Channel Plus DA-500A 18 dB RF Amplifier
By: Channel Plus Average Rating: 5.0 Total Reviews: 2
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 On: 2007-05-21
Item arrived quickly, fairly priced and works perfectly. Would order from this vendor again.
On: 2007-05-20
Item arrived quickly, fairly priced and works perfectly. Would order from this vendor again.
On: 2007-02-13
The device is as it is described. It amplifies your signal before splitting it, so that you do not have any signal loss. The one thing someone must understand is that it amplifies signal that already exists, it doesnt create signal that isnt there. So if you place it at a point after it has already been split a few times, it wont do anything for you. I live in an apartment, and I guess our cable signal is not the strongest by the time it reaches our apartment. So unfortunately, I dont get the greatest signal ever.
However, when I attempted to split my signal three ways, the signal leading to my computer tv tuner turned out to be extremely degraded before I got the amplifier. Upon adding the amplifier, that signal now comes in as clear as my television does. The television signals seems to be slightly better as well, however if it is better, it is by such a small amount that i cant really say for sure that it really has improved.
This is a great device if you want to split your cable about three ways, assuming that each split causes roughly a loss of about 6.5 db. Any more splitting then that and you are going to face more signal degradation. This device can not be plugged in with your Internet, or it will cause it not to work. I had to rewire it so that my cable Internet and digital phone split before it hit the amplifier. When it was directly plugged through the amp, I lost my phone and Internet.
Besides that, it is a good device to prevent signal degradation when splitting cables. However, if you are not splitting cables and are simply trying to amplify 1 signal to 1 tv, its not going to do anything for you, in fact, the only thing that would is a call to your cable company.
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