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Carter J
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Carter J

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Cable Splitter Issues

My old set up was like this: I had cable and internet coming into the basement of my house, using a 2 way splitter. From there, I split the cable to go to a Digital Box in my living room, and to my bedroom on a CRTV. Then, I split the cable coming into my bedroom, and put the other feed into my kitchen, to another CRTV. Clarity was fine, and everything was great.

I recently upgraded to an HD Box instead of the old digital box in my living room, which works fine. The old Digital box, went into my bedroom, and that works beautifully. The problem is, now my kitchen CRTV only gets stations 2-6.

Is this something that can be cured by getting a cable amplifier?

gar187er
I DID this for a living
join:2006-06-24
Seattle, WA

gar187er

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doubtful, you try programming your tv? check the settings.....

in order for you to get 2-6 only your signal has to piss poor -15 or worse....

Koro
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Sounds like you have a cable running backwards to me. I would double check your conections and then run the tv scan. Make sure cables are going where they should be.

Quaoar
join:2004-08-11
Fort Collins, CO

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Humor? "cable running backwards"?

Q
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You are not going to like this: user-installed cable connectors are very often the source of poor HSI and CTV signals; I know since I *was* a master cable installer until I also acquired HD service and at that point I had the same problem on my last TV as you are having.

I called for hep, and the oh-so-very-diplomatic tech suggested I no longer install my own connectors, and the problems were solved.

Q

EG
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said by Quaoar:

Humor? "cable running backwards"?
Input, and outputs on splitter are reversed ??
said by Quaoar:

I know since I *was* a master cable installer
Is that an actual classification, or is that self proclaimed ?

NormanS
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said by EG:

Is that an actual classification, or is that self proclaimed ?
Probably self-proclaimed. And I am a master cable terminator, myself, having terminated RG-58U for 10Base2 Ethernet for HP. But I am not sure that what I learned for 10Base2 termination of RG-58U would be all that useful on RG-6 for cable. That isn't 10Base2 stuff...

pokesph
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join:2001-06-25
Sacramento, CA

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said by NormanS:

said by EG:

Is that an actual classification, or is that self proclaimed ?
Probably self-proclaimed. And I am a master cable terminator, myself, having terminated RG-58U for 10Base2 Ethernet for HP. But I am not sure that what I learned for 10Base2 termination of RG-58U would be all that useful on RG-6 for cable. That isn't 10Base2 stuff...
just takes the right tools.. and connectors.

EG
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said by NormanS:

And I am a master cable terminator, myself, having terminated RG-58U for 10Base2 Ethernet for HP.
You are revealing your age Norman !
helter
join:2007-09-11
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said by Carter J :

I recently upgraded to an HD Box instead of the old digital box in my living room, which works fine. The old Digital box, went into my bedroom, and that works beautifully. The problem is, now my kitchen CRTV only gets stations 2-6.

Is this something that can be cured by getting a cable amplifier?
That is a lot of splitters. Can you not turn to other channels or are they just snowy when you do? Could be a lot of things from the last splitter before the TV, the cable running to the TV to the TV itself.

NormanS
I gave her time to steal my mind away
MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA

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Well, at least I didn't have to play with the Vampire Taps (10Base5).

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Downingtown, PA

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said by EG:
said by Quaoar:

Humor? "cable running backwards"?
Input, and outputs on splitter are reversed ??
said by Quaoar:

I know since I *was* a master cable installer
Is that an actual classification, or is that self proclaimed ?
The weekly splitter threads are, if nothing else, good for a laugh