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bigjohn,
Not to sound like a smarta$$ but do you have the brightness level turned up on the display or is it that the numerical display is small? If I remember there are 3 levels of brightness for the display.
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2. tuner/radio reception is not very good
Does your area offer cable FM?
Bren R.
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My FM is pretty good, better than my previous receiver (i have the 601 now). Also, have you upped the brightness? It does have 3 levels.
jr
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tufel-i'd rather be a smarta$$ than a dumba$$!!
yes, i have the brightness turned up to its max.. there are two reasons i find the display hard to read. one, it is small and i dont have the best vision. two, my angle from the couch is looking 'up' at it, and that cuts off about 1/4 of the display.
bren- i am not sure what "cable FM" is?? but if it requires me to give my cable company more money, then i dont want it.. they charge me too much for the crappy srvc i already get. the "poor FM reception" comment from me was based on the fact that my old tuner/receiver got more stations, and they were clearer.
with all that said, i still love the 701.. i think its gonna work just fine for my needs. but thank ya'll for the input on how to fix my probs!!
bigjohn
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bren- i am not sure what "cable FM" is?? but if it requires me to give my cable company more money, then i dont want it.. they charge me too much for the crappy srvc i already get.
Cable FM is FM stations that are modulated into your cable feed - here, for instance - Power97 (97.5FM) is on cable FM at 105.5FM - maybe try throwing a cable feed into the 75 ohm antenna connector on the amp and poke around the FM dial, see if there's anything there that's new. (maybe not, though... from what I understand, the US packs the band pretty tight - thus the reason I can get away with 3 FM presets, not 30!)
Bren R.
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well, we only got around 11 FM stations out here anyway.. 2 are gospal, 3 are country, and 2 are tejano.. so the choices are extremely limited as it is. we can get a bad-a$$ rock station out of abilene on real cloudy days.
plus, i have already split my cable once, i dont wanna split it again and degrade the signal even more than it already is.
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plus, i have already split my cable once, i dont wanna split it again and degrade the signal even more than it already is
Well, if you do it right (with a cable amp), it's not a problem... I wired our place for 6 cable runs - 3 behind the HT (two for two VCRs, one for cable FM), one in the sitting room/formal living room, and one each in my office and the master BR.
Usually cable FM will carry distant stations as well - might be worth a shot.
Bren R.
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I wired our place for 6 cable runs - 3 behind the HT (two for two VCRs, one for cable FM), one in the sitting room/formal living room, and one each in my office and the master BR
ever been to texas?? i got some work for you to do while your here!!
bigjohn
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If you have a cable modem and won't eat up your monthly allotment try this. It was set up by a friend of mine.
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NOTE: I just discovered the link is not working - I'll check with the Webmaster and get back to you
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ever been to texas?? i got some work for you to do while your here!!
Sorry, John... never been to TX - flying and I don't get along... the idea of hurtling through the air in a pressurized aluminum tube just doesn't thrill me.
I did make up this step-by-step pic on how-to for someone a while ago..
1. drill corner holes for low voltage frame
2. cut between holes
3. pull wire through, use stripper to remove insulation from braid and core, then bend the braid back against the insulation (making sure to get EVERY strand - or it might short against the core and you'll NEVER think of that as a possibility when troubleshooting!)
4. Push the screw on F connector on with a tool like this... make sure it seats fully
5. Crimp it down with the large crimp, turn 60 degrees and give it a bit of a snug up with the smaller
6. Cut the core off at a 15 degree angle maybe 1/8" outside of the connector
That's the hardest part... screwing all the other ends into an amp should be pretty self-explanitory, and then without an RF meter, you can tell how hot the signal is by looking at it:
if it looks good -- clean up
if it's snowy -- signal strength is low, need a bigger amp or less runs
if you see overmodulation (watching channel 4, you see ghosts of channel 3 or 5), you're too hot... buy a "pad" (attenuator) to put inline.
That's all there is to it...
And no, I'm not left handed... hand holding the cam in my right.
Bren R.
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