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We have two smart TVs - Samsung and LG - and a Philips (not smart) that
will stream from a wired network feed. Until now all has worked for
about six months with few issues. Suddenly the net has started playing up.
The (VM) feed comes in in our lounge to a Hub4 in modem mode. This is
then wire fed to an adjacent TPL Archer D2 which I have had for some
years and has been very reliable. One output of the router has wired
feed of about 1m to the LG TV directly above it and that TV works
without problem.
To get to the other TVs I have no option but to use Powerline adapters
and it is these that seemingly loose sync - i.e. the screen goes blank,
then we get the 'loading' message and after some seconds it all starts
up again. (The Powerline adapters are all TPL TP4010 units.) The oddity
is that the Samsung in our bedroom directly above the router also
'looses sync' when operating in wi-fi mode. This is not new in wireless
mode hence why I went powerline as this seemed to cure any intermittency issues - until now.
This has got me head scratching. I have five powerline adapters and have tried all of them, I have wiped them off the net and then restarted
them, but they all in some way or other exhibit the same apparent loss
of sync or signal after a few minutes.
Anyone any (polite) suggestions please as this has got me completely confused and is annoying my wife as she likes watching TV in bed or in
the kitchen?
TIA.
We have two smart TVs - Samsung and LG - and a Philips (not smart) that
will stream from a wired network feed. Until now all has worked for
about six months with few issues. Suddenly the net has started playing up.
The (VM) feed comes in in our lounge to a Hub4 in modem mode. This is
then wire fed to an adjacent TPL Archer D2 which I have had for some
years and has been very reliable. One output of the router has wired
feed of about 1m to the LG TV directly above it and that TV works
without problem.
To get to the other TVs I have no option but to use Powerline adapters
and it is these that seemingly loose sync - i.e. the screen goes blank,
then we get the 'loading' message and after some seconds it all starts
up again. (The Powerline adapters are all TPL TP4010 units.) The oddity
is that the Samsung in our bedroom directly above the router also
'looses sync' when operating in wi-fi mode. This is not new in wireless
mode hence why I went powerline as this seemed to cure any intermittency issues - until now.
This has got me head scratching. I have five powerline adapters and have tried all of them, I have wiped them off the net and then restarted
them, but they all in some way or other exhibit the same apparent loss
of sync or signal after a few minutes.
Anyone any (polite) suggestions please as this has got me completely confused and is annoying my wife as she likes watching TV in bed or in
the kitchen?
TIA.
Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> wrote:
We have two smart TVs - Samsung and LG - and a Philips (not smart) that will stream from a wired network feed. Until now all has worked for
about six months with few issues. Suddenly the net has started playing
up.
The (VM) feed comes in in our lounge to a Hub4 in modem mode. This is
then wire fed to an adjacent TPL Archer D2 which I have had for some
years and has been very reliable. One output of the router has wired
feed of about 1m to the LG TV directly above it and that TV works
without problem.
To get to the other TVs I have no option but to use Powerline adapters
and it is these that seemingly loose sync - i.e. the screen goes blank, then we get the 'loading' message and after some seconds it all starts
up again. (The Powerline adapters are all TPL TP4010 units.) The
oddity is that the Samsung in our bedroom directly above the router
also 'looses sync' when operating in wi-fi mode. This is not new in wireless mode hence why I went powerline as this seemed to cure any intermittency issues - until now.
This has got me head scratching. I have five powerline adapters and
have tried all of them, I have wiped them off the net and then
restarted them, but they all in some way or other exhibit the same
apparent loss of sync or signal after a few minutes.
Anyone any (polite) suggestions please as this has got me completely confused and is annoying my wife as she likes watching TV in bed or in
the kitchen?
TIA.
To add to my previous post, I would suggest considering a mesh WiFi
system. I have this in my house and it is 100% reliable. Most units also allow a device, such as your TV, to be connected via an Ethernet cable, effectively making the unit a super duper WiFi dongle.
Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> wrote:
We have two smart TVs - Samsung and LG - and a Philips (not smart) that
will stream from a wired network feed. Until now all has worked for
about six months with few issues. Suddenly the net has started playing up. >>
The (VM) feed comes in in our lounge to a Hub4 in modem mode. This is
then wire fed to an adjacent TPL Archer D2 which I have had for some
years and has been very reliable. One output of the router has wired
feed of about 1m to the LG TV directly above it and that TV works
without problem.
To get to the other TVs I have no option but to use Powerline adapters
and it is these that seemingly loose sync - i.e. the screen goes blank,
then we get the 'loading' message and after some seconds it all starts
up again. (The Powerline adapters are all TPL TP4010 units.) The oddity
is that the Samsung in our bedroom directly above the router also
'looses sync' when operating in wi-fi mode. This is not new in wireless
mode hence why I went powerline as this seemed to cure any intermittency
issues - until now.
