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Posted by Mark Lloyd on August 3, 2007, 9:49 am
wrote:
>On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:16:33 -0500, Mark Lloyd
>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:56:44 -0500, Mark Lloyd
>>>
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Currently have 3 TV's and Comcast cable modem. The splitter in the
>>>>>> cross space has a total of 5 ports.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. Comcast in
>>>>>> 2. Cable modem
>>>>>> 3. TV
>>>>>> 4. TV
>>>>>> 5. TV/DVR
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would like to add an additional TV.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can I just purchase a 6 port cable splitter ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Will it reduce the quality of the signal ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any input would be appreciated.
>>>>>,,,,
>>>>
>>>>It would be best to split off the cable modem before an amplifier
>>>>(cable modems need a bidirectional connection, and may not work well
>>>>with an amplified one). That is, the first thing on the incoming cable
>>>>should be a 2-way splitter with one output going directly to the cable
>>>>modem.
>>>
>>>Right, but note that he already has that.
>>>
>>
>>Maybe you got confused about the difference between a "2-way splitter"
>>and a "bidirectional amp". These things aren't even close to being
>>equivalent.
>
>If he has a splitter in the cross space with the labels Comcast in and
>Cable Modem, it is a bidirectional splitter, no? His computer is
>working, or he would have mentioned that.
>
Splitters are always bidirectional. I used the word to refer to an
AMPLIFIER, which often isn't.
>So as you recommend above, he does split off to the cable modem before
>adding any other things such as an amplifier, since that's the only
>gadget he has now.
I said with a TWO output splitter (reducing loss at the cable modem).
I also said to connect an amplifier (or 4-way splitter) to THE OTHER
output of that TWO output splitter. Those 4 outputs go to the TVs.
This is NOT the same is the 4-way splitter coming first.
>>
>>>>Then you can connect the 4-way splitter
>>
>>another clue to your mistake
>
>Not to me. You seem to want to split the comuputer off twice in a
>row.
>
What???
For the reading-impaired:
|----------| cable
(cable in) | 2-way |------modem
------------| splitter |
| (NOT | |---------| |--------|-- TV
|amplifier)|----|amplifier|--| 4-way |-- TV
|----------| | (if | |splitter|-- TV/DVR
| needed) | |--------|-- TV
|---------|
A lot like my setup. BTW, the cable internet works very well.
>I get it. You think some amateur labeled the splitter he has now, or
>that it's not labeled at all..
A splitter has an input and two or more outputs. Perhaps you're
confusing "splitter" and "amplifier", and shouldn't be doing this.
> I think if his computer works, it has
>a port labeled Cable modem.
>
Why should a port be labeled "cable modem"? It's just an output like
any other.
>The OP hasn't posted since this morning, so I think the answer remains
>unknown.
>>]
>>>>to the other output.
>>>>
>>>>Do you have digital cable?
--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com
"Unlike biological evolution. 'intelligent design' is
not a genuine scientific theory and, therefore, has
no place in the curriculum of our nation's public
school classes." -- Ted Kennedy
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