| Motorola Signal Booster 484095-001-00 Bi-Directional RF Amplifier |  | Brand: Motorola
Category: CE
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $29.99
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Seller: Electronica Direct
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 11.8 x 7.1 x 2.4
MPN: 484095-001-00
Model: 484095-001-00
UPC: 612572085745
EAN: 0807283000013
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Improve signal strength by up to 32 times (15 dB) | | • | Low noise addition of only 3 dB | | • | Superb gold patented connector design | | • | Supports Pay-Per-View and Video on Demand (VOD) Services | | • | Quick, easy installation |
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Product Description
When using your TV or computer, there's nothing more frustrating than encountering poor reception. Now there's a fast and effortless way to make your signal strength up to 32 times more powerful! The Motorola Signal Booster enhances analog and digital picture quality, improves cable modem communication, and reduces lost data. It's easy to install and tools are not required. This device also allows you to optimize multiple broadband devices in your home - televisions, cable set-top boxes, cable modems, VCRs, and digital radios - all from one convenient cable. Clearly, the Motorola Signal Booster is a strong alternative to weak signal quality.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Disappointed July 22, 2010
Steven Delve
Received the Moto Signal booster and connected for over-the-air TV. I needed to increase a digital signal to a station 35 miles away. This product made little difference. I wish Moto had a model that had a 30dB amplifier or selectable.
 Digital TV requires a cable booster. July 17, 2010
Robert Claire Broersma (GRAND RAPIDS,MI)
I called Comcast cable several times because I was getting a very bad to no picture on several channels after they changed to digital. I would get a message on some channels "Your service has been temporarily interrupted. It should be restored momentarily." It of course was never restored. I went on the internet with my problem as Comcast customer service people are idiots. My problem was solved immediately. The internet told me I needed a Motorola Signal Booster 484095-001-00 because digital requires a stronger signal. I have several televisions and the picture is perfect on all channels now. I found the best price for the cable booster on Amazon.com at $33.00. The only negative is the two cable wires that come with the booster are RG59 which is okay for the electrical adapter but I used RG6 wire for the other connections.
 It didn't bring in my PBS stations like I was hoping it would July 15, 2010
Bob M
Well, I thought this would really do the trick.
But, it really didn't improve things at all.
I tried it in several different locations.
1st location was between my winegard antenna preamp/amplifier, before the coax cable went into the monster 2 Gigahertz 4 way splitter.
2nd location was upstairs right next to the Zenith Digital tuner.
3rd location was putting it on the other side of the 4 way splitter downstairs, with the coax cable going direct to the TV.
I think the last location was the best, because it has been said that any kind of 4 way splitter diminishes the signal a little bit. So, I thought if the signal coming out of the splitter is diminished, then I would try to boost the signal coming right out of the splitter.
I think I may just be in a bad signal area for receiving PBS stations.
I live in the suburbs of Washington, DC in the Northern VA suburbs.
I think I live in a bad "signal pocket" so to speak. But, I really shouldn't complain because we do get 1 PBS station, WETA very clear now. BUt the other PBS station MPTV (Maryland Public Televison) we just can't get any kind of signal out of that station, with or without any kind of signal booster. I might need to get a rotor, so I can turn my outdoor antenna, a little bit more toward Maryland, to pick up MPTV. BUt REally WETA and MPTV both play about the same stuff.
Bottomline: The Motorola signal booster is probably OK. It just didn't seem to work in my particular signal area. That's all.
Great Product July 12, 2010
Dewitt A. Payne
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.
Boosts Comcast cable signal July 9, 2010
Photo/Video Gearhead
I subscribe to Comcast for cable TV and internet. The cable signal is split 3:1 upon entry to my home, which implies that two of the splitter outputs have a 7dB signal drop while the third splitter output has a 3.5 dB drop. The TV that is attached to the 3.5dB drop is able to receive all of the digital stations that are available via my Comcast limited basic cable subscription. However, the TV that is attached to the 7dB drop is unable to tune to several of the digital stations.
I called Comcast several times to request that Comcast increase the signal strength to my home, but on each occasion the service technician proposed that the only solution to my problem was to rent a Comcast analog to digital converter and tuner. This approach would require that I tune to the digital stations using the Comcast tuner instead of the QAM tuners in my televisions and Elgato EyeTV 250 Plus Digital/Analog TV Receiver and Video Converter that is attached to my Mac. Therefore, the solution proposed by Comcast is unacceptable.
So, after reading the many positive reviews of the Motorola Signal Booster, I installed one just upstream of my 3:1 splitter and now I can tune to all of the Comcast digital stations using my two televisions and EyeTV 250 Plus receiver. Note that, like other reviewers, I attempted to install the Motorola Signal Booster adjacent to my TV, but that approach did not boost the signal. Only by installing the signal booster upstream of my 3:1 splitter, at the point where the Comcast cable signal enters my home, did I observe the required signal boost.
Also, I'd like to point out that the Motorola Signal Booster does not interfere with communication between the three Netgear MCAB1001 MoCA Coax-Ethernet Adapter Kit (Black) that I use for local network communication within my home. These three MCAB1001 adapters are installed immediately downstream of the 3:1 splitter and communicate with one another via that splitter. An added benefit of the Motorola Signal Booster is increased security of my home's local network because, according to Netgear, the MCAB1001 adapters are unable to communicate across the signal booster. Hence it is not possible to hack into my local network from outside of my home using a fourth MCAB1001 adapter, because that adapter would need to communicate with my three adapters across the signal booster.
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