I currently have a cable modem connected to my PC, and I was wondering how to get cable television to my TV from the same coaxial line-- **Note:**I have spoke with my cable company and the lady told me that CATV is included in my cable modem package.
I figured it would just require a simple splitter, and that would be that… but it doesn’t seem to be working. My cable modem works fine (bandwidth is fine etc), but if I take the coax wire out of the cable modem, and plug it into the TV I get a REALLY fuzzy picture. Am I missing something…?
Your cable company may have put a filter on the line to block the TV channels. Not all companies do this, that is why what you initally tried works for some people.
That’s all I had to do in order to receive cable on my television after getting broadband internet. Not to sound like I’m talking down to you, but is your TV set to receive cable? Most tvs have settings on them to switch between antennae and cable signals.
Funny, I never had a problem with my cable modem and digitial television and I’m splitting cables all over the place. I found it was crucial to use high-quality splitters and cables, even spending a bit more for the gold-plated units.
I asked the cable folks about gold-plated connectors. Their answer was exactly the same from the telecom folks at work – save your money because the gold-plate does not enhance the connectivity at all.
The only advantage to gold plating in this case is that gold won’t oxidize.
The reason that most newer TVs have a cable/antenna switch is because the UHF channels (the ones above channel 13) are at different frequencies with the two, since when the signal is contained in a cable you don’t have to worry about interference with other uses of broadcast RF. However, channels 2 through 13 are all in the same places with both.
Don’t most cable TV services require a set-top box to operate? That’s one reason that I haven’t signed up for cable TV in the last 20 years.
Just out of curiousity: this “filter” that the cable co. might have put on the line, would it be on all cable lines from the company? Let me re-state that-- my Cable Co. is the only cable provider for this area. I know that one of my friends has no problem just splitting the coax wire, 1) to TV and 2) to modem… is it possible that my friend’s line doesn’t have a filter, while mine very well might? Or is it kind of a “all or nothing” type thing?
I didn’t get a chance to talk to the Cable Co today because of work stuff, so I will be trying tomorrow sometime. In the meanwhile, I am still trying things to see if it works.
At the cable drop on the side of my house there is a three way splitter. 2 for TVs and 1 for internet. Hanging off the the splitter are 2 filters for the tv lines.
Hooking up a splitter and feeding it to a TV without a filter is a very bad and stupid thing. You are screwing up the quality of connection that you and your neighbors are overpaying for.
Broadband connections are a substantially different thing from cable tv. I have had regular cable guys come out to my house, see that I have cable modem, and leave. They are not authorized by their own company to work on such connections. My cable companies only lets those specially trained and qualified to work on cable modem connections to service these hookups. I strongly doubt that any of you are so trained and qualified.
Please stop screwing up things you don’t understand and just call the cable company. They have the right connections and should know how to do it right.
Again, you are causing problems for other people. Please stop.
ftg, not to doubt you, but I have noticed no difference in my internet connection with cable TV through a splitter or not, though I have only used those “clock my download and upload speed” places. Certainly the TV signal isn’t disturbed, and pre-splitter/post-splitter connections are equivalent for me.