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Why ?? 105 apparently puts *out* a low signal to start with. I don't think an amp would help much.... What's your strength on 105 ?? Apparently anything in the 60-70 range is perfectly okay. I get around 63-67 myself.
The only thing that an inline amp does is amplify what is already there. It does not make up for low signal strengh due to improper alignment. The amps should only be used to compensate for loss due to long cable runs.
Are you having problems with your 105 channels? If not, then leave things alone would be my advice. The 105 sat needs a signal strength above 35 or it wont lock in - I would bet you have a type 1 metal super dish, but misalignement isn't your problem (unless 119 & 110 are low too - what are they?) Since your well above 35, you should be fine. As an installer, the higher you try to get the 105, the more you will drop the 119 feed when adjusting the dish. I can get a type 2 dish in the 70's all day, but the type 1 is a different story. So, to use one of Murphy's Laws (I think it was him anyway), if it's not broke, don't try to fix it! It just p*sses us installers off when it turns into a trouble call! LOL
The type 1 dish is a metal dish that can bend and make the signal a royal pain in the back side to fine tune; the type 2 however, is fiberglass and tunes in wonderfully so first check to see it it's metal (type 1) or not. Any installer will take the 2 over the 1 anyday of the week; they go together MUCH easier, fine tune better, and get higher signal strengths for the 105/121 feed. Also, they don't use the "impossible to find" 2 inch pole but instead use a 2 3/8" pole which any fence supplier will carry. The type 2 also fits perfectly on the old Primestar poles as well.
Pricing wise, I don't know...I just install them for Dish Network, I don't retail in any way. Unfortunately, we don't get to pick, it just depends on what is in stock when I load up. I would expect if they are sold though (a retailer on this site should be able to answer this), they should sell for the same regardless of it being type 1 or 2.
Pricing wise, I don't know...I just install them for Dish Network, I don't retail in any way. Unfortunately, we don't get to pick, it just depends on what is in stock when I load up. I would expect if they are sold though (a retailer on this site should be able to answer this), they should sell for the same regardless of it being type 1 or 2.
I don't believe a Dish Pro or even legacy Dish LNB "in-line amp" exists. You can't use the same in-line amps that are produced for the Cable TV market. Primarily due to the fact that the Dish system supplies voltage to the LNB's to operate and the commands that are sent via DisQueC on the Dish Pro equipment.
Also, in-line amps help to boost "analog" signals, but the Dish equipment is all digital anyways. Them 1 and 0's might be "louder", but the missing digital information from the poor signal won't be replaced with the in-line amp.
Also, in-line amps help to boost "analog" signals, but the Dish equipment is all digital anyways. Them 1 and 0's might be "louder", but the missing digital information from the poor signal won't be replaced with the in-line amp.
Well they do!
There are several suppliers that have inline amps for Sattelite equipment. Starlink-DSS, Sadoun, even Monster cable has them. And refering to a digital signal, do you know how a one and a 0 are acheived? Does 4.6 and 6.4 volts dc ring a bell? A digital freq. still is electricity. Without the electricity, and magnetism, you have absolutely nothing but glazed sand!!!DishSatUser said:
I stand corrected and see the monster one at:http://www.monstercable.com/productPage.asp?pin=678
Had the Mean face because of the "electronics" quotes back at me. Sure there's the different voltage levels, but my point was that if you were not getting an accurate signal, a booster isn't going to replace the "missing" information, just boost what's picked up at a lower level.
Enjoy your setup though!
Oh yeah, I just remembered how I wanted to state it, but hadn't explained properly.
When using the "in-line amplifier", you amplify the whole signal, including the noise, so the overall signal-to-noise ratio hasn't actually changed. It can in some instances, even increase.
What I read on the in-line sites is that it's recommended for long runs of RG6 where you may have signal loss from a long run. If that's the case in your setup, then the in-line makes sense.
If the run is short, an in-line is still not going to provide a better signal-noise-ratio than the previous connection without the in-line, even though the "overall" number may increase.
If your rainfade is decreased, however, then you acheived your goal despite any increase in the noise of the line. Just curious if this could interduce more "artifacting" in the video image as the MPEG compensates for any increased noise.
Any way, I'm dropping any further responses, because I know this was all related to my ego anyways.
When using the "in-line amplifier", you amplify the whole signal, including the noise, so the overall signal-to-noise ratio hasn't actually changed. It can in some instances, even increase.
What I read on the in-line sites is that it's recommended for long runs of RG6 where you may have signal loss from a long run. If that's the case in your setup, then the in-line makes sense.
If the run is short, an in-line is still not going to provide a better signal-noise-ratio than the previous connection without the in-line, even though the "overall" number may increase.
If your rainfade is decreased, however, then you acheived your goal despite any increase in the noise of the line. Just curious if this could interduce more "artifacting" in the video image as the MPEG compensates for any increased noise.
Any way, I'm dropping any further responses, because I know this was all related to my ego anyways.
