Motorola 484095-001-00 Signal Booster Reviews

• Truth about signal booster

  
  By on 2004-04-10
  As for the people writing the other reviews on this product, you should not speak if you know nothing about Broadband. First of all, this booster will NOT increase your docsis cable modem speeds, no matter what you hear. This amplifier, installed correctly (at the entry point of your home) will boost your forward signal by +15db (allowing return signals to pass). Most cable modem operating level ranges are +15 to -15, so if your within that range on your cable modems operating frequency (for example 705mhz) there is no need for a booster. If you are on the treshhold of signal, like -17db, then this amp will be beneficial to you. Your GUI on your cable modem will give you this reading (http://192.168.100.1 for example). As for your cable reception, and amplifier can be helpful if you have multiple TV's, to make up for the loss that your splitters create. But again, this amp MUST be installed @ your cables entry point to your home. If you have a bad connection though, you will only amplify noise. So your outside drop connection from the pole must be good for an amp to work properly. In conclusion, your modem downloads a config file from your ISP which tells that modem what speeds to run at, and your ISP's router capacities determine what kind of speeds you get. So this amplifier will NOT boost speeds :-)
  
  

• Great Picture

  
  By A3UBHYWNCFVA83 on 2003-08-27
  Ever since my cable company installed digital cable in my house I have had picture problems. The analog pictures were grainy and half of the digital pictures didn't come in. They just said they would arrive shortly but never did. Numerous calls to the cable company failed to come up with a permanent fix. So I decided to take matters in my own hands. Other boosters made things worse. When I saw that this one worked with digital as well as analog I decided to give it a try. I first hooked it up from the cable box to the vcr and got no improvement. So I tried hooking it up where the signal first came in before the cable reciever and it worked beautifully. Analog pictures are clearer than ever and all the digital pictures come in. No more "Please Wait" screens. I am mad that my stupid cable company refused to do this but I am thrilled to finally have what I pay for! Great product!
  
  

• Great for Cable Modem... but not enough for TV.

  
  By A3HO8QB36GL1EF on 2002-11-07
  For those people who are unable to beg the cable company to provide you with a signal amplifier, this is the investment that you should not skip. The amplifier boost my cable connection to full 1.5Mbps incoming and 128Kbps outgoing, which is the maximum rate my cable company provides. Before that I am just getting around 700Kbps and 50Kbps, respectively.

  Cable companies tend to not giving out this signal amplifier unless their techicans found that their modem can't sync without one. But a modem can sync doesn't mean that you can surf in full speed. So do a speed test, and if you don't get the full speed, get this amplifier.

  One more thing... if your cable TV needs amplified also, get this amplifier and another one for TV. This amplifier may not have enough power to boost TV signal (otherwise it will mess up the cable modem signal). The best to go is to install this amplifier between your cable modem and the first splitter (or the wall socket) the modem connects to.
  
  

• This product is worthless, deceptive adverising Not for OTA

  
  By AD5OXN23JZFR6 on 2005-02-07
  Connected this Signal Booster to a 72" radio shack antenna. Without the signal booster, the reception is near perfect for analog, pretty good for digital but sometimes fox's reception will drop out. After installing the Signal Booster, the analog stations all show "snow". So then I try the HD, ..... nothing. I am not recieving a strong enough signal for ANY channel to display.
  
  I called Motorola tech support and they said that there is a "misprint" on the package and it does not actually work with an antenna, only cable. That is my last try with Motorola products. From my experience they are rarely reliable.
  
  

• Best Booster on the Market

  
  By A3GEU1MH8FC1Z0 on 2005-12-19
  Prior to purchasing the Motorola amp, I purchased and installed the TERK AMP-15, which worked very well (until the cable company did a disconnect recently and apparently short-circuited the input). Upon reconnecting my cable service, the cable-tv tech noted that my TERK AMP-15 was no longer working. Rather than just order another TERK, I decided to check the alternatives. Checking the specs, I noticed the Motorola Signal Booster is a similar product, however the specs are much better (2.5 dB max Noise Figure vs. 3.5 dB max for the TERK) and the Motorola uses the most advanced technology available (Gallium Arsenide). Also, the Motorola amp includes a 6kV surge resistant design (meets the 6kV IEEE C62.41-1991 and 1 kV Combination Wave surge for all ports). I did not find surge protection mentioned in the TERK spec. Another difference is the Motorola provides a slightly wider bandwidth (52-1000 MHz) and operates at lower dc voltage (12VDC). These differences indicate a highly refined circuit design, so I expect a much more durable, worry-free product. Nice going Motorola! Links to Motorola's web page for complete consumer (1) and professional (2) specification details:
  (1) http://broadband.motorola.com/consumers/products/signal_booster/
  (2) http://broadband.motorola.com/catalog/productdetail.asp?image=large&productID=207
  
