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On May 20, 2014 4:29 AM, "Phill Edwards" <<a href="mailto:philledwards@gmail.com">philledwards@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> Ok Phill it seems you have a 3-way splitter feeding a two way<br>
>> splitter, which indicates to me that your TV is misrepresenting the<br>
>> situation to you. One 4-way splitter would be better in your case, but<br>
>> may not be logistically possible so an amplifier may be needed. What<br>
>> you have done is taken a good signal and reduced it by 3.5db with each<br>
>> split, splitters vary, it will be printed on the device "-ndb" where n<br>
>> is a numerical value. Splitting the first time gave you a weakened,<br>
>> but usable signal to your TV's, splitting again weakened it again,<br>
>> which I suspect is giving the results you describe. And you can even<br>
>> have some good and some worse recordings from the same source, but<br>
>> different channel/multiplex. Other times a bad connector/s can cause<br>
>> problems, your cable provider could diagnose this for you.<br>
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> Just wanted to let people know who may have similar problems in future, that I have installed a 4-way Splitter Amplifier (made by Kingray for those in Australia) and the problem seems to be cured. Thanks to everyone who offered such good advice. <br>
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<p dir="ltr">Glad to hear that it is working for you!<br>
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