Question about Philips E-Box FTR9965 DTV Receiver

Signal from HD cable box occasionally gets scrambled/black out

The signal will either get scrambled or completely black out when a special visual effect is shown on a channel, or certain types of commercial. I tried changing HD cable box, but that was not the problem.

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Anonymous

I have had the same problem with Comcast and Dish Network HDTV receivers (center mode icon comes on then screen blacks out for a couple seconds - happening more often during commercials). As suggested I changed the video resolution in the set up menu of the receiver and did not experience the problem any more.

Posted on Jan 05, 2008

Anonymous

Try removing 1080i from your list of available video resolutions in the setup screen of the Plasma display. If you are using a HD satellite receiver, check the LEDs on the front and note if the device is slipping into 1080 mode when the probem occurs.

Posted on Dec 27, 2007

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