  
• GREAT PURCHASE!! :)
  By A11C08FBE0Q9VI on 2004-02-11
  I have spent alot of money on trying to improve the cable television reception on my computer monitor... which was pretty bad at first. In order to improve it, I bought a somewhat costly surge protecter for power conditioning, A $30 Monster gold plated splitter, and 3 Monster gold plated coaxial cables that were only 3 feet long, but were priced at $30 EACH. They did make significant improvement in the picture and sound quality, but nothing like the signal booster which improved my signal to near PERFECTION. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is because there is ONE channel that doesn't come up perfect & that is channel 2 which has only average picture and sound...but considering the fact that before i had the booster I couldn't even SEE and hardly HEAR channel 2 at all, I am EXTREMELY happy with it. I don't often write reviews for products even though I shop Amazon alot, but I am so happy to finally have great tv signal that I had to say something. :)
  
  
• Real life review
  By A15HGPPERU49JS on 2005-05-09
  I have had three (see update at the end) of these. Here are my observations and recommendations:
  
  Out of the box, the first unit worked well and produced fair to good picture improvement but eventually started to act up after an electrical storm. It now works intermittently and often produces a degraded picture and passes no cable modem signal. Because I was somewhat satisfied with the price, performance, and brand name, I bought a second unit to replace the damaged one.
  
  The second unit again produces fair to good picture quality but often drops the cable modem signal, which results in a climb into the attic to reset the booster. E-mail to Motorola solved the mystery as they explained that sometimes the cable signal drops below a point where it can be boosted and that causes problems. Cable services, I have read, will change the signal strength throughout the day to adjust for temperature changes that affect transmission. If the signal drops too low, my booster loses the ability to sustain modem signal connectivity and often will not regain the modem signal without a power off-power on reset.
  
  So, I have bought yet another booster, this time a 20 dB booster by a different brand. I have also added a surge protector and would suggest that anyone who buys a booster to spend the extra $20 for an external APC cable surge suppressor.
  
  I had to send the 20 db booster back. It produced snow and a noisy signal.
  
  Edit - two years later, Nov. 2007: I have since moved and guess what? I left the booster in the old house and I bought Motorola booster for the new house. This one has worked well for the last two years. I'm about to move again and I'll be taking the booster with me this time....
  
  
• Improved our TV signal dramtically
  By A2WLX1R8B43AMW on 2005-08-04
  We have cable TV and a couple splitters. The picture on all TVs was sometimes very good and sometimes not - very inconsistent. The cable company said that the signal to my house was "acceptable". So I bought the Motorola booster and put it inline and the picture immediately improved to a great consistent picture on most TV's.
  
  However my cable internet would not work with the booster. I had to put a two way splitter [very important to use a two way splitter only to minimize loss] at the cable TV source with one tap going to the cable modem [old RCA brand] and the other to the the Mororola booster. The booster then went to to a splitter. I also had a splitter connected to the first splitter after the Motorola booster. My signal was still not great on the splitter farthest down the line. What I then did is to junk my splitters and used quality splitters instead which made the difference to all TVs having a great picture. Obviously all splitters are not equal. I now only use Regal brand splitters. It is also important to minimize the use of spitters and to cap off unused ports with a terminal cap. There will be a signal loss for each port of a splitter whether all the ports are being used or not. So don't use a four port splitter if you only need to have two or three ports available unless you have definite plans to use extra ports soon.
  
