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For Sale I have 5 Cable Signal Amplifiers. It amplifies your signal by 15 dB. I will also include two RG6 quad shield jumpers. One for the power and one to connect back to the splitters where you will be installing it.

This is NOT the stuff you get at the stores such as radio shack and Home depot. This is the real stuff the cable companies use. This will not cause any ingress, and has full range of mhz 54 - 1000 and return path 5-42. Pictures available upon request. I do prewires for houses being built and am stopping for winter. I purchase them in a full box of 10 for over $300.

They look like a 2 way splitter except one leg is INput, one leg is OUtput, and one leg is power.

Please note: You can only safely amp your tv signal. Your internet is sensitive on a high and low scale. Too much signal is as bad as too low. If you buy this and you have cable internet make sure you amp everything but the modem line. Otherwise your modem may go offline, or be unstable due to too much signal. However, if you KNOW your modem line is way short you CAN amp the line as this amp has a return path. Just check the modems diagnostic page after install to check the signal levels.

Cost: $25 shipped
Quantity Remaining: 4

1 sold,shipped, and DELIVERED to setscrew
1 sold,shipped, and DELIVERED to Awol
1 sold,shipped, and DELIVERED to 2FAST4U
1 sold and shipped to movax
1 sold,shipped, and DELIVERED to jkerr2

Payment via paypal only. Non cc if possible.

HEAT: panalogic
 
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yg...email? :p Sent ya an email with a few more questions 'bout the placement of the amplifier.
 
Update: I got 2 more amps so total number updated. The first buyer now has his as well, it was delivered yesterday. :)

Checking pms now guys. Expect reply in a few seconds.
 
Yeah...slightly confused though. One leg is Input, another Output, but where does the power leg go? (Assuming thats a coax port too)
 
Jkerrs was already delivered today. :eek:

One stil left. Buyer has not paid yet. Not sure if they are going to.
 
4 more added. The original 5 are all sold and shipped, and two already delivered.

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Curious...would there be any insane cases where you would daisy chain these guys? Sounds like you'd get super saturated picture or whatnot.
 
Ok for those of you with questions on how to install this amplifier....

You find the cable that comes from the road....Now trace it it should go either to the inside of your house or the outside of your house....Now when you trace that cable it should dead end into a splitter...All you have to do is replace that splitter with the amplifier....And that's it! Now as far as using an amplifier on top of an amplifier...I couldn't give you any website with this definite info, but I have a buddy who works for Cox and he's a Field Service Rep and he says it's not a good idea...Also about amplifiers...If you don't have a crappy picture...Don't buy it....It goes along the lines of....If it ain't broke don't fix it...You won't notice a difference unless you have a crappy picture before hand....Now also...When you use splitters for cable...Don't get the ones rated at 2ghz....They bring out all the snow in the picture...Get the 1ghz splitter (you can get cheap ones at lowes or home depot).....
 
Your instructions are wrong I'm afraid. :( You can't replace the splitter with this because this is not a splitter. This has to go before or after a splitter, it cannot take its place as it only has 1 output leg. Some amps do have 2 output legs, and chances are that is what your friend is referring to.

Also, in most cases they don't want to amp the first split because their modem is on it. And most likely if your modem is working fine you don't want to amp it as you will give it too much signal and knock it offline.

The one thing that is correct is if its not broke, don't fix it. As I told many of you via pm's too much signal is as bad as too little. Cable is sensitive on a high and low scale. Its like a teeter totter. You want it to be in the middle, not high or low.


movax> Not really. If you need to amp an amped line you don't have good signal in the first place and they need to fix that. There are times I have seen more than 1 amp, but thats very very abnormal. That was a huge house with 25 tvs. :eek:
 
Well with cox...The modem is hooked into a tap and that tap is hooked to the input of the splitter... Or if you want to...Just call your cable company if you have their insurance thing, it's like a buck or two every month...Basically it's where you don't have to pay a premium for the service calls, the 1 or so dollars pays for that....Anyways call your cable company and tell them you need an amp...If you need one they'll install it, if not then they won't...And the only 1 leg amp I've seen are the crappy ones from Best Buy, (RCA Brand)....

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Im selling these for cheaper than I buy them.

And Im sorry but the stuff you get at the stores is not the same and on a daily basis are removed from houses because of causing problems with digital feed blocking, ingress, etc. As an old installer, you should know this.

State to state, company to company things differ. And what you're saying does not work in all systems. I've told several people who were interested about asking their cable company. I even told one guy to wait till he was installed to just ask the tech if he could install one. Later he bought one after the guy didn't install one.

Even your example of how its set up is not like that here with either comcast, or the other company in the area. Both do not go to the tap seperately. It is TAP>DROP>Ground block> Splitters>Lines to Modem/Tvs,etc.
 
UPS tried to drop off package at old house. It'll appear here tomorrow :)

BTW, my config for those who are interested:
Drop->2-Way Splitter (one to modem) -> (amp goes here) -> 4-way splitter for now (new house was wired with 10 or so coax plates, but some bedrooms have a 2-way splitter in them to each coax plate. Should work awesomely now.
 
movax said:
UPS tried to drop off package at old house. It'll appear here tomorrow :)

BTW, my config for those who are interested:
Drop->2-Way Splitter (one to modem) -> (amp goes here) -> 4-way splitter for now (new house was wired with 10 or so coax plates, but some bedrooms have a 2-way splitter in them to each coax plate. Should work awesomely now.
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Yep that config will work. :)

Old house? Be sure to change your addy in paypal. Thats the address I shipped to. :eek:
 
Damn, I could have sworn I had done so...UPS called and was like "Sir, we have two addresses on file here, which one do we drop it off at?". Nice of them to do so at least. :)
 
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