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Need advice - changing Cable connections
When the cable company installed cable in my house over 10 years ago
they set it up so that there are three 2-way splitters for 4 wall outlets. The one outlet we never use so I'd like to change the setup so that there are only two 2-way splitters and 3 wall outlets therefore increasing the picture quality (hopefully). Is this something I can do myself or do I need to call them to do it? I know what connections aren't needed and what connections are. I was just concerned that maybe a signal might be too high and mess up the TVs or something like that or that I might need to ground myself first or something. Does the cable company need to know that I'm doing this so they can make changes at their office or anything? Another thing is that the first split is right outside the house. One split goes into a bedroom and the other down into the basement. I would have to take away that splitter and get one of those those little pieces that will connect two cables together. I've done this before for inside the house but not outside. Is there anything special I need to do? If it gets wet like if it rains will that cause a problem? I mean it's fine now but if I change things, will that cause a problem? |
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Need advice - changing Cable connections
My advice would be to get *one* three way splitter and feed your remaining
three outlets from its three outs. That way you have a consistant signal to each outlet, with minimal loss. Cascading splitters seems like a bad idea. It sounds like the output of one splitter is fed to two more, then fed to the individual outlets. I guess that's okay, if there's enough signal in the first place...sounds a little hinky. Ideally, each individual feed from a splitter should be terminated (hooked up to something--either a TV or a dedicated termination resistor made for the purpose) to reduce reflections. In practice, this is often not done, but it's possible that the unterminated line could be a source of problems. If you have picture quality issues, delete *all* the splitters, and feed the main line into one of the outlets (using a male to male 'barrel' connector--it won't hurt your TV) and see if the problem goes away. If not, you have a poor quality signal from the pole. Changing the distribution is not going to fix that; only a call to the cable company. jak "Mike" wrote in message m... When the cable company installed cable in my house over 10 years ago they set it up so that there are three 2-way splitters for 4 wall outlets. The one outlet we never use so I'd like to change the setup so that there are only two 2-way splitters and 3 wall outlets therefore increasing the picture quality (hopefully). Is this something I can do myself or do I need to call them to do it? I know what connections aren't needed and what connections are. I was just concerned that maybe a signal might be too high and mess up the TVs or something like that or that I might need to ground myself first or something. Does the cable company need to know that I'm doing this so they can make changes at their office or anything? Another thing is that the first split is right outside the house. One split goes into a bedroom and the other down into the basement. I would have to take away that splitter and get one of those those little pieces that will connect two cables together. I've done this before for inside the house but not outside. Is there anything special I need to do? If it gets wet like if it rains will that cause a problem? I mean it's fine now but if I change things, will that cause a problem? |
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