This has got me head scratching. I have five powerline adapters and have
tried all of them, I have wiped them off the net and then restarted
them, but they all in some way or other exhibit the same apparent loss
of sync or signal after a few minutes.
Anyone any (polite) suggestions please as this has got me completely
confused and is annoying my wife as she likes watching TV in bed or in
the kitchen?
TIA.
You probably have something in the house generating interference, both back onto the mains and as radiated RF. Poor quality switched mode power
supplies in LED light bulbs are often the culprit. Turn off everything in
the house other than the power line adapters under test and then turn
things back on bit by bit. I found that power line adapters would often
drop packets for a second or two. Running a continuous ping from a laptop connected to the adapter can be instructive.
2.4 GHz WiFi is also prone to interference, much more so than 5 GHz.
In article <108ovfc$161vv$1@dont-email.me>, Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:
Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> wrote:
We have two smart TVs - Samsung and LG - and a Philips (not smart) that
will stream from a wired network feed. Until now all has worked for
about six months with few issues. Suddenly the net has started playing
up.
The (VM) feed comes in in our lounge to a Hub4 in modem mode. This is
then wire fed to an adjacent TPL Archer D2 which I have had for some
years and has been very reliable. One output of the router has wired
feed of about 1m to the LG TV directly above it and that TV works
without problem.
To get to the other TVs I have no option but to use Powerline adapters
and it is these that seemingly loose sync - i.e. the screen goes blank,
then we get the 'loading' message and after some seconds it all starts
up again. (The Powerline adapters are all TPL TP4010 units.) The
oddity is that the Samsung in our bedroom directly above the router
also 'looses sync' when operating in wi-fi mode. This is not new in
wireless mode hence why I went powerline as this seemed to cure any
intermittency issues - until now.
This has got me head scratching. I have five powerline adapters and
have tried all of them, I have wiped them off the net and then
restarted them, but they all in some way or other exhibit the same
apparent loss of sync or signal after a few minutes.
Anyone any (polite) suggestions please as this has got me completely
confused and is annoying my wife as she likes watching TV in bed or in
the kitchen?
TIA.
To add to my previous post, I would suggest considering a mesh WiFi
system. I have this in my house and it is 100% reliable. Most units also
allow a device, such as your TV, to be connected via an Ethernet cable,
effectively making the unit a super duper WiFi dongle.
This is the way my tv is fed. Works perfectly.
On Thu 28/08/2025 09:30, charles wrote:
In article <108ovfc$161vv$1@dont-email.me>, Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> >> wrote:
Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> wrote:
We have two smart TVs - Samsung and LG - and a Philips (not smart) that >>>> will stream from a wired network feed. Until now all has worked for
about six months with few issues. Suddenly the net has started playing >>>> up.
The (VM) feed comes in in our lounge to a Hub4 in modem mode. This is
then wire fed to an adjacent TPL Archer D2 which I have had for some
years and has been very reliable. One output of the router has wired
feed of about 1m to the LG TV directly above it and that TV works
without problem.
To get to the other TVs I have no option but to use Powerline adapters >>>> and it is these that seemingly loose sync - i.e. the screen goes blank, >>>> then we get the 'loading' message and after some seconds it all starts >>>> up again. (The Powerline adapters are all TPL TP4010 units.) The
oddity is that the Samsung in our bedroom directly above the router
also 'looses sync' when operating in wi-fi mode. This is not new in
wireless mode hence why I went powerline as this seemed to cure any
intermittency issues - until now.
This has got me head scratching. I have five powerline adapters and
have tried all of them, I have wiped them off the net and then
restarted them, but they all in some way or other exhibit the same
apparent loss of sync or signal after a few minutes.
Anyone any (polite) suggestions please as this has got me completely
confused and is annoying my wife as she likes watching TV in bed or in >>>> the kitchen?
TIA.
To add to my previous post, I would suggest considering a mesh WiFi
system. I have this in my house and it is 100% reliable. Most units also >>> allow a device, such as your TV, to be connected via an Ethernet cable,
effectively making the unit a super duper WiFi dongle.
This is the way my tv is fed. Works perfectly.
A bit of update - I cured it!
I had, for some stupid reason, wound up a rather long Cat5e that linked
my router to the common powerline adapter that feeds elsewhere. Of
course this makes a quite acceptable air-cored inductor which high frequencies do not like. Fitted a thicker Cat5e patch cord which I did
not wind up and BINGO - it all works.
Damn stupid mistake........................!!