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Old 24-Apr-2014, 9:12 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by carl brooks View Post
I did go strait into a vizio and had WHDH. Then the next day.added the booster spliter, and tied in a LG smart tv, and the vizio, But no WHDH. WFXT was coming in and out, so I added the preamp, and WFXT comes in solid. sometimes I get WHDH on the vizio, I always get more channels when I scan with vizio verses the LG. I even swapped, tv locations, and the vizio's tuner is more sensative. the preamp was overpowering WMUR channel 9, so I turned the VHF antenna part of the stacker away from WMUR's tower, and it comes in good now
WFXT signal strength is 70% and signal quality is 90% . I will try going strait into the vizio again in a couple of days. I took down the antenna due to high winds, I had it up temporarily only for testing.
Have you ever tried using a passive splitter and no distribution amplifier? Too much amplification can actually ruin an otherwise usable signal. Also, amplifiers add noise of their own, along with distortion.

As with any rule of thumb, there are exceptions... But, one of my favorites is, "One amplifier can be too many... Two amplifiers are almost always too many."

If you are using an RCA TVPRAMP1R, be sure the FM trap is enabled. (The switch is under a small cover plug on the outdoor unit.)
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