What to do

[overtimeman]

I have a Motorola 4 way amp. splitter with my cable modem and three Tv's hooked into it.A friend who used to work for cable said I should run the cable modem directly from a 2 way splitter instead of through the amp splitter.The amp is bi-directional/passive.What is the deal on this subject.Thanks for any responce.Hope this is the right forum to ask this in.- overtimeman

[HCI]

does it work the way you have it?

[The Insider]

Its not recomended you run your modem through am amp. Optimal levels for your modem are 0db. The closer to 0db the better.

[grohgreg]

More specifically, the input to a modem should not be amplified. In addition to the possibility of circuit damage, excessive input levels can induce amplitude distortion. What the cable guy was tellin' ya is to put a regular (balanced) splitter in line first. Connect one output to the modem, the other to your amp.

Alternatively - if the amp has adjustable outputs - set one channel for pass-through (no amplification). Use that one for the modem.

//greg//

[overtimeman]

Sorry about late getting back.I have been using it this way for a few weeks now and hadn't had any problems.My friend said I was going to shorten my modem life because running it through the amp splitter was making it work harder than it should.So out to put the splitter on.Thanks -overtimeman