<div>One more lower tech possible issue: You say you've been using a 4 way splitter. From everything I've heard from your message you have 3 inputs (Cable Box, Cable Modem, MythTV box). That leaves you one open port on the 4 way splitter. Do you have a resistor on the 4th output? That will give you huge signal degredation if you don't.
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/28/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brian Wood</b> <<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">William Munson wrote:<br>> Brian Long wrote:<br>>> On 4/28/07, *Marc Barrett* <<a href="mailto:mnealbarrett@cox.net">
mnealbarrett@cox.net</a><br>>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:mnealbarrett@cox.net">mnealbarrett@cox.net</a>>> wrote:<br>>><br>>> I need to split my cable TV's signal several times, with as little
<br>>> degradation as possible. So I am looking for advice on what<br>>> splitters to use.<br>>><br>>><br>>> Marc,<br>>><br>>> I've been using a Radio Shack powered 4-way splitter for about 2 years
<br>>> and it's been great. I set the amplifier at its lowest setting. It's<br>>> not cheap, but it works like a charm.<br>>><br>>> <a href="http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103093">
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103093</a><br>>><br>>> /Brian/<br>><br>> Just be aware that your cable modem and interactive cable box may not<br>> work behind the amplified splitter. Both of them talk back to the
<br>> central office and the amp may block that.<br><br>Hmmm... "Central Office", sounds like a telco guy. "Head End" is the<br>usual term for CATV operators.<br><br>But you are quite correct, you would need an amplifier with a reverse
<br>path capability.<br><br>Some amplifiers are fed by power through the coax, and you need to use<br>"power-passing" passive devices.<br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list
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