Yep, I got that. It says that if you saturate the amp that you get a herringbone pattern and to turn it down till that goes away. We don't get that pattern, it just goes to snow when it's turned all the way up, turn it down and the picture snaps right in for all the sets on the line.
I just wanted to know basically what to start with but couldn't find a cheap/easy way to figure that out. I was kinda hoping the cable modem reading was ball park enough.
Yeah, I've read that - it seems they are actually happiest around
0dBmV, which is right where mine is running now (and running MUCH better I might add!).Actually it's working just fine in my house too!
I appreciate that homebrew approach Glen, but I don't have time to do the things I want to, let alone the things I don't! Re-running cable isn't on my list of enjoyable activities so I prefer to just buy the taps - they aren't that expensive at all, a couple bucks if I remember right. Of course I guess if you would make your own and maybe use a potentiometer you could in effect have a variable attenuator so you could tune the system to exactly what you wanted at each drop?
Well, better get back to work. Take Care,
-Bob-