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overtimeman

SatelliteGuys Family

Original poster

Aug 26, 2005

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Clemson, South Carolina

• Oct 3, 2009

• #1

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

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Jun 19, 2005

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land of the ice and snow

• Oct 3, 2009

• #2

does it work the way you have it?

 

The Insider

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Nov 9, 2008

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The Swamp

• Oct 3, 2009

• #3

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

 

grohgreg

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Aug 21, 2008

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Dawson Springs, KY

• Oct 3, 2009

• #4

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

SatelliteGuys Family

Original poster

Aug 26, 2005

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Clemson, South Carolina

• Oct 7, 2009

• #5

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