Distribution Amplifier Problems

[rigel]

I have analogue cable with channels on both VHF and UHF, in the attic I have an SLx Gold 8 Way Amp with 2 inputs FM/DAB and UHF and 8 Outputs.

When I connect the incoming cable directly to the TV reception is reasonable but not great, when I connect it directly to my Eurovox Max V reception is fantastic and I get all the channels on the CDF file for my area.

Then when I route the incoming cable through the UHF input of my SLx Gold 8 Way Amp I lose the VHF channels and when I route it through the FM/DAB input I lose the UHF channels. On the Max V I get nothing when routed through the UHF input and about 80% of the channels when routed through the FM/DAB input.

Then when I use a 1 input 3 output splitter and connect the outputs to both the UHF and FM/DAB inputs to the amp I get all the channels on the analogue TV tuner and most of the channels on the Max V. When I take the 3rd output directly to the Max V it works perfectly but reception on the other TVs running from the amp is poor with ghosting on several channels.

I'm thinking of getting a diplexer but before I splash out any more money I would like to get the advise of the great people who contribute to this site. Thanks

[reddiesel]

Your eurovox max is digital not analogue, you must still have an analogue signal on the cable if your tv tuner is analogue, this has finished in a lot of places now and by 2012 will be gone, you wont get a great signal and many channels straight to your tv without an analogue cable box, your probably stretching it a bit trying to feed a few tvs with it even with an amp, i dont think its worth buying a diplexer.
Have you tried with splitter one cable direct to eurovox, then one cable to amp and outputs from amp to tvs

[rigel]

Originally Posted by reddiesel

Have you tried with splitter one cable direct to eurovox, then one cable to amp and outputs from amp to tvs

Thanks reddiesel, I tried that and the eurovox signal remained great but the analogue remained poor but watchable on most channels with goosting on the others.

My final configuration is a 4 way splitter before the amp feeding 3 eurovox and the 4th going to the amp for analogue on other tvs. All 3 eurovoxs are working perfectly, so I can't really complain, and I can live with the analogue. Not sure what value the amp is really adding.