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Old 07-19-2021, 09:54 AM   #1
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Weak Signal

I have a 2017 Sprinter 34FWLFT that is on a permanent spot. We had cable vision working fine. Currently getting weak signal on all 3 TV's inside the camper. We have a shed that has a TV in it also and works fine. I have a splitter outside that comes from the parks cable vision and 1 goes to the camper hookup and one goes to the shed hookup. I took apart the booster plug above the loft bed and tightened all the connections. I'm assuming there is a splitter somewhere else as we have 5 total TV hookups in the camper, but I can't locate that splitter to see if something is loose. I'm assuming if I ran a cable directly from outside to a TV inside that it would work fine as my shed is doing this and no issues at all. So my questions are where is the splitter located and what else could be causing weak signal?
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Old 07-19-2021, 10:22 AM   #2
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Don't assume. Bypass the splitter outside and connect the trailer directly to the cable first. If that resolves the issue then it's that splitter. From your description you have a cable source with a 2 way splitter. One goes to shed and one to the trailer. That slitter effectivly degredates the signal. Then the trailer has more splitters that degrades the signal further each time. So what "was working" may jot now work with a little bit of corrosion on the terminals, moisture in the outside splitter, or just the cable signal itself suffering from a signal strength loss.
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Old 07-19-2021, 11:15 AM   #3
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I have a 2017 Sprinter 34FWLFT that is on a permanent spot. We had cable vision working fine. Currently getting weak signal on all 3 TV's inside the camper. We have a shed that has a TV in it also and works fine. I have a splitter outside that comes from the parks cable vision and 1 goes to the camper hookup and one goes to the shed hookup. I took apart the booster plug above the loft bed and tightened all the connections. I'm assuming there is a splitter somewhere else as we have 5 total TV hookups in the camper, but I can't locate that splitter to see if something is loose. I'm assuming if I ran a cable directly from outside to a TV inside that it would work fine as my shed is doing this and no issues at all. So my questions are where is the splitter located and what else could be causing weak signal?
I suspect the "booster" is for over the air TV. If you are running three televisions, find an amplified (powered) cable splitter and don't use any of the coax provided by Keystone; run your own lines to the televisions. Use quality RG6.
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