Hey all,
I ordered a Channel Master CM 7777 unit from SolidSignal.com for use on my parents house in Mississippi. Dad and I installed it on an outdoor antenna (40 ft high) putting the amp right below the rotor. Power supply of course indoors. The cable run was about 50-60 ft total. Anyway once we hooked everything up according to the directions and tried it out, all the HDTV channels that they were sort of kind of getting completely dropped out. According to Solid Signal this is what happened " Its quite possible the amp is bad. ESPECIALLY if you unplug the power supply and you still get the same amount of channels. If an amp is not working then you will get an 80% reduced signal. So even on a working amp when you unplug it you lose most of your stations. If the amp didn't work then you would get a 80% reduced signal no matter if its plugged in or not. Based on this quick test I can deem this unit defective, and get a replacement underway." So we did the test and sure enough it was the amp (or at least we think).
My question is should we continue to stick with the CM 7777 or is their another system that would be better for my parents setup? I know there are probably some details I left out but I would appreciate any thoughts on this matter...
I ordered a Channel Master CM 7777 unit from SolidSignal.com for use on my parents house in Mississippi. Dad and I installed it on an outdoor antenna (40 ft high) putting the amp right below the rotor. Power supply of course indoors. The cable run was about 50-60 ft total. Anyway once we hooked everything up according to the directions and tried it out, all the HDTV channels that they were sort of kind of getting completely dropped out. According to Solid Signal this is what happened " Its quite possible the amp is bad. ESPECIALLY if you unplug the power supply and you still get the same amount of channels. If an amp is not working then you will get an 80% reduced signal. So even on a working amp when you unplug it you lose most of your stations. If the amp didn't work then you would get a 80% reduced signal no matter if its plugged in or not. Based on this quick test I can deem this unit defective, and get a replacement underway." So we did the test and sure enough it was the amp (or at least we think).
My question is should we continue to stick with the CM 7777 or is their another system that would be better for my parents setup? I know there are probably some details I left out but I would appreciate any thoughts on this matter...