Does anybody know why my tv would bleed over to my cb radios?
I know it is usually the opposite but in this case it aint.
I know it is usually the opposite but in this case it aint.
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Bleedover
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For this to happen, your TV would have to be transmitting as well as receiving. I've never heard of this happening - but I'm sure you are right.
Weird...
Weird...
Do you hear the audio from the TV channel on your radio, or do you hear a buzz/hum in your radio when the TV is on?
Need a little more specifics with the symptoms.
Need a little more specifics with the symptoms.
What is happening exactly? Do you hear any and all channels that you watch or just one or two? Does the interferance go away when you turn the TV off? Just exactly what is it that is being heard on the CB? Are you on cable? Satellite? Off air? Analog TV or digital? If digital do you use a converter box?
Need more info man.
Need more info man.
I am Mediacom Cable with a cable box.
It stops when the TV is turned off.
It bleeds on my CB on any TV channel
I can barely understand what they say but I know it is the TV bleeding because when
I turn the TV up I can see the meter move with every word.
Hope this helps.
Thanks
It stops when the TV is turned off.
It bleeds on my CB on any TV channel
I can barely understand what they say but I know it is the TV bleeding because when
I turn the TV up I can see the meter move with every word.
Hope this helps.
Thanks
Highly depends on the type of television.
For instance the Plasma variety of television are fantastic RFI generators.
The screen has thousands of tiny wires carrying wide-bandwidth high-current signals.
But if you have a different kind of television, you should describe how close your CB antenna is to your TV.
For instance the Plasma variety of television are fantastic RFI generators.
The screen has thousands of tiny wires carrying wide-bandwidth high-current signals.
But if you have a different kind of television, you should describe how close your CB antenna is to your TV.
I am in a double wide mobile home and am 40' away from the tv.
It is not a plasma model it's a Orian and about 4 years old.
Thanks
It is not a plasma model it's a Orian and about 4 years old.
Thanks
Since no one has offered any possibillity, I will offer a guess - based on what you have told us about the circumstances.
I believe that your coax/cable TV is leaking around a connector joint. Since it is a RF signal in the cable going to you TV set, it is leaking and using part of the cable coax as a radiator. Must be a significant leak to do that - too. I would check and possibly replace any connector that is frayed or less than perfect.
Like I said, this is my best guess based upon the circumstances that you mentioned here...
I believe that your coax/cable TV is leaking around a connector joint. Since it is a RF signal in the cable going to you TV set, it is leaking and using part of the cable coax as a radiator. Must be a significant leak to do that - too. I would check and possibly replace any connector that is frayed or less than perfect.
Like I said, this is my best guess based upon the circumstances that you mentioned here...
Sounds like pretty good advice from Rob. I'd add, though: if you're using any splitters (one cable in, two (or more) out), make sure all the outputs are either used or capped off with 75 ohm dummy loads, which should be available from your cable provider. Radio Shack used to carry them; maybe they still do.
An open cable jack on a splitter is an open door for RF to come in - or go out.
An open cable jack on a splitter is an open door for RF to come in - or go out.
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