Any A/V experts in the house?

[Lynch]

I am finishing my basement and am in the process of running a spare cable line that I had the cable company install from the splitter on the outside of my house into the basement.

I am running it into a three way splitter, then to three independant jacks.

I picked up a 75ft spool of RG6 cable and connectors.

My question is... the splitter I purchased was 5-1GHZ. I noted while paroosing the wall of video electronics, cables, connectors, etc. that there was a Zenith gold plated 4-way splitter which specifically referenced that it was for a digital cable signal, and I believe was rated for 5-2300MHz.

My question... I have Digital cable upstairs... say I wanted to bring it downstairs... is the $15 4-way splitter really necessary or can I use the 5-1GHz 3-way that only cost me $6.

What's the diff... what's really necesary?

Lynch

[Mark II]

Seems that the issue would be the distance involved. Is your incoming signal strong enough to travel the distance from your upstairs to the basement, and would there be enough left over to go from the splitter to where you want it to go? May need an in-line signal booster. I usually mess with stage lighting & sound boards, so I may be a little off when talking TV signals. Hope this helps.

[Lynch]

FYI - Still don't know if it's "technically" required, but I found a cable company which posted the following requirements to connect to a digital line...

"Cable and Splitter Must be
Digital Splitter 5-1000Mhz
RG6 100% shielded wire "

Looks like I'll be ok.

JIC, I'll mount the splitter in the ceiling where I'll be able to get to it through the drop ceiling panels.

Lynch

[Lynch]

Originally posted by Mark II
Seems that the issue would be the distance involved. Is your incoming signal strong enough to travel the distance from your upstairs to the basement, and would there be enough left over to go from the splitter to where you want it to go? May need an in-line signal booster. I usually mess with stage lighting & sound boards, so I may be a little off when talking TV signals. Hope this helps.

Thanks for the input.

As stated above... I've decided to lengthen one of the runs a little so that I can mount the splitter in a more accesible location.

None of the runs are longer than 40'. It depends upon the strength of the signal I am getting from the cable company, but I doubt I should need to amplify it.

I won't know if I'll need to amplify the signal until I get it all wired up... in any case, it'll be reworkable now.

Thanks,
Lynch

[ginman999]

FYI, You cant run a cable modem trough a amp.