I bought a coaxial splitter and the cable image looked snowy. Would I have the same problem with the switch?
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It's a matter of ruling out what's bad or just bad connection. That's happened to me before with a 3 way splitter. The splitter was bad. I had great picture with adding two 2 way splitters and an extra cable or two, go figure... Snowy is bad connection. Either your not screwed in tight enough or it's a bad cable or bad connector. This switch works superb for me. Crystal clear picture for me!
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Its possible, it depends on how well the item is made really and where the problem lies. My problem with this item was because I think the back metal was touching the internal wires by accident. If the splitter serves no other purpose for you, you could try doing the same (get to the insides) to see if this is the problem, or there is something else wrong inside the unit. If all the cables work without the splitter, then it does sound like it is the splitter somehow, but there is no real guarantee that a different online product will be more successful. Might try a store where you can get a return maybe? Also note that a splitter is not the same as a switch. A splitter sends the same cable data to multiple units while a switch selectively merges different cables into 1.
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You could still have an issue. However, you would possibly stand a better chance with the Switch, because the loss of a Coax 1-2 splitter is 3.5db or more. If you're using a 1-3 splitter, the loss would be even more. The switch has minimal loss. It would appear that your input signal is somewhat weak, if a 1-2 splitter causes an issue to begin with. Without knowing your configuration (where signal is derived from, how many splitters you already have, strength of signal, etc.) it's hard to say. If your signal is from the cable company, you may request a service call to measure the input levels. If some channels (higher v. lower) work differently, then that's a tell-tail sign of a marginal signal. You could still have an issue. However, you would possibly stand a better chance with the Switch, because the loss of a Coax 1-2 splitter is 3.5db or more. If you're using a 1-3 splitter, the loss would be even more. The switch has minimal loss. It would appear that your input signal is somewhat weak, if a 1-2 splitter causes an issue to begin with. Without knowing your configuration (where signal is derived from, how many splitters you already have, strength of signal, etc.) it's hard to say. If your signal is from the cable company, you may request a service call to... » Read More You could still have an issue. However, you would possibly stand a better chance with the Switch, because the loss of a Coax 1-2 splitter is 3.5db or more. If you're using a 1-3 splitter, the loss would be even more. The switch has minimal loss. It would appear that your input signal is somewhat weak, if a 1-2 splitter causes an issue to begin with. Without knowing your configuration (where signal is derived from, how many splitters you already have, strength of signal, etc.) it's hard to say. If your signal is from the cable company, you may request a service call to measure the input levels. If some channels (higher v. lower) work differently, then that's a tell-tail sign of a marginal signal. « Show Less
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The switch isn't a splitter; it either sends the entire signal to "A" or "B" output depending on which way the switch is moved. The other port will receive no signal. In a splitter, both output ports receive signal which is why there is degradation as there is only so much signal strength which is now divided between 2 outputs. My switch caused no loss of signal and is working fine.
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All I can say is that on my cable system with this switch on cable, the picture is not the least bit snowy.
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Thanks for replying Steven. The edge issues I was mentioning were on the edges of moving objects, not the edges of the picture, I should have been more specific (although when I played around with picture size I saw what you meant, good to know if I run into that problem in the future). I do think you were right that part of the problem was tiling, I think something was going on with my cable feed, perhaps from the storms in the area after the new TV was delivered??? The picture is looking better these days.
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I had exactly the same situation. This takes the digital coax and converts it to the fiber optic. It comes with the power supply, you will still need the coax cable and the fiber optic cable. The fiber optic cable ends and the receptacles on both ends have protectors over all of them to protect from contamination. Remove them all at the time of installation.
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Possibly it's from the cable, same as pretty much every strand of Christmas lights out there. Wash your hands after installing, and shouldn't have a problem.
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Yes it will. It is bi-directional so it has return to the headend of your cable company. But if your getting a real bad signal to begin with no. I would try the 123 first. Change out your coax make sure it's RG6. Try looking at the levels on your modem most cable modems you can view from 192.168.100.1 If you have low power levels and high S/N levels it will help you out but just remember it only boost what it receives noise in noise out. Try your coax make sure the F connectors or nice and tight and look down in them if you see green you have water that has made it in you coax. Hope this helps. Yes it will. It is bi-directional so it has return to the headend of your cable company. But if your getting a real bad signal to begin with no. I would try the 123 first. Change out your coax make sure it's RG6. Try looking at the levels on your modem most cable modems you can view from 192.168.100.1 If you have low power levels and high S/N levels it will help you out but just remember it only boost what it receives noise in noise out. Try your coax make sure the F connectors or nice and tight and look down in them if you see green you have water that has made it in you coax. Hope this... » Read More Yes it will. It is bi-directional so it has return to the headend of your cable company. But if your getting a real bad signal to begin with no. I would try the 123 first. Change out your coax make sure it's RG6. Try looking at the levels on your modem most cable modems you can view from 192.168.100.1 If you have low power levels and high S/N levels it will help you out but just remember it only boost what it receives noise in noise out. Try your coax make sure the F connectors or nice and tight and look down in them if you see green you have water that has made it in you coax. Hope this helps. « Show Less
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There is no way that I know. When I installed mine, my cables were not fully seated and I saw a similar color issue. It is possible that one of your component or HDMI cables is not completely connected to the box or the TV/Devices. Check that your cables are firm and in the correct ports. If they are, you may try testing with another cable. Once my cables were set, my picture was perfect and I have had no problems with the box.
