Hello Everyone!
I've done some searching on the forum, and got some good information but I thought I'd start a new thread to get the answers I am looking for directly.
Here's the basics;
We ONLY have shaw regular cable coming into the house in the basement. We have our phone & internet thru a different provider in Calgary.
I have already run R6 cable throughout the house and attached the connectors. Some jerk on craigslist sold me a bunch of antenna splitters saying they would work great... they are the super cheap radio shack ones. I tried them and at the second TV location the signal goes to crap!!
Here's the basic layout;
Cable enters basement
2 way splitter (tv & main line) (there is already a 3way splitter installed here. It says in - 3db out, 7db out and 7db out. Not sure if this needs to be replaced?)
35 feet of R6
2 way splitter (tv & main line)
30 feet of R6
2 way splitter(tv & main line)
10 feet of R6
(cable ends at optional TV that may or may not be put in).
So here are my questions;
1) Can I test with a multimeter how strong the original signal is that comes into the house? If so, how?
2) What kind of splitters do I need? I read a bunch of information about different mhz 5 - 900 or 5 - 2300 (something like that anyways). Will I need amplifiers to boost the signal?
3) Anyone know where in Calgary, AB these can be purchased?
Lastly, I'm committed to doing this without Shaw cable coming over. I'm already this far in, and am typically never home during the hours that Shaw would do a service call.
Thanks for any input! Can't wait to get this all sorted out.
I've done some searching on the forum, and got some good information but I thought I'd start a new thread to get the answers I am looking for directly.
Here's the basics;
We ONLY have shaw regular cable coming into the house in the basement. We have our phone & internet thru a different provider in Calgary.
I have already run R6 cable throughout the house and attached the connectors. Some jerk on craigslist sold me a bunch of antenna splitters saying they would work great... they are the super cheap radio shack ones. I tried them and at the second TV location the signal goes to crap!!
Here's the basic layout;
Cable enters basement
2 way splitter (tv & main line) (there is already a 3way splitter installed here. It says in - 3db out, 7db out and 7db out. Not sure if this needs to be replaced?)
35 feet of R6
2 way splitter (tv & main line)
30 feet of R6
2 way splitter(tv & main line)
10 feet of R6
(cable ends at optional TV that may or may not be put in).
So here are my questions;
1) Can I test with a multimeter how strong the original signal is that comes into the house? If so, how?
2) What kind of splitters do I need? I read a bunch of information about different mhz 5 - 900 or 5 - 2300 (something like that anyways). Will I need amplifiers to boost the signal?
3) Anyone know where in Calgary, AB these can be purchased?
Lastly, I'm committed to doing this without Shaw cable coming over. I'm already this far in, and am typically never home during the hours that Shaw would do a service call.
Thanks for any input! Can't wait to get this all sorted out.