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Connect outside antenna to exsiting cable....help
Posted on 12/31/18 at 6:40 am
Posted on 12/31/18 at 6:40 am
Just bought a new home, it's seven years old and is wired for cable thought out the house...six splitters off main incoming cable. There is no cable service in my area so the system was never connected outside the house... just the bare incoming cable on the side of the house. Currently the outside antenna cable is directly connected to one TV. I want to be able to use more han one TV off that antenna.
I connected the antenna to the incoming cable with a pre-amp and all I get is a message of "weak or no signal". What am I doing wrong??
This is in Folsom and we get good reception with the antenna connected to the one TV even with out
the pre-amp.
I connected the antenna to the incoming cable with a pre-amp and all I get is a message of "weak or no signal". What am I doing wrong??
This is in Folsom and we get good reception with the antenna connected to the one TV even with out
the pre-amp.
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Posted on 12/31/18 at 8:46 am to unclejhim
Couple things could be going on.
If you have longer cable runs or the signal is being split it will degrade your signal.
On the flip side Have you tried it without the pre amp? Depending on how close you are to the towers it could make your reception worse.
Have you run a tv fool report for your location?
If you have longer cable runs or the signal is being split it will degrade your signal.
On the flip side Have you tried it without the pre amp? Depending on how close you are to the towers it could make your reception worse.
Have you run a tv fool report for your location?
This post was edited on 12/31/18 at 8:48 am
Posted on 12/31/18 at 9:25 am to tilco
Posted on 12/31/18 at 9:27 am to tilco
quote:.
If you have longer cable runs or the signal is being split it will degrade your signal.
This is why I got the pre-amp.
quote:
On the flip side Have you tried it without the pre amp? Depending on how close you are to the towers it could make your reception worse.
Yes I tried without the pre-amp.
quote:
Have you run a tv fool report for location?
No I have not done this. However the antenna works fine hooked up directly to the TV.
Posted on 12/31/18 at 9:40 am to unclejhim
Time to break your wiring into virtual segments. Grab a known-good length of TV coax, get a couple of F-barrels...
...and insert each cable-segment and splitter in line with what you know that works (TV antenna, original cable [?], and TV). It's a process of elimination.
...and insert each cable-segment and splitter in line with what you know that works (TV antenna, original cable [?], and TV). It's a process of elimination.
Posted on 12/31/18 at 11:29 am to OlGrandad
quote:
Got on Amazon, 45 bucks LINK
After more reading I believe this is what I need.
Thanks all
Posted on 1/1/19 at 8:37 pm to unclejhim
Make sure the amp is designed for digital TV transmissions. An older amp several years old was designed for the old analog tv transmissions and won't handle digital signals.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 5:07 pm to tilco
quote:
On the flip side Have you tried it without the pre amp? Depending on how close you are to the towers it could make your reception worse.
Yes. He's in Folsum....right next to lots of TV towers....
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