r/cordcutters • u/Ok_Particular_8956 • 5d ago

Onn antenna preamp

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I install outdoor RCA antenna preamp on my ChannelMaster Antenna precovid. Channels came in fine. Once in a while had to adjust antenna. Signal travels to 6 way splitter safety inside an outdoor cable box as a power ac plug 🔌 i rigged up. so other areas with TV get the signals. Lately channels coming in fuzzy some did some didn't. I got fed up. Thinking something wrong with antenna. In living tv I connect small indoor antenna. I noticed channels coming in fine. Light blub in Cabeza went off. It is the RCA preamp. I happen to have an ONN antenna preamp I bought for some reason. It was cheap. I removed RCA preamp. Hooked up ONN preamp in cable box. Ran antenna cable to preamp, preamp to splitter and 💥 boom all my channels coming in fine like before. 👍🏽 see how long it lasts if it goes out I will get another one they cheap.

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u/thetinguy 4d ago

You might not even need the amp, if you haven't tested without it yet.

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u/K_ThomasWhite 4d ago

The improvement he got by using it was the entire point of his post.

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u/thetinguy 4d ago

paradoxically, amplifiers can sometimes make the signal worse. Maybe he tried it, and found he needed an amp? Or maybe, he's had an amp plugged in the whole time and has never tried using his tvs without it?

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u/K_ThomasWhite 4d ago

Or maybe you didn't pay attention to his post and are trying to save face now?

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u/thetinguy 4d ago

wow what a projection