Installing an F-Splitter (UPC)

smartblaa

Hi folks
I hope i've posted in the right spot.
I have a quick query regarding an UPC point in my bedroom.
At the moment if I open the box, I can see that the one input is split into two outputs through a duplexer like this (ie. one marked FM one marked TV .. the one in the pic is coax..mine is f-connector)

I want to swap this out with this

...reason being is that I want to have the UPC broadband plugged into one and the TV plugged into the other(Analogue TV signal is crap plugged in to the FM one, but fine when plugged into TV)

Also, do you think that this would have an effect on my Broadband performance?

Thanks for your assistance

It will work the same, once its a decent quality F-Splitter.

Bazzy

the side marked FM is for radio only. When it was installed the technician should have put a splitter on the break the signal in two.

That cheap maplin splitter will play merry hell with your broadband.

If your paying for Analogue TV contact upc and inform them of the bad reception and they will send someone out

if your not paying stop giving out about the reception!

smartblaa

Bazzy wrote: »

the side marked FM is for radio only. When it was installed the technician should have put a splitter on the break the signal in two.

That cheap maplin splitter will play merry hell with your broadband.

If your paying for Analogue TV contact upc and inform them of the bad reception and they will send someone out

if your not paying stop giving out about the reception!

OK .. update. bought the maplins splitter and replaced the UPC supplied one.
TV signal is now perfect... and I haven't noticed any degradation of the Broadband quality.(will monitor it all the same, thanks)

...and the reason it's a DIY job, is cuz i'm on BB-only package

thanks for the help

Bazzy

smartblaa wrote: »

...and the reason it's a DIY job, is cuz i'm on BB-only package

Awaits post in bb section saying my upc broadband has gone very slow

smartblaa

Bazzy wrote: »

Awaits post in bb section saying my upc broadband has gone very slow

Thanks Bazzy! Your optimism has no boundaries! :pac:
...Do you know of any better quality splitters, in case I do notice any issues?

Cheers

Bazzy

it's not pessimism its experience. I do but I've only ever seen them supplied by UPC.

That splitter doesn't help the two way traffic your modem needs (upstream and downstream) your upload may already be affected.

To be fair to UPC its a very decent network they've built and its good equipment they've built. DIY stuff doesnt help it

podge018

http://www.arrisistore.com/product.php?pid=709811

Will that do for splitting a UPC tv/broadband signal?

BostonB

UPC installed a F splitter, to split my analog TV and broadband. They had a 3 way in the wall outside, and switched that to a 2 way. Cutting the connector off the third cable, which was annoying too.

steveon

The splitter that UPC put in are there for a reason, to remove any interference on the line especially from Broadband and should not be removed, you may get a hum on the sound if they are removed..

Simply connect the output of theirs from the TV leg to your two splitter..

BostonB

No for me.

The modem was originally on a point upstairs with no splitter.

Log-on

hey guys i live in the beacon and in my hall has one of the media hub boxes with Ethernet ports and upc in ports and such, when i got my upc services installed the technician was in a rush and just pluged the splitter into the socketed in the living room which gave the modem and the feed for the digital box etc, to get rid of the abundance of cables in the back and use the media box (as the place is wired for Ethernet around the apartment and such) i have the modem plugged into input 1 and then another cable links input 2 to output 2 which corresponding to the living room socket for the box, my question is that in the media box there is a bigish (compared to normal splitter) Db isolator that has tv and fm, its all working if i remove that but will it affect my tv or broadband performance ?

or do i need to use the second broadband / tv splitter in the media box after that 1st isolator etc?

DamienLmk

the biggish db isolator is there for many reasons...all in your interests tbh...

it will stop equipment being blown to ****e in the case of a power surge..

plus it stops noise and interferance getting into the modem/tv which cause havoc with picture quality

Log-on

ok cool thanks for the reply, i actually just upgraded to the 50mb line, with the splitter for the modem / tv there is 2 ports on it from the incoming feed, one marked 3.8db and 4db or something along those lines, does it matter which one the tv should be in and which one the modem should be in?