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That Panasonic problem...
I have seen mentions on here to it, and I have been suffering with it for months, that Panasonic problem, you know, when you put a channel on, find it's breaking up really badly, try to navigate away but it crashes the box...
Well, what causes it? today its the turn of BBC1 to do it, which is really annoying. Everytime somebody puts BBC1 on the reciever, it starts to crackle and block... and I have to crawl behind the TV to unplug it and reset it. The signal strength and quality on BBC1 are fine, but it breaks up and crashes the box, so why?
It seems to travel from channel to channel, at first it was just the cheap channels, shopping and quiz channels.... but recently it does it to major channels, like Movies, Sky One, and tonight BBC1... Is it something that is common across all Panasonic boxes on the same channel at the same time or does it vary from box to box? is there any quick fix out of a breaking up channel without being forced to reboot?
Well, what causes it? today its the turn of BBC1 to do it, which is really annoying. Everytime somebody puts BBC1 on the reciever, it starts to crackle and block... and I have to crawl behind the TV to unplug it and reset it. The signal strength and quality on BBC1 are fine, but it breaks up and crashes the box, so why?
It seems to travel from channel to channel, at first it was just the cheap channels, shopping and quiz channels.... but recently it does it to major channels, like Movies, Sky One, and tonight BBC1... Is it something that is common across all Panasonic boxes on the same channel at the same time or does it vary from box to box? is there any quick fix out of a breaking up channel without being forced to reboot?
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This crashing is caused by either weak transponders (signals) or a tuner module that is old and hence not performing like new, probably "noisy".
Firstly you must get your dish optimised, for the Astra 2D signals. If that doesn't fix the problem, then the digibox tuner needs refurbishment. There are several companies that offer that service.
(Cost about £21+vat plus carriage from that company in Manchester.)
Yeah, its a TUDSB30. when you do a signal check through services it reads about 75% on both strength and quality. I am now watching five on it, and was watching sky sports earlier. they are both fine.... BBC1 (2 and 3 too come to that) all crash the box the minute you switch channels.
The Astra 2D is the one that carries the BBC and ITV channels, and it has a more precise footprint. Therefore if your dish is not accurately aligned, the BBC signals appear weak to the digibox. As you have read, the Panasonic 30 is particularly affected by these low signals, hence the crashing when cycling through these weak channels.
So do as i suggest, get your dish checked first.
It IS the answer.
You will find this discussed many times by searching these forums and in many threads people found the problem stopped when the box was switched to PAL output instead of RGB.
Something about the output of RGB being too heavy on the processor in the box which tends to run very hot.
If you don't believe me try it and if this really is the "Panasonic problem" you are experiencing and not just a dodgy dish installation you will see results.
Fortunately I have 2 Panasonics, one of which crashes, the other does not. The difference is that the one that crashes performs very poorly on a low signal transponder - for me a 2B North beam e.g. 12304H.