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Skriven 2008-01-25 14:57:00 av Jeff Guerdat (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av JAY EMRIE
Ärende: Re: Can nor receive  Channel
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Man, we gotta get you to start editing out unimportant parts of your 
replies.  It was hard to find your responses in this one...

Reminds me of the young'uns who forward without taking off the header 
(after header, after header, after...).  /teasing

JAY EMRIE wrote:
> JB>On or about: 01-24-08  10:31, Jay Emrie did engage James Bradley
regarding,
> but
> JB>not limited to: Can nor receive  Channel
> 
> JB> JB> JB> JE> BestBuy replaced the TV with no arguments. However after a
> couple
>  
> JB> JB> JB>...Component drift? I know *almost* nothing about 
> JB> JB> JB>digital TV, but who doesn't?
> JB> JB> JB>Isn't there an RF stage at the head end, just like analog?
>  
> JB> JB> JE> I know even less, but I haven't heard of any problems from
others.
>  
> JB> JB>With the same model TV?
> 
> JB> JE> Exactly - both new in the box.
> 
> JB>Yes, the same model in *your* home, but I was wondering about any failures
> with
> JB>the same model in someone *elses* home. Find me ten random people with the
> same
> JB>model as you, without *any* problems, and we can move on from there. There
> JB>might be a weakness designed into the RF section, and you found two of the
> JB>aflicted boxes.
> 
> I wonder just how I might go about finding even one other purchaser of a
> like TV? Best Buy would not allow me to see their customer list -
> customer privacy reasons as well as their own.
> 
> JB> JB> JB>...Terminating resistor on the second, unused leg?
> 
> Tom W mentioned that yesterday and I am going to follow up on it
> later today.
> 
> alker JB> JB> JE> I'm using a 6 output splitter. No
> terminating resistors needed in any JB> JB> JE> splitters. The previous 4
> leg splitter worked for many years without JB> JB> JE> any terminating
> resistors. Problem only started with the installation JB> JB> JE> of a
> digital TV set. Two different sets so far. I JB> JB> JE> have great
> difficulty JB> JB> JE> blaming the TV set or the splitters.
> 
> JB> JB>Ouch! Maybe, we just have a cheep cable company here,
> JB> JB>but I have a 5-way, and
> JB> JB>maybe a questionable cable, and if I don't plug up the holes I loose a
> few
> JB> JB>analog channels. This isn't definitive, but I believe it
> JB> JB>is standard practice.
> JB> JB>Some may pshaw it, but I think the CCTV manual (Whatever the tech
sheet
> is
> JB> JB>called.) defines it.
> 
> JB>Say, have you gone straight into the TV *without* a splitter?
> 
> 
> 
> JB> JB> JE> Same with my two daughters, except in a somewhat different
manner.
> 
> JB> JB>...Three times. <G>
> 
> 
> JB> JE> No, four times - I didn't mention my older son who is now working in
> JB> JE> Jamaica for the time being - seem like his company specializes in
> JB> JE> overseas contracts.
> 
> JB>Jamaica in winter sounds tolerable.
> 
> JB> JE> Something of a history there. Oldest daughter born in San Antonio,
TX,
> JB> JE> oldest son born in Burtonwood Air Force Base, England, youngest son
> JB> JE> born in Tacoma Washington, and youngest daughter born in
Poughkeepsie,
> JB> JE> NY.
> JB> JE> Courtesy of USAF and IBM.
> 
> JB>You've been around! <chuckle>
> 
> JB>I know an MP in the force, that left Edwards for Iraq, and is now
stationed
> in
> JB>Iceland. He was sure resisting Iceland, but I've heard he doesn't want to
> leave
> JB>now.
> 
> I would much rather have the cold and safety of Iceland rather than the
> heat and dangers of Irag!



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Jeff Guerdat

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