

As with over-the-air TV signal strength, if the signal Quality is low, you might want to check your cable system in your home and either remove splitters (each splitter you have on a home cable network lowers the signal strength) or use a "cable TV signal booster".This is a good device it only took about ten mins tobe able to watch reside tv very first time i utilised the antenna and i received 22 channels and it played fairly decent even although the antenna was 25 to 30 feet from the closest window i then changed out the antenna to see how it handled a cable signal and it does really effectively it picked up 125 channels and all but 10 of these channels function great i consider the 10 channels have a been coded by cable company i am making use of windows medis center and it works flawless so i in no way bothered installing the drivers that came with it i actually take pleasure in understanding if the shows i watch are going to be on up to two weeks in advance i purchased it so i could use it as a dvr and so far so excellent. If you are watching 'clear QAM' digital cable TV (in Europe this is called DVB-C), you can use the WinTV's signal strength display to see the reception quality of that channel. Using the Signal Monitor to monitor the quality of a digital TV channel Here are some tips to help optimize the TV reception for over-the-air signals. In this case, you might want to consider an antenna "booster" or a better TV antenna. If you cannot get a good TV picture after positioning the antenna, the digital TV signal is too weak to receive a Digital TV program without distortion. The higher the percentage, the better the TV signal is.

If you have a flat window style antenna, pick a window which is 'pointing' to the TV transmitter.

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It will work with ATSC and QAM digital TV channels plus DVB TV channels on most Hauppauge digital TV tuner boards. Note: The Digital Signal Monitor will not work with analog TV channels. The key indicator is Quality which shows the relative strength of the TV channel which is being displayed in the WinTV window.

To show the signal strength, tune to a TV channel and hit 'CTRL-D'. The signal strength monitor is part of the WinTV v10 application. Overview of the Digital Signal Monitor for Hauppauge TV tuners Strong Signal 98% Good signal 88% Good signal 84% OK signal 82% Good reception - roof and window Good reception roof, bad reception window Bad reception roof and window The WinTV Signal Strength Monitor displays the relative strength of the digital signal on the channel you are tuned to.
