Signal Strength Monitor

[benjamintm]

Hi All,
Aside from the channel setup in SageTV (which continually locks on me and/or reports 100%), is there a utility that allows me to monitor the signal strength of OTA HD channels? I want to do a comparison between antenna configurations. In MCE I would cycle through channels giving me the signal strength w/o showing video and that allowed me to quickly judge positioning and quality of the antenna.

I have both an HDHR and an A180.

Thanks,
Ben

[popechild]

Originally Posted by benjamintm

Hi All,
Aside from the channel setup in SageTV (which continually locks on me and/or reports 100%), is there a utility that allows me to monitor the signal strength of OTA HD channels? I want to do a comparison between antenna configurations. In MCE I would cycle through channels giving me the signal strength w/o showing video and that allowed me to quickly judge positioning and quality of the antenna.

I have both an HDHR and an A180.

Thanks,
Ben

+1. Subscribing and hoping there's a good answer out there.

[MattHelm]

On the HDHR just open the little icon at the bottom of the screen when you are recording. It has 3 bars (not at home to see it) that show you all the info on the signal. Remeber to do an update first!!!

I think Hauppauge has one too, but not sure.

[benjamintm]

Originally Posted by MattHelm

On the HDHR just open the little icon at the bottom of the screen when you are recording. It has 3 bars (not at home to see it) that show you all the info on the signal. Remember to do an update first!!!

Thanks, I tried it. It works, but it would be nice to have a utility that cycles through the valid channels and gives signal strength. Sage can monitor that, so now it's a matter of understanding how they do that,

Ben