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Originally Posted by GroundUrMast
Your description is fairly concise. But to be sure I understand, I'll say it another way...
Starting at the antenna, you have a short length of coax leading to a CPA-19... from there you have some length of coax leading to the power insertion block for the preamp. The splitter is a bit beyond that.
If the above describes your installation correctly, it wont matter whether your splitter passes DC or not. Each output functions the same way.
The DC passing feature comes in handy when the power insertion block needs to be located downstream of the splitter. (The antenna is the head of the stream, while the TV is the furthest point 'downstream'.)
Many splitters will not pass DC or 60 HZ AC power... these type splitters will prevent preamp power from reaching the mast mounted preamp unit if the power is inserted at the TV or any other point between the TV and non-DC passing splitter.
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Thanks for the explanation.
This helps. I was wondering why a DC Pass was needed and how should I handle that.