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  1. questionHow do I pre-wire for a plasma or flat screen TV?
    There are two types of TV's. TV's that have a proprietary (System Cable) that may look a lot like an HDMI cable. This type of TV usually comes with a Daughter box that has all possible inputs, S-Vid/Component/DVI/HDMI/digital/analog audio & video signals. The system cable then runs from this da ...

  2. questionWhat Can I Run Over One or More Cat5e Cables?
    Signal Type Number of Cat5e Cables Adapters HDMI 1 or 2 Several versions on this page Component Video 1 (3 pair) Several versions on this page Composite Video 1 (1 pair) Several versions on this page RF (Cable/Antenna) 1 (1 pair) Several versions on this page Satellite ...

  3. questionWhat Can I Run Over One or More Coax Cables?
    So you need to get some kind of signal from point A to point B? And you've got one or more coax cables running between those points? Check this table to see if (and how) you can do it. The adapters listed assume the coaxial cable is already terminated with "F" connectors. Signal Type # Of Coax ...

  4. questionI am remodeling or building a house, what wire should I put in?
    HomeTech Solutions offers quite a bit of information to consumers interested in wire for various residential technologies. We recommend a specific wire topology works well for most homes. If you have waded through our website and are still not sure what to do, the following list takes the techn ...

  5. questionVideo Distribution Tutorial (RF)
    Video Distribution TutorialYour video distribution need may be as simple as getting a decent quality cable TV hookup to each TV. Or you may be planning to have several video cameras that you want to view from any TV, and want to "share" VCRs, satellite receivers, DVDs, etc. among all the TVs in ...

  6. questionSimple Video Distribution with a Cable Modem
    The following diagram shows how you can distribute cable TV to up to eight TVs and still properly connect your cable modem. Note that the cable modem is only one two-way splitter from the outside world with no amplifier or filter in the way. It is possible to combine the CVT15 and HS8 by using ...

  7. questionDo your multiswitches work with Dish Network?
    Our multi-switches are DirecTV compatible. They will not work with Dish Network. We do not carry Dish Network Compatible products because Dish Network is a "closed" system and only installers and dealers licensed by Dish Network are allowed to purchase and resell Dish Network products. The botto ...

  8. questionHow do I split a satellite signal?
    The short answer is: "you can't." The slightly longer answer is "you must use a multiswitch, which requires all the feeds from the dish". To explain: With off-the-air and cable TV, all the programming is coming down the cable all the time. Your tuner or cable box selects the channel you want to ...

  9. questionMy interractive TV or cable internet does not work through a bi-directional amplifier.
    The issue may be the frequency used by your service provider for the "return path" communication. (Also called "backchannel" or "upstream".) Our bi-directional amplifiers support a return path frequency of 5-42 MHz, which is common. Unfortunately, there are no strong standards for return path c ...

  10. questionThe CVT28 amplified splitter makes the TV picture worse.
    On some cable tv installations that have cable internet, when you install the Channel Vision amplified splitter (CVT-28PIA), the picture gets worse instead of better. We do not completely understand this problem yet. The one thing we are sure of is that the installations that have this problem a ...

  11. questionCan I display my computer on my TV screen?
    Short answer; yes. But, you may not get the results you expect. Many computer graphics cards have composite, s-video, even component output. Plus, you can buy converters that will convert the vga output to one of those. But before you get too excited, realize that standard definition TVs are act ...

  12. questionCan I use a modulator if I have Digital Cable?
    Digital cable channels are compressed and several digital cable channels can take the place of a single analog channel. So the "number" of a digital channel is meaningless when talking about analog channels. They are simply made up and assigned by the cable company. The cable box sorts it out an ...


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