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David H · 06-07-2014, 00:36

My father has just bought a new Panasonic TX 32A TV, when it is connected directly to the loft aerial it downloaded all the HD channels which work perfectly, but as we need to record and play back programmes we reconnected the old Sagem 6700T digibox, which firstly will not download the HD channels 101-111, although it has HDMI capability. That itself would not be a problem seeing as we could watch directly from the TV and record in low definition, BUT after connecting the aerial into the digibox and using a scart lead to connect the digibox to the TV, the signal on the HD channels is so poor they cannot show the programmes on them at all.

This is all totally new to us and the shop couldn't explain it either, and the problem appears to lie with Sagem as the TV works perfectly when that is not connected, but it now means we can't watch HD unless we disconnect the wire each time but use the DVR so much that makes it too much trouble to keep doing. Is it normal for a digibox to suck up the signal and ruin HD viewing or are we just unlucky?

06-07-2014, 00:36	#1
David H cf.member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: London Services: Virgin XL TV, 100 meg broadband Posts: 86	Sagem digibox blocking HD reception My father has just bought a new Panasonic TX 32A TV, when it is connected directly to the loft aerial it downloaded all the HD channels which work perfectly, but as we need to record and play back programmes we reconnected the old Sagem 6700T digibox, which firstly will not download the HD channels 101-111, although it has HDMI capability. That itself would not be a problem seeing as we could watch directly from the TV and record in low definition, BUT after connecting the aerial into the digibox and using a scart lead to connect the digibox to the TV, the signal on the HD channels is so poor they cannot show the programmes on them at all. This is all totally new to us and the shop couldn't explain it either, and the problem appears to lie with Sagem as the TV works perfectly when that is not connected, but it now means we can't watch HD unless we disconnect the wire each time but use the DVR so much that makes it too much trouble to keep doing. Is it normal for a digibox to suck up the signal and ruin HD viewing or are we just unlucky?