let me explain.
Sony replaced a defective KDS-50XBR1 (the previous SXRD line) with the brand new (mfg 9/06) KDS-55A2000. My real issue is that the new set does not have anywhere near the picture quality of the old set before it went haywire. Apparently Sony is having real problems manufacturing the SXRD optical blocks. Anyway, in checking and double checking everything I could think of, I encountered the error message. What I was really after was some opinion based on experience whether signal strength in the mid-80s is acceptable, and whether the error message might be some artifact since all channels seem to work.
Clearly I want the best signal possible, but I am sometimes getting poor resolution from DVD (two sources – DENON DVD-3800 and Panasonic DVD-S77), XBOX 360, and off the air HD as well (but not as bad). I'm just trying to work systematically through the issues. I am calling DirecTV, though to ask ‘em to check out my LNBs.
Cheers, Joe
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