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I use a splitter with Leaf antenna, one to the actual TV and one goes to my mac hooked up to the TV to broadcast over my home network. There is no noticeable signal quality degradation that i notice but if you are super fixated on that aspect, you may notice a difference. If you're using an antenna though, you should expect a perfect signal anyways so... THe splitter i use is one i had laying around, the cable company installed it a few years ago to split the cable in my house and it works fine for this too. Obviously the split quality will depend on how strong the signal is when it reaches you. I use a splitter with Leaf antenna, one to the actual TV and one goes to my mac hooked up to the TV to broadcast over my home network. There is no noticeable signal quality degradation that i notice but if you are super fixated on that aspect, you may notice a difference. If you're using an antenna though, you should expect a perfect signal anyways so... THe splitter i use is one i had laying around, the cable company installed it a few years ago to split the cable in my house and it works fine for this too. Obviously the split quality will depend on how strong the signal is when it reaches... » Read More I use a splitter with Leaf antenna, one to the actual TV and one goes to my mac hooked up to the TV to broadcast over my home network. There is no noticeable signal quality degradation that i notice but if you are super fixated on that aspect, you may notice a difference. If you're using an antenna though, you should expect a perfect signal anyways so... THe splitter i use is one i had laying around, the cable company installed it a few years ago to split the cable in my house and it works fine for this too. Obviously the split quality will depend on how strong the signal is when it reaches you. « Show Less
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It is an interesting question that people ignore. The output you get on the screen in totally dependant on what the quality of the signal is going in. In the computer world there is a term, "garbage in garbage out." Consumer guide used to specifically test how TV's interacted with a cable input. I do not see that they still evaluate this signal input issue. The reality is that all signals are far from equal. I have Cablevision in NYC and find the signal abysmal. I am in a apartment building where the signal is being split 90 times and it is obvious the signal is extremely devalued. My brother in NJ gets Comcast directly into his home and his 1080P picture is the best I have ever seen. In general there are two issues which you may not be able to control, the inate abiltiy of the specific TV to process a cable input and the quality of the signal. I hope this has helped. It is my understanding that satellite and Fios are by far the highest quality signal. Cable is a crapshoot.
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I use this in my well, old camper with just a coaxial cable supplied by the manufacture. I plugged that in and get a great picture from the antenna. Since it is winter I now have it connected to my inhouse cable system. It does not come with any cables as othere have said. It is a great picture. However, side vision is bad, it's better to set this up in front of you.
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Well you can get a replacement end at Radio Shack and fix it. It's just two wire connections to the coax port.
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Fuzzy lines that are not all the time mean interference. Search Amazon for "ferrite bead" and get one of the ferrite clips. I have them on all of my HDMI cords. Usually the reason to buy more expensive HDMI cords is because they are more insulated to prevent interference, but it is cheaper to get a clip on ferrite bead. If you only have one, clip it on the side with the monitor/tv. You can clip it on both sides of the cord if you have multiple. I just want to note that if you have fuzzy letters or image, then there might be a resolution conflict. For example, you are outputting 1080p when your screen only supports 720p. Another common problem that causes blurryness is overscan in screens which cuts off the edges of the image and then resizes the image to fit full screen. They do this because cable television usually comes in with weird white lines on the edges and overscan removes that. You can sometimes disable this in the screen's settings. Hopefully this solves your problem!
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I do not have that issue. My installation uses the optical cable connected directly to the TV.
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With any hdmi relay or switch it is recommended that you use a larger gauge hdmi cable. I have 24awg cable with no loss in picture quality
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no I've not seen an issue. the Control has a signal increase. I've got about 4ac bordered in now for my 2 English Springers. In the Winter the Snow Depth Plays issues (distance from the wire and collar) but The rest of the year it's excellent. with over 1800 to 2000' in use now.
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that was my situation, which this converter solved perfectly. The yellow cable is likely standard def HVHS, which won't look good at all. don't know what the coax is, an rf signal supposed to go into a tuner?? the hdmi will work with Loftek box. cheers, bill taylor
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I have two different tv's hooked up to it. My old plasma has virtually no lag and my led has lag. I don't think it's due to the splitter though. So, I would say it's not a noticeable difference than before.
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Since your Xbox works is safe to rule out the switcher. My guess is you have a bad or low quality HDMI cable.