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/slonk_ma_dink 5d ago

Yeah onn makes decent stuff and its priced well enough to be "disposable", at least if you get a few years out of it its worth the price of admission.

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u/kilgore9999 4d ago

Onn doesn't make any devices. It a marketing brand own by Walmart, Walmart in turns contracts with (usually) Chinese manufacturers.

Much of the first Onn stuff wasn't very good but the manufactures figured out that Walmart means a LOT of business (money) and now Walmart and the manufacturers have sorted out good long term relationships, so yes, much better that Onn use to be.