Cable splitter/coax cables question?

[champs4life]

Hi, I hope someone can advise me on this. Where you have one cable feed and you have to use a splitter so you have two signals, where one goes in the router and the other in the box, are you supposed to then get connection drops happening some times? I know there is signal loss but surely it's not a lot which could cause drop outs right? Could there be issues with the splitter and coax cables?

[Larry-G]

I don't know much about cable, well nothing actually but you always have a possibility that any new piece of hardware you introduce to your setup may be faulty. With the splitter being the most inexpensive and newest part of your setup I'd swap it out for another and see if it makes a difference, also check your cabling for any damage or loose connections. After that I have no other ideas sorry.


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[champs4life]

It's ok Phoenix, appreciate your advice nonetheless. It is really annoying where all your devices stop working when connection drops. All the connectors are as tight as it should be and cabling is new. I figured maybe the splitter and coax cables are faulty and to get more expensive ones but not sure if that will really help as I think the splitter and coax cables generally will cause the issue no matter what.

[Larry-G]

As I said cable is not really my thing but the first thing I would look at would be the splitter and the cabling, after that though I'm just as stumped as you are. Sorry.


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[champs4life]

Ok pheonix, will check cabling again to see if it's loose and look at splitter. But I have no clue what I would be looking at haha.

[Peterj]

Mostly the problems are bad connections.
Is it a splitter provided by your cable provider? In that case normally the signal level after the splitter should be ok.

[thor1]

I believe cable can be fussy about certain splitters

[champs4life]

Mostly the problems are bad connections.
Is it a splitter provided by your cable provider? In that case normally the signal level after the splitter should be ok.

Yes.

Would I need to buy another splitter instead? Is there one which is the best?

[Peterj]

If this splitter is provided by your provider, it's probably a special one, with the correct filters for your router.
I shouldn't replace it.
Check everything behind that splitter.
There is nothing else between the splitter and your box, except coax cable?

[TK4|2|1]

What is the frequency range ofthe splitter you bought? Satellite splitters are (if memory serves correctly) 850Mhz to 2150Mhz and UHF are less then 850Mhz. Not sure what range cable operate in but could explain why you are having trouble if you've bought the wrong one.


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[champs4life]

Ok then, can't you buy these special splitters online? I'm just thinking it could be faulty if I'm having drop outs at times due to the coax cables and splitter itself.

Yes only cables between splitter and box.

[champs4life]

What is the frequency range ofthe splitter you bought? Satellite splitters are (if memory serves correctly) 850Mhz to 2150Mhz and UHF are less then 850Mhz. Not sure what range cable operate in but could explain why you are having trouble if you've bought the wrong one.


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From what I remember it's 2400Mhz.

[nsw9154]

I think TK4/2/1 has a valid point, i think that cable only use up to 1000Mhz and sat ones go up to 2150Mhz my 4 way cable splitter is 5-1000Mhz and works perfectly as i have a Mutant-LX3- and a Quad + connected with it, nearly forgot to mention the Tivo box that i hardly ever use but is still working fine

[champs4life]

So a 2400Mhz is too much for a cable splitter?

[champs4life]

I think TK4/2/1 has a valid point, i think that cable only use up to 1000Mhz and sat ones go up to 2150Mhz my 4 way cable splitter is 5-1000Mhz and works perfectly as i have a Mutant-LX3- and a Quad + connected with it, nearly forgot to mention the Tivo box that i hardly ever use but is still working fine

Slightly off topic but you say you using a 4 way splitter, have you got both boxes in different rooms? If so hasn't using the splitter on both boxes caused poor signal and picture quality?

It's just that I read using splitter with multiple things can cause huge signal loss.

I don't even know how you check how much signal you have lost with using a splitter.