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Rusty · 03-21-2014, 04:46 PM

Just remember this about splitters:

On your splitters, the dB number shown is how much dB you loose every time you hook a TV to it. So, say you have 5 dB coming into the house and you hook a two way splitter (typically 3 dB loss on one leg) you now have 2 dB going to the TV. Now you have two more TV's you want to hook up. Well, you connect another two way splitter to the spare port on the first two-way splitter and you are now loosing 6 dB at TV number two which means you have -1 dB coming to that TV.

HD digital needs the most dB's that you can get from the cable company. If you split the db's up when it enters your house then be prepared to pay the cost of losing channels.

03-21-2014, 04:46 PM	#23
Rusty Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,028 Thanks: 603 Thanked 687 Times in 425 Posts	Just remember this about splitters: On your splitters, the dB number shown is how much dB you loose every time you hook a TV to it. So, say you have 5 dB coming into the house and you hook a two way splitter (typically 3 dB loss on one leg) you now have 2 dB going to the TV. Now you have two more TV's you want to hook up. Well, you connect another two way splitter to the spare port on the first two-way splitter and you are now loosing 6 dB at TV number two which means you have -1 dB coming to that TV. HD digital needs the most dB's that you can get from the cable company. If you split the db's up when it enters your house then be prepared to pay the cost of losing channels. __________________ It's never crowded along the extra mile.

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