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blu87
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2014-Feb-20 1:43 pm
[Comcast Equip] Bad STB, or something else?Is there a way to determine whether a STB is bad and/or dying? A couple months ago, the picture on one TV kept going in and out. I thought the coax cable from the wall was bad (a door runs over a portion of it and degrades it) so I replaced it. That worked for a while, but then the problems started again. After trying numerous things, I was able to determine that the problem had been caused by a dying STB, not the coax cable.
I'm sitting here trying to watch a hockey game and the picture keeps going in and out. Judging by the numbers on the diagnostic screen, I don't think it's the coax cable. The other boxes work fine and the picture doesn't go out on them. This box has been "hanging" on occasion since I got it a few months ago. When I say hanging, I mean that it gives no response when buttons are pushed on the remote. One of the other "new" ones do that too, even though they're different brands and models. |