  Bottom line is that I am very happy with the Motorola booster. All TVs now have a great picture on all channels including our Sony 60 inch wide screen. The booster works as advertised provided you have a decent signal from your cable TV provider, you use it as close as possible to the signal source from your cable company, you use quality splitters remembering the loss that splitters introduce to the signal path [typical four port splitter has 7db loss per port and two way 3db], and use quality TV cable that has end connectors installed properly including proper shield connection with minimum necessary cable length used. Sharp bends in the cable, cable pinching, and the connector connected to the TV being pulled from the cable loosening the shield from the connector and/or retracting the center connector [not always visible] are often problem areas. If you continue to have problems, try attaching a TV directly to the output of the booster with a known good TV cable ideally of short length. If the picture is excellent there then you have a problem somewhere in your distribution system after the booster which could be the splitters and/or TV cable run or even interference coming in through the AC line to the TV. Many quality surge protectors such as the Isobar have line filters to clean up interference coming in on the AC line. If the picture is still poor connected directly to the booster contact your cable TV company to have them check the quality of your signal coming from them.
  
  
• Good Cable Modem - PPView-On-Demand Amp
  By A3QKG7G6LPBTGA on 2007-02-12
  In order to handle cable modems or "interactive" cable TV boxes, an amplifier must be able to pass a return signal to the cable provider. The Motorola Signal Booster will pass the return signal with a -1 db loss (according to the specifications). It will also amplify the forward signal by +15db (again specs). So if you have a bunch of two-way splitters, each causing about -4.0 db loss (a good one will be around -3.5 db) this amplifier will power through about three of these splitters to your modem or cable box. This Motorola will do the input amplification to a regular TV set through three (or even more) splitters like a charm.
  
  But can the cable modem get its return signal back out? Can On-Demand get its signal back out?
  
  My Motorola Bidirectional AMP worked with both Cable Modem and an On-Demand Cable box for about six months, then suddenly quit working. I bypassed all the splitters, and the signal returned to its original successful state. The cable company apparently suddenly changed something (turns out it was new fiber for telephones).
  
  To make a long story short, I tried everything, from $175 distribution systems to just a straight line running up the stairs. Only the straight line worked. But the stairs didn't. Then I discovered the "reverse amplifier". Yes, there is an amplifier that only works on the "reverse" frequencies. I stuck it in the system at my computer, and -Viola!- everything works with all the old splitters.
  
  So I heartily recommend this Bidirectional Motorola Amplifier, but if it doesn't work with a cable modem and more than one or two splitters, I also suggest that you spend $35 on an ASKA DA1G-1R (or equivalent)reverse amplifier.
  
  I will also add that none of the distribution systems I tried worked. I think the Cable signal overloads them, but even the ones with built-in attenuation couldn't compensate.
  
  
• The best $40 I've ever spent!
  By A1SJUAD444SG10 on 2005-02-01
  I recently purchased a new Toshiba DLP HDTV. The picture right out of the box was fantastic on HD channels, great on digital channels, but only so so on some of the analog channels. I hooked up a splitter to feed part of the cable signal to the cable box and the other part directly to the TV and that helped for the analog channels. Then I read about the Motorola Signal Booster and decided to give it a try. What a difference! Digital channels are near HD quality and SD channels look a lot clearer and the colors are better. It's the best $40 I've ever spent! I was so happy with the booster I purchased another one to use in my computer room. A couple of the lower channels on the TV in there had always been fuzzy...not anymore! Finally something that does what it says it will!
  
  
• Don't waste your money, read this first...
  By A2ZMCODAR1SFG9 on 2005-07-30
  If you have cable tv and are having problems with your signals and/or ingress(poor picture) call your local cable TV provider! I work for a cable company as a broadband technician and we install these things now and then at no charge if needed. Personally I believe most people with amps would be better off with multiple drops coming into their home (and the cable guy might decide thats the best solution for you). The reason for using an amp is basically because there are too many splits. Sometimes customers use cheap splitters they bought on here or radio shack, we usually wind up replacing or reconfiguring those eliminating the need for an amp. Don't jerry rig your stuff! Just call your cable company and we will fix it usually for free! When you hook up your own stuff it eventually turns into a tech call because you will just mess something up and we will be up in your attic(or wherever your lines may be) trying to figure out what in the world you did. OK so what did we learn? Don't try and fix your cable tv! Call your local cable company! Most don't charge for repairs and if they do, threaten to cancel service if they don't come out and fix the problem. It makes my job easier, and it saves you money.
  
