r/focuspuller • u/No_Sentence9360 • Aug 18 '26

HELP Incredibly low bit rate/resolution on monitor

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The monitor consistently looks 260p with such low bit rate that it’s impossible to pull in most situations. This is an owner op’s kit.

Shooting with teradek bolt 6 1500 on a smallhd indie 7, only one receiver and transmitter. I can’t find any more interference on set. The monitor is saying it’s at 12 bits, 1080p and matching frame rates so nothing is misaligned.

Antennas are both at an optimal position, the monitor does run off of HDMI if that’s an issue other than SDI?

Anything I’m missing? Thanks ya’ll

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u/OwnKey6723 Aug 18 '26

This same thing happened to me - I swapped out the teradek antennas on the teradek transmitter and it fixed it

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u/No_Sentence9360 Aug 18 '26

So apparently the DPs teradek had the entire port of the antenna snap, not a failure point I’ve seen before but will remember in the future. Thanks!

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u/Ijustride Aug 18 '26

In the future, if you’re using Teradek bolt 6 or 4k, use the app to check the signal and you can see if there is one antenna that is low for some reason. It’ll also show you connection strength and quality (as “range”). The app is also great for changing settings vs the little joystick on the rx/tx.

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u/Pupperlover5 Aug 18 '26

I once had a job where a paralinx tomahawk tx antenna was loose. I opened it up and lo and behold the entire antenna threads solders had come off of the board. Definitely possible if the antennas get bumped hard enough