On October 31, 2006 at 01:03, Steve Garn said...
Had the same problem Saturday night at a client's house.
Perfect reception thruout the 3500sq/ft home. Now it's
time to demo the system. Poof. Everything works but
the SciAtlantic 8300HD box. Then just that emitter (to
the cable box) STAYS on and I havn't done any discrete
routing.
Shortly thereafter, the the entire RF is RalFing. The
RF sniffer is going nuts. I called it the night and set
it all the IR untill I can go back with my hair glued
back in. It's a $5k job with a $100 problem.
I'm pretty good at this stuff by now with over 200 850's
out there that work all day. Is this place built over
an ancient indian burial ground? And why would that really
matter??
Actually, that's not strange at all. The Sci Atlantic boxes give off interference and are the worst for doing configs. I have seen many work, and many not work. But the ones that do not work are a pain in the ass. It all depends on how you stack the equipment. If it's in close quarters, chances are your going to get interference. I have found that RFX-250's and an IR hood combat the problem well. But its the box that is causing your problems.
The light theory is intersting and I thank you for that, but the fact that it is happening t my neighbor who lives across the street and one house over makes me think it's something in the vicinity of my house rather than inside it. My neighbor lives about 375ft away....