  
• Worked great for my cable modem problems
  By A2XKF8RRS1SJHM on 2005-04-21
  I split my coax cable to go to my cable modem and a TV tuner card. It worked o.k. for about a month. Then all of a sudden my cable modem lost the signal (I guess more people in my neighborhood signed up). The only way I could get the signal back was to remove the splitter, which meant no more TV on my PC. With very little optimism, I figured I'd take a chance on the signal booster. I couldn't hook it up anywhere near the demarc point as the manual suggests due to logistical problems, so I doubted it would work. I hooked it up between the wall socket and the splitter and, voila!, problem solved. Now not only is my cable modem signal solid, but channels that were once fuzzy on my TV tuner are nice and clear.
  
  I didn't think this would work because I was hooking it up so far from the demarc point, but it worked like a charm.
  
  As a hoot, I tried disconnecting it once to see if my signal would die again, and sure enough, my cable modem stopped getting a signal. Kudos to Motorla on a fine product.
  
  
• Signal booster/amplifier does the job
  By AQS6TLUKMGK8N on 2005-10-08
  I had a good quality cable signal going to a cable modem and TV. I started splitting the cable signal to go to 2 VCRs for a total of 4 devices. I also noticed that the TV signal was starting to get very noisy with this latest amount of signal splitting. I did some research on the subject and found a very good solution in this Motorola signal booster. Once I hooked up the amplifier to the cable signal (the manufacturer recommends to do this as close to the incoming signal source) I was gratified to see that the TV image quality improved significantly. The noise that was very prevelant was reduced which is exactly what I was hoping that it would do.
  
  Installation was simple, connect the input signal to the amp, hook up the devices to the output of the amplifier, and finally connect the power to the amplifier (your basic wall wart type adapter) and voila! That being said it is worth noting what the booster won't do. It or any other amp will not improve a noisy signal coming into the amplifier. It will not improve the speed of an internet connection coming out of a cable modem. It will allow a good quality signal to be distributed to various devices without the detrimental side effects caused by splitting the signal. Recommended.
  
  
• excellent product
  By A3MSAJNCK5SXNE on 2003-06-07
  before I installed the unit my cable tv signal was fuzzy on all of our 5 televisions. Our cable internet was also having trouble loosing sync with our internet provider. It was very frustrating. I installed the signal amplifier right before the first splitter and it works perfectly. Cable internet speeds are around 1.4MB, blazing. All of the televisions are crystal clear also. It seems to be powerful enough for the televisions and the internet for me. Great product.
  
  
• Used with Antenna Reception
  By A1DGXIE08YBFH5 on 2004-09-08
  I used this product to help with antenna reception. I do not have cable. It worked great! Before CBS, which is channel 2 in my area, was full of snow. At different times of the day you could not see or hear the station. Now that I have used this I can always see the channel, and the other stations come through with amazing sharpness (I didn't know it could be that good.) Channel 2 does still have snow sometimes, but the fact that it always comes through and we don't have to try and make out fuzzy shapes when we want to watch our favorite CBS shows made the family very happy. I also installed an FM trap to reduce the occassional hering bone effect from some local signal. You can install this where you attenna comes into the house, but we have it installed near the TV.
  
  
• Well worth the money for my household ...
  By A1PSY0PU9ZBJBL on 2004-03-25
  i've got one jack in my apartment and i need 8 cable line feeds (3 tv's, 3 vcr's, 1 tivo and cable internet) and the lines needed to be split 6 ways to sunday. landlord wouldn't allow a new jack to be installed so i had to figure something else out. the signal in some rooms were totally unwatchable so i had to disconnect a few things just to strenghten the signal. it improved a bit but not by much.

  then i heard about this booster. decided to check it out and made the purchase at circuit city. i didn't expect the $80 price tag but figured if it didnt give me what i wanted i could always return it and get a refund. i found it in the internet area and at the time i wasnt aware that it could also boost cable modem speeds as well. so i get it home and connect everything.

  wow... perfect signals thru out my home. then i reconnect all of my signals the way i originally planned and there was no degrading of the perfect signal at all. the completely unwatchable channels on my girlfriends tv (the ones that she records her soaps on) are now as clear and vivid as they can possibly be. even boosted my internet speed from an average of 3200 down to an average of about 4300 down.

  i picked this up saturday the 20th. sunday i had a couple friends over who have similar issues with their cable. after seeing my improvements they went out that day and bought signal boosters.

  for me this was an excellent purchase. did exactly what i wanted it to do and even more considering i didnt buy it because of its capabilities with boosting cable internet... which it seems to do very well. i highly recommend this product.
  
