Hi, I just moved in to the new house. There is a 4-way coax splitter in the attic, which has one input and four outputs (to different rooms). I know that previous owners had a cable (from the cable company). It looks like the cable was going into the same splitter in the attic, and then routed to rooms downstairs. I want to use the TV antenna in the attic. I tried connecting the TV antenna to splitter's input =96 absolutely no signal is getting to TVs downstairs. I also connected the antenna to each of splitter=92s outputs (which go to TVs) =96 exactly the same outcome - not even a change in a static when I plug in the antenna. I bought a TV signal inline amplifier from RadioShack =96 absolutely no difference. However, if I drop a 100' coax cable directly from the antenna in the attic to the TV downstairs (bypassing the splitter and all of the home cable wiring), the picture is crisp and perfect. Can I run some tests to ensure cable continuation (from the attic to rooms downstairs). Does anybody know how I can get the signal from the antenna in the attic to TVs downstairs? Thank you.
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15 years ago