I see conflict page mentioned, where can I find it?
You will automatically see a notice if you schedule something with a conflict in the next two weeks. Otherwise go to scheduled shows and then go to conflicts. If you look at the grid view you will see shows that can’t record marked. Click on them and you can resolve conflicts that way as well.
Maybe you can give me some advice. Sunday October 13 I had NASCAR scheduled to record on channel 3-1 NBC at 12:30 pm central time. On channel 9-1 CBS, Chiefs, Texans at 12:00. And 18-1 Fox, Vikings, Eagles at 12:00. And 25-1 a out of market Fox Sea Hawks also at 12:00 central time. So three programs were scheduled to record at noon and one at 12:30. The one scheduled at 12:30 didn’t record and in remarks was no tuner available. After watching first quarter on Fox 18-1 I switched to watch 3-1 NASCAR only to find it wasn’t being recorded. I stopped the recording on Fox 25-1. Tried to watch 3-1 live and got an error message. Can’t find Tablo connect! I had to exit the tablo app on my Roku. Entered another app then back to the tablo app. I was only able to watch the last six laps of the NASCAR stage 1. Rest of the race was rain delayed. The two channels 9-1, and 18-1 also stopped recording, then started new recordings without commercial skip or thumb nails. I’ve only had the tablo since July. I get a lot of the multiple stop and start recordings. Remarks state weak signal. I’m using same setup as previous on TiVo without signal issues. Switched to tablo so I could watch on multiple TVs. Now I’m thinking I may need to connect my TiVo for backup.
If you have your recording quality set to 1080p - 10 Mbps and one of the stations you set to record at 12:00 is broadcasting at 720p, then your Tablo will use two tuners to record that station if two are available. When the program at 12:30 tried to record, all 4 tuners would have been in use.
The error message you saw may have been due to the Tablo rebooting, probably due to a weak signal. Tablo doesn’t handle poor signal quality very well. If it loses the signal, it often locks up the tuner and Tablo’s response is to reboot the entire device rather than just the tuner having problems.
If I’m understanding you correctly the Fox stations transmit at 720 and Both NBC and CBS at 1080i. If I schedule two on the two Fox channels then all four would be in use? Why would 720 need two tuners? So two tuner systems can only record one program? If set at recording quality HD1080-10 Mbps, 720@60fps. In other words I’ve got to set recording quality at HD720-5Mbps or lose a tuner or two?
No, that is incorrect. That only affects 4 tuner systems.
Read the link below.
And a caveat… For 4-Tuner Tablo DVRs ONLY when using the highest recording quality (HD 1080, 720 @ 60fps) Tablo’s fourth tuner will be temporarily disabled if any 720p stations are currently being watched or recorded at 60 fps. This is due to the high processing requirements of this setting. You can read more about that on our Knowledge Base.
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No, you can set the recording quality to 1080p - 8mbps and only one tuner will be used for your Fox station.
But since the user has a two-tuner Tablo, he can set it 1080p-10mbps, and it will still use just one tuner. It only affects 4 tuner Tablos.
On signal strength my worst frequency has signal strength at 66% with signal quality 100%. Best frequency 11 signal strength 78% and signal quality 100%.
Those are results for my tv.
I don’t know a lot about signal strength. Here are some numbers available from rabbitears.info for my location.
Signal margin for best (dB) 47.53 and worst (dB) 19.38.
Field strength for best dBuV/m 86.78 and worst 59.85.
My understanding is anything above 50 for dBuV/m is good for my antenna setup. The antenna is hd 91xg at 30 feet outside.
From his original post, he has a 4 tuner Tablo, therefore, 1080p - 8mbps is the maximum setting he can use to insure that all 4 tuners are available for recording.
Does your antenna have a preamp installed?
You need to keep in mind that your TV only has one tuner and the Tablo has 4. Your Tablo splits the signal 4 ways, thus it will be a little weaker than what your TV is seeing.
If you do have a preamp, you may need a distribution amp prior to your Tablo especially if you are splitting the signal between your TV and Tablo.
My apologies. He had mentioned 2 tuners later, but you are right that he said he had a 4 tuner first.
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I don’t have anything to substantiate this Kind of like with the “heat issue”, I just decided this is the problem/answer. It’s been about a year since I’ve had my Dual Lite, so I don’t recall the exact specifics.
I’ve have issues with segmented recordings and reboots. Occasionally something about no storage (my drive was stable, but the setup wasn’t in “the list”) and the vague weak signal error message. Since all there we get is a one time colored dot, who knows what that actually means.
In the end I set recording quality to max out at HD 720 - 5 Mbps and the lower settings seems to alleviate any issues. Suspect the lower quality doesn’t need as tight specs on signal quality, as noted is different than signal strength, which tablo devices don’t acknowledge.
What ever my problem may/or may not have been - I’ve only a couple of rare time seen any recurrence. In the end, I feel that much better and don’t really notice much quality loss compared to streaming (which is not HD for me)
Yes, the Wineguard Boost XT LNA-200. Sorry should have mentioned that!
I’m sure there is a method to add a photo but haven’t found it. I have a thirty foot cable from booster to ground block. Then a forty foot to the booster power supply. An eight inch to splinter then two four foot, one to tv other to tablo.
Back to the antenna setup I have two. The top one is a VHF/ UHF combo. The lower one is VHF for a tower at 123 degrees for the frequency 11.
The combo is 297 degrees. Only UHF for that one. Both connected to combiner with three foot cables, and combiner connected to booster with 18 inch cable. I cut all the cables to exact length needed. Had connectors installed by local cable company employee. Everything except tablo about 30 months old. Used a TiVo With four tuners and a 1t hard drive with this setup.
Try clicking on the 7th “thing” in on the tool bar.
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Somewhere, one someone had a great post explaining the differences between a pre-amp and am amp, which I presume is synonymous to a booster.
You have this booster mounted at the antenna? Then 70’ cable run to TV/tablo (splitter)?
From what I’ve read, the LNA-200 is an excellent preamp.
The only suggestion I would have is to replace your passive splitter with a distribution amplifier/splitter. It’s possible that amplifying the signal could cause it to be to strong, but I believe it would be worth a try.
I’ve used the following Motorola brand and also used Channel Master brand:
Hope this helps.
The antennas are 30 feet from the ground block. The power supply is 40 feet from the ground block. Splitter is 8 inches from booster power supply.