Re: Need help - no signal from TV antenna in the attic

On Dec 4, 1:37 pm, "Pete C." <aux3.DO...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Lionel C. Abrahams" wrote:

ymg...@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi,
I just moved in to the new house. There is a 4-way coax splitter in
the attic, which has one input and four outputs (to different rooms).
I know that previous owners had a cable (from the cable company). It
looks like the cable was going into the same splitter in the attic,
and then routed to rooms downstairs.
I want to use the TV antenna in the attic.
I tried connecting the TV antenna to splitter's input – absolutely no
signal is getting to TVs downstairs. I also connected the antenna to
each of splitter’s outputs (which go to TVs) – exactly the same
outcome - not even a change in a static when I plug in the antenna.
I bought a TV signal inline amplifier from RadioShack – absolutely no
difference.
However, if I drop a 100' coax cable directly from the antenna in the
attic to the TV downstairs (bypassing the splitter and all of the home
cable wiring), the picture is crisp and perfect.
Can I run some tests to ensure cable continuation (from the attic to
rooms downstairs).
Does anybody know how I can get the signal from the antenna in the
attic to TVs downstairs?
Thank you.

My brother had a similar problem.  It turned out that at 1TV, the
connector was shorted and was the cause.  I suggest that you unplugged
all the cables (except the Antenna in the input connector) and connect
only 1 cable at a time to see if you get reception. A portable TV at the
splitter would be great to verify that each output works.

I assume that your splitter does not need to be plugged in.

good luck

A four way splitter has a loss of 7db per port, so the signal from the
antenna is lost trying to go through the splitter. You need to install
an amplifier between the antenna and splitter to boost the signal level
up enough to make it through the splitter. The splitter worked for the
cable TV feed because it provides a much stronger signal than an
antenna.

" I bought a TV signal inline amplifier from RadioShack"
.

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