Question about Digital-to-Analog Converter

[mcvickj]

My grandmother recently purchased two Insignia NS-DXA1 converters for two different TV's in her house. The one in the living room is working great. The picture looks really good and she gained a few extra channels. A small bonus for living in the middle of no where.

However the one in her bed room seems to have some issues. Using the auto tuning feature it doesn't find near the same about of channels as the other does. Both units are connected to two different external antennas mounted on the side of the house.

The living room antenna is on the east side of the house and the bed room antenna is on the west side. The distance between the two units is probably less than 30 ft.

Her biggest complaint is the one channel she watches the most (CBS) does not come in at all. The other channel (FOX) will work for a few minutes then the signal drops. Both channels were coming in fine before the addition of the digital converter.

Any suggestions would be welcomed.

 

[erwos]

DTV requires a higher quality signal than analog. If you're splitting the antenna cables, try using a powered splitter/amp.

 

[mshan]

See where signals are coming from at http://www.antennaweb.org.

I've been using OTA HDTV for several years, and my impressions are:
- problem channels most often have been poor (weak) signal emitting from station itself
- choosing something with 5th generation tuner is usually recommended, as sensitivity and multipath resistance has been improved (I think your converter box is pretty recent, so it might have one of these chips in it)
- you could try an indoor Silver Sensor clone, a long run of coax cable, and just experiment to find out how to get best signal on channels she wants most