  

• Very Good for off air HDTV signals with regular antenna
  By A1VAVASW6NXX1B on 2005-11-10
  OK, here is a little backgroud. I have an old 6ft antenna on the roof of my house and I have a 55 inch widescreen but was unwilling to shell out for a new antenna and installation. Signal was already there but weak. About 33 - 45%. Installed the listed item and now can receive a beautiful picture. The only down side is that there still seems to be a little glitch at times for a minute or soo but it sems to be weather dependant. I also looked at the Terk version but felt this was the better option. If you already have a signal and need the extra boost to see a clear picture I definately suggest purchasing this unit. It will help.
  
  
• Saving Useless Calls to my Cable Company
  By A2OWQXAZ37C4EA on 2005-08-21
  I had two problems: Our house is 200 feet from the cable connection, and the inside of the house is wired with older RG59 coaxial cables rather than RG6. None of this would be a problem if it were not for digital TV or high speed Internet. Long distances and RG59 coaxial cable cannot transmit the high frequencies necessary for both. As a result, any time the strength of the cable signal dropped a little (which can happen from minor line problems or more people using cable), I would have trouble receiving digital TV and maintaining a connection with the Internet. A call to my cable provider would only confirm what I already knew...I would need to rewire the house with RG6 cable, and still might have problems because of the distance to my house. The Motorola Signal Booster, installed at the point the cable entered the house, followed by a high quality 3-way splitter, provided trouble-free operation of two cable boxes and an Internet connection. Although this signal booster amplifies only the signal received from the cable company, signals transmitted either by a computer or cable box are at lower frequencies and are more likely not to need amplification for this type of problem; however, the use of too many splitters can cause a problem.
  
  I also have a DVD recorder, VCR, and TV that requires an analog signal so that these components can tune to the analog channels. If I had used a 4-way splitter at the cable box to do this, it would have reduced the signal strength to and from the cable box by another 7db, and provided a signal that might have been over amplified to each of the other components. The use of a "tap" (a "tap" is a splitter that sends most of the signal to one component, and a small fraction of the signal to other components), followed by a 3-way splitter on the "9 db" side of the tap solved this problem, only reducing the signal to the cable box by 1.5 db, but reducing the signal to the each of the components by 14 db. But because of the 15 db amplification of the Signal Booster, this was still a strong signal to the analog components.
  
  
• Works as advertised.
  By ANRQC38TN5G12 on 2006-07-17
  When connected in-line from my silver-sensor indoor antenna, incoming signal was significantly boosted. Before using this product, the antenna could not lock onto the signal. With the in-line booster, the antenna locks on immediately and signal dropouts are very infrequent.
  
  
• Good product if you don't have a cable modem.
  By A1L6PBIR22S3FA on 2006-12-12
  My TV picture improved greatly using this booster, but my cable modem performance downgraded drastically. My cable modem return signal strength degraded, I suffered high packet loss and I was experiencing dropped connections. To fix the problem, I switched to a CHANNEL VISION C-0314 8 Db Rf Amplifier which combines a slitter with an amplifier all in one unit. It has Bi-directional amplifiers. Now I have a great connection for my cable modem and I have a great TV picture at the same time. I also so have a cleaner less cluttered solution in my cable junction box since I don't use any passive splitters now. The Motorola 484095-001-00 Signal Booster should only be used for TV signals or where you have a strong enough return path signal for your cable modem, since this booster does not amplify the return path(it actually degrades it some).
  
  
• Great for HDTV from a cable box
  By A27T87MBFU3NOI on 2005-02-25
  I bought this signal booster because I couldn't get a couple of HDTV and other digital channels from my cable box. Eventhough the cable tech said my signal was strong enough he told me the R59 cables I had couldn't carry the signal and I would have to have my complex upgrade the cables to R6.
  
