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Default How long can a TV extension cable be?

Bill wrote:
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I've now seen that the FULL output socket on the amp is supposed to
have a terminator if nothing is connected to it. According to the user
guide I downloaded, the installer is supposed to fit this. He didn't.

Can one get a terminator from Wilkinson, or do I have to order one
online?

(Dunno what the effect is of not having the terminator present.)


Only if you want to be a perfectionist, you will be OK without it. I
have put anylisers on the output of distribution amps and looked at the
levels with and without having the main, and unused, outputs terminated,
there is a measurable difference but not enough to cause the problem you
described.




depends on how buffered it is: can cause cable resonances if its all
been done with attenuative pads.

But if it DID briefly work WITHOUT the pad, that aint the problem....