Motorola Signal Booster 484095-001-00 Bi-Directional RF Amplifier
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Customer Review: The ONLY booster worth buying...
Summary: 5 Stars
I must concur with almost every reviewer here, this Motorola 484095-001-00 Signal Booster (Broadband Drop Amplifier) works like a charm!! BUT... as mentioned in other reviews, it's IMPORTANT to know how to hook it up correctly.
Firstly, as with others, when the booster was connected it overdrove my cable modem and the cable modem wouldn't connect. Cable modems are finicky things and need just the right signal amount (usually -15 to +15), so I wound up putting a splitter in BEFORE this signal booster, thereby giving my cable modem "regular" levels.
Secondly, MAKE SURE you install the signal booster AT THE POINT OF ENTRY for your cable. Usually you connect the signal booster with the cable in cable, then the output from the booster goes into your splitter and from there you feed your televisions. This method WORKS. Please save yourself A LOT of aggravation by not connecting the booster at the end near the television. You will have no noticeable improvement. BUT.. by putting it at the point of entry and feeding your entire line, you WILL see an improvement.
Thirdly, LABEL ALL CONNECTIONS... this way you will save yourself a lot of aggravation. Especially if later on you want to swap out the cable company's standard splitter and put in a Monster Cable splitter (which I also recommend for CLEAN signal splits).
Motorola definitely has an EXCELLENT product in their 484095-001-00 Signal Booster.
Customer Review: Totally Solved my Problems
Summary: 5 Stars
First off, I've purchased in the past signal boosters which claim somehow to increase signal strength that don't plug into an electrical outlet, so although I was pretty sure this was powered, the three coax links in the photo, without the plug pictured, led me to wonder. But, I was pretty sure there this was what I was looking for, so I purchased it.
So, here was my problem. My digital cable comes into the wall of my living-room, and although the television in there received the signal just fine, the line had to be run across the apartment, split at the bedroom, and run further to the office (all around the curves of the walls). At the office in the back, the signal, especially the HD ones, were incredibly weak - to the point where almost all of my HD channels were unwatchable.
After connecting this booster, the difference was incredible. I connected this after the split from the wall to the living room, before the bedroom - and this wasn't just a small improvement, it was a total improvement. All problems completely solved - every channel now available in perfect clarity. I am fairly confidant that had I needed to run this cable three times the length I did, it wouldn't make a difference - this would keep the picture clear as day.
For the price, this device cannot be beat. If you're experiencing loss of signal quality after a long run coax cable line, look no further.
Customer Review: Do you see dropped connectivity with your cable modem? This will fix it!
Summary: 5 Stars
In April of 10 I bought my first home. The previous owner complained that they had to switch from cable to DSL/Satellite because of spotty reception. He said the modem would drop connection all the time and the local cable provider, Comcast, couldn't/would't do anything about it.
I spent my first week in the house rerunning and re-wiring cable. I finally got it so every room now had the proper cable connection and the TV's would work. I plugged my cable modem up in my office, upstairs, and, wa-la, it worked... for about a day. I then began seeing very odd things - the cable modem would drop connectivity to the cable provider, the lights on the modem would flash in odd orders. It would come and go; some days it would happen at 10am, sometimes at 4 in the afternoon. No rhyme or reason to it at all.
I then decided to give this a try. I figured, "what the heck, it's less than $40, what's it going to hurt?" This little beauty fixed all my problems and I haven't had a single drop since.
For ANYONE who has their cable modem not running on a direct line into the house and experiences any kind of connectivity drop, requiring you to call the cable provider every other day, this is your fix. I am 100% sold on this and I'm going to be adding a 4 port unit to the connection coming into the house in my shop in the basement.
This is a definite MUST BUY!
Customer Review: Changed my life
Summary: 5 Stars
First of all this is the same booster used by my cable company. Have one in my basement. I have a 25 year old TV upstairs in my bedroom that did not have a cable converter. Only picked up a handful of channels which was fine. Last week I get a notice that due to an upgrade in service, any TV without a converter box was going to be rendered totally useless. So I went to the cable store picked up a box and installed it. I got a handful of channels but most were scrambled. Knew this was coming because the upstair wiring is over 25 years old
( Installed it myself when I put a second story on) Called cable and they did a system check and confirmed what I knew ---insufficient signal. Checked the name of the booster installed by Cable years ago and ordered it on line through Amazon. Got delivered the next day. Got home- installed it (10 minutes) and rebooted the cable converter. All the channels started up best picture and sound I've had on that TV in over 20 years and then I dared-Channel 145-the Golf Channel. Now if left to my own devices, I could watch the Golf Channel all day and night. And here it was for the first time in perfect picture and sound right in my upstairs bedroom !!! , . Now I can watch it with the timer on when I go to sleep and in the morning when I shower and get ready for work...The heck with work.
Thank You ! Thank You! Thank You! Motorola
Customer Review: Great Product
Summary: 5 Stars
This is my second Motorola Signal Booster 484095-001-00 Bi-Directional RF Amplifier. The first got fried recently after many years of service. I've used this product with both cable and over-the-air digital TV signals. It won't work miracles, though. If the signal coming into your house is too noisy, amplifying it won't help. But if you have a good signal and long cable runs and/or multiple splitters, then this may be what you need. I'm currently using it to amplify the signal from an antenna array in my attic (three antennas in three different directions mixed with a three way splitter) before mixing the signal into the satellite cable with a RCA Antenna Satellite Diplexer Splitter and then using another one at the other end of the cable to separate the signals again. The OTA signal is then split between several different tuners. Without the Motorola signal booster, I can only see the strongest two local channels carrying NBC and CBS. With it, I can get good signals from the channels carrying ABC, Fox and PBS too. I have the signal booster and the satellite DVR plugged into APC UPS systems so recording won't be interrupted in the event of a power failure.