Hi folks,
I'm just doing some preliminary investigation for an issue. I'm not well versed in cable stuff, so please bear with me. I`ve lurked a bit, and figured I toss this one out there.
My house is about 25 years old. I have cable that goes into the basement, and from there it splits into two lines: one to 2nd floor; the other to the main floor. The one to the main floor goes into a splitter via a really thin coax cable, and then to my SD box and cable modem. On occassion, I lose the digital signal to both my cable modem and my SD box. When that happens, I lose my internet. For TV, I lose some time shifting channels (noticeably FairchildTV out west, and some other ones not in Ontario). I still retain the other channels. If I disconnect the cable from the splitter, leave it for a few seconds, and then plug it back in, I regain the signal and get back internet and the other stations. Then I might have a consistent signal for a few minutes or a few days or weeks. If I directly connect my cable line from the wall into the SD box, it's fine.
It's so sporatic that I'm not entirely justified in wasting a tech's time, but it's a bit irritating
I was going to attack the splitter first, and then look at cabling. The cables are a different story because whoever installed the outlet made some connection behind the wall and just has wire coming out of the wall with a connector. Is there anything else I may have missed?
I'm just doing some preliminary investigation for an issue. I'm not well versed in cable stuff, so please bear with me. I`ve lurked a bit, and figured I toss this one out there.
My house is about 25 years old. I have cable that goes into the basement, and from there it splits into two lines: one to 2nd floor; the other to the main floor. The one to the main floor goes into a splitter via a really thin coax cable, and then to my SD box and cable modem. On occassion, I lose the digital signal to both my cable modem and my SD box. When that happens, I lose my internet. For TV, I lose some time shifting channels (noticeably FairchildTV out west, and some other ones not in Ontario). I still retain the other channels. If I disconnect the cable from the splitter, leave it for a few seconds, and then plug it back in, I regain the signal and get back internet and the other stations. Then I might have a consistent signal for a few minutes or a few days or weeks. If I directly connect my cable line from the wall into the SD box, it's fine.
It's so sporatic that I'm not entirely justified in wasting a tech's time, but it's a bit irritating
I was going to attack the splitter first, and then look at cabling. The cables are a different story because whoever installed the outlet made some connection behind the wall and just has wire coming out of the wall with a connector. Is there anything else I may have missed?