Will this booster improve (%) both signal strength & quality? Will it make the OTA CH's that are 100% (w/o amp) worse?
626337
In my case I was getting reception already with my outdoor antenna, but during certain times of the day or certain weather conditions I would loose the signal. My antenna already has a built-in booster that is plugged in inside the house, that I had forgotten about. When I installed this booster I lost the signal completely, so I returned it. The helpful technician I talked to said that you can't have two boosters.
1715652
You bet it works for that! I'm 40+ miles away from the DTV transmitter sites. Have a CM4228 antenna in the attic. Been using an EDA-2100 to boost the signals. Works great! In fact, I just cascaded a second amp to improve our Fox TV affiliate signal just a bit. So I have two of these amps essentially on series. No overload, and they work great in this configuration.
1947207
If the signal that you're trying to receive is decent or at least ok and it is the receiver that you're having a problem with yes the antenna will help you but remember if the signal is noisy the amplified antenna will probably be just be amplifying noise I hope this helped... Hauser
1192223
If your cable signal is digital (most likely), it should help eliminate digital blocks that occur if your signal is marginal. If the digital signal cuts out completely, there may not be enough signal there for the booster to send to your set-top box. (If your signal is still analog, it should definitely improve it.) The booster needs to be installed at the service point where the cable comes into the house so it can boost signals for all televisions. You'll need the Motorola Power Inserter BDP-100/PI Remote Power Inserter to send power to the booster if the service point is outside or not near an electrical outlet, and it isn't included with the booster.
847426
If you're receiving a good signal now, the amplifier will strengthen it considerably. It shoudl work the same with an attic antenna as it does one placed outdoors.
1277339
Based on my personal experience (not saying you won't experience any signal gain), I saw no gain in signal distance or signal quality compared to stock antennas. This is based on tests using inSSIDer. There are too many variables that affect signal strength and quality which makes it extremely difficult to provide a blanket solution. A high gain antenna is only a tiny piece of the solution.
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I use this device with an OTA antenna (ClearStream4) and Tivo. The antenna goes into this device's input, and the outputs go to the Tivo (and other TV's). There is no question that it improves the signal coming in and can say this confidently because the Tivo has a feature that measures signal strength for OTA on a scale of 0 to 100. With this device, the strength measurement on each channel is increased by 20 on that scale of 0 to 100. I have tested this on practically every channel, and the results are the same.
913364
Sorry, I don't know. I just plugged mine in, a few years ago, and have used it ever since with no problems at all. I might add that the antenna it's attached to is an outside HD antenna. I can say with certainty that quite a number of channels, from the antenna, come in far better with the booster (without which some don't come in at all), but I suspect that its amplifying capabilities may not be enough to help much with a much weaker signal than one gets with the outside antenna. ....You might try Googling the model number, though; there might be something available on-line. Good luck.
104564
My TV has signal strength measuring ability. I measured the before and after signal strength and there was no change so I sent it back. I have an omnidirectional antena in the attic with a 16db preamp that doesn't work very good. I'm thinking of getting a very large yagi array in the attic with a 300 to 75 ohm matching transformer. I saw one at an electronic shop in town.
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I find the signal is exactly the same before and after this amplifier. Which is good, since I have 4 signals coming out... but I don't think it improves the signal at all.
480933
It does not boost the signal, however I am now running about 50 ft of antenna cable and there is no loss of signal with the added 20 ft
1931460
if you have a bad signal it will just boost the bad signal. it does not give you more signal strength
896922
I don't know/remember. I am using it with a power inserter to boost the outbound signal from the channel master before it gets to the TV. The power unit I am using is probably one that I re-purposed from my previous antenna. The Channel Master has worked very well for me with a power boost; it has noticeably improved the signal reception and I no longer have issues getting to watch OTA TV without issues. I would def. recommend it but you may want to buy a power boost if it doesnt come included. Hope this helps.
913362
I did get this thing long time ago and it came without the manual. To tell you the truth there's nothing you'd have to read about this booster; it doesn't boost anything. My signal strength is exactly the same with it or without it. Save yourself some money.
1086375
Hi Railson....I do not understand your question, "Higher gain antennas recommendations ?"....could you please clarify. Thank you Chris
1116162
The Antenna I purchased came with the amplifier. Check and see what the model you are looking at states as some do not come with the booster.
768393
Yes, the Winegard HDA-200 amp should increase or improve signal that is typically lost with long cable runs.