Product DescriptionWith the trend of more single family houses being built, Electroline introduces the Flat-Top amplifier to meet the expectation of having cable service in every room in the house. The EDA-FT 08100 Flat-Top is designed for large houses with a cable or off-air drop in every room. The flat top configuration keeps the wiring more compact and neater in both outdoor subscriber box or wall-mounted applications and eliminates the technical problems associated with trying to fit a standard 8 port amplifier into a box that is too small creating crushed and kinked cables that wreak havoc with digital services. Electroline Flat-Top amplifiers are the only amplifiers to offer a configuration with all F-connectors on the bottom edge of the amplifier, facing down. Also, Flat-Top amplifiers come with an active return path which makes managing return signal levels straightforward. With 0 dB of loss in the return path, interactive services can be deployed in any room without rewiring. Features and Specifications: *Number of ports: 8 *Forward gain: 3 dB *Return path insertion loss: 0 dB *Forward passband: 54-1000 MHz *Return passband: 5-42 MHz *Frequency response flatness: ±1 dB *Surge protection (IEEE C62.41-1991, all ports) ring wave: 6 kV, 500 A, loc. B3, combination wave: 6 kV, 3 kA, loc. B3 *Operating temperature: -40°F to 140°F (-40°C to +60°C).
What Others Say
Essential product for HD signal with quirky instructions
I installed this unit October 2008 at the cable entry point to our house. I routed Comcast's main feed directly into the unit without a splitter. This unit enabled us to get 1080i signals without static. I connected one output to our cable modem while additional leads ran unsplit to the cable boxes. The internet service seemed to improve.
In January 2009, a comcast service truck arrived unannounced and the tech said they detected problems with our internet service signal. The Comcast signal strength is set expecting splitters at the customer home to reduce the strength into the cable modem. Without splitting it, he said the signal was too strong and overdriving the modem electronics. (no details as to exactly what the proper ... Read More
Provides excellent signal amplification
I have been using two of these amps for several months (one in continuous use) and have had no problems. The picture quality is excellent from my Comcast cable input. At first I thought there was a problem but later determined that the signal strength was too high for my Olevia HDTV and it had the effect of making some of the stations freeze. I put a couple of cheap splitters in line with the input to my TV (to reduce the signal strength) and the problem cleared up. I have not tried an output for Broadband or Over the Air signals so I cannot comment on those applications.
Cable Signal Booster
Electroline EDA FT08100 8-port TV Signal Booster/Amplifier with Active Return Path works great! It eliminated some of the annoying crashes on our cable boxes and the zero level feedback to the router helped the bandwidth when we upload/download from the internet.
Great unit, works well, unnecessary warning in the box
I purchased this unit because I have two analog feeds and two QAM digital capture feeds (via an HDHR unit) that I use in conjunction with SageTV for recording television. I also have a cable modem so there's a couple splitters involved. I did purchase good passive splitters (Monster 2 and 3 ways), however the QAM signal quality levels and the modem performance were not ideal.
I got this model because of the cable modem support. Imagine my surprise when the first thing to pop out of the box is a note from the manufacturer that it's best to put your cable modem on it's own line off a splitter and not hook it up to this unit because some signal loss may occur. What the..?!?!? After ranting for a while and generally annoying my ... Read More
Excellent Amp, Great Price, Super Delivery
This works Great with Comcast Cable. Excellent picture on all 11 TVs. Also installed new RG6U Quad Cable direct to most TVs. Price on Amazon was better than on EBay and received in 3 days.