  Well, I knew that was a bunch of crap because both cables enough bandwidth, but the signal degrades quicker on R59 cables. I certainly wasn't going to pay to have my place's cable rewired.
  
  So I bought the booster and low and behold, all the channels come in now :). Just for reference, the cable signal was split quite a bit at my place. 2 cable boxes, a Cable Modem/Digital phone box, and 2 other TVs. The cable signals cleared up on all the other TVs when I plugged this thing in. I highly recommend it.
  
  
• Bye bye Comcast!
  By A1BC369IGW8GO on 2008-03-14
  I bought a Sharp Aquos before Christmas and recently started exploring OTA HDTV. When I bought my house there was an antenna in the attic (a classic VHF/UHF antenna), so I hooked that up to the TV to see what channels I could get. Unfortunately, my local Fox affiliate would not tune and my local NBC station was intermittent--they are both about 35-40 miles away.
  
  I first tried switching to a "HD" antenna, but this was worse than the classic antenna.
  
  Then I hooked up the signal booster. Suddenly, I have all of my locals plus a few I didn't even know existed. The signal is perfect and a lot of the signals are even stronger than what I was getting over a cable from Comcast! I can even now get one station which is located approximately 180 degrees from where the antenna is pointed--although this station is only about 12 miles away.
  
  Anyway, at the end of the month I am cancelling my Comcast subscription since I now have crystal clear HD for free!
  
  
• First it was a waist of money for me... Then two years later found I needed it!!!
  By AH0IHGQ9MB9H9 on 2006-01-17
  Even though I picked this up at a great price, I'm pretty disappointed in that it didn't seem to improve anything. I tried it near the source and at the TV itself. Couldn't tell any difference and picture was still fuzzy. What a waist for me...
  
  Also according to other reviews this thing helped there internet connection speed, which sounds ridiculous to me given it shouldn't even affect the speed at all, though I supposed it could possibly help with the connection itself, but I kind of doubt it.
  
  Thumbs down for me. Maybe it does do some good in certain situations and I thought mine was a prime candidate but I couldn't tell a single bit of difference and stations that were fuzzy before were just as fuzzy. Anyway I've since moved houses and it's become a paper weight...
  
  Update 2/19/2008 (I couldn't up the rating, but I'd give it 4/5 now)
  So this was stuffed in a box the last two years and there it sat
  
  So we moved into a brand new development and things seemed fine for a year or more. I have Comcast digital cable via their DVR on the main TV. So few months ago I started noticing a few channels that kept freezing up and or pixilation on the TV using the DVR, it got rather annoying. Then certain channels simply wouldn't display at all. I called up Comcast certain the problem was on their end and they sent a service guy out who told me it was because I had an 8 way splitter in my main control box. I argued with him saying things had been fine for the last year and he'd said that as they build more homes around me it would take from the overall signal strength till it finally became noticeable. To prove his point he bypassed the splitter and sure enough the signal strength improved. We were going off signal strength numbers in the DVR diagnostics, not simply the picture quality. But obviously the problematic channels displayed fine with no freezing or pixilation. He said the only way to permanently improve things was to either go with a smaller splitter or install a signal booster which he offered to do for $50 + $20 labor. I faintly remembered buying the Motorola signal booster and told him I'd take care of it and sent him on his way
  
  So I cracked open old boxes and found the signal booster. Installed it between the main and the 8 way splitter (so near the source) and sure enough it improved the figures and cleaned up the signal. Now no more pixilation, freezing or anything else. As with digital, it either works or it doesn't. It's not like analog where things start getting snowy, etc...
  
  As for internet I haven't noticed a difference either way. Online speed charts didn't seem to reflect any change that I could tell. Hope this helps someone
  
  
  
  
  
• Peter Kupin approves!
  By A24OG2JWB18EZF on 2006-08-28
  The product is working well and our cable-reception has improved in a remarkable fashion. I highly recommend this product.
  
  
• Awesome for Digital Cable.
  By A2CQRIIXM66YKH on 2004-08-07
  I was very skeptical, but this product is awesome. All the digital channels now come, the ones that said please wait, now never do that. The internet seems a little faster, but it was fast before.
  
