Artec Ps1 Bi-level Snowskate – Men’s

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011 at 12:02 pm

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
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By Scott Dial
The product details don’t make it clear that this is the product is actually the “BDA-K1/PS/RA” which means it includes a power supply. No coax cables are provided, and you will need at least one to connect the power supply, as well as another to connect the amp wherever you are inserting it in your system (typically as early as possible where the cable enters your premises).

The warning about not using an active return amp unless your upstream signal level is above 50dBmV is an ok rule of thumb; I would probably suggest that if you are above 45dBmV then it may be worthwhile. However, you should also be concerned about the downstream power level since equipments’ tolerance for downstream power is typically much narrower (e.g., -12 to +12dBmV) and this amp gives a +15dBmV boost. You should not use this amp unless the downstream power level is less than -3dBmV.

Also, it may be a problem in your dwelling that different branches have different numbers of splits and, while the amp brings one branch into balance, another branch gets taken out of the optimum range. In that case, you can buy attenuators like In-Line Attenuator 3 dB to bring down the power levels on such a branch.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
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By Buzz
Increased my downstream level by 15db’s added no noise to the SNR.

Decreased my upstream level by 5db’s on my cable modem.

Product works and easy to setup.

According to my tv all my hd channels went from “poor” signal strength to “good” signal strength.

Amp is quite big about the size of two splitters.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Works Like a Charm
By Wind Borne
This Motorola Bi-directional signal booster works like a charm. Before installation, the incoming TV signal was too weak to support many HD channels and the modem had difficulty connecting to my ISP. Now all the channels are solid and the modem connects without trouble. Excellent.

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