I bought a " Acoustic Research 3-Way High Performance Splitter 5-2500 MHz 431" I was wondering will i be able to connect this to my TV, and to my Internet modem at the same time? I am using Cox cable, I bought a 2-Way Splitter before and it broke my modem and i had to get a new modem, so this time i want to know if i will be able to connect it safely before i try to connect it. Thank you very much.
2007-04-04 16:47:35 · 3 answers · asked by Jeff L. 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
What ever happened to your modem had nothing to do with your Splitter. A "Splitter" does just that. it, it SPLITS the signal EVENLY between however many OUTPUT lines the Splitter has, nothing more.
It doesn't matter if you connect the Output lines to a TV, VCR, Modem, whatever..........
Sounds like SOMEONE handed you a line of "BS".
I oughta know, I was Production Manager for a Cable company............
2007-04-04 17:06:35 · answer #1 · answered by mrresearchman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know how your modem was damaged, but it was not by installing a splitter, even a cheap one. A splitter will only direct signal, nothing else so it will work just fine on your modem and TV.
2007-04-04 16:54:48 · answer #2 · answered by Taba 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The guys before me are rigth, the splitter couldn't have damaged anything.
However, if you have a wrong splitter, the internet just won't work.
For your internet, you need to get a bidirectional splitter(and I suppose yours is).
As far as frequency concerns, the one you have is good. Most Internet signals will have a frequency of arround 20MHz - 800MHz
2007-04-04 17:27:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