  
• Hey, this thing WORKS
  By A1Y062DM2W5V6L on 2005-01-29
  The cable company servicing my rural area is, well, just awful. Been that way for years and complaining does no good. Days when 70% of offered channels have a signal worth watching are good days. Only the TV closest to the cable's entry into the house had a decent picture. Trying to distribute that signal to 3 additional TVs (bedrooms, kitchen) was a nightmare. Installing the Motorola signal booster was a last-ditch effort before going to satellite. Installation was simple and the booster improved the signal noticeably on the 'entry' TV and dramatically on all other TVs in the house. I was so shocked I took the booster back off to be sure it was what actually fixed the problem. Sure enough, signal strength went back to its usual sorry self. Bottom line -- if you are struggling with a weak cable signal or just need to pump the signal through a splitter, try this booster. Wish I'd had it years ago.
  
  
• Worked just perfect
  By A1AQGCR01G0CR1 on 2005-09-26
  My cable signal coming into the house was terrible. Around negative 10db at best and this booster worked like a charm. Now, I am able to use all my cable boxes and also have problem free internet. I'm still having a little problem getting a decent signal once in a while for HDTV signals but I think that's just because of cable company. Overall, it boosted around 10db and works so effortlessly. No real setup involved but to plug and play.
  
  
  
  
• WOW is all I've got to say!
  By A2ITR1JSC5XO7E on 2006-07-31
  After having the cable guy come out twice and telling me I could not get a better signal because I had too much equipment hooked up to the cable. I went down to the main office of the cable company and they said I needed a booster so I had another guy come out, but he came out without one and again telling me I had too many things on the cable line. Most of my high def channels were not coming in and I was getting a lot of artifacts on my digital channels, and my RoadRunner speed was only 500 bps and I was upset to say the least. I checked Circut City for a Cable Booster and they had this model for $50, then I for the heck of it checked Amazon and they had it for $38 with free shipping, well a no Brainer! I hooked it up right where my cable came into the house then to the first splitter and Whamo, all my high def channels came in, no more artifacts and my RoadRunner speed went from 500 bps to 4.5 mbps WOW! I am one happy camper! Boy if you have low signal strength this is the answer. I think if I had complained enough the cable company would've put one on, but instead of horsing around any longer with them I got the Motorola Signal Booster and my problems were over. I want to add that you must have high quality splitters and cable. The first thing I did was replace all my store bought splitters and cable with the cable company's equipment and that made a small improvement just doing that. I have 3 TV's, one a high def, two DVR's, two VCR's and RoadRunner hooked up for a total of 8 connections with two 4-way splitters and they are all getting a strong signal now.
  
  
• I LOVE THIS THING!
  By A2PC3APURGJOY0 on 2006-12-03
  I was told by my cable provider that the only solution to the poor signal I received in the back of my apartment was to "rewire the entire place." Which would have meant ripping apart my walls to get to the old cable or unattractively stapling new cable lines along my ceiling (no thanks.) I asked if using a signal booster would help and the cable guy practically laughed in my face. THANKFULLY, I didn't listen to him and bought this little box anyway. It is PERFECT and does EXACTLY what it says it will do: I was getting NO signal in the back of my apartment and now all my channels come in beautifully. I have no idea why the cable companies are such dinosaurs when it comes to knowing about or at least recommending this technology, but do not be discouraged if you've been told there's no solution to your weak signal-- this thing really ought to do the trick. One note: you do need to make sure you have an electrical outlet near where you'll be installing this item; in addition to connecting to your cable lines, it has to be plugged in-- and if you live in an apartment (like I do) where the cable comes in through, say, a front hall closet, you'll need to make sure you have access to an outlet somewhere fairly nearby (or have a light fixture in the closet, for example, that can be adapted to contain an outlet.)
  
  
• Motoroal Signal Booster
  By APM2RX03MHHJ7 on 2004-09-03
  If you are attempting to boost signal on your cable tv, this might concept might work for you, but if your intentions is to boost broadband, get a switch. Any Linksys switch like the SD205 will regenerate signal and its only $30 in Amazon.
  
  

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