Posted by AlanG on 11/04/05 19:01

On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 15:15:55 -0000, "Spack" <news@worldofspack.co.uk>
wrote:

>
>"AlanG" <invalid@invalid.com> wrote in message
>news:m0hkm1lkskhfjraae4b34b4tuh6i5cmeeu@4ax.com...
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>> I've had a goodmans freeview box (GDB2) for over a year. Got it for
>> the subtitles. Get big black boxes obscuring the action. Upgraded the
>> firmware. We still get big black boxes showing covering the show. Go
>> off after about a minute then return. Doesn't happen all the time. Any
>> ideas? Any cure? Should I scrap the Goodmans box and get another?
>
>My dad's box does this sometimes - his signal isn't too good, seems to be
>when the wind is blowing and the trees are moving it just drops the signal
>strength down a bit too much.
>
The signal seems okay according to the SS indicator. .
I'm going to borrow another model and see if it still happens. Don't
want to shell out for a new box and find it's because we live in a dip
or summat.

Trouble is it is so irritating when it hides the subtitles on a film
I've recorded the previous night.

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